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The continuing significance of chiral agrochemicals

Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 1697-1716, April 2025.
In the time frame 2018–2023, around 43% of the 35 chiral agrochemicals introduced to the market (herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, acaricides, and nematicides) contain one or more stereogenic centers in the molecule, and almost 69% of them have been marketed as racemic mixtures of enantiomers or stereoisomers.
Peter Jeschke
wiley   +1 more source

The role of Brazil nut trees in restoring degraded forest areas and as a source of food and income for northern Amazonian communities [PDF]

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais, 2006
The role of Brasil nut in the restoring degraded Amazonian forest and supplementing local income - Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa H. & B. - Lecythidaceae) - are the largest girthed trees in Amazonian forests.
Rafael de Paiva Salomão, Nélson Araújo Rosa, Alexandre Castilho, Kácio Andrey Câmara Morais   +3 more
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Social Sustainability in Circular Bioeconomy Business Models: Insights From Argentina

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on circular bioeconomy business models (CBEBM) has largely prioritised environmental and economic aspects, leaving out the social pillar. To address this gap, this paper analyses to what extent and in what ways social sustainability is integrated into CBEBM, based on 12 cases from northern Argentina, a region with high potential for ...
Celina N. Amato, Mónica Buraschi, Karen M. Siegel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the Thematic Landscape of Digitalisation and Regional Sustainable Development: A Bibliometric Analysis

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digitalisation has become an increasingly prominent topic in research on regional sustainable development. As academic attention to its relationship with Sustainable Development Goals expands, the thematic configuration and structural evolution of this research domain remain fragmented.
Georgiana Alina Crisan, Amalia Cristescu, Madalina Ecaterina Popescu, Anda Belciu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brazil nut fractions cause histopathological damage in the midgut of the maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Some pests, such as those of the genus Sitophilus, are potentially harmful due to their voracity, high biotic potential, and the fact that they carry out cross-infestation (in this case, insects moving from the field to the warehouses). The objective was
L. C. A. D. Socreppa, R. M. Nogueira, E. A. Souza, J. E. Serrão, E. M. Pires   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Opportunities for Australia Amid China's Carbon‐Neutral Transition: Input–Output Approach With Analysis of Australian Renewable Potential

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A major transformation in China's energy mix is underway as the country pursues carbon neutrality by 2060, posing significant structural challenges for Australia as a major exporter of carbon‐intensive resources. This study examines the economic impacts of China's decarbonisation on Australia by applying static and dynamic input–output (IO ...
Jinyong (Edward) Sung
wiley   +1 more source

Use of agro-industry residues as substrate for the production of Euterpe precatoria seedlings

Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2020
The availability of single assai palm (Euterpe precatoria) seedlings with good quality is a fundamental requirement to expand the cultivation of the species.
Cleyton Silva de Araújo, Aureny Maria Pereira Lunz, Vanderley Borges dos Santos, Romeu de Carvalho Andrade Neto, Sônia Regina Nogueira, Rayane Silva dos Santos   +5 more
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Hevea brasiliensis seeds: A novel sustainable feedstock for ethanol production

Vietnam Journal of Chemistry, EarlyView.
Abstract The rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is cultivated on a large scale mainly for the extraction of latex in Brazil and Southeast Asia, also generating large quantities of seeds. These seeds currently do not have large‐scale applications and may thus be considered as a residue.
Giovano Tochetto, Fernanda Oliveira Lima, Letiére Cabreira Soares, Dalila Moter Benvegnú, André Lazarin Gallina   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brazil nut harvesting in Peruvian Amazonia from the perspective of ecosystem services

Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 2011
Brazil nuts are harvested from the primary rainforests in the Amazonian lowlands as a direct form of sustainably using the region’s biological resources. We analyze the ecological economics of Brazil nut production in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios
Risto Kalliola, Pedro Flores
doaj   +2 more sources

Agri‐food Trade between Visegrad Countries and Taiwan: Opportunities, Limitations and Twists and Turns Commerce agroalimentaire entre les pays du groupe de Visegrad et Taïwan : Opportunités, limites et rebondissements Agrar‐ und Lebensmittelhandel zwischen den Visegrad‐Ländern und Taiwan: Chancen, Grenzen und Wendungen

EuroChoices, EarlyView.
Summary This study examines the dynamics and potential of agri‐food trade between the Visegrad Four (V4) countries and Taiwan, using this regional case to highlight broader opportunities for EU–Taiwan economic engagement. While the V4 countries have not historically been major agri‐food trading partners with Taiwan, the analysis reveals untapped trade ...
Ivo Zdrahal, Chia‐Lin Chang
wiley   +1 more source