Search Results - "containment"

Building the evidence base on the agricultural nutrition nexus: Vanuatu by Mackenzie-Reur, Votausi Lucyann, Kulakit Galgal, Keith

“…This has resulted in increased dependence on imported foods and the consumption of refined foods that contain higher levels of saturated fats and oils, salt and sugar; less physical activity and increased exposure to other risk factors linked to alcohol intake and smoking. …”
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Genetic parameters for longevity traits in UK dairy goats by Geddes, L., Desire, S., Mucha, S., Coffey, M., Mrode, Raphael A., Conington, J.

“…The dataset comprised records on 12,233 female dairy goats based on two genetically linked farm sites. The pedigree contained information on 40,422 individuals. Heritabilities of the longevity traits were found to range from 0.08 to 0.46, with moderate to high phenotypic and genetic correlations between the lifetime longevity and production longevity traits. …”
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Modeling the dynamics of banana Xanthomonas wilt transmission incorporating infectious force in both asymptomatic and symptomatic stages by Kweyunga, E.H., Tumwine, Jackson K., Karamura, E.B.

“…Despite massive efforts by regional governments and partners in the East and Central African region towards fighting Xanthomonas Wilt of banana, the disease is reported to continue to spread to new areas and resurge in others it had been contained. The use of asymptomatic but infectious plants is hypothesized to play a leading role in the persistence of the disease and it's introduction to new areas. …”
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Characterization of the seed proteins of velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens) from Nigeria by Machuka, J.

“…The albumin fraction was also shown to contain both trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitors through enzyme inhibitor assays. …”
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Nested rt-PCR in a single closed tube. by Olmos, Antonio, Esteban, Olga, Bertolini, Edson, Cambra, Mariano

“…This is frequently observed when dealing with poor-quality samples containing inhibitors of RT-PCR. The presence of different components of plant or animal origin, as well as specific RT-PCR conditions, may inhibit the reverse transcription and amplification by a number of mechanisms.…”
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Efficacy of phosphine as a fumigant against Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in palms. Short communication. by Llácer, Elena, Jaques, Josep A.

“…Fumigations of infested canary palms were carried out in a hermetic container and subsequently palms were carefully dissected and all R. ferrugineus specimens found, either dead or alive, were counted. …”
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The global spectrum of plant form and function enhanced species-level trait dataset by Casanoves, Fernando, y más de 7 autores

“…Here we provide the ‘Global Spectrum of Plant Form and Function Dataset’, containing species mean values for six vascular plant traits. …”
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Comparación de métodos radiométricos y colorimétricos en estudios sobre retención y transformación de fosfato en el suelo by FASSBENDER, H.W., Igue, K.

“…Phosphate retention was determined by shaking 0.5g soil with 25 ml of a KH₂PO₄ solution tagged with ³²P and containing 100 μg P/ml. The transformation of phosphates was investigated by Chang and Jackson's fractionation technique and the P in the different extractions was determined colorimetrically and by its radioactivity. …”
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Uso de la torta de semilla de algodón en raciones balanceadas para cerdos en proceso de crecimiento by Braham, J.E., BRESSANI, R, Escobar, N. E, Aguirre, A.

“…Weight gains and feed efficiency were very satisfactory when the rations contained up to 15% of cottonseed oil meal. Higher levels resulted in toxic symptoms characterized by thriftiness, anorexia, diarrhea and dry, scaly skin. …”
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Plan de acción forestal tropical para América Central: bibliografía

“…La obra contiene instrucciones para el usuario y para obtener los documentos; las referencias bibliográficas acompañadas por las palabras clave y resumen respectivo, siempre y cuando esté disponible; y finalmente los índices de autores personales, corporativos y de materia, así como las listas de siglas y abreviaturas utilizadas. This document contains 3014 bibliographic references related to subjects and geographical areas included in the “Plan de Acción Forestal Tropical para América Central”. …”
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Quantification of farming systems in the Neguev settlement by Berg, P. van den, Droog, R.

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Natural resource conservation in the Maribios uplands of Nicaragua. III. Conceptual framework for incentives by Sharma, P.N

“…The frameworks helps to conceive and analyze the dimensions, and make a decision regarding incentives. A table containing the results for the three dimensions for each type of farmer is produced. …”
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Skånes landskap - ett industriminne? by Eriksson, Sanna

“…By putting the Findus pea industry and the cultivated landscape that provides the factory with primary products against the official criteria for industrial memories, it is examined what values for preservation the food industry contain. …”
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Markanvändningens förändring i vardagslandskapet by Israelsson, Jessica

“…Some of the areas, which the earlier dwellings were placed, still contain some remains of old house foundations and stone fences and can regard as being of an historical value. …”
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Pelagic fish oil : methods for extraction and purification by Näsbom, Linda

“…These substances accumulate in food chain and are poisonous for humans. The crude oil contains impurities and has to be purified before consumption. …”

Influence of garden structure and surrounding landscape on the presence of wildlife in Umeå by Andersson, Amanda

“…I expected that gardens containing wildlife friendly features would have a higher wildlife visitation frequency, and my results showed a positive correlation for red fox. …”

Sustainable intensification and agroecology by Wohnhas, Lukas

“…A comparative analysis of practices contained in the FAO 10 elements of agroecology and 13 agroecological principles with those in sustainable intensification found that the two approaches are very similar. …”
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Managing forecast errors at the Nordic power market at presence of large amounts of wind power by Gustafsson, Johan

“…. · First a scenario is created containing eight actors that is balance responsible for varying size of wind power production. …”

Measuring N uptake and transport in Pinus sylvestris to estimate mycorrhizal transfer efficiency : a tracer/fertilicer experiment in northern Sweden by Henriksson, Nils

“…In a large-scale field experiment, single trees in a Scots pine stand in Northern Sweden were subjected to different amounts of nitrate fertilizer containing the tracer isotope 15N. This was done on two plots, one control plot and one that had been fertilized during the previous 6 seasons, all trees were about 90 years old. …”

Whole genome assembly, annotation and bioinformatics analysis of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain UCMB5113" by Niazi, Adnan

“…A draft of UCMB5113 genome obtained after mapping the reads with reference sequence containing 4,169 genes excluding 90 tRNA and 29 rRNA genes. …”