Beauveria bassiana(Balsamo) was successfully isolated from the leaves of onion plants, Alliumcepa Lind. cultivated in the Experimental Farm of AssiutUniversity.Morphological characters of the fungus were described. Moreover, thepathogenicity of this ...
The formation of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) at Versailles, France, in 1972 set organic food and farming on a strong future trajectory. It was an initiative of France’s Nature et Progrès, and driven by its th...
Background: An extensive body of evidence in the field of agro-ecology claims to show the positive effects that maintenance of ecosystem services can have on meeting future food demand by making farms more sustainable, productive and resilient, which...
Lam, TT-Y;Hon, C-C;Lemey, P;Pybus, OG;Shi, M;Tun, HM;Li, J;Jiang, J;Holmes, EC;Leung, FC-C Understanding how pathogens invade and become established in novel host populations is central to the ecology and evolution of infectious disease. Influenza viruses provide unique opportunities to study these processes in nature because of their rapi...
Antle, JM;Basso, B;Conant, RT;Godfray, HCJ;Jones, JW;Herrero, M;Howitt, RE;Keating, BA;Munoz-Carpena, R;Rosenzweig, C;Tittonell, P;Wheeler, TR This paper presents ideas for a new generation of agricultural system models that could meet the needs of a growing community of end-users exemplified by a set of Use Cases.We envision new data, models and knowledge products that could accelerate the...
The separation of agricultural practice from urban communities has long been understood as a key defining feature of urban societies. This thesis investigates the relationship between developments in agriculture and urbanisation in Late Iron Age and ...
Community gardens in the canton of Geneva (Switzerland) are predominantly organised through municipal programmes. Because of their highly regulated character, they are at odds with dominant depictions of community gardens as contestatory, grassroots ...
This thesis investigates the experiences of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the agricultural sector of the Russian Federation. The focus is on the form of FDI, and how each investor responds, and adapts, to the Russian operational environment. Thi...
Terrestrial invasive species have been identified as one of the largest threats to endemic plants and wildlife in Galapagos and their spread remains one of the biggest challenges for the region. The management of these species is a common link among ...
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