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The two faces of sustainability : Fuzzy evaluation of sustainable development. by Cornelissen, T.

“…The evaluative framework constitutes a complete cycle to monitor sustainable development: Phases 1 through 4 establish evaluative conclusions, and Phase 5 closes the cycle by acting upon the conclusions. …”
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Identifying opportunities to improve governance of aquatic agricultural systems through participatory action research by Apgar, J.M., Cohen, Philippa J., Ratner, B.D., de Silva, Sanjiv, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Longley, Catherine, Bastakoti, Ram C., Mapedza, Everisto D.

“…Challenges of governance often constitute critical obstacles to efforts to equitably improve livelihoods in social-ecological systems. …”
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Poor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactions by Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F., Wanyoike, Francis N., Bett, Bernard K., Randolph, Thomas F., Rich, Karl M.

“…More recent insights suggest ecosystems may influence poverty and the self-reinforcing mechanisms that constitute poverty traps in more subtle ways. The plausibility of zoonoses as poverty traps is strengthened by landmark studies on disease burden in recent years. …”
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Diversity and distribution of tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with human otoacariasis and socio-ecological risk factors of tick infestations in Sri Lanka by Ariyarathne, S., Apanaskevich, D.A., Amerasinghe, Priyanie H., Rajakaruna, R.S.

“…Of the five tick species identified, nymphs of Dermacentor auratus constituted 90.6 % of the collection. Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Hyalomma isaaci, Haemaphysalis bispinosa and Otobius megnini were found rarely infesting humans possibly as an accidental host; H. bispinosa and O. megnini in the human ear canal were first time records in Sri Lanka. …”
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Transgenic banana expressing Pflp gene confers enhanced resistance to Xanthomonas wilt disease by Namukwaya, B., Tripathi, L., Tripathi, J.N., Arinaitwe, G., Mukasa, S.B., Tushemereirwe, Wilberforce K.

“…Transgenic bananas expressing the plant ferredoxin-like protein (Pflp) gene under the regulation of the constitutive CaMV35S promoter were generated using embryogenic cell suspensions of banana. …”
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Caracterización productiva mediante análisis de conglomerados de las principales variedades comerciales de poroto negro (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) en el noroeste argentino by Vizgarra, Oscar Nicéforo, Terán Santofimio, Henry, Toll Vera, Jorge R.

“….- Under the present study conditions, the Cluster Analysis was more precise than Lineal Regression and Environmental Stability Parameters in the differentiation of varietal behaviour of six most widely black dry edible beans cropped at NW of Argentina. 2- The cultivars TUC 390 and TUC 500 conformed a superior group in adaptative and productive capacity in the diverse studied environments. 3- DOR 157, BAT 304 and JEO constitute an intermedium production group with lower productive response under favourable considered environments, when compared with TUC 500 and TUC 390. 4- Cultivars DOR 157 and JEO were the most stable ones. 5- The cultivar NAG 12 exhibed the lowest environmental productive plasticity of all.…”
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Intralandrace variability of two landraces in Ghana by Obeng-Antwi, K., Craufurd, Peter Q., Menkir, A., Ellis, R.H., Sallah, P.Y.K.

“…Yield components such as ear diameter, cob size, and kernel size (length and width) and vegetative characters such as ear and plant heights and days to anthesis and silking were the most important for discriminating among plants within the landraces studied. The landraces constitute individuals with diverse genetic backgrounds and, therefore, the high molecular and phenotypic variability detected makes them good source materials for breeding for drought-tolerant improved maize varieties in Ghana.…”
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Adaptation pattern and yield stability of banana and plantain genotypes grown in contrasting agro-ecologies in Nigeria by Tenkouano, A., Baiyeri, K.P.

“…Multilocation evaluation trials (MET) constitute an important step in the evaluation of breeding lines, in order to assess their adaptation and stability patterns across environments, and to ensure optimal targeting of the lines. …”
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Genetic diversity and structure of domestic cavy (Cavia porcellus) populations from smallholder farms in southern Cameroon by Ayagirwe, B., Meutchieye, F., Djikeng, Appolinaire, Skilton, Robert A., Osama, S., Manjeli, Y.

“…The genetic of diversity in Southern Cameroon is wide and constitute an opportunity for cavy breeding program.…”
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Banana Xanthomonas wilt in the DR Congo: impact, spread and management by Ndungo, V., Fiaboe, K.K.M., Mwangi, M.

“…Objective: Since 2001 Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) has drastically reduced banana productivity in over 8000 km2 of farmland in Nord Kivu Province of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Banana constitutes the major source of income and staple diet for 700,000 residents of the affected area and an additional approximately five million people who depend on banana in the neighboring regions. …”
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Biomass production, nutrient uptake and partitioning in planted Senna spectabilis, Flemingia macrophylla and Dactyladenia barteria fallow systems over three fallow/cropping cycles... by Hauser, S.

“…Relative to the total system biomass, wood constituted 67% in S. spectabilis and about 20% in F. macrophylla and D. barteri systems. …”
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Distribution and toxigenicity of Aspergillus species isolated from maize kernels from three agroecological zones in Nigeria by Atehnkeng, J., Ojiambo, P., Donner, M., Ikotun, T., Sikora, R.A., Cotty, P.J., Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit

“…Among Aspergillus, A. flavus was the most predominant and L-strains constituted > 90% of the species identified, while the frequency of the unnamed taxon SBG was < 3%. …”
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Ploidy and genome segregation in Musa breeding populations assessed by flow cytometry and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA markers by Oselebe, H.O., Tenkouano, A., Pillay, M., Obi, I.U., Uguru, M.I.

“…Ploidy and genome segregation routinely occurs during this process and constitutes a major hindrance for selection because this is not easily detectable at the morphological level. …”
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Evaluation of water yam (Dioscorea alata L.) germplasm for reaction to yam anthracnose and virus diseases and their effect on yield by Egesi, Chiedozie N., Odu, B., Ogunyemi, S., Asiedu, Robert, Hughes, J.

“…The accessions identified as resistant constitute a valuable resource for breeding of resistant germplasm.…”
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Carbon Stocks of Tropical Coastal Wetlands within the Karstic Landscape of the Mexican Caribbean by Adame, M.F., Kauffman, J.B., Medina, I, Gamboa, J.N, Torres, O., Caamal, J., Reza, M, Herrera Silveira, J.A.

“…Coastal wetlands can have exceptionally large carbon (C) stocks and their protection and restoration would constitute an effective mitigation strategy to climate change. …”
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The key physical parameters governing frictional dissipation in a precipitating atmosphere by Makarieva, A.M., Gorshkov, V.G, Nefiodov, A.V, Sheil, D., Nobre, A.D, Bunyard, P, Li, B.L.

“…Under terrestrial conditions frictional dissipation is found to constitute a minor fraction of the dynamic power of condensation-induced atmospheric circulation, which is estimated to be at least 2.5 times larger. …”
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Mucuna fallow diffusion in southern Benin by Manyong, Victor M., Houndekon, V.A., Sanginga, P., Vissoh, Pierre V., Honlonkou, A.N.

“…As a consequence, severe soil degradation and weed infestation constitute the most serious constraints to agricultural productivity. …”
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Harnessing modern biotechnology for tropical tuber crop improvement: yam (Dioscorea spp.) molecular breeding by Mignouna, Hodeba D., Abang, Mathew M., Asiedu, Robert

“…Yams (Dioscorea spp.) constitute a staple food crop for over 100 million people in the humid and subhumid tropics. …”
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Litter and biomass production from planted and natural fallows on a degraded soil in southwestern Nigeria by Salako, F.K., Tian, G.

“…Total litter production from the natural and planted fallows was similar, with means ranging from 10.0 (L. leucocephala) to 13.6 t ha−1 y−1 (natural fallow) during the 1996/1997 collection. Leaves constituted 73% (L. leucocephala) to 96% (A. auriculiformis) of total litterfall. …”
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Effect of potato hilling on soil temperature, soil moisture distribution and sediment yield on a sloping terrain by Nyawade, S., Karanja, N., Gachene, C.K.K., Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar, Parker, M.

“…Three hilling practices; hilling performed at before crop emergence (pre-hilling), one-pass hilling (at 15 days after potato emergence), the conventional two-pass hilling (at 15 and 30 days after potato emergence), and the control (non-hilling) constituted the treatments. Root length density, vegetal cover, soil surface roughness and soil water infiltration capacity were quantified at different stages of potato growth and related with the sediment yield. …”
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