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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods worldwide. This paper examines the conflict around the management of the X. fastidiosa outbreak affecting olive trees in southern Italy.
Fabio Gatti +2 more
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Visit to Australia and New Zealand [PDF]
, 2003 The report summarises experiences from a study tour to Australia and New Zealand where numerous organic farms and research stations were visited by the Danish scientist Bo ...
Melander, Senior scientist Bo
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Weeds in a changing climate: Competitors or service plants?
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Reducing herbicide use and preparing agroecosystems for climate change are two top priorities on the global policy agenda. Here, we explore whether these two challenges can be tackled simultaneously. While weeds are generally considered a threat to crop production, we show that weeds can help overcome climate change challenges in agroecosystems ...
Marie J. Zwetsloot +12 more
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Untersuchung verschiedener Techniken zur Beikrautregulierung beim Anbau von Soja [PDF]
, 2017 Successful mechanical weed control is a crucial aspect in organic soybean production. Six weed control techniques (spring tine harrow, inter row hoe with duckfoot sweeps, separately used or in combinations, inter row hoe with additional tools: finger ...
Demmel, Markus +2 more
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Capsicum chinense as an African traditional vegetable: Culture, resilience, and opportunity
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Capsicum chinense is central to everyday diets, cultural identity, and smallholder livelihoods across Sub‐Saharan Africa, yet remains overlooked in agricultural research and policy. This paper reframes C. chinense as a traditional, climate‐resilient vegetable shaped by centuries of farmer stewardship and cultural selection.
Derek W. Barchenger +1 more
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A review of knowledge: inter-row hoeing & its associated agronomy in organic cereal & pulse crops [PDF]
, 2002 The aim of this project was to establish the “state of the art” for inter-row hoeing and its associated agronomic practices in organic cereal and pulse crops. To achieve this a detailed review of literature was undertaken.
J. A., King +3 more
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Mechanisms of selective mechanical weed control by harrowing
Keywords: weed harrowing, mechanical weed control, selectivity, biomechanics, uprooting, soil-covering, recovery, plant damage, methodology Current weed control problems in organic farming and minor crops show that alternatives for selective herbicides need further development.
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From wild to tamed: Reimagining novel crops through omics and local plant diversity
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.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
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Qualität und Ertrag von Öko-Zwiebeln: Vergleich von Pflanzung und Direktsaat [PDF]
, 2013 Yield and quality (bulb size, sugar content and composition, pungency, initial sprout growth) of early and late transplanted and directly sown onions (cv.
Bufler, Gebhard +2 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Sorghum bicolor is a globally important cereal crop with annual yields exceeding 50 million tons across more than 100 countries and can be grown on marginal lands where conventional agriculture is limited. We examined how eight genetically diverse sorghum genotypes shaped arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) community assembly across two contrasting ...
Philip Brailey‐Crane +8 more
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