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Hop Pest Scouting Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
During the 2016 growing season, the major pest challenges we encountered at the hop yard at the Borderview Research Farm in Alburgh, Vermont were two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae), and hop downy mildew ...
Darby, Heather, Lewins, Scott
core   +1 more source

Structures of Ideological Systems Programming. The Case of Sustainability in Prices

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to demonstrate Niklas Luhmann's systems theory and its concept of ideologies as a general framework for analysing the actual implementation of normative ideas in modern society. Using the example of sustainable pricing within the economic system, it shows how values can be established at the programmatic level of function ...
Kristoffer Klement
wiley   +1 more source

Water stress: Opportunities for supply chain research

open access: yesProduction and Operations Management, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Driven by climate change and overuse, water stress is a worsening sustainability concern that threatens businesses and communities across the globe. Leading global organizations such as the United Nations have expressed an urgent need for sustainable water management strategies across nations and economies.
Dustin Cole   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional composition of the Amazonian tree flora and forests

open access: yesCommunications Biology
Plants cope with the environment by displaying large phenotypic variation. Two spectra of global plant form and function have been identified: a size spectrum from small to tall species with increasing stem tissue density, leaf size, and seed mass; a ...
Hans ter Steege   +230 more
doaj   +1 more source

Positioning Cotton in the Market for Quality: An Application of Market Segmentation for West Texas [PDF]

open access: yes
This study provides guidance for cotton marketing efforts by determining major market segments with quality thresholds for West Texas. Given its present quality performance, great potential segments are from higher-end international segments with ...
Jung, Sangnyeol, Lyford, Conrad P.
core   +1 more source

EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVE MICROORGANISMS (EM) TECHNOLOGY IN MAIZE (Zea mays L.) GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND YIELD IN MOROGORO TANZANIA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The field experiment was conducted at Tushikamane Centre Kilakala, Morogoro Tanzania to investigate the effect of EM technology on maize (Zea mays L.) growth, development and yield.
CHILAGANE, DAUDI AMOS   +3 more
core  

Unveiling the Dynamics of Green Innovation on ESG Performance: The Role of Financial Distress and the Impact of the Paris Agreement

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The field of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) investment has witnessed significant growth in recent decades, driven by the widespread adoption of “carbon neutral” efforts by most nations. Industry would prioritize ESG in a global context characterized by significant uncertainty.
Ashutosh Yadav   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-clinical outcomes of antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in developing countries: a systematic literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This repository item contains a single issue of the Health and Development Discussion Papers, an informal working paper series that began publishing in 2002 by the Boston University Center for Global Health and Development.
Beard, Jennifer   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Leaf longevity and structure, fruit mass and phenology in 52 cultivated varieties and wild accessions of olive

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Although phenology has long been recognized as a critical feature for the adaptation of organisms to their local environment, until recently, phenological events have seldom been considered in the broader context of trait‐based ecology.
Eric Garnier   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plant economics spectrum governs leaf nitrogen and phosphorus resorption in subtropical transitional forests

open access: yesBMC Plant Biology
Background Leaf nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) resorption is a fundamental adaptation strategy for plant nutrient conservation. However, the relative roles that environmental factors and plant functional traits play in regulating N and P resorption ...
Boyu Ma   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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