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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Fruit production"”.
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Degrowth at a Global Scale? Geographies of Chile¿s Fruit Production and Export between Extractivism and Socio-Ecological Transformation
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Small Fruit Production in Mountain Areas with the use of Biocontrol Agents: Investigating Farmers' Attitudes and Consumers' Choice in Trentino.
… willingness to pay (WTP) for sustainable grown fruits and vegetables and on evaluating the consumersâ€TM preferences and their willingness to pay for fruit obtained with BCAs. Moreover, it aims to discover whether the consumers choice is influenced by threshold values (cut-offs).
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Plant virus detection and diversity in a mixed tree fruit orchard determined through metagenomic-based analysis of honeybee (Apis mellifera) collected samples
iruses pose a significant threat to agricultural production, especially in long-lived fruit orchards where profitability of individual plants can take years to achieve. Over time, fruit trees can accumulate various viruses, leading to complex mixed infections. Furthermore, emerging viruses can …
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Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors Controlling Reproduction in an Annual Plant
… study were to (1) determine what factors limit fruit and seed production in the annual legume Cassia fasciculata Michx., and (2) determine the extent of and basis for selective fruit maturation in this plant species. Cassia fasciculata is an herbaceous plant that inhabits prairies, open woods, …
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Drivers of reproductive variability in Vaccinium cespitosum and vaccinium vitis-idaea in northeastern Minnesota
… shown to positively impact stem, flower, and fruit production. Additionally, both species are partially clonal and are capable of sexual or clonal reproduction. In populations with high clone densities, the likelihood of self-pollination via geitonogamy and subsequent early-acting inbreeding …
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Phenology and frugivory of large-fruited species in northern New Zealand and the impacts of introduced mammals
… thesis investigated the reproductive phenology, fruit features, dispersal and seed predation of native New Zealand fleshy-fruited species, concentrating mainly on fruits larger than 10-mm in diameter borne by trees. There are several species with large tree-borne fruit in New Zealand and they …
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Evaluating the role of market based policy instruments in managing trade-offs between ecosystem services supply and human welfare: case of Uluguru water catchment, Tanzania
… and inputs, (2) tax cuts on inputs used in fruit production, (3) tax cuts on basic domestic goods (i.e. sugar, salt, soap, kerosene, maize and wheat flour), (4) enhancing economic growth, and (5) compensating upstream land decision makers who adopt fruit tree production on land left to …
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Validating Leaf Area Index (LAI) and canopy cover estimated from satellite imagery products with ground measurements in plum orchards, Western Cape
Sustainable fruit production increasingly depends on precise monitoring of crop performance, where accurate estimation of the Leaf Area Index (LAI) plays a central role in linking canopy structure to productivity. LAI is not only a key indicator of crop development and yield potential but also a …
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Ecology of flowering and fruiting in Lotus corniculatus L.
… factors which are important to flowering and fruiting in the species, and some of their evolutionary implications. The work was carried out at Wytham Estate, Oxfordshire, U.K., mainly in an ex-arable field (Upper Seeds) and a more established grassland (Lower Seeds Reserve). The literature on …
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Understanding the family businesses : a case study from Brazil
… market to a major international transportation, fruit production and export firm. The study highlights the importance to family firms of succession planning. It also illustrates how family businesses propel the economic growth in today's capitalist global economy, especially in emergent nations. …
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The natural enemies of Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Wight in South Africa and their potential for use as biological control agents in Australia
… and/or mechanical control difficult. The fruit is bird dispersed which facilitates colonisation of new sites. Surveys for potential biological control agents for use against bridal creeper in Australia were initiated in South Africa during 1989. This dissertation describes the …
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Compost effects on plectosporium blight
… to record crop growth stage, disease severity, fruit production, and week of death. Plectosporium blight disease severity was only significantly affected by compost source in Week 5 (P < 0.001). The animal source compost presented significantly lower disease severity than the plant and worm …
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Risk management in crop farming
… can have significant impacts on agricultural production. To deal with the financial impacts caused by natural hazards, crop insurance is an appropriate tool (Di Falco et al., 2014). In addition to crop insurance purchase, to maximize agriculture’s mitigation potential regarding to …
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Accessing Chilling Conditions For Perennial Fruit Crop Production in Kentucky
<p>Temperate Region fruit and nut trees, and many other perennial plants, require cool winter temperatures (chilling hours) to ensure leaf and flower bud production in the following season. Temperate Regions are characterized by variable winter and spring temperatures. Failure of meeting sufficient …
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Heat Stress Effects on Cotton During Reproductive Development and Subsequent Acclimation Responses
… it appears that high temperatures affect cotton fruit production ubiquitously. This conclusion, based upon the results of several novel experiments of identifying heat stress effects were summarized under the following objectives:</p> <p>1) Identify historic regional effects of high temperature …
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Farming for supermarkets : its collective good problems and what Brazilian growers have done about them
… achieve and whom they benefit. Brazilian fresh fruit growers have turned to a variety of institutional arrangements in resolving collective good problems, including growers's associations, cooperatives, trade groups; closer ties with public sector agricultural research and extension agencies; …
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Effect of Kaolin clay, Planting Dates, and Color Mulches on Summer Tomato Production in the Eastern Shore of Virginia
… Reflective mulches enhanced plant height and fruit production relative to the conventional black plastic mulch. The combination of kaolin clay sprays with standard black mulch, resulting in yield increases of over 35%, rivaling the outcomes achieved with reflective and white mulch treatments. …
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Impacts of Deer and Honeysuckle on the Endangered Trillium Reliquum and Its Associated Plant Community
… vine at most sites. White-tailed deer decreased fruit production and increased dormancy in T. 2 reliquum. Honeysuckle was associated with small but stable trillium populations. Empirical data and matrix models demonstrated that removal of honeysuckle results in significant population increases. …
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Debt as Infrastructure: Contract Farming, Labour, and Oil Palm in Montes de María
… the operation of credit for contracted palm oil production and its impacts on the lives of peasant communities in the Colombian Caribbean. My work presents a detailed account of how credit shapes the operation of contract farming schemes as well as the labouring experiences of peasant palm fruit …
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GENOMIC TOOLS TO IMPROVE PEACH (P. PERSICA L. BATSCH) RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHALLENGES
As one of the earliest flowering fruit trees, peach is constitutively subjected to yield loss caused by freezing temperature occurrence at blooming time. However, higher winter average temperatures recorded in recent years may lead to anticipated budbreak increasing the magnitude of this …
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