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Unravelling the Role of Temperature and Photoperiod on Poinsettia Heat Delay

HortScience, 2021
The effects of day temperature (DT), night temperature (NT), and night length (NL) were evaluated on the flowering responses of heat-tolerant and heat-sensitive poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd.
Michael Alden, James E. Faust
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainability Assessment of Greenhouse Pepper Production Scenarios in Southeastern Spain

Agronomy, 2022
Life cycle costing (LCC), combined with life cycle assessment (LCA), is a useful tool not only to assess the sustainability of a specific production system, but also to assess possible scenarios.
J. García García, B. García García
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Impact of Salinity on Growth, Physio-Biochemical Characteristics, and Quality of Urospermum picroides and Reichardia picroides Plants in Varied Cultivation Regimes

Agriculture, 2023
Salinity stress is severely affecting modern horticulture and puts food security under threat for current and future generations. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of saline conditions (three salinity levels: 2.0, 5.0 and 10.0 dS m ...
Nikolina Vidalis, Maria Kourkouvela, Dimitrios-Christos Argyris, Georgios Liakopoulos, Alexios Alexopoulos, Spyridon A. Petropoulos, Ioannis Karapanos   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life cycle assessment of biofuels from Jatropha curcas in West Africa: a field study [PDF]

, 2009
In recent years, liquid biofuels for transport have benefited from significant political support due to their potential role in curbing climate change and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.
Achten, Achten, Cuhna Da Silveira, EIA, Eijck, Fargione, Farrell, Foidl, Foidl, Forster, Francis, Fulton, Goel, Grimm, Gübitz, Hill, IEA, ISO 14040, ISO 14044, Kaushik, Kojima, Makkar, Martin, Ogunwole, Openshaw, Prueksakornand, Quirrin, Spaan, Tewari, Vaitilingom, World Bank   +30 more
core   +5 more sources

Developing evidence‐based, cost‐effective P4 cancer medicine for driving innovation in prevention, therapeutics, patient care and reducing healthcare inequalities

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The cancer problem is increasing globally with projections up to the year 2050 showing unfavourable outcomes in terms of incidence and cancer‐related deaths. The main challenges are prevention, improved therapeutics resulting in increased cure rates and enhanced health‐related quality of life.
Ulrik Ringborg, Joachim von Braun, Julio Celis, Anton Berns, Michael Baumann, Tit Albreht, Nancy Abou‐Zeid, Vanderlei Bagnato, Christian Brandts, Chien‐Jen Chen, Massimiliano di Pietro, Manjit Dosanjh, Thomas Dubois, Alexander Eggermont, Angelika Eggert, Ingemar Ernberg, Sara Faithfull, Johannes Förner, Stefan Fröhling, Manuel Heitor, Leroy Hood, Wei Jiang, Bengt Jönsson, Ravi Kannan, Maria Leptin, Su Li, Peter Lindgren, Douglas Lowy, Jun Ma, Alex Markham, Péter Nagy, Simon Oberst, M. Iqbal Parker, Danielle Rodin, Kevin Ryan, Joachim Schüz, Richard Sullivan, Josep Tabernero, Peter Turkson, Oliver Várhelyi, Harold Varmus, Chijie Wang, Elisabete Weiderpass, Nils Wilking   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini, Nicolò Antonelli, Gianluca Molla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Programmed flowering of the F1 long-day strawberry cultivar ‘Elan’ with nitrogen and daylength manipulation

AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2015
Consumer demand for locally grown, high quality strawberries is increasing even though California, Florida and Mexico provide a year-round source of strawberries for the world market. In most of the US, locally grown strawberries are only available for a
Edward F. Durner
doaj   +1 more source

Determining the Optimum Night Length for Flower Development in a Modern Poinsettia Cultivar

HortScience, 2022
The effect of night length (NL) on the flower development of poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch) ‘Prestige Red’ was evaluated. Flower initiation occurred by subjecting plants to a 14-hour NL for 10 or 17 days, termed short-day (SD ...
Michael Alden, James E. Faust
doaj   +1 more source

Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health

Nature Communications
Global food production faces challenges in balancing the need for increased yields with environmental sustainability. This study presents a six-year field experiment in the North China Plain, demonstrating the benefits of diversifying traditional cereal ...
Xiaolin Yang, Jinran Xiong, Taisheng Du, Xiaotang Ju, Yantai Gan, Sien Li, Longlong Xia, Yanjun Shen, S. Pacenka, T. Steenhuis, K. Siddique, Shaozhong Kang, K. Butterbach‐Bahl   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of gynoecious cucumber (Cucumis sativus) hybrids for early-summer greenhouse production in western Indian arid plains

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019
A great stride is witnessed in area expansion under protected cultivation, particularly in arid-western parts of India, where cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is a predominant greenhouse crop.
Pradeep Kumar, P. Khapte, A. Saxena, Praveen Kumar   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source