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Allelopathic potential of segetal and ruderal invasive alien plants [PDF]

Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2018
At the global level, the invasion of alien organisms is considered the second largest threat to biodiversity. The assumption is that the high allelopathic potential is one of the features that helps invasive plant species to spread to new areas ...
Nenad Novak, Maja Novak, Klara Barić, Maja Šćepanović, Dario Ivić   +4 more
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Pollen concentration of invasive tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) on the Northern Great Plain, Hungary

Acta herbologica, 2022
In areas where the tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) appears and multiplies, the original vegetation degrades and transforms. The invasive tree of heaven is also of great importance in urban environments, where it causes building damage, static ...
V. Vojnich, O. Udvardy, D. Kajtor-Apatini, Á. Ferencz, A. Szarvas, L. Makra, D. Magyar   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preface and Presidential Address [PDF]

, 1988
The coconut palm known as Kalpa Vriksha or tree of heaven is of great antiquity in India. Every part of the tree is useful to man and it provides livelihood for mi1lions of people in the country.
Silas, E G
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The Impacts, Mechanisms, and Patterns of China Rural Collective Economic Development With Common Prosperity for All

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a fundamental tenet of socialism with Chinese characteristics, pursuing common prosperity for all entails reducing urban‐rural disparities while simultaneously increasing rural household income. This study utilizes interview and survey data from the “Chinese Thousand Villages Survey” conducted by the Shanghai University of Finance and ...
Qingen Gai, Zhiqiang He, Fangfang Su, Wencheng Zhao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human-mediated dispersal drives the spread of the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)

Scientific Reports, 2023
The spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) is a novel invasive insect from Asia now established and spreading throughout the United States. This species is of particular concern given its ability to decimate important crops such as grapes, fruit trees ...
Zachary S. Ladin, Donald A. Eggen, Tara L. E. Trammell, Vincent D’Amico   +3 more
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Bulletin No. 14: Creating New Landscapes with Herbicides, A Homeowner\u27s Guide [PDF]

, 1963
A how-to-do-it handbook describing the formulations and techniques to be used in eliminating unwanted plants such as poison ivy. The use of herbicides in naturalistic landscaping, wildlife and woodlot management are included.
Goodwin, Richard H., Niering, William A.
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Forwarding forest restoration: Seven key socio‐ecological issues for advancing forest restoration in a world in flux

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Restoring forests can help conserve biodiversity, mitigate climate change and enhance human well‐being. Despite financial and political support for global forest restoration initiatives, projects continue to face persistent challenges and trade‐offs between environmental, climatic and socio‐economic goals.
Mariana Hernandez‐Montilla, Katie Devenish, Lucas Alencar, Rayna Benzeev, Pooja Choksi, Ida N. S. Djenontin, Matthew E. Fagan, Harry Fischer, Paola Isaacs Cubides, Thais Linhares Juvenal, Matilda Kabutey‐Ongor, Judith Kamoto, Andrew Kinzer, David Kroeker‐Maus, Stephanie Mansourian, Felipe Melo, Daniel C. Miller, Sandy Nofyanza, Adithya Pradeep, Florian Reiner, Warrangkana Rattanarat, Niken Sakuntaladewi, Conghe Song, Laura Vang Rasmussen, Johan A. Oldekop   +24 more
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Purification and Properties of Chlorophyllase from Ailanthus altissima (Tree-of-Heaven) [PDF]

Plant Physiology, 1971
Chlorophyllase from Ailanthus altissima leaves has been purified 63-fold by a combination of heat treatment, ultracentrifugation, gel filtration, and chromatography on diethylaminoethyl cellulose. While the enzyme is inhibited to some degree by Triton X-100, a modification of the assay procedure of Klein and Vishniac has been shown to be far superior ...
R F, McFeeters, C O, Chichester, J R, Whitaker   +2 more
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The bioherbicide Verticillium nonalfalfae effectively removes tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima) but leaves many other non-native plants

Invasive Plant Science and Management
Tree-of-heaven [Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle] readily exploits disturbances, grows quickly into dense monocultures, and suppresses native plant species. The vascular wilt pathogen, Verticillium nonalfalfae, native to the eastern United States, has
Timothy J. Shively, Jacob N. Barney, J. L. Reid, S. Salom   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source