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How could the use of crop wild relatives in breeding increase the adaptation of crops to marginal environments? by Renzi Pugni, Juan Pablo, Coyne, Clarice J., Berger, Jens, von Wettberg, Eric, Nelson, Matthew, Ureta, Soledad, Hernandez, Fernando, Smýkal, Petr, Bruss, Jan

“…Alongside the use of fertilizer and chemical control of weeds, pests, and diseases modern breeding has been very successful in generating cultivars that have increased agricultural production several fold in favorable environments. …”
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Fruit Breeding in Spain by Llácer, Gerardo

“…The fruit breeding programs focused on variety breeding have as main and common objectives: sensory fruit quality, resistance or tolerance to pests and diseases, and better harvest calendar by means of early and late varieties that allow to extend the season while getting better market results. …”
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European protocol for diagnosis of Erwinia amylovora by López, María M., Llop, Pablo, Gorris, María T., Penyalver, Javier, Donat, Victoria, Cambra, Mariano, Keck, M.

“…The EU-funded project DIAGPRO has developed diagnostic protocols for 18 quarantine pests including Erwinia amylovora. The protocol for this organism includes a diagnosis scheme for detection of the bacterium in symptomatic and asymptomatic plants with details of the different techniques as isolation in three media, direct tissue print-ELISA, enrichment DASI-ELISA, immunofluorescence, conventional PCR and nested-PCR in a single closed tube (before and after enrichment of the samples in two liquid media). …”
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Performance of outbreak management plans for emerging plant diseases: the case of almond leaf scorch caused by Xylella fastidiosa in mainland Spain by Cendoya, Martina, Lázaro, Elena, Navarro-Quiles, Ana, López-Quílez, Antonio, Conesa, David, Vicent, Antonio

“…Outbreak response to quarantine pathogens and pests in the European Union (EU) is regulated by the EU Plant Health Law, but the performance of outbreak management plans in terms of their effectiveness and efficiency has been quantified only to a limited extent. …”
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Sanidad animal. by Lara Medina, H.J.

“…En los terneros se presenta comunmente la salmonelosis o diarrea blanca (peste boba o neumoenteritis), en los primeros 4 meses de edad, debido a infección en el ombligo. …”
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Strategies for Robusta Coffee (Coffea canephora) Improvement as a New Crop in Colombia by Campuzano Duque, Luis Fernando, Wohlgemuth Blair, Matthew

“…With natural resistance to some of the major pests and diseases of other coffees, such as rust and berry borers, they thrive under harsh conditions. …”
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Comportamiento de una sola aplicación de Aldrin, Dieldrin y Heptachlor en el combate del gusano blanco, Barotheus castaneus (Er.) en dos cultivos consecutivos de papa en Ecuador by Merino M., Gualberto, Vasquez, Victor

“…Potatoe crops of the Ecuadorean bigblands are mostly affected by insect soil Pests Larrde of Barotheus castaneus (Ex) injure up to 65 percent of the hish potatou tubers besides of the damage caused to the roots In order to determine its chemical control, a field test was conducted at Palmiva, Chimborazo province, from November 1959 to July 1961, under a factorial split-plot design 3x3x2, evaluating Aldvin, Dieldrin and Heptachlon at the rates of 5 and 75 pounds of active ingredient per bectare, with two systems of application to the rou's and to the entire soil surface. …”
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Modeling and characterization of forest stands using aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry by Trcka, Simon

“…Thanks to the possibility of its operative application, i.e. the possibility of updating the stand data at very short intervals is therefore possible to evaluate the actual thinning interventions in the premature stands, development of the regeneration of the stand, and also the potential threat of the stands by calamitous pests.…”
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Análisis de la sostenibilidad de paisajes agropecuarios: aproximación conceptual y metodológica by Bustamante Zamudio, Clarita, Redondo Ortegón, Johan Manuel, Roa Ortiz, Santiago Andrés, Melo León, Sioux Fanny, Márquez Torres, Martha Liliana, Lozano Castro, Nelson Enrique, García García, Jeimy Andrea, Díaz Timoté, Julián, Pereira, María Fernanda, Torres, Mauricio, Andrade Medina, Olga del Pilar, Soto Agudelo, Amanda Lucía

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Cerdito Agroecológico Ñuble

“…Por su parte el sector porcino ha sufrido el aumento de los precios del cerdo en el mercado nacional e internacional, producto del brote de peste porcina africana en China.…”
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Development and performance of tetraploid hybrids of plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) with black sigatoka resistance by Vuylsteke, D.R., Swennen, Rony L.

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Developing markets for agrobiodiversity: Securing livelihoods in dryland areas by Giuliani, A.

“…This narrowing of the diversity of agricultural systems' main components has a knock-on effect on less obvious elements, such as insects that play a role in pollinating plants or controlling pests, and the soil organisms that help plants extract nutrients from the soil. …”
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Abstract book 10th WPC- XXVIII ALAP 2018 Congress: Biodiversity, Food Security and Business by Barandiarán Gamarra, Miguel Ángel

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Determinar la fluctuación poblacional de los insectos plagas y su fauna benéfica en el cultivo de piñón blanco en la E.E.A. El Porvenir by Orihuela Pasquel, Patricia, Sánchez Bocanegra, Víctor Hugo

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Perturbación ecológica y recuperación del control natural de plagas de insectos en algunas plantaciones de banano en Costa Rica by Stephens, Clyde S.

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Identificación de Acidovorax avenae citrulli en semillas de sandía en Nicaragua by Muñoz, M., Monterroso, D.

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Pautas para la implantación de huertos orgánicos en áreas marginales by Delgado, David, Castillo, Pablo

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Technical Advisory Committee Thirty-Second Meeting, 24-29 October 1983: Report of the Meeting by CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee

“…It included some criticism of farming systems research, and praise for the work on biological control of pests of cassava. Preliminary discussions of the EPR and EMR of WARDA also took place. …”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, Rome, May 23-25, 1984: Main Conclusions Reached and Decisions Taken by CGIAR Secretariat

“…The Director General of IITA reported on the progress of the center's campaign for the biological control of cassava pests in Africa.The Group considered the external program and management reviews of WARDA. …”
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Beans (Phaseolus spp.)- model food legumes by Broughton, W.J., Hernández, G., Blair, Matthew W., Beebe, Stephen E., Gepts, Paul L., Vanderleyden, J

“…These genetic landmarks are used to position important genes (e.g. for resistance to particular pests, for yield, etc.) on a chromosome and ensure that they can be ‘crossed in’ to another plant. …”
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