There is an increasing risk of drought and salinisation of soil and groundwater globally, including in Pacific Island countries such as Tonga. Irrigating crops with slightly saline water, such as that produced by emerging desalination technologies, could help to alleviate droughts.
Harry Myrans +9 more
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Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in a Safety-Net Hospital: A Case Series of 10 Afro-Caribbean Patients. [PDF]
Rattan K +3 more
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Capsicum chinense as an African traditional vegetable: Culture, resilience, and opportunity
Capsicum chinense is central to everyday diets, cultural identity, and smallholder livelihoods across Sub‐Saharan Africa, yet remains overlooked in agricultural research and policy. This paper reframes C. chinense as a traditional, climate‐resilient vegetable shaped by centuries of farmer stewardship and cultural selection.
Derek W. Barchenger +1 more
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Mapping stakeholders for developing cancer research in Small Island Developing States: a descriptive study from the Eastern Caribbean. [PDF]
Johnson SB +4 more
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Avocados are a multibillion‐dollar global commodity, but their growing export market pressures local farmers to abandon local fruit tree diversity in favor of commercial cultivar production. Interviews with rural avocado farmers and households from the Southern Mexican Highlands, Pacific Coastal Honduras, and Western Nicaragua, as well as the genetic ...
Kevin Wann +4 more
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Epidemiological comparison of international travel-associated and domestically acquired Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Shigella infections reported to Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 2010-2019. [PDF]
Shah HJ +13 more
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Conservation gap analysis for wild grapevines (Vitis L.) of the Americas
Wild grapevines (Vitis L.) native to the Americas are ecologically and culturally important plants that are also critical to the global cultivated grape industry as sources of traits for crop innovation, but many of these species are poorly documented and insufficiently conserved.
Daniel Carver +15 more
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From innovation to implementation: a case report on virtual reality for chronic pain and psychological well-being in clinical practice. [PDF]
Rivera-Rivera N +3 more
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Food plants are vital to human and planetary health, but their diversity is threatened, making food security, nutrition, and environmental goals more difficult to achieve. Food plant diversity conservation, research, and education can be enhanced through collaboration between sectors, including genebanks and botanic gardens, which possess complementary
Colin K. Khoury +35 more
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