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Irrigating with cooler water does not reverse high temperature impact on grain yield and quality in hybrid rice by Shi, Wanju, Zhang, Xinzhen, Yang, Juan, Impa, Somayanda M., Wang, De, Lai, Yusha, Yang, Zijin, Xu, Hang, Wu, Jinshui, Zhang, Jianhua, Jagadish, Krishna S.V.

“…The stress was imposed starting from heading until maturity under field-based heat tents, over two consecutive years. …”
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Desert garden techniques to ameliorate urban microclimates : an example of application in Granada, Spain by Lundberg, Otto

“…In this day and age we are faced with urban cores getting hotter, with the main drivers being climate change and the urban heat island effect. …”

Farm laws debate: A bit of analytical rigour and global best practices by Roy, Devesh, Pradhan, Mamata, Boss, Ruchira

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Complete nucleotide sequences of the infectious cloned DNAs of bean dwarf mosaic geminivirus by Hidayat, SH, Gilbertson, R.L., Hanson, SF, Morales, Francisco José, Ahlquist, P.G., Russell, D.R., Maxwell, D.P.

“…Comparisons of nucleotide and derived amino acid sequences of BDMV with those of other whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses showed that BDMV was most closely related to Abutilon mosaic geminivirus and not closely related to bean golden mosaic geminivirus. …”
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How should rural financial cooperatives be best organized? Evidence from Ethiopia by Abay, Kibrom A., Koru, Bethlehem, Abate, Gashaw T., Berhane, Guush

“…What is the optimal size and composition of Rural Financial Cooperatives (RFCs)? …”
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How should rural financial cooperatives be best organized? Evidence from Ethiopia by Abay, Kibrom A., Koru, Bethlehem, Abate, Gashaw T., Berhane, Guush

“…What is the optimal size and composition of Rural Financial Cooperatives (RFCs)? …”
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Recipes for Change validation report: Rwandan bananas with beans and split green peas by Norman, James

“…The main climate risks to beans cultivation in Rwanda are: (i) extreme precipitation levels, primarily in the northern and western regions (Ruhengeri, Gisenyi, Gikongoro and Byumba) where abundant rainfall can cause erosion, flooding and landslides, (ii) Biotic stresses, primarily plant diseases and pests and (iii) post-harvest losses resulting from increasingly favourable environments for damaging micro-organisms and insects. …”
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An assessment of the bean stem maggot (Ophiomya spp.) damage at Greytown during the 1995 season by Jarvie, JA, Ampofo, James Kwasi O.

“…In South Africa, the problem receives very little research and extension attention. This study set out to assess the magnitude of the BSM problem at Greytown during the 1995 season. …”
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Increasing fish farm profitability through aquaculture best management practice training in Egypt by Dickson, M., Nasr-Allah, A.M., Al-Kenawy, D.A.R., Kruijssen, Froukje

“…However, Egyptian fish farmers have received little extension advice or training. An intervention starting in 2012 aimed to address this gap by providing best management practice (BMP) training for pond based tilapia monoculture and tilapia-mullet polyculture fish farmers. …”
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Analysis of Determinants of Productivity and Technical Efficiency among Smallholder Common Bean Farmers in Eastern Uganda by Waluse, K.S., Owuor, G., Nyachwo, J., Alokit, C., Birachi, Eliud Abucheli

“…The efficiency of crop production has important implications for farm yield and productivity; however, little is known about the efficiency of bean production in Uganda. …”
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Farmer participatory evaluation of four hybrid water yam clones in the yam belt of Nigeria by Ikeorgu, J.G., Oselebe, H., Oluwatayo, J., Ugwuoke, K., Ukpabi, U.J., Asiedu, Robert

“…Also the landraces were scored higher than the landraces in terms of pest and disease resistance, plant canopy, leaf litter, etc. …”
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Exploring common bean fresh pod market in East African Region: A case of Uganda by Tamusange Nkalubo, Stanley, Ariong, Richard M., Luyima, Gabriel, Mukankusi Mugisha, Clare, Rubyogo, Jean-Claude

“…It is more preferred to dry bean due to the fresh taste and ease to cook. A lot of research has been done on production and disposition of dry bean product; however, little information is available on production and marketing of fresh bean pod in Uganda. …”
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Phylogeographic analysis of the chloroplast DNA variation in wild common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the Americas by Chacón Sánchez, María I., Pickersgill, B, Debouck, Daniel G., Arias, J.S.

“…Fourteen chloroplast haplotypes were identified by PCR-RFLP and their geographical associations were studied by means of a Nested Clade Analysis and Mantel Tests. …”
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Ips typographus and other bark and wood-boring beetles in girdled spruces by Svensson, Petra

“…To decrease the number of spruce trees and to create dead wood in some areas several county administration boards have girdled spruces. …”
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Assessing Ugandan pork butchers’ practices and their perception of customers’ preferences: A best-worst approach by Heilmann, Martin, Mtimet, Nadhem, Roesel, Kristina, Grace, Delia

“…Best-worst scores showed that among the attributes butchers revealed as the most important for their customers were: “Meat from the same day”, “Cleanliness in the butchery” and “Trust in butcher“ while “Presence of flies in butchery”, “Age of the animal”, “Pest animals in butchery” and “Fat layer of meat“ were the least significant qualities. …”
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Haplotypes at the Phg-2 Locus Are Determining Pathotype-Specificity of Angular Leaf Spot Resistance in Common Bean by Nay, Michelle M., Mukankusi, Clare Mugisha, Studer, Bruno, Raatz, Bodo

“…Angular leaf spot (ALS) is one of the most devastating diseases of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and causes serious yield losses worldwide. …”
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Viruses of herbacious legumes in the moist savannah of West Africa by Hughes, Jacqueline d'Arros, Tarawali, Shirley A.

“…Virus diseases of herbaceous legumes have been relatively little studied even though the legumes play an important role in the maintenance of soil fertility and pest/disease management as well as providing fodder in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Barriers to institutional adoption of new products innovation: A Case of precooked beans among schools in Rwanda by Mukamugema, Alice, Mshenga, Patience Mlongo, Birachi, Eliud Abucheli

“…However, their adoption has been dismal and little is known on the possible causes of this. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to identify constraints impeding the adoption of precooked beans among secondary boarding schools in Rwanda. …”
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Evaluation of selected soil fertility management interventions for suppression of fusarium spp. in a maize and beans intercrop by Okoth, Sheila A., Siameto, E

“…The pathogen attacks maize and beans at all growth stages causing rot at the seedling stage, yellowing of the leaves, stunted growth, and death if severe. …”
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Pathogenic variation in Xanthonomas campestris pv. phaseoli, the causal agent of common bacterial blight in Phaseolus beans by Opio, A.F., Allen, David J., Teri, J.M.

“…A total of 93 isolates of Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli was collected from five countries over a wide range of altitude (500 2320 m above sea level) in eastern Africa. Collections were made from a range of cultivars of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), including known sources of resistance, as well as from wild alternative but symptomless hosts including Senna (Cassia) hirsuta and Digitaria scalarum. …”
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