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Topic: Smallholder Farmers' Adaptation Practices to the Effects of Land Degradation on Livelihoods in Semi‐Arid Ghana

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although several environmental challenges exist globally, land degradation is the greatest threat and risk factor wedging human livelihoods. Despite widespread awareness of climate change, little empirical evidence exists on land degradation and its impacts on livelihoods in semi‐arid agroecological systems.
Philip Aniah, Raymond Agyepong Antwi, Miriam Afi Kosi, Makemie Jumanne Mabula   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fruit‐quality tradeoffs generate asymmetry in plant reliance on mutualistic frugivores

Oikos, EarlyView.
Seed dispersal is a fundamental ecological process influencing the evolution of plant life‐history strategies. In fleshy‐fruited plants dispersed by mutualistic frugivores, variation in fruit traits among closely related species may shape the temporal and spatial dynamics of dispersal events critical to population success.
João Vitor S. Messeder, Tomás A. Carlo
wiley   +1 more source

Structural and Rheological Properties of Chitosan‐Biochar Composites Prepared With Waste Biomass‐Derived Biochar

Polymer Engineering &Science, EarlyView.
Chitosan dispersions containing biochar derived from vine pruning residue showed increasing shear stress and improved thermal stability with loading. Flow behavior was described by the Bingham plastic model in all cases. These results support the valorization of agricultural waste in functional biopolymer formulations.
Ahmet Eser, Mehmet Sadrettin Zeybek, Mertcan Öksüz, Kamil Şirin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic structure and ex situ conservation of the North American grapevine Vitis labrusca

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The North American wild grapevine species Vitis labrusca is an important source of disease resistance and climate resilience traits for breeding new grapevine cultivars. To ensure its continued use in breeding, V. labrusca must be accurately identified and genetically diverse material must be conserved.
Zoë Migicovsky, Clay Elzinga, Mia C. Lauzon, Thomas Connor, Kylie DeViller, Claire Dinn, Grace M. Earle, Emma Hockley, Olivia Lennon, Lillian A. Ricker, Peter M. Roberts, Katrina M. Robinson, Aditi Sharma, Paris N. Spencer, Sammy Stockdale, Liam L. Tingley, Annelies Yates, Jason P. Londo, Peter Cousins   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser yam and teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Major staple crops are often introduced and cultivated in monocultures. Yams are staple crops native to the majority of low‐ and middle‐income countries and can provide an alternative to introduced staple crops. We showed that lesser yams cultivated together with teak trees (planted at the border of the farm) are more profitable than lesser yam ...
Budiadi, Sawitri, Enggal Primananda, Aqmal Nur Jihad, Marco Campera, Rika Bela Rahmawati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcriptomic stress responses in Vaccinium spp. F1 hybrids: Implications for temperature‐resilient cranberry breeding using a crop wild relative

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Climate extremes threaten the sustainability of cranberry production, a culturally and economically important North American crop. This study demonstrates that wild cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccos) harbor genetic variation that may enhance cold stress resilience when introduced into cultivated cranberry through hybridization.
Audrey Dickinson, Jackson Kubal, Nicholas Allsing, Emily Murray, Todd P. Michael, James J. Polashock   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Vine Water Status on Malate Metabolism and γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Pathway-Related Amino Acids in Marselan (Vitis vinifera L.) Grape Berries. [PDF]

Foods, 2023
Zhan Z, Zhang Y, Geng K, Xue X, Deloire A, Li D, Wang Z.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu, Pei‐yan Wang, Ya‐nan Li, Nan Hu, Yun‐yuan Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variability of climate, water and nitrogen status and its influence on vine phenology and grape composition inside a small winegrowing estate

E3S Web of Conferences, 2018
Climate is a major terroir factor in viticulture. In winegrowing regions, climate is studied at an increasingly refined scale. Results from the Life ADVICLIM project show substantial spatial variability of temperatures inside the region of Saint-Emilion,
de Rességuier Laure, Le Roux Renan, Petitjean Théo, Mary Séverine, Quénol Hervé, van Leeuwen Cornelis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

GrapevineXL reliably predicts multi-annual dynamics of vine water status, berry growth, and sugar accumulation in vineyards. [PDF]

Hortic Res, 2023
Yang W, Zhu J, van Leeuwen C, Dai Z, Gambetta GA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source