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Community integrated pest management with special reference to school environments.
By Oi, F. M.
2011 (H ISBN 9781845938031)
The area of pest management in schools began in the early to mid 1990s in the USA. The state of Florida was one of the first to initiate an integrated...
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Breeding to improve grain yield in water-limited environments: the CSIRO experience with wheat.
By Richards, R. A. Rebetzke, G. J. Condon, A. G. Watt, M.
2011 (H ISBN 9781845936808)
In this chapter, the traits of wheat (including xylem vessel diameter of seminal roots, tiller inhibition, early seedling vigour, gibberellic acid-res...
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Recent changes in pampean agriculture: possible new avenues in coping with global change challenges.
By Satorre, E. H.
2011 (H ISBN 9781845936808)
This chapter tries to address three general objectives: (i) to present the main ecological and extensive agriculture characteristics of the pampean re...
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The potential impact of climate change on temperate zone woody perennial crops.
By Quamme, H. A. Neilsen, D.
2012 (H ISBN 9781845938222)
This chapter discusses the implication of climate change on production of horticultural-grown woody perennials that overwinter in the temperate zone. ...
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The new Otor: risk management in a desert grassland.
By Dalintai Gauwau, N. Li YanBo Enkhee, J. Liu ShuRun
2012 (H ISBN 9781845938949)
Drought is one of the biggest threats to animal husbandry in Inner Mongolia, and otor and surug were the two main strategies to cope with serious drou...
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Adaptation and innovation under re-centralized policies: grassland management through democratic con
By Wang XiaoYi Zhang Qian Hong JianJun Wang ShuGuo Chi XiQi Li XueMei Na Ren Li JinDong
2012 (H ISBN 9781845938949)
From 2006, under the auspices of the Ford Foundation, the Centre for Rural Environmental and Social Studies of the Institute of Sociology at the Chine...
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Future challenges for the world food economy and sub-Saharan Africa: major environmental and socioec
By Msangi, S. Rosegrant, M.
2011 (H ISBN 9781845938284)
This chapter examines the long-term 'drivers' of change in world food systems, specifically, selected factors influencing the food supply and demand b...
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Fungicide resistance in Erysiphe necator - monitoring, detection and management strategies.
By Ouimette, D.
2012 (H ISBN 9781845939052)
Grape powdery mildew (GPM), caused by the pathogen Erysiphe necator (previously named Uncinula necator), is one of the most damaging diseases of grape...
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Using neutral genetic diversity to prioritize crop wild relative populations: a Portuguese endemic c
By Brehm, J. M. Ford-Lloyd, B. V. Maxted, N. Martins-Loução, M. A.
2012 (H ISBN 9781845938512)
This study aims to: evaluate the inter- and intra-population genetic diversity of one Portuguese endemic priority crop wild relatives (CWR), Dianthus ...
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Current and future threats and opportunities facing European crop Wild relative and landrace diversi
By Maxted, N. Akparov, Z. I. Aronsson, M. Asdal, Ǻ. Avagyan, A. Bartha, B. Benediková, D. Berishvili, T. Bocci, R. Bullinska-Radomska, Z. Cop, J. Curtis, T. Daugstad, K. Dias, S. Duarte, M. C. Dzmitryeva, S. Engels, J. Fasoula, D. A. Ferant, N. Frese, L. Freudenthaler, P. Hadas, R. Holly, L. Ibraliu, A. Iriondo, J. M. Ivanovska, S. (et al)
2012 (H ISBN 9781845938512)
The approach of this priority crop wild relatives (CWR) and landraces (LR) conservation exercise was to use the skills and knowledge of 52 ECPGR in si...
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