Populações locais são fonte de variabilidade genética e adaptação para os programas de melhoramento; entretanto, pouco se sabe sobre as populações de azevém anual naturalizadas na América do Sul.
Andréa Mittelmann +5 more
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Density Weighted Connectivity of Grass Pixels in Image Frames for Biomass Estimation
Accurate estimation of the biomass of roadside grasses plays a significant role in applications such as fire-prone region identification. Current solutions heavily depend on field surveys, remote sensing measurements and image processing using reference ...
Chowdhury, Sujan +3 more
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Morphological and biological characteristics of the land races of the spring soft wheat grown in the organic farming system [PDF]
Organic farmers have become more interested in the marginally grown (neglected) cultivars, as spring forms of the hulled wheat varieties (eincorn, emmer wheat, spelta wheat) or intermediate forms of the soft wheat.
Capouchova, Ivana +3 more
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Strategies to Mitigate Seasonality of Production in Grassland-Based Systems [PDF]
Fertilisation use and manipulation can cost-effectively alter species composition, increase seasonal herbage production and improve herbage quality. Choice of suitable grassland species, varieties and mixtures offers opportunity to mitigate limitations ...
Maltoni, S. +2 more
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The sustainability of tropical maize as an alternative biofuel or silage crop [PDF]
With increasing world population, the U.S. Department of Energy initiated the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) requiring by 2030 the replacement of 30% of petroleum based fuel sources with biofuel (USDA 2010).
Vogel, Alison Marie
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Current use of peat, plastic and fertiliser inputs in organic horticultural and arable crops across Europe [PDF]
The use of contentious inputs linked to plant protection, and the use of peat, plastic and fertilisers used in growing have been mapped in selected organically produced crops in 10 countries across Europe.
Caceres, Rafaela +12 more
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Salt Stress Induces Differentiated Nitrogen Uptake and Antioxidant Responses in Two Contrasting Barley Landraces from MENA Region [PDF]
The interaction between salinity and nitrogen metabolism has been investigated in two barley landraces, one tolerant (“100/1B”) and one susceptible to salinity (“Barley medenine”) from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA ...
Ayadi, Sawsen +10 more
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International Conference Enhanced Genepool Utilization - Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 16-20 June 2014. Book of Abstracts [PDF]
This conference presents the culmination of the PGR Secure project (www.pgrsecure.org) – a collaborative project involving eleven partners funded under the EU Seventh Framework Programme, THEME KBBE.2010.1.1-03, 'Characterization of biodiversity ...
Dias, S. +7 more
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Genetic mapping reveals a single major QTL for bacterial wilt resistance in Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) [PDF]
Bacterial wilt caused by Xanthomonas translucens pv. graminis (Xtg) is a major disease of economically important forage crops such as ryegrasses and fescues.
Bauer, Eva +5 more
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Current use and legal status of crop protection inputs [PDF]
This deliverable presents the results of the survey carried out in the frame of Tasks 3.1. and Task 5.1 in the Horizon 2020 Project Organic PLUS. A common table/questionnaire for both tasks was used in order to map the use of contentious inputs linked to
Andrivon, Didier +10 more
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