Rethinking intensification: Biodiversity‐inclusive management sustains coconut yields
Coconut palm expansion in West Africa will shape rural livelihoods and ecosystems. Our findings show that intensive practices reduce beneficial soil fungi and increase pathogens, threatening long‐term productivity. Lower‐intensity management that retains ground vegetation can sustain or boost yields while improving soil health.
Benjamin J. Roberts +10 more
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Like night and day: a review of nocturnal predator communities and predation in annual row crop agroecosystems. [PDF]
Stowe HE +3 more
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From wild to tamed: Reimagining novel crops through omics and local plant diversity
The global food system faces growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss, and rising nutritional demands. Agriculture has increased yields but reduced crop diversity, flavor, and nutritional quality, leaving societies vulnerable and dependent on a narrow set of staple species.
Alexandra Sanfeliu Meliá +1 more
wiley +1 more source
AgriTrack framework for AI-based tracking of pest migration through farmers' helpline data. [PDF]
Godara S, Avinash G, Batra K, Bana RS.
europepmc +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
Regenerative Agriculture and Sustainable Plant Protection: Enhancing Resilience Through Natural Strategies. [PDF]
Hassan MA +7 more
europepmc +1 more source
Plants back: Re‐envisioning botanical garden collections management for indigenous crops
Botanical gardens and other ex situ collections play a key role in preventing plant extinctions, yet the needs of Indigenous crop cultivars are not being met by conventional botanical collections management practices. Inspired by Indigenous land care restoration movements centering plant–human–society relationships, we propose a path toward reciprocal ...
Uala Working Group +8 more
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Volatile Organic Compounds and Beyond: Chemical Diversity and Biological Activities of <i>Dittrichia viscosa</i>. [PDF]
Ghidoli M +6 more
europepmc +1 more source
Food plants are vital to human and planetary health, but their diversity is threatened, making food security, nutrition, and environmental goals more difficult to achieve. Food plant diversity conservation, research, and education can be enhanced through collaboration between sectors, including genebanks and botanic gardens, which possess complementary
Colin K. Khoury +35 more
wiley +1 more source
Soil amendments suppress migratory pests and enhance yields. [PDF]
Touré M +6 more
europepmc +1 more source

