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Producing zucchini seeds for organic agriculture [PDF]

, 2003
This tool is a data sheet that can be used by French farmers who produce or want to produce zucchini seeds in organic conditions. It provides advices starting from the contract signing to the seed drying, going through the specificities of the crop ...
ABATZIAN, V, BROUCQSAULT, LM, BRUN, L., COLLIN, F, HAEFLIGER, M, LAURENT, E, LIZOT, JF, REY, Frederic   +7 more
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Exploring marking methods for the predatory hoverfly Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Insect Science, EarlyView.
As important pollinators and predators of aphids, hoverflies play an important role in ecosystems. This study focuses on identifying the best marking technique for the model species Sphaerophoria rueppellii that can be used to track hoverfly feeding and oviposition sites, evaluating three methods: rubidium (RbCl), fluorescein, and fluorescent dusts ...
Michele Violi, Elena Costi, Elena Monari, Daniele Sommaggio, Lara Maistrello   +4 more
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Minder en Anders Bemesten; resultaten van een vierjarig project over innovatieve bemesting. [PDF]

, 2012
In this report a summary is given from several experiments during three years at four farms. This summary focuses on yield; mineral balances and product quality are sometimes described.
Staps, S., Timmermans, Bart, van der Burgt, Geert-Jan   +2 more
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Healthcare Professional Survey on Complementary Feeding and Allergy Prevention in High‐ Versus Low‐Risk Infants: An EAACI Task Force Report

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Complementary feeding (CF) influences infants' long‐term dietary preferences, growth, and food allergy (FA) risk. However, guidance given to families and the implementation of FA prevention guidelines by healthcare professionals (HCPs) remain unclear.
Emilia Vassilopoulou, Sophia Tsabouri, Stefania Arasi, Anna Comotti, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Klaudia Ryczaj, Carlo Agostoni, Ioannis Pagkalos, Berber Vlieg‐Boerstra, Chrystopherson Gengyny Caballero‐Lopez, Gavriela Feketea, Anna Nowak‐Wegrzyn, Susanne Halken, Burcin Beken, Montserrat Alvaro‐Lozano, Ines Padua, Mattia Giovannini, George Du Toit, Alberto Alvarez‐Perea, Roberto Berni Canani, Diego Peroni, Marina Pérez‐Gordo, Mohamed H. Shamji, Ludger Klimek, Ioana Agache, Elena Camelia Berghea, Franziska Roth‐Walter, Cevdet Ozdemir, Peter Smith, Liam O’ Mahony, Rosan W. Meyer, Carina Venter   +31 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecotype-Level Genetic Biodiversity of Five Italian Traditional Crops

Scientifica, 2019
Italy displays a high level of agrobiodiversity due to its diversified pedoclimatic zones. The Administrative Region of Campania includes several and divergent biomes, occurring close to each other.
Francesco Guarino, Stefano Castiglione, Giovanni Improta, Maria Triassi, Angela Cicatelli   +4 more
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Pollinator visitation to mass-flowering courgette and co-flowering wild flowers: Implications for pollination and bee conservation on farms

Basic and Applied Ecology, 2019
Managing the complex relationship between pollinators and their habitat requirements is of particular concern to growers of pollinator-dependent crop species, such as courgette (Cucurbita pepo). Naturally occurring wild flowers (i.e.
J. Knapp, R. Shaw, J. Osborne
semanticscholar   +1 more source

First report in Italy of Thrips parvispinus (Karny, 1922) (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), a major threat for Sicilian horticulture and floriculture

EPPO Bulletin, EarlyView.
Abstract The presence of Thrips parvispinus (Karny, 1922) is reported for the first time in Italy. Prior to this finding, within Europe the pest was only known to be established in Spain. The discovery happened in a greenhouse cultivating gerberas in south‐eastern Sicily, a region recognized as Italy's primary and one of Europe's most important ...
Giuseppe Massimino Cocuzza, Eya Ben Hmad, Rosario Novara   +2 more
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Stability of showing of biochemical traits of courgette fruits under different conditions of growing linear material

PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE, 2020
In connection with the development of organic vegetable growing in Ukraine, the topical issue of courgette breeding is the creation of varieties and hybrids of F1 with maximum adaptability to soil and climatic conditions of cultivation.
S. Kondratenko, T. Shevchenko, O. Sergienko, O. P. Samovol, Yu. M. Lancaster   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

PlantyOrganic: Design and results 2012 [PDF]

, 2013
Increasingly strict legislation about fertilizer inputs and developing organic regulations are a strong stimulation to optimize the internal nutrient dynamics of organic arable farms.
Burgt, G.J.H.M., Bus, M.C.
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Diets, fruit and vegetables consumption, and nutritional status in Benin: A scoping review

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
This scoping review summarised existing literature on diets, fruit and vegetable intake, and nutritional status in Benin. Key knowledge gaps were on the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies and differences in fruit and vegetable intake by geographical and socioeconomic characteristics.
Lilia Bliznashka, Kamara Pather, Irene M. Mitchodigni, Sonja Y. Hess, Deanna K. Olney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source