Portable and low-cost analytical devices are essential for rapid detection of bioactive substrates in agricultural products. This study presents the first highly integrated microelectrochemical sensor based on pencil graphite for rapid and sensitive ...
Hong-Qi Xia +3 more
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First occurrence of mastixioid (Cornaceae) fossil in India and its biogeographic implications [PDF]
Mastixioids in the family Cornaceae, are presently native only in limited areas of Asia, they have rich fossil fruit record in Cenozoic sediments of Europe and North America, but unfortunately none have been reported from Cenozoic sediments of India and ...
Bera, Meghma +4 more
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
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Effect of Bending on Shoot Growth, Flowering and Fruiting of Xianjinfeng Litchi
【Objective】Xianjinfeng litchi is a new variety introduced in recent years. It is characterized by high quality and late ripening and has significant economic and social benefits in the middle and late ripening litchi producing areas, however, its ...
Yonghua JIANG +7 more
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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
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Assessment of the role of age and light availability in leaf mortality in mango tree.[OS 6-1] [PDF]
The branch autonomy principle states that the branch carbohydrate economy can be largely independent of the other branches of a tree. This may influence fruit growth and affect global crop yield.
Boudon, Frédéric +6 more
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Pengelompokan Plasma Nutfah Rambutan Berdasarkan Karakter Morfologi [PDF]
Rambutan is a fruit native to Indonesia, which has a high diversity. Indonesian Tropical Fruit Research Institute has a rambutan germplasm collection.
Nfn, K. (Kuswandi)
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【Objective】In order to screen safe and effective fungicides to provide guidance for passion fruit production, seven biological fungicides were used as materials to study their control effects on the pathogen causing stem rot disease in passion fruits ...
Ruibin KUANG +5 more
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Influence of climate on mandarin fruit quality: comparative studies between Brazil and France cultural and environmental conditions : S02O02 [PDF]
Brazil is leader of concentrated and frozen orange juice production in the world. However, the extension of fresh orange and mandarin market could provide higher gains for the producers, as occurred in Spain and California (USA).
Costantino, Gilles +9 more
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Are patterns of fine-scale spatial genetic structure consistent between sites within tropical tree species? [PDF]
JRS was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) (http://www.snf.ch/en/Pages/default.aspx) grant number PDFMP3_132479 / 1 awarded to JG.
Burslem, David F. R. P. +9 more
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