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Nutrient management of immature rubber plantations. A review

, 2019
The rapid expansion of rubber tree plantations in recent decades has been accompanied by dramatic negative ecological and social impacts. Rubber sector stakeholders consequently engaged in sustainable production of rubber.
Malagoli, Philippe, Vrignon-Brenas, Sylvain, Snoeck, Didier, Mareschal, Louis, Laclau, Jean-Paul, Gay, Frédéric, Ricard, Sophie, Perron, Thibaut, Vrignon, Sylvain, Gohet, Eric   +9 more
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Expanding rubber plantations in southern China: evidence for hydrological impacts [PDF]

, 2019
While there is increasing evidence concerning the detrimental effects of expanding rubber plantations on biodiversity and local water balances, their implications on regional hydrology remain uncertain.
Lacombe, Guillaume, Xing Ma, Xu, Jianchu, Ma, Xing, Ma, X., Van Noordwijk, Meine, Rhett Harrison, Harrison, R., Guillaume Lacombe, Jianchu Xu, Harrison, Rhett, Meine van Noordwijk, Noordwijk, M. van, Xu, J.   +13 more
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Low Rates of Kaolin in Different Application Periods Reduce Diaphorina citri Population and Huanglongbing Incidence in Commercial Citrus Orchards

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
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, Wellington Ivo Eduardo, Renato Beozzo Bassanezi, Eduardo Augusto Girardi, Haroldo Xavier Linhares Volpe   +4 more
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Characterisation of biodiversity in improved rubber agroforests in West-Kalimantan, Indonesia. Real and Potential uses for spontaneous plants [PDF]

Since the introduction of rubber at the turn of the 20th century smallholders have developed an original complex agroforestry system called jungle rubber in which non selected young rubber trees (seedlings) are managed extensively alongside secondary ...
S. Diaz-Novellon, M. Arnaud, E. Penot
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Edaphic characteristics and environmental impact of rubber tree plantations on soil mite (Acari ) communities

, 2018
The objective of the investigation was to determine the response of different taxa of mites across the land use types and demonstrate that soil mites could be used as an indicator of environmental change after the conversion of secondary forests into ...
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet., Lagerlöf, Jan,   +1 more
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Additives for processing natural rubber and their application in small rubber plantations

Informador Técnico, 2014
Se presenta una revisión de literatura sobre cómo los aditivos usados en los procesos de beneficio del caucho natural modifican las propiedades del látex líquido o caucho seco en forma de láminas o coágulos, productos que pueden obtenerse en plantaciones de caucho como las que abundan en Colombia. Se consideran las ventajas y desventajas del uso de los
Gabriel Jaime Peláez Arroyave, Sandra Milena Velásquez Restrepo, Diego Hernán Giraldo Vásquez   +2 more
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No Remedy: Injustice and Constrained Citizenship in Indonesia's Plantation Zone

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This contribution to the special issue examines a constrained version of citizenship in Indonesia's plantation zone. When corporations take hold of village land, residents experience devastating dispossession and a profound sense of injustice, yet they lack effective channels through which to claim rights as citizens or secure remedy from the ...
Tania Murray Li, Pujo Semedi
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Trees, Tenure and Conflict: Rubber in Colonial Benin [PDF]

Tree crops have changed land tenure in Africa. Farmers have acquired more permanent, alienable rights, but have also faced disputes with competing claimants and the state.
James Fenske
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Plants diversity in rubber plantations at Segamat, Johor

, 2020
Due to production activities, species richness in rubber plantations varies considerably. This research was conducted to identify diversity and richness of common plants in rubber plantations at Segamat, Johor.
Adnan, Nur Safiqah
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Remaking State Power Through a Paraquat Ban in Malaysia

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of the state in its ability to enact environmental regulations. Specifically, this study investigates how Malaysian state actors changed, shifted and betrayed various, oftentimes competing interests to ban paraquat, an acutely toxic herbicide.
Caitlyn Sears
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