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SolRgene: an online database to explore disease resistance genes in tuber-bearing Solanum species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background The cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is an important food crop, but highly susceptible to many pathogens. The major threat to potato production is the Irish famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans, which causes the devastating late ...
Goverse, A.   +17 more
core   +1 more source

Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives on Vegetable Crops in Africa

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Vegetable production plays a key role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa. Moreover, African indigenous vegetables emerge as underutilized yet highly valuable crops, rich in macro‐ and micronutrients, as well as bioactive compounds with an array of health benefits.
Đorđe Vojnović   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two decades of research

open access: yes, 1983
Includes description of cassava projects funded by ...
Central Tuber Crops Research Institute
core   +1 more source

Effect of in vitro and in vivo induction of polyethelene glycol-mediated osmotic stress on hybrid taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott)

open access: yesAnnals of Tropical Research, 2006
Taro hybrid TSL (Topi X Satasankha), along with its parental lines, was evaluated for stress tolerance under in vitro and in vivo polyethelene glycol (PEG) – mediated osmotic stress conditions.
Manas Ranjan Sahoo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mycorrhization of Quercus acutissima with Tuber borchii and Tuber melanosporum

open access: yes, 2022
Truffles are ectomycorrhizal fungi that belong to the genus Tuber. They exhibit symbiotic relationships, particularly with oak (Quercus spp.) and hazel (Corylus spp.) trees.
Jung-Min Lee, Eom Ahn-Heum
core   +1 more source

Advancing European Plant Variety Registration: Data‐Driven Insights and Stakeholder Perspectives

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Efficient plant variety registration is crucial for fostering innovation in the European Union, yet the current regulatory framework is complex and faces calls for reform. This study provides data‐driven evidence to inform the ongoing legislative debate by employing a mixed‐methods approach.
Sergio Urioste Daza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Germplasm evaluation and molecular selection of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars with disease resistance in China

open access: yesCzech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2017
Foreground and background selections are two important aspects that need to be carefully considered by plant breeders during field selection. In this article, we used 7 disease resistance markers, including four late blight and three potato virus disease
Wan Lin LI   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improvement of sugar tolerance by a dahlia tuber extract in rats. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Dahlia tuber extract are a good source of inulin, a soluble dietary fiber, comparable to other inulin-rich foods such as Jerusalem artichoke, chicory and edible burdock.
フジワラ, マサヨシ   +11 more
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The causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on Germany's grasslands during a compound drought and heatwave in 2018

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preserving ecosystem services, along with economic and environmental benefits, will require future landscape policies to identify and incorporate relevant landscape features. In this paper, we investigate the causal effect of agricultural landscape simplification on drought‐related grassland damages.
Marco Ferro   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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