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“Multi-functional Agriculture - Agriculture as a Resource for Energy and Environmental Preservation
Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2008 In the present global situation, agriculture plays a major role in the interaction between socio-economic and biophysical processes. In addition to its principal and fundamental role of providing food, it now also needs to consider other ecosystem ...
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Sexual reproduction in Phytophthora infestans [PDF]
, 2007 Potato late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, is one of the most devastating plant diseases worldwide. It is becoming increasingly difficult to control the disease in Sweden, leading to an ever more intensified use of fungicides in ...
Andersson, Björn
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Journal of XenobioticsEndocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are chemical substances that can interfere with any hormone action. They are categorized according to origin and use, such as industrial chemicals like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated biphenyls ...
Eleonora Leti Maggio +15 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2016 Citrus fruit-packaging plants (FPP) produce large wastewater volumes with high loads of fungicides like ortho-phenylphenol (OPP) and imazalil (IMZ). No methods are in place for the treatment of those effluents and biobeds appear as a viable alternative.
Panagiotis A. Karas +5 more
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MoleculesPests and diseases have caused significant problems since the domestication of crops, resulting in economic loss and hunger. To overcome these problems, synthetic pesticides were developed to control pests; however, there are significant detrimental side
Getrude G. Kanyairita +7 more
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HorticulturaeThe Sebou River Basin is vital for Moroccan agriculture, particularly in terms of producing industrial crops, fruits, vegetables, and olive oil. It is especially significant in viticulture, accounting for 80% and 60% of the national production area for ...
Faiçal Aoujil +7 more
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Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2014 The interaction between four industrial wine yeast strains and grape juice chemical contaminants during alcoholic fermentation was studied. Industrial strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (AWRI 0838), S. cerevisiae mutant with low H2S production phenotype
Etjen Bizaj +3 more
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Post-harvest physiological deterioration of cassava (Manihot esculenta) - A review
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2016 Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a valued root crop grown throughout the tropics for food, feed and biofuel and industrial uses. Fresh cassava roots have short shelf-life due to an endogenous phenomenon called Post-harvest Physiological ...
RAJU SARAVANAN +4 more
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Does organic farming achieve environmental goals efficiently? [PDF]
, 2002 Concerns about the impact of modern agriculture on the environment have in the past few decades resulted in strict legislation concerning the leaching of nitrogen from Danish farms and their use of pesticides.
Jacobsen, Lars-Bo
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Water quality and ecology of the River Lee: mass balance and a review of temporal and spatial data [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2004 A regional overview of the water quality and ecology of the River Lee catchment is presented. Specifically, data describing the chemical, microbiological and macrobiological water quality and fisheries communities have been analysed, based on a division
D. L. Snook +3 more
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