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Weed Types and Dynamics Associations with Catena Landscape Positions: Smallholder Farmers’ Knowledge and Perception in Zimbabwe

International Journal of Agronomy, 2022
Weed infestation is considered as one of the major biotic stresses of dryland crop production. Weed species occurrence, abundance, and densities differ due to spatial soil fertility variability, and management practices by farmers.
Justin Chipomho, Simbarashe Tatsvarei, Cosmas Parwada, Arnold Bray Mashingaidze, Joyful T. Rugare, Stanford Mabasa, Regis Chikowo   +6 more
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Soil Weed Seed Bank Response to Crop Management Practices on Smallholder Farms Across an Agroclimatic Gradient in Zimbabwe

Advances in Agriculture
Weed seed banks function as subterranean reserves that continuously replenish weed populations, driving future infestations on farms. This study examined how various crop management practices on smallholder farms influence the size and composition of ...
Juliet C. Murimwa, Bridget V. Masunda, Stanford Mabasa, Joyful T. Rugare, Hardlife Chinwa, Kelvin Chipoyi, Regis Chikowo   +6 more
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Medicinal Plants Traditionally Utilized in Ethiopia for the Treatment of Hypertension: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Introduction Around the world, hypertension is one of the main causes of illness. Bioactive chemicals found in plant‐derived compounds are abundant and can be used to treat a wide variety of illnesses. Providing up‐to‐date information on Ethiopian medicinal plants used to treat hypertension is the goal of this review.
Yiblet Y.
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Reação de plantas daninhas ao parasitismo pelo nematoide das galhas da goiabeira, Meloidogyne enterolobii

Diversitas Journal, 2023
O nematoide Meloidogyne enterolobii (Yang & Eisenback) é um dos principais patógenos associado à cultura da goiabeira (Psidium guajava L.) na região nordeste do Brasil.
Erika Araújo Mota, Francisco Jorge Carlos de Souza Junior, Carmem Dolores Gonzaga Santos   +2 more
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Pest categorisation of Pantoea ananatis

EFSA Journal, Volume 21, Issue 3, March 2023., 2023
Abstract The EFSA Plant Health Panel performed a pest categorisation of Pantoea ananatis, a Gram‐negative bacterium belonging to the Erwiniaceae family. P. ananatis is a well‐defined taxonomic unit; nonetheless, its pathogenic nature is not well defined and non‐pathogenic populations are known to occupy several, very different environmental niches as ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Quirico Migheli, Irene Vloutoglou, Andrea Maiorano, Franz Streissl, Philippe Lucien Reignault   +24 more
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Comprehensive Review of Epidemiology and Treatment of Snakebite Envenomation in West Africa: Case of Benin. [PDF]

J Trop Med
Snakebite envenomation (SBE) constitutes a public health, social, and economic problem affecting poor communities in intertropical and subtropical regions. This review sought to synthesize literature on snakebite envenomation in Benin to highlight research perspectives and strategies for better management of the menace. A literature search performed in
Dossou AJ, Fandohan AB, Omara T, Chippaux JP.   +3 more
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Traditional Herbal Remedies in the Management of Metabolic Disorders in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review of Ethnobotanical Studies and Pharmacological Activities

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Background. MetS are common throughout the world, including Ethiopia. These have traditionally been treated using medicinal plants, particularly in rural areas where they are freely accessible. This systematic review tried to investigate the treatment of MetS with Ethiopian medicinal herbs and made recommendations for more validation research.
Mekdes Alemu Tola, Fozia Ibrahim, Haregua Melak, Temesgen Tafesse, Mekdelawit Alemayehu, Gashaw Nigussie, Daniel Dias Rufino Arcanjo   +6 more
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DELIGNIFICATION PRETREATMENT OF ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM BIOMASS FOR BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION

FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES, 2023
Bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass is environmentally friendly and a renewable source of energy. This study used delignification as a pretreatment process to obtain the optimum conditions for reducing sugar production. The selected delignification parameters, including temperature (oc), time(hours) sodium chlorite concentration (g/dm3) and Volume ...
M. A. Ahmad, A. D. Tambuwal, A. M. Sokoto, A. Sanda   +3 more
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Commodity risk assessment of Prunus persica and P. dulcis plants from Türkiye

EFSA Journal, Volume 21, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks posed by plants of Prunus persica and P.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Lucia Zappalà, Andrea Lucchi, Pedro Gómez, Gregor Urek, Umberto Bernardo, Giovanni Bubici, Anna Vittoria Carluccio, Michela Chiumenti, Francesco Di Serio, Elena Fanelli, Agata Kaczmarek, Cristina Marzachì, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Jonathan Yuen   +31 more
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Assessment of plant diversity and foliar chemistry on the Sri Lankan ultramafics reveals inconsistencies in the metal hyperaccumulator trait

Ecological Research, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 215-227, March 2022., 2022
A field survey of all known Sri Lankan ultramafic outcrops revealed high levels of plant diversity (132 species in 44 families) and rediscovered the facultative nickel hyperaccumulator Rinorea bengalensis (Violaceae). Abstract Some of the largest expanses of ultramafic soils occur in South Asia, but knowledge of the plant diversity and biogeochemistry ...
Denise R. M. Fernando, Antony van der Ent, Asiri S. Weerasinghe, Douglas Siril A. Wijesundara, Gunawarna W. A. Rohan Fernando, Anthony E. Fernando, Mohamed C. M. Iqbal, Charlotte H. Miranda, Jordan M. Gosse, Sadhana Samithri, Nishanta Rajakaruna   +10 more
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