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Weed Control in Annual Strawberries Grown with Plastic Mulch: Efficacy, Phytotoxicity, and Soil Persistence Studies [PDF]
, 1987 Cool soil temperatures in Alaska are a limiting factor for many crops. Clear plastic mulch has been shown to increase soil temperatures, and use of this mulch has allowed the production of many warm season crops farther north than they could otherwise ...
Conn, Jeffery S., Farris, Martha
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The article examines post‐Stalinist Soviet expertise on girls’ education and upbringing, analysing texts for and about female adolescents created by specialists in pedagogical sciences, psychology, sociology, medicine as well as children's writers and journalists from different parts of the Union, including national republics. The text focuses
Ella Rossman
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California Agriculture, 1955 Resistance to the Verticillium disease of strawberry occurs in a few varieties such as Sierra, Blakemore, and Marshall, in some breeding stocks, and in some forms of Fragaria chiloensis, one of the progenitors of the present-day large-fruited strawberry.
S Wilhelm
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Production technologies for low-chill temperate fruits; Reports from the Second International Workshop, 19–23 April 2004, Chiang Mai, Thailand [PDF]
Crop Production/Industries,
Anonymous, Boonprakob, Unaroj
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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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Manual on prototyping methodology and multifunctional crop rotation [PDF]
, 2002 This VEGINECO manual is one of a series of publications resulting from the VEGINECO project. VEGINECO specialises in producing tested and improved multi-objective farming methods for key farming practices – e.g.
Garcia Diaz, A., Haan, J.J., de
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Insect Science, EarlyView.Aphids pose a serious risk to horticultural crops. Current biocontrol strategies often fail due to the poor establishment of natural enemies when aphids are scarce. We evaluated the potential of two aphidophagous predators, Micromus variegatus and Scymnus interruptus, to be used as preventive biocontrol agents, released before aphid infestation.
Jesica Pérez‐Rodríguez +3 more
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Sequoia… University of California centennial strawberry variety
California Agriculture, 1968 Sequoia, a new University of California strawberry variety, has been named and released for propagation and distribution—and has been further designated the Centennial strawberry variety in recognition of the University's anniversary this year. Fruit growers should direct requests for plants to California strawberry nurserymen.
R Bringhurst, V Voth
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Insect Science, EarlyView.Abstract Bactrocera tryoni, the Queensland fruit fly, is among the most damaging insect pests to the Australian horticultural industry as larvae infest ripening fruits or vegetables prior to harvest. Genetic biocontrol using Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) programs have been used to successfully suppress populations, via mass release of factory‐reared ...
Anzu Okada +7 more
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Becoming monstrous: Beauty norms, body image, and discursive limits on compassion in The Substance
Nutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.Abstract Aim This study analyses the Hollywood body horror film The Substance to explore how Western beauty culture regulates emotions and bodies. It aims to explore compassion within dominant body image discourses and considers how this impacts dietetic care. Methods Using Foucauldian discourse analysis informed by affect theory, the film was analysed
Phillip Joy
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