Protected and productive: How greenhouses should deliver UK food security
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.The United Kingdom produces less than 20% of its fruit and ~50% of its vegetables, leaving it highly import dependent and vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. Our study maps 2085 ha of existing greenhouses, over 70% more than 40 years old, and identifies where modern infrastructure could expand production.
Sven Batke +3 more
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Research Progress on Preparation and Skin Care Related Effects of Sea Cucumber Peptides
Shipin gongye ke-jiSea cucumber is rich in protein, polysaccharides, unsaturated fatty acids, saponins, minerals, vitamins and various nutrients and bioactive ingredients, showing a variety of nutrition value and health effects.
Chunming CHEN +6 more
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Acetaminophen detoxification in cucumber plants via induction of glutathione S-transferases. [PDF]
, 2019 Many pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) enter agroecosystems during reuse of treated wastewater and biosolids, presenting potential impacts on plant development.
Dudley, Stacia +4 more
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Effect of Cultivar on Chlorophyll Meter and Canopy Reflectance Measurements in Cucumber [PDF]
, 2020 Optical sensors can be used to assess crop N status to assist with N fertilizer management. Differences between cultivars may affect optical sensor measurement.
De Souza, Romina +5 more
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Potential drivers of fast growth in Paulownia
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Trees in the genus Paulownia play a crucial role in sustainable forestry, rural economic development, and carbon mitigation due to their rapid growth, exceptional hardwood properties, and prominent carbon sequestration capacity. This review highlights the societal value of Paulownia trees and synthesizes several potential drivers of extraordinarily ...
Yang Zhao, Marjorie R. Lundgren
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Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2017 A 98 d experiment was conducted to compare the growth performance, protein turnover and energy budget between green and white color morphs of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus.
Xia, B +5 more
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Building capacity in vector‐borne plant virus research: The CONNECTED Network
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Plant viruses spread by insects decimate crop yields globally, causing food security challenges in vulnerable areas, including regions of Africa. Interdisciplinary research is needed to protect future crop supplies. CONNECTED, the Community Network for African Vector‐Borne Plant Viruses, increased research capacity in Central, East, West and Southern ...
Nina F. Ockendon‐Powell +8 more
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Vegetable marketing in Vientiane (Lao PDR) [PDF]
, 2004 Overall objective: The main objective of research on vegetable marketing in Laos is to help harmonize vegetable production with the market demand in terms of quantity, quality, and price.
Khamtanh Thadavong, +2 more
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Coherent Multi-Sentence Video Description with Variable Level of Detail
, 2014 Humans can easily describe what they see in a coherent way and at varying level of detail. However, existing approaches for automatic video description are mainly focused on single sentence generation and produce descriptions at a fixed level of detail ...
Amin, Sikandar +7 more
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Pyrosequencing/Sanger Plant Genome Assembly (Limitations, Problems And Solutions) - On The Way To Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. cv. Borszczagowski) Draft Genome Sequence Publishing [PDF]
, 2010 Genome sequencing give us an opportunity to broaden the range and improve the quality of omics studies. New sequencing technologies make it possible to achieve the sequencing reads fast and cheap.
Rafal Woycicki, Zbigniew Przybecki
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