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Detection and measurement of plant disease symptoms using visible-wavelength photography and image a
Plant disease detection and severity assessment are required for many purposes, including predicting yield loss, monitoring and forecasting epidemics...
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Symbiotic nitrogen fixation and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services: a global change perspec
A key challenge facing humanity in the coming decades will be ensuring food supply to a growing human population without compromising the sustainabili...
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Plant mutation breeding in agriculture.
A mutation is a sudden heritable change in the DNA in a living cell, not caused by genetic segregation or genetic recombination. Mutation breeding is ...
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Macroalgae and their potential for biofuel.
Green technologies are in demand worldwide to meet the fuel needs of the increasing population together with combating global warming. Although biofue...
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Compost barns -an alternative housing system for dairy cows?
Cultivated compost housing systems for dairy cattle are reported in the literature from Israel, the USA and the Netherlands. A deep-bedded pack is com...
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High-sugar grasses.
Perennial ryegrass diploids with elevated concentrations of water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC), commonly termed 'high-sugar grasses' (HSGs), have been p...
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Epigenetics and plant breeding.
The amazing ability of epigenetic mechanisms to respond to a wide range of developmental and environmental signals in eukaryotes has earned them a lot...
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The use of trees in phytoremediation.
Trees can be successfully used in phytoremediation because of their ability to grow on nutrient-poor soil, deep root system, fast rate of growth, meta...
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The role of urban green space and trees in relation to climate change.
Urban areas are particularly susceptible to climate change. For instance, effects of increasing temperatures on public health and energy demands for c...
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Options for control of scolytid beetles that attack pines.
Scolytid beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) are a large group of beetles associated with many tree species. Some species consume dead woo...
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