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The Epidemiology and Control of “Olive Quick Decline Syndrome” in Salento (Apulia, Italy)

Agronomy, 2022
Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca sequence type 53 was found to be associated with olive trees showing extensive twig and branch dieback and plant death in the Gallipoli area of Salento and the common name of “olive quick decline syndrome” (OQDS) was given
Marco Scortichini
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Cross-Comparison of Climate Change adaptation Strategies Across Large River Basins in Europe, Africa and Asia [PDF]

, 2010
A cross-comparison of climate change adaptation strategies across regions was performed, considering six large river basins as case study areas. Three of the basins, namely the Elbe, Guadiana, and Rhine, are located in Europe, the Nile Equatorial Lakes ...
Blanco, I., Buiteveld, H., Dickens, Ch., Esteve, P., Huntjens, P., Jaspers, A.M.J., Kabat, P., Krysanova, V., Martínková, M., Moreno, E., Pahl-Wostl, C., Pedraza Carrera, J., de, Pringle, K., Roest, C.W.J., Schlüter, M., Slámová, R., Timmerman, J., Varela Ortega, C.   +17 more
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A Virus‐Inducible E3–RLCK–MADS Module Coordinates Suppression of Plant Immunity and Fertility in Rice

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Viruses often hijack host developmental programs to promote infection, but the mechanistic links between reproductive regulation and antiviral immunity remain incompletely understood. Here, we identify a virus‐triggered hierarchical degradation cascade that links antiviral immunity and fertility regulation in rice. We show that the rice grassy
Yuansheng Wu, Fengling Wu, Shiting Huang, Denglu Yang, Xin Lei, Xue Zhang, Na Liu, Peng Gan, Chuan Li, Jie Zhang, Ming Wu, Qingxiao Jia, Shanshan Zhao, Jianguo Wu   +13 more
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Trends and Spatial Patterns of Drought Affected Area in Southern South America [PDF]

, 2014
Based on 56 rainfall stations, which cover the period 1961–2008, we analyzed the presence of trends in the drought-affected area over southern South America (SSA) at different time scales.
Penalba, Olga Clorinda, Rivera, Juan Antonio   +1 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
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A Deep Learning Framework for Long-Term Soil Moisture-Based Drought Assessment Across the Major Basins in China

Remote Sensing
Drought is a critical hydrological challenge with ecological and socio-economic impacts, but its long-term variability and drivers remain insufficiently understood. This study proposes a deep learning-based framework to explore drought dynamics and their
Ye Duan, Yong Bo, Xin Yao, Guanwen Chen, Kai Liu, Shudong Wang, Banghui Yang, Xueke Li   +7 more
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Assessing the Impact of Farmanfarma’s Poorhouses in Shiraz on the Control of Cholera (1917-1918) [PDF]

Journal of Research on History of Medicine
Cholera, which has been referred to as an illness, a specific disease, and an epidemic, spread in Shiraz in 1917 and 1918 due to several factors, including World War I, drought, locust infestations, and civil wars.
Mona Ghorbani, Amir Hossein Hekmatnia
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Competition Policy and Agribusiness in the Biden Administration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Biden Administration pursued a set of ambitious competition policy initiatives in agriculture and agribusiness, primarily aimed at livestock and poultry supply chains, farm inputs, and food retailing. The initiatives included expanded antitrust enforcement; new US Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract regulations requiring poultry ...
James M. MacDonald
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Future Changes in Floods, Droughts, and Their Extents in the Alps: A Sensitivity Analysis With a Non‐Stationary Stochastic Streamflow Generator

Earth's Future
Spatially compounding droughts and floods challenge water management and may become more severe in a warming climate. However, the influence of climate change on widespread hydrologic extremes remains largely unknown because they are neither well ...
Manuela I. Brunner, Eric Gilleland
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Management of Water Resources and Health Promotion in Drought: An Indigenous Knowledge-Based Qualitative Study

Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development, 2023
Introduction: Drought is a slow-onset natural disasters and a gradual concern. Throughout the centuries, Iranians have applied various methods to preserve water resources and adjust themselves to the drought.
Katayoun Jahangiri, Azadeh Fatehpanah
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