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Integrated water and soil conservation for food security in Niger, preliminary results [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
As a result of growing population pressure and limited fertile land availability, Nigerien farmers increasingly rely on marginal lands for food crops production.
Cornelis, Wim   +3 more
core  

EMERGÊNCIA E ESTABELECIMENTO DE PLÂNTULAS DE Guazuma ulmifolia LAM. EM FUNÇÃO DE DIFERENTES TRATAMENTOS PRÉ-GERMINATIVOS

open access: yesCiência Florestal, 2016
This study tested the influence of mechanical and thermal scarification methods on emergence and establishment of Guazuma ulmifolia seedlings. Seeds were subjected to pre-germination treatments of (1) mechanical scarification (sandpaper),
Diellen Librelon da Silva   +4 more
doaj  

Methyl Jasmonate Seed Priming Mitigates the Defence‐Growth Trade‐Off and Tailors Plant Response to Specific Pests

open access: yesPlant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Seed defence priming is emerging as a novel, cost‐efficient and environmentally safe tool for pest management. It has been proposed as a means to uncouple the defence‐growth trade‐off in plants by enhancing defence responses with minimal fitness costs, but the mechanisms underlying this role remain elusive.
Lucia Talavera‐Mateo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of thermal, chemical, and mechanical seed scarification methods for 4 Great Basin lupine species

open access: yes, 2016
Seeds of most Great Basin lupine (Lupinus spp. [Fabaceae]) species are physically dormant and thus, difficult to establish in uniform stands in seed production fields. We designed this study to examine 5 seed scarification techniques, each with 11 levels
Covy Jones   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anatomical characterization of the wood of Faveira (Parkia gigantocarpa Ducke), occurring in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Amazon has the largest diversity in fauna and flora in the world. So much wealth attracts the attention of many who want to preserve and sustainably exploit.
Ferreira, Cassiana Alves   +3 more
core  

The WHO public-health approach to antiretroviral treatment against HIV in resource-limited settings.

open access: yes, 2006
WHO has proposed a public-health approach to antiretroviral therapy (ART) to enable scaling-up access to treatment for HIV-positive people in developing countries, recognising that the western model of specialist physician management and advanced ...
Crowley, Siobhan   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Living in the Mycelial World

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
wiley   +1 more source

Stable incidence rates of tuberculosis (TB) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative South African gold miners during a decade of epidemic HIV-associated TB.

open access: yes, 2003
During the last decade, annual tuberculosis (TB) case-notification rates increased 4-fold, to >4000 cases/100000 person-years, in the study workforce, among whom prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was 30% in 2000.
Charalambous, Salome   +6 more
core   +1 more source

LES MARQUAGES CORPORELS CHEZ LES COMMUNAUTÉS NÉOLITHIQUES ET ÉNÉOLITHIQUES CARPATO DANUBIENNES (II) [PDF]

open access: yesCodrul Cosminului, 2011
In the second part of this work, the author continues the discussion about anthropomorphic statuettes and vases, this time of the Aeneolithic, the Carpatho-Balkan and Danubian area, which emphasizes body (bodily) marks such as tattoos, piercings ...
Dumitru Boghian
doaj  

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