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Fungicides and the grapevine wood mycobiome: a case study on Tracheomycotic Ascomycete Phaemoniella chlamydospora reveals potential for two novel control strategies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Original ResearchPhaeomoniella chlamydospora is a tracheomycotic fungus that colonizes the xylem of grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.), causing wood discoloration, brown wood streaking, gummosis, and wood necrosis, which negatively affect the overall ...
Abreo   +58 more
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Beach impact study, Padre Island National Seashore [PDF]

open access: yes, 1976
Prepared for Office of Natural Science, Southwest Region, National Park Service, under contract CX70005044830 April 1976Vegetative differences between heavily and very lightly trafficked beaches show that more beach traffic correlates with quantitative ...
Behrens, E. W. (Earl William), 1935-   +2 more
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Pre-Harvest Foliar Application of Mineral Nutrients to Retard Chlorophyll Degradation and Preserve Bio-Active Compounds in Broccoli

open access: yesAgronomy, 2019
Foliar application of micronutrients has become a common farm management practice to increase the overall yield of various crops. However, the effects of foliar fertilization on shelf life and postharvest quality of the crops are rather under-researched.
Mohamed M. El-Mogy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A thrips vector of tomato spotted wilt virus responds to tomato acylsugar chemical diversity with reduced oviposition and virus inoculation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
There is increasing evidence that acylsugars deter insect pests and plant virus vectors, including the western flower thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), vector of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV).
Anderson, Taylor   +7 more
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Advances in soil salinity diagnosis for mangrove swamp rice production in Guinea Bissau, West Africa

open access: yesScience of Remote Sensing
Rice is one of the most important crops in many West African countries and has a direct impact on food security. Mangrove swamp cultivation is the most productive rice system in this area but is highly vulnerable to changes in rainfall patterns due to ...
Gabriel Garbanzo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Light converts endosymbiotic fungus to pathogen, influencing seedling survival and host tree recruitment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Endophytic fungi that asymptomatically colonize plants^1^ are diverse and abundant in tropical ecosystems^2^. These organisms can be weakly pathogenic^3^ and/or mutualistic, frequently enabling plants to adapt to extreme environments, alter competitive ...
Henrik Balslev   +5 more
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Simulation of High–Product Soy Crops Based on the Application of Foliar Fertilization in the Conditions of the Right Bank of the Forest steppe of Ukraine

open access: yesEcological Engineering & Environmental Technology
The article highlights experimental and field studies of the scientific problem of increasing the yield of soybean seeds by optimizing the main elements of growing technology.
Oleg Kolisnyk   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Selenium biofortification of wheat grain via foliar application and its effect on plant metabolism

open access: yesJournal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2019
Selenium-biofortified wheat can substantially improve human nutrition, by reducing selenium deficiency in humans. In this study, field trials were conducted to investigate the biofortification of selenium (Se) in wheat and also to assess the influence of
T. Lara   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Foliar applications of bio-fabricated selenium nanoparticles to improve the growth of wheat plants under drought stress

open access: yes, 2020
The present study was aimed to biosynthesize selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) and assess their foliar applications to improve the growth of wheat plants under controlled irrigation and drought stress. Bud aqueous extract of Allium sativum L.
M. Ikram   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Aversion and attraction to harmful plant secondary compounds jointly shape the foraging ecology of a specialist herbivore. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Most herbivorous insect species are restricted to a narrow taxonomic range of host plant species. Herbivore species that feed on mustard plants and their relatives in the Brassicales have evolved highly efficient detoxification mechanisms that actually ...
Alexandre, Nicolas   +8 more
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