• Increasing grain yields of food cereal crops is a major goal in future sustainable agriculture. (wiley.com)
  • We quantitatively analyzed the potential role of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in enhancing grain yields of seven cereal crops with exceptional importance for human nutrition across the globe: corn, wheat, rice, barley, sorghum, millet and oat. (wiley.com)
  • Although there are neutral and negative effects of AM fungi on grain yields, we emphasize the importance of integrating AM fungi in sustainable agriculture to increase grain yields of cereal crops. (wiley.com)
  • High seasonal rainfall variability, delays in onset and irregular distribution of rainfall, and occasional dry spells within seasons negatively impact cereal yields and household livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (Fjelde and Von Uexkull, 2012). (scielo.org.za)
  • 2011), and arid and semi-arid areas account for 43% of total area (FAO, 2008), rainfall is a major limitation to cereal yields. (scielo.org.za)
  • The fungal pathogen stripe rust Puccinia striiformis causes major global losses in cereal crop yields, particularly wheat. (tsl.ac.uk)
  • In the spring and summer of 2020 we carried out observations on farms in Västergötland, Skåne and Halland to identify constraints on organic cereal yields. (lu.se)
  • To get an overview of the organic and conventional farming systems and yields, we carried out a large-scale questionnaire in the major plain regions of Sweden, during spring and summer of 2020. (lu.se)
  • Yet, fruit and vegetables are a key component of a healthy diet, often overlooked in studies of global food security that tend to focus on the major grains. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Phytic acid ( myo -inositol hexa kis phosphate, PA, IP 6 ) is one of the major anti-nutritional component in grains of wheat, rice, soybean, and other crops, that limit the bioavailability of micronutrients. (frontiersin.org)
  • Global Specialty Fertilizers Market is segmented by Crop Type into Cereals & Grains, Oilseeds & Pulses, Fruits & Vegetables, Turf & Ornamentals, and Others. (bharatbook.com)
  • Pulses are leguminous crops harvested exclusively for dry grains. (scirp.org)
  • Of all the major cereal crops grown in India, rice constitutes 24% of the total food grains produced, contributing almost 96 million tonnes. (iwaponline.com)
  • Rye is the common name for members of the genus Secale of the grass family (Poaceae, formerly Gramineae) and for the cereal grains produced by those grasses. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • Rye is more tolerant than other cereal grains of acidic soils that contain high levels of soluble aluminum. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • This page describes how farmers protect their crops from herbivores such as caterpillars, aphids, beetles, and mites. (utah.edu)
  • For major cereal crops, for example, farmers can plow the soil to bury stubble underground. (utah.edu)
  • Farmers have been using naturally occurring compounds-such as pyrethrins from Chrysanthemum flowers or nicotine from tobacco-for centuries to kill insects on crop plants, or even head lice on humans. (utah.edu)
  • Developing regulatory standards, high government spending on agriculture around the world, coupled with farmers' demand for nutritional fertilizers, are also major factors that are expected to drive global market growth. (bharatbook.com)
  • His advice for speed breeding crops is sought internationally and the technology is now adopted by plant breeding programs worldwide, which is fast-tracking development of improved crop varieties for farmers. (edu.au)
  • In agriculture, surfactants help the farmers to use pesticides more effectively and efficiently to obtain superior crop protection. (fortunebusinessinsights.com)
  • This brief describes the most recent activities of UBINIG (Policy Research for Development Alternative) to support the the Nayakrishi Seed Network (NSN) of the Nayakrishi Andolon or New Agricultural Movement of Bangladesh, now active in three major agro-ecological zones of the country and bringing together 300,000 farmers. (cgiar.org)
  • There is always pressure on cereal farmers to reduce costs. (pda.org.uk)
  • Dr Bergvinson also announced the distribution of 10 tons of pigeonpea seed to about 2,000 farmers whose crops had been damaged by the recent floods. (icrisat.org)
  • Dr Kwadwo Obeng-Antwi, Head of cereals programme of the Crops Research Institute (CRI), has appealed to multi-national companies dealing in maize seed production and sales to ensure that seeds with high nutritional value, resistance to major pests and disease as well as those tolerant to drought are sold to farmers. (ghanabusinessnews.com)
  • The farmers said Enibi, Abontem and Aburohemaa seeds released by the CRI and DTMA in the last crop season brought tremendous harvest. (ghanabusinessnews.com)
  • Farmers no longer have to think as much about crop rotation to regulate nutrient supply and keep pests and diseases in check. (lu.se)
  • Seed Huts typically conserve multiple varieties of all important traditional crops including cereals, pulses, vegetables and spices. (cgiar.org)
  • Genetic improvement in pulses production could not achieved significantly in comparison to other cereal crops through conventional breeding methods. (scirp.org)
  • Major yield constraints are high susceptibility of pulses to biotic and abiotic stresses, and high genotype × environment interaction on the expression of important quantitative traits which lead to slow gain in genetic improvement and yield stability of pulses [1]. (scirp.org)
  • new forecast for global cereal production in 2023 has been raised by 5.9 million tonnes (0.2%) in July from the previous month, now standing at 2,819 million tonnes, 1.1% higher year on year and reaching a record high, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). (firstresearch.com)
  • Noninversion tillage with tine- or disc-based cultivations prior to crop establishment is the most common way of reducing tillage for arable cropping systems with small grain cereals, oilseed rape, and maize in Europe. (bioone.org)
  • After rice and wheat, maize is the third most important cereal crop globally. (researchgate.net)
  • Maize has witnessed great success in terms of evolution and improvement and is the most explored crop for which most breeding strategies have been devised. (researchgate.net)
  • Background Maize is an excellent fodder crop due to its high biomass, better palatability, succulency, and nutrition. (researchgate.net)
  • It can still produce a reliable harvest if there are heat waves up to 42°C. Because of that tolerance, it can take the place of crops like wheat, rice and maize in hotter, drier climates. (croptrust.org)
  • Speed breeding in maize (Zea mays) vis- -vis in other crops: Status and prospects. (iari.res.in)
  • The company is looking for expansion into other crops-maize and cereals-and into other regions of the world-Eastern Europe and North America. (agbioforum.org)
  • The AIRD team measured the competitivity of the different local crops (rice, maize and millet/sorghum) in Mali, Guinea and Senegal by reference to internal costs. (nzdl.org)
  • They said even though maize had ready market in the municipality, the price for the crop was not encouraging. (ghanabusinessnews.com)
  • I was able to cultivate only two acres of land in this crop season and I am expecting to harvest at least 60 bags of maize", Mr. Bomansah said. (ghanabusinessnews.com)
  • Locally produced agricultural products are the major source of food. (wikipedia.org)
  • Crop rotation is one kind of agricultural practice that can help reduce damage from herbivorous insects. (utah.edu)
  • Drought is a major abiotic stress limiting agricultural productivity. (nature.com)
  • The country's major agricultural activity surrounds livestock particularly meat and dairy products which account for more than two-thirds of all farm output value. (worldatlas.com)
  • The original crop plant can then be grown the next year. (utah.edu)
  • Finger millet, grown on about 5 Mha globally under semi-arid environments of East Africa and South Asia, serves as an important dual-purpose crop to address food, forage, and nutritional needs in these marginal regions. (researchgate.net)
  • Current research suggests that soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), and labile or active fraction of SOM, known as POX-C, has also been used as a sensitive indicator of management effects on soil health where agronomic crops are grown. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • However, identifying soil health indicators where annual vegetable crops are grown have not been studied. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • Five major vegetables are grown in the trial every year, representing tuber, fruit, and leaf. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • These crops are grown in rotation in both cropping systems. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • Three quarters of Australia's irrigated crops and pastures are grown in the Basin. (murrayriver.com.au)
  • In India, rice is the major cereal crop grown and is influenced due to climate change and variability, inadequate water supply, labour shortage and methane emissions from rice ecosystems. (iwaponline.com)
  • The order in which crops are grown in the same area across the growing seasons is essential in organic farm management. (lu.se)
  • Because of adequate and reliable rainfall, the district can produce a surplus of crops (forestry and horticultural products, pyrethrum, cereals, fruit trees, tea). (cdc.gov)
  • A limited research studies report the crop species and tillage (T), and genotype (G) by tillage interaction for the wheat, barley, lentil, and chickpea yield performance. (cgiar.org)
  • A three-year (2015/16-2017/18) field study was conducted in the International Center for Agriculture Research in The Dry Areas (ICARDA) research station in Morocco to determine if significant crop species and tillage and genotype by tillage interaction existed on yield performance of wheat, barley, lentil, and chickpea. (cgiar.org)
  • He leads a diverse research team that specialises in plant breeding innovation to support development of more productive food crops like wheat, barley, mungbean and chickpea. (edu.au)
  • Teaming up with Integrain, Australia's leading barley breeding company, in an ARC Linkage project to develop innovative breeding methods develop more productive crops in the face of climate change. (edu.au)
  • The tribe Triticeae includes major cereal crops (bread wheat, durum wheat, triticale, barley and rye), as well as abundant forage and lawn grasses. (ias.ac.in)
  • Potatoes, forage crops, oats barley, and wheat are widely cultivated across the country, but they are particularly common in the southeastern part of the country. (worldatlas.com)
  • We observed spring barley and winter wheat crops throughout the growing season and measured different indicators of their development including nutrient uptake, and also assessed different aspects of the yield. (lu.se)
  • A similar imbalance has developed for some other main arable crops and this also applies to phosphate. (pda.org.uk)
  • In quantifying impacts away from target areas, we demonstrate that soot injections larger than 5 Tg would lead to mass food shortages, and livestock and aquatic food production would be unable to compensate for reduced crop output, in almost all countries. (nature.com)
  • While many of us can modify our environment with fans and air conditioners to make the heat a bit more bearable, the crops and livestock that provide our food don't have that luxury - when the weather gets hotter, they just have to deal with it. (croptrust.org)
  • Fortunately, scientists - including many at Crop Trust and its partners - are already busy trying to identify and better understand the crops and livestock that can naturally beat the heat. (croptrust.org)
  • In the semiarid prairies, much of the crop is often grazed or harvested as emergency fodder for livestock. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • Fungal diseases in cereal crops cause major economic losses and also threaten human and livestock health, because some fungi produce powerful toxins that might enter the food chain. (phys.org)
  • 2017. Complementary cereals and legumes for health: Synergistic interaction of sorghum flavones and cowpea flavonols against LPS-induced inflammation in colonic myofibroblasts. (tamu.edu)
  • Toward this end, we combined reductionist, transitional and ecological approaches, applied to the staple cereal crop sorghum to identify key root-associated microbes that robustly affect drought-stressed plant phenotypes. (nature.com)
  • The UK is highly dependent on imported fruit and vegetables that make up eighty per cent of the market, compared with half of cereals and one sixth of meat and dairy produce. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Rising exports of fruits and vegetables have also contributed to an increase in the area of crop planting, resulting in an increase in the amount of their production. (bharatbook.com)
  • The demand for crop protection chemicals for fruits & vegetables is therefore projected to see significant growth which is expected to drive the demand over the coming years. (bharatbook.com)
  • Green vegetables, cereal crops and fruits contain high level of nutrients. (home-remedies-for-you.com)
  • This paper is derived from a longitudinal climatic conditions, the Nile valley has study that started 5 decades ago and which since ancient times been renowned for an is aimed at identifying the ancient origins of abundance of cereals and the variety of cul- the foods prepared and consumed by tivated legumes and vegetables it produces present-day Egyptians [H. Hassan-Wassef, [ 3 ]. (who.int)
  • This condition might be a result of crop production in areas with low mineral phytoavailability and/or consumption of staple crops with inherently low tissue mineral concentrations ( Welch and Graham, 2005 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Known by many names, cassava (or manioc or mandioca or yuca) is a staple crop across tropical areas. (croptrust.org)
  • Wheat, as one of the most important cereal crops in the world and second major caloric source in the world after rice, is the major staple food in South Asia and many other countries of the world. (intechopen.com)
  • Due to minimum disturbance and crop residue retention, the soil environment for crop growth could differ between conservation agriculture and conventional practice. (cgiar.org)
  • Soil and crop management decisions, including crop rotation, residue management, and intensity and frequency of tillage, affect soil health and soil nutrient dynamics. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • Tillage also increases cover crop residue mixing with the soil, thereby enhancing decomposition of crop residues and soil organic matter and consequently soil health over time. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • It will be interesting to study how cropping systems and management practices can impact soil health, by building or decreasing soil carbon content and the impact of the latter on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties, and crop productivity over time. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • With that in mind, The Vegetable Systems Trial (VST) was established at Rodale Institute over 2.6 acres in 2016, with the expectation that it would be a long-term trial comparing side by side the impact of cropping systems and management practices on soil and crop health. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • One goal of this trial is to monitor and assess the changes in soil health indicators over a long period of time, due to the cropping systems and management practices, to provide the vegetable growers with scientific-based information that allow them to make informed decisions to enhance soil health and improve crop productivity on their farms. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • A second goal is to link soil health to crop health and consequently to human health. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • To address the first goal, every fall, the BP plots are managed by tilling the soil with moldboard plow and seeding cover crops, such as hairy vetch and cereal rye in the ORG system, and cereal rye in the CNV. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • Subsequently, each spring, the soil is tilled again with a moldboard plow and the cover crop biomass is incorporated into soil prior to laying plastic mulch. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • In comparison, in the RT plots, a chisel plow (a less aggressive implement) is used to prepare the soil for seeding the cover crop in the fall and roller crimping the cover crop biomass with a roller crimper in spring prior to transplanting the vegetable into ORG system. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • A multi-year study is underway to study the impact of cropping systems and the management practices on soil health indicators in the VST. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • this effect was variable (77% trials had positive values), crop-specific, lower for new cultivars released after 1950 and further modulated by soil pH. (wiley.com)
  • Since the mid 1990s, average potash usage in England and Wales has been less than potash removed in cereal grain and straw resulting in an inevitable reduction of soil potash reserves. (pda.org.uk)
  • Physiologically, rye is the hardiest of all cereal crops and is important in areas subject to low temperature and drought stresses like the semiarid regions of the Canadian prairies where it is used to control soil erosion on light mineral soils. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • This practice of crop rotation can have beneficial effects on soil health, nutrient availability for the crops, and can contribute to reducing weed, pest and disease pressure. (lu.se)
  • Once malathion is introduced into the environment, usually from spraying on crops or in wide urban/residential areas, droplets of malathion in the air fall on soil, plants, water, or man-made surfaces. (cdc.gov)
  • European agriculture is asked to become less dependent on pesticides and promote crop protection programs based on integrated pest management (IPM) principles. (bioone.org)
  • The application of pesticides is widely used to limit herbivore damage to crops. (utah.edu)
  • Breeding for resistance helps reduce the amount of pesticides applied to our crops. (utah.edu)
  • The conventional system (CNV), on the other hand, includes cereal rye as a cover crop and uses conventional herbicides (e.g. glyphosate) to burn down the cover crop and weeds, as well as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • Instead of green fertilisation (using cultivated clover that bumblebees like), more artificial fertiliser is used, and instead of rotating or alternating crops, pesticides are employed. (lu.se)
  • The strong inter-annual rainfall variation caused a significant difference in grain yield for all crops. (cgiar.org)
  • For each crop species yield was mainly influenced by rainfall amount and distribution, and G x T was of little importance. (cgiar.org)
  • In its roots, cassava is capable of producing a greater yield of carbohydrates per hectare than any grain crop. (croptrust.org)
  • Often, a plant's growth and reproduction cycles are compromised, resulting in reduced quality and quantity of yield or total crop failure. (croptrust.org)
  • Based on Crop Type, turf and ornamental shield the largest share in 2018 in terms of revenue as it promotes better root growth and development and optimizes crop yield production. (bharatbook.com)
  • AquaCrop over-estimated biomass and crop yield. (scielo.org.za)
  • AquaCrop is a crop water productivity model developed by the Land and Water Division of FAO that simulates crop yield response to water (Raes et al. (scielo.org.za)
  • 2012). A major distinguishing feature of AquaCrop is its simplicity, the ability to use minimum data inputs during calibration to produce reliable estimates of crop growth and yield response to water availability (Raes et al. (scielo.org.za)
  • Lodging is affected by obvious factors such as variety, nitrogen rate and weather, but low potash levels also increase the risk of lodged crops with the associated loss of yield and quality. (pda.org.uk)
  • Here, we propose a new characterization of the pearl millet production environment using the latest available district level data (1998-2017), principal component analysis, and large-scale crop model simulations. (researchgate.net)
  • Of all the major cereal crops, pearl millet is most tolerant of extreme temperatures and drought. (croptrust.org)
  • Because pearl millet is such a promising crop for a changing climate, a global team of 65 scientists from 30 research institutions worked to decode and sequence the pearl millet genome . (croptrust.org)
  • The effects of climate change pose a major challenge for cereal production in many regions. (phys.org)
  • I joined Exeter in 2013, studying the global distributions of crop pests and pathogens and the impacts of climate change on crop production. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • The study highlights the productivity and its variations over the time for major cereal and noncereal crops of all the states in India. (arccjournals.com)
  • Pigeonpea is an important pulse crop of India but as compared to other grain legumes it has received relatively little research attention. (scirp.org)
  • Biological nitrogen fixation and improved nutrient uptake by the mutualistic symbioses between legumes and rhizobia and between cereals and mycorrhizae, respectively, are among the most well-characterized examples of plant growth-promoting microbial processes and have been successfully studied in both lab and field settings [ 16 ]. (nature.com)
  • Professor Hickey's ARC Future Fellowship aims to deliver genetic solutions to optimise root systems in wheat crops, read the article here . (edu.au)
  • The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the EPA allow a maximum amount of 8 parts per million (ppm) of malathion to be present as a residue on specific crops used as foods. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, manipulating PA biosynthesis pathway has largely been explored to overcome the pleiotropic effect in different crop species. (frontiersin.org)
  • The species has independent lineages that infect diverse cereal species, such as wheat stripe rust ( P. striiformis f. sp. (tsl.ac.uk)
  • Both annual and perennial forms exist, but only one species, S. cereale , is of economic importance, ranking eighth among the world's major cereal grain crops. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)
  • Through traditional breeding, geneticists can breed crop plants by performing crosses among natural plant varieties. (utah.edu)
  • This has led to new crop varieties that are both high yielding and resistant to herbivore damage. (utah.edu)
  • This has led to new varieties of crops like cotton and corn that are highly resistant to damaging herbivores. (utah.edu)
  • Thirteen advanced genotypes for each crop were planted in both conventional tillage (CT) and no-tillage (NT) systems. (cgiar.org)
  • Conventional noninversion tillage systems rely entirely on the availability of glyphosate products, and herbicide consumption is mostly higher compared to plow-based cropping systems. (bioone.org)
  • In the conventional system, the seedlings are transplanted directly after the cover crop biomass has been burnt down with an herbicide like glyphosate, and without rolling crimping. (rodaleinstitute.org)
  • The real cost of production has shown a decline in nearly all the cereal crops in all the states. (arccjournals.com)
  • However, functional annotation of population-differentiating genomic regions revealed numerous genes involved in host invasion, toxin production, and secondary metabolism, and implicated plant hosts, microbial competitors, and temperature and light as major drivers of adaptive divergence. (usda.gov)
  • 2009). AquaCrop predicts crop productivity, water requirement, and water use efficiency and is particularly suited to address conditions where water is a key limiting factor in crop production. (scielo.org.za)
  • Wild soybeans are an opportunistic resource and a rational choice to discover novel genes and gene families for alternative crop production systems and to improve soybean. (intechopen.com)
  • The CILSS and the Club du Sahel told states and aid agencies that national policies needed to fit into a regional framework back at the Nouakchott meeting on cereal policies in the Sahel in 1979 and, in 1986, delegates at Mindelo were moved to recommend investigating the possibility of a protected regional cereal unit where production could be encouraged and trade facilitated. (nzdl.org)
  • Demand for grain milling services is driven by global production of wheat, rice, and other cereal crops. (firstresearch.com)
  • Our two PhD students Melanie Karlsson (CEC) and Rafaelle Reumaux (SLU) are investigating factors that affect the possibility of expanding organic crop production in Sweden. (lu.se)
  • The fundamental aspects of crop breeding are the identification, investigation, creation and utilization of genetic variation. (researchgate.net)
  • Identifying markers for heat tolerance and other climate-resilient traits will enhance breeding efforts for this crop and other dryland cereals that could impact food security for millions of people in arid and semi-arid regions. (croptrust.org)
  • Here, we use climate, crop and fishery models to estimate the impacts arising from six scenarios of stratospheric soot injection, predicting the total food calories available in each nation post-war after stored food is consumed. (nature.com)
  • I am particularly interested in abiotic and biotic threats to tropical crops, and work closely with the organization CABI on pest and pathogen impacts. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • Very high resolution space data can be used to improve the detection of a plant disease that impacts a major global cereal crop. (esa.int)
  • In agriculture, pest damage is a major source of crop loss. (utah.edu)
  • Professor Lee Hickey is a plant breeder and crop geneticist within the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at The University of Queensland, Australia. (edu.au)
  • Technological advancement in the agriculture industry, mainly in the field of genetic crop improvement, is likely to support market growth. (fortunebusinessinsights.com)
  • According to a forecast by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for 2020/21, the world is expected to have a comfortable food cereals supply and demand situation. (fortunebusinessinsights.com)
  • This trend has resulted in expanding output in agriculture as a result of adopting new technology and scientific research on crops. (worldatlas.com)
  • Crop rotation is the practice of planting a field with a different crop from one year to the next, in a repeating cycle. (utah.edu)
  • Practices like crop rotation have long been used to control herbivores. (utah.edu)
  • In addition, by studying the patterns in preceding crop type, we aim to better understand the role of the position of the crop in the rotation. (lu.se)
  • Food and feed security remain a major challenge in developing countries. (mdpi.com)
  • It may have a short history in Southeast Asia, as crops go, but cassava's presence in the future seems assured as a climate-tough crop to support food security and livelihoods. (croptrust.org)
  • Cereal crops are a major contributor to food security and economy in arid and semi-arid regions. (scielo.org.za)
  • It is only cultivated food crop of the cajaninae sub-tribe and popularly known as redgram (Arhar or Tur). (scirp.org)
  • It involved tional crop composition, and consequently, noting how the traditional dietary habits food consumption patterns. (who.int)
  • Average annual potash fertiliser input and harvested offtake of potash for cereals, oilseed rape, potatoes and sugar beet in England and Wales. (pda.org.uk)
  • Average annual phosphate fertiliser input and harvested offtake of phosphate for cereals, oilseed rape, potatoes and sugar beet in England and Wales. (pda.org.uk)
  • In this study we sequenced the genomes of 60 Fusarium graminearum, the major fungal pathogen responsible for Fusarium head blight (FHB) in cereal crops world-wide. (usda.gov)
  • Annual grass weeds and catchweed bedstraw often constitute the principal weed problems in noninversion tillage systems, and crop rotations concurrently have very high proportions of winter cereals. (bioone.org)
  • Removing weeds can thus reduce potential reservoirs of crop pests. (utah.edu)
  • Thus, biofortification of crops by decreasing the concentration of antinutrients and other secondary metabolites can be considered as an important means to increase the bioavailability of mineral elements. (frontiersin.org)
  • Current Status and Potential of Biofortification to Enhance Crop Nutritional Quality: An Overview. (iari.res.in)
  • supplies had continued to be irregular because of the weather, poor productivity increases, the inefficient workings of the cereal market and shortcomings on the processing front. (nzdl.org)
  • Rice is important cereal crop. (wikipedia.org)
  • Phytic acid (PA) is considered as a major antinutrient due to its ability to chelate important micronutrients and thereby restricting their bioavailability. (frontiersin.org)
  • It is very important to cure back pain as soon as possible to prevent other major disorders. (home-remedies-for-you.com)
  • Potash is needed in such large amounts because it is the major regulator of solution concentrations throughout the plant. (pda.org.uk)
  • Major aphthous ulcers (Sutton disease, periadenitis mucosa necrotica recurrens) constitute 10% of cases. (msdmanuals.com)
  • This research has scratched the surface of the complex and fascinating architecture underlying non-adapted resistance in cereals and provides an explanation for why plants can evolve immunity against non-adapted pathogens. (tsl.ac.uk)
  • Thanks to the Land Parcel Identification System, we are able to gain insight into crop rotations at farm-level over a large national scale. (lu.se)
  • With this database, we are investigating the structural differences in crop rotations among different farming systems in different regions of Sweden. (lu.se)
  • We are also interested in knowing more about which type of farms are driving specific crop rotations in these areas. (lu.se)
  • Cereal crops need at least as much, if not more, potash than any other nutrient including nitrogen. (pda.org.uk)
  • MUSA -Microbial Uptakes for Sustainable management of major bananA pests and diseases is a 4-year, €4 million international project funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 initiative. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • The vulnerability of the banana trade is an extreme case of the more general issue of imported crops that are vulnerable to emerging pests and diseases, for example citrus greening disease devastating oranges in Florida and California. (exeter.ac.uk)
  • In both centers, crop scientists are working to identify potentially valuable traits specific to each variety, such as greater resistance to heat or disease, and make this diversity available for use on a larger scale. (croptrust.org)
  • We will isolate and characterize major contributors (yeasts, filamentous fungi, and bacteria) to the microbial community associated with wheat cultivation. (usda.gov)
  • Thus, phytolith analysis is used to disentangle vegetation development and aspects of plant domestication, diffusion, cultivation and use that are at the base of human subsistence economies and of major socio-cultural and environmental developments. (e-a-a.org)
  • The area of cereals receiving no annual phosphate or potash at all has also increased significantly in recent years with over 60% of the winter wheat area sown receiving no fertiliser phosphate or potash. (pda.org.uk)
  • A global study looking at harvests from some 40 crops has shown that wild bees play a much greater role in pollination than previously thought. (lu.se)
  • E. A. Oelke, E. S. Oplinger, D. H. Putnam, B. R. Durgan, J. D. Doll and D. J. Undersander Millets, "Alternative Field Crops Manual," University of Wisconsin, Cooperative Extension and University of Minnesota, Center for Alternative Plants & Animal Products and Minnesota Extension Service, 1990. (scirp.org)
  • Work continued for a year and then, on 27-31 May 1991, the CILSS and Club du Sahel Secretariats organised their Bamako meeting on the interaction of cereal policies in the western sub-region. (nzdl.org)