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Hemipteran vectors of stylet‐borne plant viruses: Aphids lead the charge

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Among all sap‐feeding hemipterans, aphids stand out by far as the most important vectors of noncirculative plant viruses. Compared to whiteflies and mealybugs, aphids’ highly specialized stylet anatomy and distinct feeding behaviors contribute, together with other features of their biology, to their remarkable efficiency in transmitting stylet‐borne ...
Yu Fu, Stefano Colella, Marilyne Uzest
wiley   +1 more source

Design and Development of a Tractor Mounted Sweet Potato Transplanting Machine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Transplanting is an important method of establishing field sweet potatoes. Design of a suitable transplanting machine depends on transplanting method. A design concept for the sweet potato transplanting machine was developed using Auto CAD R14.
Mohamed El Hassan, Mansour Widaa
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Cluttered with claims: Composition, nutrition, health and marketing claims on commercial infant and toddler foods in New Zealand

open access: yesNutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe's Nutrient and Promotion Profile Model recommends that commercial infant and toddler foods do not carry compositional, nutrition, health, or marketing claims. Our objective was to identify on‐pack claims displayed on commercial foods for infants and toddlers in New Zealand.
Sally Mackay   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contract Farming for Better Farmer-Enterprise Partnerships: ADB\u27s Experience in the People\u27s Republic of China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
[Excerpt] Agriculture should provide safe and nutritious food to people. In the People’s Republic of China (PRC ) and many other developing members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), agriculture is also the main source of income for rural residents ...
Asian Development Bank
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Analysis of plant and environmental samples for the quarantine fungus Phyllosticta citricarpa in four European citrus‐growing areas

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.
Methodologies for the early detection of Phyllosticta citricarpa in air and rainwater samples were developed and applied over three consecutive years (2018–2021) in four European citrus sites, previously reported to harbour the pathogen. Phyllosticta citricarpa was not detected in plant, air, or rainwater samples, and no CBS symptoms were observed on ...
Irene Vloutoglou   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sweet potatoes: Care required during storage between harvest and market

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 1949
Sweet potato harvesting in California occurs mainly during October and early November. Much of the crop is marketed immediately resulting in relatively low prices during this period.
P Minges, L Morris
doaj  

The University of Alaska - Juneau Whalesong [PDF]

open access: yes, 1982
Formal commencement planned: Boochever to give address -- Student multi-media art show -- Editorials: Mother whale waves goodbye or will the new editor come aboard? -- Thar she blows -- The hundredth monkey -- Student lobby recommendations for next year -

core  

Food without fire: Environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Over 80% of the population in rural Sub‐Saharan Africa relies on biomass cooking fuel, a substantial source of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. We use a field experiment in Zambia to investigate the impact of solar stoves on biomass fuel use and cooking habits.
Laura E. McCann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Megasphaera elsdenii, a commensal member of the gut microbiota, is associated with elevated gas production during in vitro fermentation

open access: yesGut Microbiome
Megasphaera elsdenii has been correlated with gas production by human faecal microbiota during fermentation. The objective of this study was to determine the role of M. elsdenii in gas production by the microbiome.
Erasme Mutuyemungu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sweet Potato Esophagus

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Gastroenterology, 2018
Andrew, Mertz   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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