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A multi-omics and human biomonitoring approach to assessing the effectiveness of fortified balanced energy–protein supplementation on maternal and newborn health in Burkina Faso: A... by Bastos-Moreira, Yuri, Ouédraogo, Lionel, Boevre, Marthe de, Argaw, Alemayehu, Kok, Brenda de, Hanley-Cook, Giles T., Deng, Lishi, Ouédraogo, Moctar, Compaoré, Anderson, Tesfamariam, Kokeb, Ganaba, Rasmané, Huybregts, Lieven, Toe, Laeticia Celine, Lachat, Carl, Kolsteren, Patrick, Saeger, Sarah de, Dailey-Chwalibóg, Trenton

“…The same women were concurrently randomized to receive either a fortified BEP supplement during the first 6 months postpartum in combination with IFA for the first 6 weeks (i.e., intervention) or the postnatal standard of care, which comprised IFA alone for 6 weeks postpartum (i.e., control). Biological specimens were collected at different timepoints. …”
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Beauveria bassiana, Bb11, to control the Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on cabbage in Ghana by Osae, Michael, Marri, Dinah

“…Specifically, participatory trials with vegetable growers were carried out, at the Tuba Irrigation Site in the Ga West District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the biological insecticide Bba5653 under field conditions in Ghana. …”
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Mate-choice for close kin is associated with improved offspring survival in Lodoicea maldivica, the largest-seeded plant in the world by Morgan, Emma J., Kaiser-Bunbury, Christopher N., Edwards, Peter J., Fleischer-Dogley, Frauke, Kettle, Christopher J.

“…We discuss the alternative biological processes that could lead to this, including the potential for break-up of favourable allelic combinations necessary for the development of the palm’s very large seed. …”
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Beauveria bassiana, Bb11, to control the Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on cabbage in Ghana by Osae, Michael, Marri, Dinah

“…Specifically, participatory trials with vegetable growers were carried out, at the Tuba Irrigation Site in the Ga West District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the biological insecticide Bba5653 under field conditions in Ghana. …”
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Nutritional ecology: Understanding the intersection of climate/environmental change, food systems and health by Raiten, Daniel J., Combs, Gerald F.

“…Nutrition serves as the biological variable of health that links these effects. …”
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Agriculture and household nutrition security: Development practice and research needs by McDermott, John, Aït-Aïssa, Myriam, Morel, Julien, Rapando, Nancy

“…Finally, research gaps, approaches and priorities to improve practice and anticipate and respond to dynamic changes in biological and social systems are discussed. Four next steps are summarized: (1) align agricultural interventions with those in health services, water and sanitation and social protection; (2) implement approaches to accelerate learning for development implementation and policy and investment enabling; (3) build local and national capacity to adapt and innovate; and (4) empower women and disadvantaged communities, in which the burden and solutions to nutrition security are found.…”
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[Commentary on] Haas, Jere D. and Thomas Browlie IV. 2001. Evidence that iron deficiency anemia causes reduced work capacity by Horton, Susan, Levin, Carol E.

“…This commentary briefly discusses some of the limitations of using the estimates of effects on physiological capacity for measuring the effect on the social and economic well-being of individuals and society. Biological data are relevant to social and economic development, but additional field studies may be as important as the laboratory experiments to answer questions that also affect work productivity, household maintenance and child raising activities, and hence affect social and economic development. …”
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Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH); Work package 4 (WP4); World Vegetable Center, Arusha, Tanzania by Mwambi, Mercy, Ernest, Zablon, Mvungi, Henry

“…A study by Tanzania Plant Health and Pesticides Authority and Rikolto found biological contaminants in 63.2% of market samples and harmful pesticide residues in 47.5% of vegetable samples (Citizen, 2022). …”
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Understanding the links between agriculture and health: Urban Agriculture and Health by Lee-Smith, Diana, Prain, Gordon

“…Further assessment is needed of the health risks of using biological wastes as fertilizer. Research questions also remain regarding the infectious disease risks posed by urban livestock keeping... …”
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Identification of novel genes associated with herbicide tolerance in Lentil (Lens culinaris ssp. culinaris Medik.) by Balech, Rind, Maalouf, Fouad, Kaur, Sukhjiwan, Jighly, Abdulqader, Joukhadar, Reem, Alsamman, Alsamman M., Hamwieh, Aladdin, Abou-Khater, Lynn, Rubiales, Diego, Agrawal, Shiv Kumar

“…Highly significant differences among accessions were observed for days to flowering (DF) and maturity (DM), plant height (PH), biological yield (BY), seed yield (SY), number of pods per plant (NP), as well as the reduction indices (RI) for PH, BY, SY and NP. …”
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Editorial: Genetic association studies in oilseeds by Shobhana, V.G., Kirubakaran, Silvas J. P., Li, Song, Parthiban, T.P.

“…The success of GWA relies on the germplasm choice, population size and diversity, molecular marker density, accurate phenotypic data, and appropriate statistical analyses. The biological value of the genomic regions identified by QTL or GWA warrants validation through diverse functional genomic approaches that drive crop improvement in commercial crops. …”
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High-quality genome resource of Ustilaginoidea virens (UV2_4G), causal agent of an emerging false smut disease in rice by Bashyal, Bishnu Maya, Yadav, Gaurav Kumar, Parmar, Pooja, Sunani, Sunil Kumar, Aggarwal, Shweta, Gopala Krishnan, S., Kumar, Atul, Zaidi, Najam Waris, Aggarwal, Rashmi

“…Taken together, this high-quality genome assembly and sequence annotation resource can give an improved insight for characterizing the biological and pathogenic mechanisms of U. virens.…”
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Application of Genomics in Supporting Efficient Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources by Wambugu, P.W., Ndjiondjop, M.N., Rangan, P., Henry, R. J.

“…Analysis of germplasm from different environments using transcriptomic approaches assists in identifying the candidate genes associated with desirable traits and biologically important pathways. Identification of genetic redundancy is enabling collection rationalization thus enhancing cost efficiency in plant genetic resources conservation. …”
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Safeguarding the Third Pole: problems, challenges, and possible solutions in the Hindu Kush Himalaya by Chaudhary, S., Nepal, Santosh, Hussain, A., Bhuchar, S.

“…The region is an important repository of aesthetic, biological, and cultural diversities, and contains all or part of 4 of 36 “Global Biodiversity Hotspots.” …”
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Knowledge, perceptions and practices regarding aflatoxins and aflatoxin management solutions among women: a perspective from two communities in Nigeria by Falade, T.D.O., Kadjo, D., Ortega-Beltran, A., Atser, G., Sanni, L.

“…Aflatoxin awareness studies in Kudan, Lere (Kaduna State), Kibiya and Doguwa (Kano State) local government areas (LGAs), Nigeria, were conducted to assess women’s level of knowledge of aflatoxins and aflatoxin management practices, including the use of Aflasafe® as pre-harvest for biological control of aflatoxins and the use of hermetic Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags for post-harvest control. …”
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Implications of high throughput sequencing of plant viruses in biosecurity – a decade of progress? by Fox, A., Botermans, M., Ziebell, H., Fowkes, A.R., Pareta, N.F., Massart, S., Rodoni, B., Chooi, K.M., Kreuze, J., Kumar, P.L., Cuellar, W., Carvajal-Yepes, M., MacDiarmid, R.M.

“…The recommendations were (1) for countries to increase baseline surveillance,(2) to address nomenclature for “data inferred” new viral sequence to differentiate from characterised viruses, and (3) to increase the focus on fundamental biological research to deal with the deluge of new discoveries. …”
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Sustainable insect pest management options for rice production in Sub-Saharan Africa by Pegalepo, Esther, Bocco, Roland, Onaga, Geoffrey, Nwilene, Francis, Tamò, Manuele, Togola, Abou, Katiyar, Sanjay Kumar

“…It explores successful methods, including the use of biological control agents in Nigeria; neem-based pesticides in Tanzania; push-pull technology in Kenya; agroecological practices in Mali; resistant rice varieties in Ghana and Nigeria; integrated farming systems in Liberia, Guinea Conakry, Nigeria, Kenya and Madagascar; and farmer field schools in Zambia. …”
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Bayesian divergence-based approach for genomic multitrait ordinal selection by Villar-Hernández, Bartolo de Jesús, Singh, Pawan Kumar, Lozano, Nerida, Vitale, Paolo, Gerard, Guillermo Sebastián, Breseghello, Flavio, Dreisigacker, Susanne, Crossa, Jose

“…Our results demonstrate that this toolset provides a flexible, robust, and biologically grounded framework to enhance selection efficiency in breeding programs targeting complex, multitrait ordinal phenotypes. …”
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The state of the world's forest biodiversity by Sayer, Jeffrey A., Iremonger, S.

“…In the decade that has elapsed it has moved to center-stage on the international agenda. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), adopted at the Rio Summit in 1992 and now ratified by 169 countries, has had a major impact on biodiversity becoming a global concern. …”
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Trait-based clustering and environmental responsiveness of pro-vitamin a cassava genotypes via Finlay-Wilkinson regression by Badewa, O., Parkes, E., Gana, A., Tsado, E., Tolorunse, K., Iluebbey, P., Akpotuzor, P., Ayankanmi, T.

“…Hierarchical and k-means clustering grouped genotypes into three biologically distinct clusters with clear agronomic relevance. …”
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