On the use of ultraviolet photography and ultraviolet wing patterns in butterfly morphology and taxonomy [PDF]
, 2000 In a series of feeding experiments we found that, depending on the larval food plant species or part of food plant ingested, individuals of the blue butterfly Polyommatus icarus (Lycaenidae) exhibit broad variation of wing patterns in the ultraviolet (UV)
Fiedler, Konrad, Knüttel, Helge
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Revegetation of Thermal Power Plant Ash Dumps or Sustainable Urban Development
Urban ScienceThe goal of this study is to safely reduce dust emissions from ash dumps and create green landscapes at waste storage sites. The most effective way to achieve this is through revegetation, which allows ash dumps to be transformed into green landscapes ...
Lyudmila Ivanovna Khudyakova +6 more
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The use of mixed species cropping to manage pests and diseases – theory and practice [PDF]
, 2002 This paper was presented at the UK organic research 2002 on behalf of colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR). Mixed species cropping is often perceived as a viable tool to increase on-farm biodiversity in organic agriculture and is a potentially ...
Davies, Gareth +2 more
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Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2009 The microhistological analysis quantifies the botanical composition of herbivore diets by the identification of the epidermal characters of ingested species. Many Papilionaceae form part of herbivore diets due to their high nutritive quality.
Cristina Yagueddú +2 more
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Aluminum stress responses and beneficial bacterial traits in Medicago legumes
Frontiers in Plant ScienceLegumes of the genus Medicago are agronomically important forage crops that also enhance soil fertility through biological nitrogen fixation. Beyond their agricultural value, Medicago species show promise for the ecological restoration of degraded soils,
Thomas Ledger +9 more
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Effect of different pastures on CLA content in milk and sheep cheese [PDF]
, 2003 It is known that milk composition included conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is affected by animal feeding system (Cabiddu et al., 2001). In Sardinia dairy sheep feeding is mainly based on pastures.
Addis, Margherita +7 more
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Transient and long-term antioxidant gene responses in Medicago truncatula following application of exogenous nitric oxide [PDF]
, 2009 Nitric oxide (NO) is a bioactive molecule involved in many biological events that has been reported to act as both a prooxidant and an antioxidant in plants.
Fotopoulos, Vasileios +2 more
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How to establish a perennial legume-grass sward? [PDF]
, 2003 In 2002, a field experiment with split-plot design was established in Juva in order to compare the use of nurse crop to establish perennial legume grass sward in organic ...
Nykänen, Arja, Nykänen-Kurki, Päivi
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Acid-adaption by a medic microsymbiont: new insights from the genome of Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419 [PDF]
, 2009 The poor availability of nitrogen is one of the principal factors limiting global biomass. Legumes are vital components of agricultural systems because of their ability to associate symbiotically with root nodule bacteria (RNB) and subsequently fix ...
Bräu, L. +4 more
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Analyzing Medicago spp. seed morphology using GWAS and machine learning
Scientific ReportsAlfalfa is widely recognized as an important forage crop. To understand the morphological characteristics and genetic basis of seed morphology in alfalfa, we screened 318 Medicago spp., including 244 Medicago sativa subsp.
Jacob Botkin +9 more
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