Radula yamadae, a species from mountain ranges in the Atlantic forest, is described here as new to science. The new species is characterized by plants occasionally epiphyllous, densely branched, leaf lobes imbricate, ovate, apex obtuse to subacute, cell walls thin, trigones small, lobules distant...

Munessa forest is one of the undifferentiated afromontane forests in Ethiopia and that has threatened by deforestation, open grazing system and illegal logging operations. This study aimed to estimate the forest stand structure, tree species composition and diversity of tree species and...

In the Central Non-Chernozem region the greatest part of forage comes from grasslands. Stable production of high-quality and low-cost feeds is a key to effective Animal Husbandry. Perennial grasses are the most popular source of fodder. Introduction of new unconventional genotypes of such grasses...

Several thousand years ago, around 1500 B.C., one of the largest volcanic events in recorded history shook the world. The Minoan eruption of Thera,...

The avocado (Persea americana Mill.) is from an ancient plant lineage, the Lauraceae. Although evidence for human consumption dates back 15,000 years, commercialisation has occurred only over the last 150 years. The most commonly traded variety was first the green-skin 'Fuerte' (green as it...

It is recommended that fertilizer producing companies work closely with CSIR-SRI in the development and validation of fertilizer blends for up-scaling with smallholder farmers in the Forest-Savannah Transition and Guinea Savannah zones of Ghana, towards achieving improved cropland productivity for...

9 - 11 November 2020 - King and Prince Resort

We evaluated how tree community floristic composition, forest structure and dynamics varied over a period of 13 years across a topographic gradient of ravines created by anthropic disturbance in Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The study area is located within a fragment of Atlantic Forest (21° 09' S,...