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Were the first Bantu speakers south of the rainforest farmers? A first assessment of the linguistic evidence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Popular belief has it that the Bantu Expansion was a farming/language dispersal. However, there is neither conclusive archaeological nor linguistic evidence to substantiate this hypothesis, especially not for the initial spread in West-Central Africa. In
Adjanohoun   +57 more
core   +1 more source

Edible Seeds in the Fight Against Hypertension: A Review of In Vitro, In Vivo, and Clinical Evidences With a Mechanistic Insight of Bioactive Compounds

open access: yesFood Frontiers, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2026.
The presented review provides the potential antihypertensive benefits of traditionally employed edible seeds, presenting new perspectives and avenues for future research. ABSTRACT Hypertension, often referred to as a silent killer, is responsible for 7.5 million deaths, representing approximately 12.8% of all global mortality.
Jinmin Shi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seed biometric parameters in oil palm accessions from a Brazilian germplasm bank

open access: yesPesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2014
The objective of this work was to evaluate the morphological diversity of oil palm seeds and to cluster the accessions according to their morphological characteristics.
Julcéia Camillo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Planting material : what strategy for planters ? : DxP seed is not only DxP seed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
For a tropical plant, the oil palm commodity chain includes the peculiarity of possessing a major seed production sector for reasons that are primarily genetic.
Baskett, P.   +3 more
core  

A Review on Potentially Probiotic Yeasts From Traditional Fermented Products in Sub‐Saharan Africa for Sustainable Food Systems and Improved Health

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 4-30, January 2026.
This review focuses on the potential of sub‐Saharan African fermented food products as sources of probiotic yeasts for improved food security and health. ABSTRACT Research on probiotic yeasts from fermented products in sub‐Saharan Africa was limited in the past, but there is currently a surge in investigative efforts in this field.
Lethiwe Lynett Mbuyane
wiley   +1 more source

Germinação in vitro de pólen de híbridos interespecíficos entre o caiaué e o dendezeiro In vitro pollen germination of interespecifics hybrids between caiaué and oil palm

open access: yesCiência Rural, 2009
O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a germinação in vitro de pólen de híbridos interespecíficos entre o caiaué e o dendezeiro das variedades dura, pisífera e tenera. O percentual de germinação de pólen (PGP) dos híbridos variou de 54,8 a 58,3%. As médias
Gilson Sanchez Chia   +3 more
doaj  

Genetic diversity of long-established populations of Elaeis guineensis jacquin (Arecaceae)

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Fruticultura
This study aimed to estimate the genetic diversity of three Elaeis guineensis populations in Rio Grande do Norte state, as well as to verify the decreases in effective population size.
Kyvia Pontes Teixeira das Chagas   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occurrence of potassium location in oil palm tissues with reserve sugars: consequences for oil palm K status determination [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In some fertilizer trials for oil palm, it is observed that potassium leaf content was not in concordance with potassium application. In some cases no "leaf" response is observed (leaflet potassium content from leaf rank 17 according to specific LD IRHO ...
Gérardeaux, Edward   +3 more
core  

Phloem-restricted parasites of Palms. Focus on the coconut palm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
There is a category of palm diseases that raises many investigation problems: lethal diseases caused by phloem-restricted parasites and transmitted by vector insects.
Dollet, Michel
core  

Western equatorial African forest-savanna mosaics: a legacy of late Holocene climatic change? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Past vegetation and climate changes reconstructed using two pollen records from Lakes Maridor and Nguène, located in the coastal savannas and inland rainforest of Gabon, respectively, provide new insights into the environmental history of western ...
A. Chepstow-Lusty   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

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