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Omics Insights Into the Effects of Highbush Blueberry and Cranberry Crop Agroecosystems on Honey Bee Health and Physiology

PROTEOMICS, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are vital pollinators in fruit‐producing agroecosystems like highbush blueberry (HBB) and cranberry (CRA). However, their health is threatened by multiple interacting stressors, including pesticides, pathogens, and nutritional changes.
Huan Zhong, Yuming Shi, Aleksandra Kozlova, Renata Moravcova, Jason C. Rogalski, Aidan Jamieson, Lance Lansing, Kyung‐Mee Moon, Xiaojing Yuan, Amanda S. Gregoris, Heather Higo, Julia Common, Ida M. Conflitti, Mateus Pepinelli, Lan Tran, Morgan Cunningham, Hosna Jabbari, Syed Abbas Bukhari, Sarah K. French, Rodrigo Ortega Polo, Shelley E. Hoover, Stephen F. Pernal, Pierre Giovenazzo, M. Marta Guarna, Amro Zayed, Leonard J. Foster   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agroforestry and enhanced rock weathering: A dual strategy for sustainable cacao

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Cacao production is both economically vital and environmentally intensive, presenting a major sustainability challenge as a crop largely cultivated by smallholder farmers in climate‐vulnerable regions. This review synthesises evidence that integrating agroforestry with enhanced rock weathering (EW) may significantly reduce emissions from cacao ...
Isabella L. Steeley, Edson S. França, Dimitar Z. Epihov, Noah J. Planavsky, David J. Beerling   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crop and soil organic matter simulation models – A brief review of their basic features and application in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2020
Over the past decades, numerous crop-soil models have been developed to represent dynamic processes in cropland systems, including soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics (Campbell and Paustian, 2015).
Nyawira, Sylvia Sarah
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A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pollinator‐Mediated Interactions Affect Patterns of Selection on Floral Traits of Co‐Flowering Plants

Ecology and Evolution
The importance of species interactions in shaping the evolution of ecological communities is well established, as they can significantly alter biotic selection.
Yan Ma, Xiaoli Wang, Yizhi Qiu, Zhigang Zhao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Parametric Limitations in Simulating Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Irish Arable Soils Using Three Process-Based Models [PDF]

, 2016
The senior author gratefully acknowledges the funding by the Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment (STRIVE) Programme of the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2007-2013 and the Department of the Environment ...
Abdalla, Mohamed, Khalil, Mohammad I., Lanigan, Gary, Müller, Christoph, Osborne, Bruce   +4 more
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An integrated social and natural sciences case study for the reuse of organic wastes as soil amendments

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Reusing organic waste materials, such as animal manure, as soil amendments reduces water and fertiliser demand, contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, organic wastes may contain contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), posing potential ecosystem and human health risks. Despite the importance of this issue, there is a lack
Felicity C. T. Elder, Jose‐Luis Fajardo‐Escoffié, Laura Carter, Emily K. Durant, Katie J. Field, John Nightingale, Brett Sallach, Andrea‐Lorena Garduño‐Jiménez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil hydraulic properties of a Nitisol in Kabete, Kenya [PDF]

, 2012
Water relations are among the most important physical phenomena that affect the use of soils for agricultural, ecological, environmental, and engineering purposes. To formulate soil-water relationships, soil hydraulic properties are required as essential
Cornelis, Wim, Gachene, CKK, Karanja, N, Karuku, GN, Kironchi, G, Verplancke, Hubert   +5 more
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Impacts of natural factors and farming practices on greenhouse gas emissions in the North China Plain : A meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2017
This work received support from the National Science and Technology Support Program (No. 2012BAD14B01), the National 948 Project (No. 2011-G30), and the Non-profit Research Foundation for Agriculture (201103039).
Bol, Roland, Han, Xiao, Meng, Fanqiao, Smith, Pete, Wu, Wenliang, Xu, Cong   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Contaminants of emerging concern in agricultural soils: Current understanding, overlooked issues, and future priorities

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in agriculture represent a growing global challenge for food safety and public health. In this review, we synthesized evidence on how substances such as pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) enter soils, accumulate in crops, and affect ecological and human health. We found
Laura J. Carter, Evyatar Ben Mordechay, Benny Chefetz, Zeyou Chen, Xinyi Cui, Jay Gan, Hui Li, Audrey Moores, Xiaoyu Gao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source