Title : International experiences of the pandemic and the agri-food sector: Reconversion as an option
Edgar Omar Rueda Puente, University Of Sonora, Mexico
COVID-19 (coronavirus) plunges the world economy into the worst recession since World War II. As a result of severe distortions to domestic supply and demand, trade, and finance, economic activity in advanced economies is expected to contract by 7% in 2020. The world's agricu [....] » Read More
Title : Managing the conditions of the processes of vegetation of grain crops using NDVI
Pavlovskaya Ninel Efimovna, Orlov State Agricultural University, Russian Federation
Yield forecasting is an important tool for managing the production process and one of the mandatory elements of the precision farming system. Modeling of the effect of the current conditions on the vegetation of plants is realized by factor analysis of temperature, soil, climatic [....] » Read More
Title : Twenty-year change in the presence of Celastrus orbiculatus, an invasive liana, in a U.S. eastern hardwood forest following hurricane disturbance
Erik C Berg, University of Montana, United States
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet), an exotic and invasive liana, has proven to be an aggressive competitor of native forest vegetation in the Eastern United States. Bittersweet vines climb, choke, deform and sometimes kill standing native trees. Land management treatmen [....] » Read More
Title : Microbial-based pesticides, an alternative approach in agricultural pest management
Mathias Twizeyimana, AgBiome, United States
Every year an estimated 10-16% of global food production is lost to agricultural pests despite tremendous improvement in management practices over the years. The intensive use of synthetic pesticides and its dependency in controlling crop pests pose a risk of pesticide resistance [....] » Read More
Title : Polyploidy and adaptations to environmental stress: physiological, biochemical and genomic determinants of tolerance in citrus polyploid rootstocks
Marie Bonnin, University of Corsica, France
The Mediterranean basin is one of the main citrus production areas in the world. It ranks third behind China and Brazil. In the heart of the Mediterranean, Corsica is located at the northern limit of the citrus production area (40° North). It benefits from pedoclimatic condit [....] » Read More
Title : Studies on gametophyte development and gametangial ontogemy of Drynaria mollis and pteris aspericaulis through in vitro spore culture
Himani Yadav, University of Delhi, India
This study evaluated the spore germination, gametophyte growth and differentiation and sex ontogeny of a terrestrial fern Pteris aspericaulis and an epiphytic fern Drynaria mollis. Both species are economically and medicinally important and occur in different ecological niche. Sp [....] » Read More
Title : Phytochemical analysis and antioxidant activity of Pistacia lentiscus fruit extracts during the ripening stages: Potential uses in the food industry
Djebbar Atmani, University of Bejaia, Algeria
The phenolic composition of Pistacia lentiscus fruits extracts at five different maturation stages were investigated for their phenolic composition, antioxidant capacity and enzyme-inhibitory potential against α-glucosidase and acetylcholine esterase activity. Optimization [....] » Read More
Title : ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES, POPULATION ASSESSMENT DISTRIBUTION & ABUNDANCE OF Myrtus communis L. IN LOWER PARTS OF DISTRICT SWAT, PAKISTAN
Qadar khan, University of Swat, Pakistan, Pakistan
The scientific discipline of ethnobotany is the study of human interactions with plants. Ethnobotany has applications in many fields of current global concern, including food security, climate change, biodiversity conservation and human health. Ethnobotanical studies can pr [....] » Read More
Title : Ribosomal Protein Genes Mediate Stress Tolerance in Crops
Anusree Saha, University of Hyderabad, India
Ribosomal proteins are integrally associated with ribosomes, and they play important roles in mRNA and tRNA recognition, ribosome subunit assembly, transport, and stabilization. Apart from the canonical roles, several evidences suggest extraribosomal attributes of specific riboso [....] » Read More