In ancient times, people benefited from ingesting different parts of various weeds (root, stem, shoot, leaf, flower, fruit, seed, etc.) to maintain a healthy life. People have obtained the vegetables we grow today by succeeding in cultivating these weeds.
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Climate Crops Centre of Excellence – bringing innovation in sunflower breeding for climate resilience [PDF]
Sunflower breeding and selection are continual processes designed to increase its yield and improve the resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses. Breeders have been successful in producing a large number of varieties using conventional breeding. However,
Takač, Verica +23 more
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Beetroot and radish root yield in organic double-cropping production system [PDF]
Despite numerous positive effects on the environment, increased demands, intense research, and adequate public attention, crops grown according to the principles of organic production still occupy considerably small areas.
Ugrinović Milan +6 more
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Screening of Bacillus spp. as potential biocontrol agents against sunflower pathogens [PDF]
Bacillus spp. are well known to protect plants from seed or soil-borne pathogens by the synthesis of various metabolites with antimicrobial activity, such as hydrolytic enzymes and antibiotics.
Miljaković Dragana Đ. +6 more
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YIELD STRUCTURE IN THE PRODUCTION OF CERTIFIED SEEDS FROM BULGARIAN POTATO VARIETIES
The experiment was performed in the Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Plovdiv and Experimental station, Samokov during the period 2009-2011.
E. Nacheva +6 more
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The performance of the EU-Rotate_N model in predicting the growth and nitrogen uptake of rotations of field vegetable crops in a Mediterranean environment [PDF]
The EU-Rotate_N model was developed as a tool to estimate the growth and nitrogen (N) uptake of vegetable crop rotations across a wide range of European climatic conditions and to assess the economic and environmental consequences of alternative ...
Venezia, A. +5 more
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The effect of inoculation with Azotobacter chroococcum on microorganisms in rhizosphere and sugar beet yield in organic farming [PDF]
The effect on sugar beet yield parameters and microbiological soil status was studied using two techniques of sugar beet inoculation with strains of Azotobacter chroococcum.
Mrkovački Nastasija B. +5 more
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Possibility of using Bacillus and Trichoderma strains for decomposition of crop residues [PDF]
The objective of this study was to investigate the possibility of using microbial strains as residue decomposers and to determine the effect of these strains on chemical and microbial properties in the residue-amended soil. Greenhouse experiment
Bjelić Dragana Đ. +6 more
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The importance of legume genetic resources for breeding [PDF]
This paper presents the plant genetic resources maintained by the Center of Excellence for Legumes of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia. The genetic resources of legumes (soybean, alfalfa, red clover,
Miladinović Jegor +6 more
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Grain yield potential of spring dry pea varieties [PDF]
Field peas are mostly used for animal nutrition in the Balkan region and in the countries of the former USSR, while in the countries of Western Europe, Canada, the USA and the Middle East they are mostly used for human nutrition.
Milošević Branko +11 more
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