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Keeping track of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: New roles for farmers and naturalists in pollinator monitoring

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The decline in biodiversity, particularly in agricultural landscapes, is a pressing global challenge. Monitoring is vital to assess biodiversity trends and conservation effectiveness, yet farmland remains underinvestigated. Engaging farmers and encouraging naturalists to take on new roles could help expand monitoring efforts and strengthen ...
Elin Lundquist, Erik Öckinger, Alice L. Mauchline, Ignasi Bartomeus, Stuart Edwards, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Simon G. Potts, Andy Ruck, René van der Wal   +8 more
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Propagation Methods and Mulching Modulate the Quantum Yield, Ionic Relations, and Production Components of Sour Passion Fruit under Salt Stress

Horticulturae, 2023
In semiarid regions of Brazil, water and/or soil salinity is one of the limiting factors for sour passion fruit production. Low rainfall rates combined with edaphic conditions (high concentrations of soluble salts) intensify deleterious effects on plants.
Antônio Gustavo de Luna Souto, Lourival Ferreira Cavalcante, Edinete Nunes de Melo, Ítalo Herbert Lucena Cavalcante, Geovani Soares de Lima, Francisco de Oliveira Mesquita, Luan dos Santos Silva, Bruno da Silva, Lucas Soares Rodrigues, Evandro Franklin de Mesquita, Hans Raj Gheyi, Alberto Soares de Melo   +11 more
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Engineering compact Physalis peruviana (goldenberry) to promote its potential as a global crop

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Goldenberry (Physalis peruviana) produces sweet, nutritionally rich berries, yet like many minor crops, is cultivated in limited geographical regions and has not been a focus of breeding programs for trait enhancement. Leveraging knowledge of plant architecture‐related traits from related species, we used CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated gene editing to generate a
Miguel Santo Domingo, Blaine Fitzgerald, Gina M. Robitaille, Srividya Ramakrishnan, Kerry Swartwood, Nicholas G. Karavolias, Michael C. Schatz, Joyce Van Eck, Zachary B. Lippman   +8 more
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Redução de brix e acidez em sucos de frutas através de nanofiltração [PDF]

, 2012
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Alimentos, Florianópolis, 2009O maracujá (Passiflora edulis flavicarpa) tem um flavor especial e intenso, porém em ...
Klein, Bruna
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Citric acid extraction of pectin from tropical fruit peels of passion fruit, dragon fruit and soursop [PDF]

, 2015
Pectin has been intensively used as natural gelling agent and stabilizer to alter rheological properties in food ingredients by most food processing industries in achieving desired textural quality.
Chin, Nyuk Ling, Cheok, Choon Yoong, Liew, Shan Qin, Yusof, Yus Aniza   +3 more
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King, Martin R. McAinsh, Michael R. Roberts   +2 more
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Establishment of a Virus-Induced Gene-Silencing (VIGS) System in Passiflora edulis Sims and Its Use in the Functional Analysis of PechlH

Horticulturae
Passion fruit is a very important tropical and subtropical fruit that not only has a good edible flavour, but also has high ornamental value. However, the functions of important trait genes in passion fruit have been difficult to elucidate due to the ...
Lijuan Zhang, Xiaoyan Yi, Shaojuan Wang, Muhammad Moaaz Ali, Yiping Zheng, Zhimin Lin, Faxing Chen   +6 more
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The Passion Fruit in Florida

, 2021
Passion fruit is a short-lived evergreen perennial vine that produces an aromatic and tropical-tasting fruit. This new 13-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department provides a description of passion fruit and its various species ...
Joshua Anderson, Alan Chambers, Amir Rezazadeh, Jonathan H. Crane, Ali Sarkhosh, Mark Bailey   +5 more
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“Taking Off the Rose‐Colored Glasses”: How Justice‐Centered Science Curricula Engages Prehealth Undergraduates' in Critical Consciousness

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Health disparities rooted in systemic oppression and perpetuated by implicit bias among medical professionals remain pervasive across North America. These inequities are often sustained by providers' limited awareness of social realities that shape the lives of people from marginalized communities.
Sabah K. Elias, Francisca Dogbe, Ashley R. Acosta‐Parra, Arsema Alemayehu, Faizah Asif, Yajing Feng, Jacob Francisco Gomez, Isabella Morimoto, Ofelia Preciado, Dathan Tran, Ross Wohlgemuth, Lucas R. Smith, Eric J. Crossen, Brie Tripp   +13 more
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Caracterización de Daños de Moscas del Género Dasiops (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) en Passiflora spp. (Passifloraceae) Cultivadas en Colombia / Characterization of Damage of the Genus Dasiops Flies (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) from Cultivated Passiflora (Passiflor

Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín, 2014
Resumen. Las moscas del género Dasiops Rondani constituyen la plaga más limitante en cultivos de pasifloras en Colombia, por lo que el reconocimiento de especies es importante para la toma de decisiones de vigilancia y control.
Maikol Yohanny Santamaría Galindo, Ángela Patricia Castro Ávila, Everth Emilio Ebratt Ravelo, Helena Luisa Margarita Brochero   +3 more
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