Results 101 to 110 of about 8,889 (263)
In the late nineteenth century, rubber became a precious commodity. Many companies were looking for opportunities to satisfy the market demand by investing in rubber plantations established mainly in colonized lands. In 1916, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Siregar, Harifa
core +1 more source
Management and incipient domestication of Chamaedorea tepejilote in agroforestry systems in Mexico
Native wild plants are key elements in addressing global biodiversity loss and supporting sustainable food systems. We investigated how rural communities in Mexico manage Chamaedorea tepejilote, a wild palm with edible male inflorescences, by combining ethnobotanical, genetic, morphological and ecological approaches.
Viviana Andrade +7 more
wiley +1 more source
The impacts of soil erosion on forest productivity in a Pinus radiata plantation forest were assessed to determine the effects of key soil properties on tree volume.
Heaphy, Marie
core
Prospects of Applying Feed Processing Technologies Based on Industrial Plantation
The potency of plantation sectors (palm oil, sugar cane and cacao) as alternative feed resources for ruminants has been acknowledged since 20 – 25 years ago.
Ginting, Simon Petrus
core +1 more source
Bt agave: why it is time to explore a new biotechnological frontier
Drylands cover 41% of Earth, requiring sustainable crops. Agave, drought‐ and heat‐adapted, offers high‐value products with low water needs. Pests limit yield, yet Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry proteins, successful in other plants, remain unexploited in Agave.
Aline Vitória Corim Marim +3 more
wiley +1 more source
biomass waste, carbonization, charcoal, carbon sequestration, CDM, industrial plantation, pulp production, regional development, soil amendment,
Makoto Ogawa +2 more
core +1 more source
AGR570: Industrial Training II / Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology [PDF]
No description ...
UiTM, Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology
core
The predatory effect of the honey‐buzzard affects the reproductive performance of Asian‐hornet colonies, decreasing the density of workers over distance and time. The foraging distances of the honey‐buzzard concentrates within the first 2000 m from nest, which supports the results observed.
Jorge Ángel Martín‐Ávila +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Brazil's Cerrado valley wetlands—swamp savanna and gallery forest—are highly important for the biome's water cycle and carbon storage and are susceptible to degradation from the impacts of land use expansion and the climate crisis. In support of their detailed monitoring and assessment, we developed and tested a transferable mapping approach that ...
Felix Beer +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Few institutions define world history in the early modern era as completely as the plantation complex. Initiated in Europe; realised in the tropical and semi-tropical regions of the Americas; involving both Asia as a source of capital and Asians as ...
Trevor Burnard, Burnard, Trevor
core +1 more source

