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Microbiome selection could spur next-generation plant breeding strategies

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Plants, though sessile, have developed a unique strategy to counter biotic and abiotic stresses by symbiotically co-evolving with microorganisms and tapping into their genome for this purpose.
Murali Gopal, Alka Gupta
doaj   +1 more source

Governing teak furniture business : a global value-chain system dynamic modeling approach [PDF]

, 2007
Indonesian teak forest plantation contributes to more than 35% of world teak forests. Perhutani, a state owned company, manages one million Ha of teak plantation area, while local communities manages teak agro-forests outside the state forest that ...
Guizol, Philippe, Muhtaman, Dwi R., Purnomo, Herry   +2 more
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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
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Market participation and profitability of small scale garri processing in Edo, Ogun and Oyo States, Nigeria

Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics
Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava which is a staple food crop consumed in different forms. garri is one of the products commonly consumed by households.
Jelili Olaide Saka, Veronica Adeoti Obatolu, Bosede Olukemi Lawal, Ayodeji Babatunde Idowu, Chukwudi Peter Amadi, Johnson Adedayo Adetumbi, Taofik Oyedele Dauda   +6 more
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A practical genome-enabled legitimacy assay for oil palm breeding and seed production

BMC Plant Biology, 2019
Background Legitimacy in breeding and commercial crop production depends on optimised protocols to ensure purity of crosses and correct field planting of material.
Chee-Keng Teh, Heng-Leng Lee, Hafiza Abidin, Ai-Ling Ong, Sean Mayes, Fook-Tim Chew, David Appleton   +6 more
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Soil Depth Determines the Composition and Diversity of Bacterial and Archaeal Communities in a Poplar Plantation

Forests, 2019
Understanding the composition and diversity of soil microorganisms that typically mediate the soil biogeochemical cycle is crucial for estimating greenhouse gas flux and mitigating global changes in plantation forests.
Huili Feng, Jiahuan Guo, Weifeng Wang, Xinzhang Song, Shui-qiang Yu   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Documentation of Ancestral Caddo Ceramic Vessels from Sites in Red River County, Texas [PDF]

, 2017
The vessel collections at the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas (TARL) have ancestral Caddo vessels from a number of sites along the Red River in the Mound Prairie area.
Perttula, Timothy K.
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Life cycle assessment of biodiesel synthesis from waste cooking oil using bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The development of renewable energy sources is important in order to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Waste cooking oil (WCO) is a promising feedstock for biodiesel production through transesterification. Heterogeneous bifunctional catalysts offer a sustainable alternative to conventional homogeneous bases such ...
Frederick Jit Fook Phang, Jocelyn Ling Hui Jong, Michael Toh Yang Wong, Jiuan Jing Chew, Lusi Ernawati, Diah Agustina Puspitasari, Fuping Li, Yen San Chan, Basil T. Wong, Jaka Sunarso   +9 more
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Restoring Trust: Rebuilding the Forest Carbon Credit System Through Scientific Rigor

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As pivotal nature‐based climate solutions (NbCS), forests are increasingly recognized for their climate mitigation potential. However, this potential is undermined by fundamental flaws in current carbon credit systems. Our analysis identifies four interconnected systemic challenges: (1) subjective additionality assessments arising from ...
Xiaoqian Che, Shaokun Li
wiley   +1 more source

Infection of Phytophthora Palmivora From Soil in Cocoa Plantation [PDF]

, 2008
Phytophthora palmivora causes serious losses on cocoa in Indonesia and world-wide. The research aimed to assess the potential of soil as source of inocula for Phytophthora diseases in cocoa.
Purwantara, A. (Agus)
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