Results 131 to 140 of about 1,981,234 (347)

Evaluating the Efficacy of Organic Approved Fungicides for the Control of Powdery Mildew in Squash [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Powdery mildew grows well in environments with high humidity and moderate temperatures and can be problematic on crops in the Northeast. Cucurbit crops face powdery mildew and often downy mildew on a yearly basis and significant yields losses have been ...
Cubins, Julija   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Generative Artificial Intelligence Shaping the Future of Agri‐Food Innovation

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Emerging use cases of generative artificial intelligence in agri‐food innovation. ABSTRACT The recent surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI), typified by models such as GPT, diffusion models, and large vision‐language architectures, has begun to influence the agri‐food sector.
Jun‐Li Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

HIV and orientation of subsistence and commercial home gardens in rural Ghana: Crop composition, crop diversity and food security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
An empirical study was conducted to explore differences and similarities in biodiversity in subsistence and commercial home gardens of HIV-positive and HIV-negative rural households in the Eastern Region of Ghana and their significance in household food ...
Akrofi, S., Price, L.L., Struik, P.C.
core   +1 more source

Focus on fruit crops

open access: yesPlant Physiology, 2023
Jun Wu   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Modeling the Physical Characteristics of Ultrasound Pretreated Dialium guineense Whole Fruits Using Neural Network Pattern Recognition Model

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
The study of Physical characteristics of agricultural materials is necessary for the design of processes and machines for food production. Length, width, thickness, sphericity, unit mass, and aspect ratio were the physical characteristics of ultrasound pretreated Dialium guineense whole fruits subjected to Neural network modeling.
Mfrekemfon Akpan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hymenopleella and Diaporthe dominate the fungal community of dieback affected sea Buckthorn from Northern Germany

open access: yesEnvironmental Microbiome
Background Since recent years, German sea buckthorn (SBT) cultivation is increasingly affected by dieback. Wildly growing plants from dunes and cultivated plants from plantations show symptoms of wilt, lesions and discolorations in shoot cross sections ...
Carolin Popp   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Managing strategies for organochlorine contaminated soils for a safe food production [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Background: Organochlorine pesticides such as dieldrin, DDT and others are highly persistant pesticides, which were applied world wide against pests in horticulture, fruit and arable crops.
Koller, Martin   +3 more
core  

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Michigan: A State at the Intersection of the Debate over Full Planting Flexibility [PDF]

open access: yes
Greater flexibility in U.S. farm programs with elimination of the restriction on the planting of fruit and vegetable crops (FAVR crops) is likely to be a major issue in congressional 2007 farm policy discussions.
Martinez, Lourdes R.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy