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Forages as protein sources for pigs in the tropics.
The decreasing availability and increasing prices of petroleum-based fuels is already having an impact on availability of feed resources. Research to ...
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Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larvae and Bt maize pollen: a review of ecological risk assessm
The four main ecological concerns from transgenic Bt crops are gene flow of the transgenes to other plant species or strains, evolution of resistanc...
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Post-harvest gene escape and approaches for minimizing it.
Data about gene escape by seeds and volunteers were compiled for the first time in one study for several crops, i.e. wheat (Triticum aestivum), suga...
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Impacts of Bt crops on non-target invertebrates and insecticide use patterns.
The ubiquitous nature of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), a Gram-positive bacterium capable of producing crystal proteins with insecticidal activity durin...
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Using metabolomics to improve the quality of harvested fruit.
Metabolomics is a rapidly growing discipline and has been used recently to evaluate the effect of postharvest processes of fruit and to elucidate p...
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Current status, likely migration and strategies to mitigate the threat to wheat production from race
Stem or black rust, caused by Puccinia graminis tritici, has historically caused severe losses to wheat (Triticum aestivum) production worldwide. Suc...
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Chemical alternatives to methyl bromide for vegetable crop production in Florida, United States.
Vegetable crop production in Florida, USA, relies on planting on polyethylene-mulched beds fumigated with methyl bromide plus chloropicrin (MBr+Pic)...
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Prediction of plant diseases through modelling and monitoring airborne pathogen dispersal.
Many plant diseases that spread by airborne inocula have had major economic and social impacts worldwide. Plant diseases account for 16% of the yiel...
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The use of maize distiller's dried grains with solubles in pig diets.
Increasing quantities of maize distillers' dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are being produced in the USA, and the nutritional value of "new generat...
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A review of on-farm evaluations of system of rice intensification methods in Eastern Indonesia.
The system of rice Intensification (SRI) developed in Madagascar has been controversial in some agronomic circles, in part because there have been no...
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