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From wild to tamed: Reimagining novel crops through omics and local plant diversity

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The global food system faces growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss, and rising nutritional demands. Agriculture has increased yields but reduced crop diversity, flavor, and nutritional quality, leaving societies vulnerable and dependent on a narrow set of staple species.
Alexandra Sanfeliu Meliá   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cosmopolitanism and empire : universal rulers, local elites, and cultural integration in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean /

open access: yes, 2016
Machine generated contents note: -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- 1. Cosmopolitan Politics: The Assimilation and Subordination of Elite Cultures -- Myles Lavan, Richard Payne, John Weisweiler -- 2.
Payne, Richard E.(viaf)103582487   +2 more
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Exploring eco‐evolutionary and temporal patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities colonizing Sorghum bicolor across sites of contrasting land use history and climate

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Sorghum bicolor is a globally important cereal crop with annual yields exceeding 50 million tons across more than 100 countries and can be grown on marginal lands where conventional agriculture is limited. We examined how eight genetically diverse sorghum genotypes shaped arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) community assembly across two contrasting ...
Philip Brailey‐Crane   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The road to anywhere : Rooted cosmopolitanism in the universe

open access: yes
The present volume and the concept of “rooted cosmopolitanism” are raising important and timely issues about heritage and belonging at the interface of local human life worlds and global more-than-human responsibilities. In this contribution, I will take
Holtorf, Cornelius,
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Insect pests in Brassica napus crops: toward ecologically optimized integrated pest management

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
Ecologically optimized IPM: Integrating landscape, biological, and chemical strategies for enhanced pest management. Key findings: Optimizing canola IPM requires the deliberate alignment of habitat diversification, behavioral conditioning, and evolutionary processes.
Jhon Alexander Avellaneda Nieto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aspiring Cosmopolitans:

open access: yes
This book explores one of the largest, complex, and intractable humanitarian emergencies today: the Syrian displacement crisis (2012–present). More than five million Syrian refugees live in fragile Middle East states – mostly in urban areas. Large sections of the Syrian refugee population are confined indefinitely, and many survive in the impoverished ...
Bryant, Rebecca, Habash, Dunya
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Re-casting the wild: mapping "Islamic Cosmopolitanism" in urban Aceh

open access: yes, 2015
Early modern Aceh has been characterised in written and spatial histories typically as a composite territory of warring fiefdoms comprised of local militia in addition to European powers exploiting the perceived anarchy.
Nichols, J.
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Distracted by a plant: movement of two invasive pentatomids, Halyomorpha halys and Nezara viridula, between companion plants and berry crops

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
Adult Halyomorpha halys and Nezara viridula rapidly moved between berry crops and companion plants. Habitat use varied across environmental contexts, demonstrating that companion plantings function as dynamic elements in diversified cropping systems. Abstract BACKGROUND The brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys and the southern green stink bug ...
Sophie Wenz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal irradiation parameters for the development of the sterile insect technique in the seedcorn maggot Delia platura (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

open access: yesPest Management Science, EarlyView.
X‐ray irradiation of Delia platura pupae showed that 20 Gy induces high sterility while maintaining male quality and competitiveness, establishing optimal parameters for sterile insect technique implementation in North America. Abstract BACKGROUND The seedcorn maggot, Delia platura Meigen (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), is a sporadic but economically ...
Anne‐Marie Fortier   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growing up Global through Cosmopolitanism as Education

open access: yes, 2013
The proposed paper focuses on the need of deploying new educational strategies to cope with the challenges raised by contemporary scenarios of increasing mobility and, consequently, to address the needs of children at risk of exclusion for the lack of ...
STRIANO, MAURA   +4 more
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