Fruit scent and observer colour vision shape food-selection strategies in wild capuchin monkeys [PDF]
, 2019 The senses play critical roles in helping animals evaluate foods, including fruits that can change both in colour and scent during ripening to attract frugivores.
Endo, Mizuki +9 more
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Technical solutions to prevent heat stress induced crop growth reduction for three climatic regions in Mexico [PDF]
, 2008 In the last 15 years a significant increase in greenhouse area has occurred in Mexico, from a modest 50 hectares in 1990 to over 2,000 hectares in 2004. The rapid increase in greenhouse area is a result of an attractive export market, USA. Mexican summer
Henten, E.J., van +3 more
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A SELF-REFLECTIVE INVERSE DEMAND SYSTEM [PDF]
This paper introduces an inverse differential demand system that has exactly the same form as the corresponding direct version. Its application is illustrated with the case of Australian fruit, whose prices were substantially affected by Severe Tropical ...
Kenneth W Clements, Maxwell Maesepp
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PlantsLitchi exhibits a large number of flowers, many flowering batches, and an inconsistent ratio of male and female flowers, frequently leading to a low fruit-setting rate. Floral sexual differentiation is a crucial phase in perennial trees to ensure optimal
Zhe Chen +7 more
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Genomic Profiling of F1 Hybrids of Durian (Durio zibethinus) Revealed by RAPD-PCR
Journal of Horticultural Research, 2016 The molecular analysis of 32 durian F1 hybrids, resulted from crossing of the Arp 8990 (female parent) and ‘Otong’ (male parent), was conducted in order to determine the genetic characteristics of hybrids and parents, as it would be followed/evidenced by
Prihatini Riry +2 more
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Microsatellite markers in Spanish lime (Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq., Sapindaceae), a neglected Neotropical fruit crop [PDF]
, 2019 Spanish lime (Melicoccus bijugatus Jacq.) is aNeotropical fruit tree cultivated, mainly, in orchards for self-consumption or local sale. The genus Melicoccus includes other nine species with edible fruits, some of these species are at risk of extinction.
Andueza-Noh, Ruben H. +5 more
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The management of tree genetic resources and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics: non-timber forest products, smallholder agroforestry practices and tree commodity crops [PDF]
, 2015 Products and services provided by trees in forests and farmland support the needs and promote the wellbeing of hundreds of millions of people in the tropics.
Clement, C.R. +10 more
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Plant phenology supports the multi-emergence hypothesis for ebola spillover events [PDF]
, 2017 Ebola virus disease outbreaks in animals (including humans and great apes) start with sporadic host switches from unknown reservoir species. The factors leading to such spillover events are little explored.
Douglas, Noah E. +6 more
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Annotated world bibliography of host fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]
, 2013 Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) infests fruits and vegetables of a number of different plant species, with host plants primarily found in the plant families Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae. Although B.
Liquido, Nicanor J., McQuate, Grant T.
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Value chains of cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.) in a centre of diversity and its on-farm implications [PDF]
, 2013 This paper uses value chain analysis as a novel method to examine the conservation status of and strategies for cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.), an underutilized, perennial fruit species native to the Andean valleys of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Van Damme, Patrick, Vanhove, Wouter
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