Engineered wood composites are being crafted with increasingly smaller and smaller components, yet a search of the literature indicates a lack of intra-ring mechanical property data for almost all commercial wood types, particularly the underutilized low density hardwoo...

Background This work aimed at characterizing 12 isolates of the genus Tuber including Tuber melanosporum (11 isolates) and Tuber brumale (one isolate). This was done using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences, confirming their origin. Results Analysis of their ma...

<jats:p>The present study estimates the farmers&amp;rsquo; willingness to switch to organic agriculture by using the one-and-one-half-bound dichotomous choice contingent valuation method. We survey 200 farmers in the Kwangsi-myeon, Yesan-gun (Chungnam, Korea) and ask th...

<jats:p>This research investigated the invasion of the alien plant Mikania micrantha H.B.K. and its impact on plant species richness and abundance in Chitwan National Park (CNP) forest. Stratified sampling technique was used to collect the information using the nested q...

In this study we analyze the gender gap in agricultural productivity in Mozambique applying the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition approach on data from four agricultural surveys between 2002 and 2012. We find that female-headed households are on average substantially less pr...

Artificial excision of the distal part of acorns in order to promote germination is well researched in oak seedling cultivation studies. However, studies of combined effects of cotyledon excision and nursery fertilization on container seedlings are lacking, especially f...

Острівні ялинові ліси Полісся — це екстразональні темнохвойні угруповання, розміщені між бореальною та карпатською областями суцільного поширення ялини європейської (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). Незважаючи на незначну участь острівних ялинників у лісовому фонді, вони стано...

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pesticide poisoning is a global health issue with the largest impacts in the developing countries where residential and small-scale agricultural areas are often integrated and pesticides sprayed manually. To reduce health risks from ...

Målet med denna Rapport är att beskriva hur en Detekterad Hyggeskant förskjuts relativt den sanna Hyggeskanten pga Belysnings-och Skuggeffekter. Det är även av intresse att Utvärdera om olika täta Skuggor påverkar den Detekterade Kantens läge. Med kännedom om detta kan ...

Abstract Background: In clinical trials, traditional methods for monitoring and collecting laboratory data by paper documentation need a lot of efforts and lead to inaccuracies of study informations. To solve the problem, we designated an integrated laboratory informati...

Tandis que les zones de montagne moins peuplées apportent les ressources en eau qui permettent aux plaines de prospérer, les habitants des zones montagneuses continuent à souffrir de pauvreté, de faibles productivités agricoles accompagnées de dégradation environnementa...

Abstract Agricultural professionals play an important role in informing and educating farmers about biofuel through teaching or extension work. One of the questions commonly asked is if they are knowledgeable and possess positive attitude towards renewable energy source...

The purpose of this study was to explore agricultural science teachers’ knowledge levels and attitudes toward biotechnology topics. The average agricultural science teacher in this study was a 37-year-old male who had taught for 12 years. He had a bachelor’s degree and ...

Climate-smart interventions in agriculture have varying costs and environmental and economic impacts. Their implementation requires appropriate investment decisions by policy makers that are relevant for current as well as future scenarios of agro-ecology, climate and e...

Maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (MTHase) catalyzes the release of trehalose by cleaving the α-1,4-glucosidic linkage next to the α-1,1-linked terminal disaccharide of maltooligosyltrehalose. Computer simulation using the hydrogen bond analysis, free energy decom...

TYLCV-IS76 is an unusual recombinant between the highly recombinogenic tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) and tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus (TYLCSV), two Mediterranean begomoviruses (Geminiviridae). In contrast with the previously reported TYLCV/TYLCSV recom...

Watershed management is an ever-evolving practice involving the management of land, water, biota, and other resources in a defined area for ecological, social, and economic purposes. In this paper, we explore the following questions: How has watershed management evolved...