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A major problem in fruit cultivation in Flanders is replant disease due to a lack of uncultivated soils available for new plantings. Replant disease can cause poor growth and affect time to full production, however Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) can ...
An Ceustermans +3 more
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Index Insurance and Food Security Among Smallholder Farmers in Southern Mali
ABSTRACT Climate extremes increasingly threaten food security in low‐ and middle‐income countries, where vulnerable smallholder farmers often lack access to risk mitigation tools. Although index‐based insurance has been promoted as a promising adaptation measure to climate shocks, evidence on its welfare effects, especially on food security, remains ...
Anna Mader, Tim Ölkers, Oliver Mußhoff
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Analysis of Oomycetal Communities in Apple Replant Disease in Nova Scotia
Analysis of Oomycetal Communities in Apple Replant Disease in Nova ...
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From Loss to Transformation? Towards Pluralistic and Politicised Agrarian‐Climate Futures
ABSTRACT Understanding how actors perceive and anticipate future states of the world is gaining traction in climate change governance scholarship and related calls for sustainability transformations. However, smallholder farmers, indigenous groups, and local communities, who are expected to bear disproportionate burdens of loss and damage from climate ...
Joel Persson +4 more
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1174. Iris reticulata M.Bieb. subsp. isikgunerae Güner & B.Mathew
Summary Iris reticulata subsp. isikgunerae is illustrated and discussed here. The introduction of the type species, Iris reticulata, is investigated, its subspecies are listed, and descriptions given.
Adil Güner, Christabel King, Martyn Rix
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ABSTRACT Background/Aim This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of sports‐related traumatic dental injuries (SRTIs), mouthguard (MG) utilization, dental trauma emergency knowledge, and associated influencing factors among adolescents participating in contact sports in Nantong, eastern China.
Shuzi Xu, Yiyang Chen, Juanjuan Wu
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ABSTRACT Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most destructive citrus disease worldwide, and it has been disseminated by the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri, the vector of the causing agent Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. Although processed kaolin reduces psyllid infestation, long‐term field data from commercial orchards are limited.
Marcelo Pedreira de Miranda +4 more
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Elucidation of the Microbial Complex Having a Causal Role in the Development of Apple Replant Disease in Washington [PDF]
Systematic studies were conducted to elucidate the role of different soil microbial groups in the development of apple replant disease. Populations of targeted microorganisms were reduced by the application of semiselective biocides and soil ...
Mazzola, Mark, Mark Mazzola
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Embedded Pesticide Use: Exploring the Pesticide‐Land Nexus
ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, global land grabs, farmland financialization and land‐based food sovereignty movements have returned the land question to the heart of agrarian studies. Meanwhile, abiding interest in pesticides has been reanimated in the face of changes in production, regulation and knowledge of toxicity.
Julie Guthman, Marion Werner
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No Cocoa Without Deforestation? A Field‐Type Analysis of Forest Frontiers in West Africa
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the interrelations of production systems, class relations and deforestation in a smallholder forest frontier. Using the concept of field types, we provide a plot‐level analysis of deforestation processes in West Africa, where smallholders convert forest into cocoa farms.
Sarah Lena Graf +5 more
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