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Monkey Orange (Strychnos cocculoides): Field manual for extension workers and farmers by Mwamba, C.K.

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Donkeys by Fielding, D., Krause, P.

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Effects of soybean fields on the health of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Chaco ecoregion by Monmany-Garzia, Ana Carolina, Chacoff, Natacha Paola, Aragón, Roxana, Sosa, Alexis Lionel, Aparicio, Virginia Carolina, Ayup, María Marta, Galindo Cardona, Alberto

“…In this study, we compared the performance and incidence of pesticides over sentinel hives within forest remnants with those within linear forest fragments (LFF) surrounded by soybean fields under conventional management. Sentinel hives in LFF showed some signs of deterioration, such as colony collapse, low numbers of brood frames, and pesticide occurrences, but honey production and the number of adult bees were similar to hives in the forest. …”
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Field evaluation of Varroa-resistance traits in surviving Apis mellifera colonies in Argentina by Visintini, Miguel, Pacini, Adriana Cecilia, Merke, Julieta, Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla, Molineri, Ana Ines, Orellano, Julio Cesar, Bedascarrasbure, Maria Belen, Miotti, Camila, Ceccotti, Micaela, Bulacio Cagnolo, Natalia Veronica, Signorini Porchiett, Marcelo Lisandro, Giacobino, Agostina

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Year of the Donkey celebrated by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…1990 is the Chinese Year of the Donkey and it will be marked by a world conference organized by Dennis Fielding of the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine in Scotland. …”
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Mother-young interactions and suckling behaviour in Blue Monkeys, Cercopithecus mitis by Nilsson, Jenny

“…Data collection took place in July 2006 in collaboration with two other Swedish students and with the help of Maasai field assistants. The monkeys were observed on foot between 8:00 and 18:00 with a total observation time of 330 hours evenly spread between the ten observation hours. …”

In-depth assessment of the public agricultural extension system of Ethiopia and recommendations for improvement by Davis, Kristin E., Swanson, Burton, Amudavi, David, Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew, Flohrs, Aaron, Riese, Jens, Lamb, Chloe, Zerfu, Elias

“…The researchers also considered the overall enabling environment within which extension operates. The field-level extension service has a strong foundation of FTCs and trained development agents (DAs) already in place in the field. …”
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Factors affecting seed germination of perennial wall rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) in southern Australia by Kleemann, Samuel G. L., Chauhan, Bhagirath S., Gill, Gurjeet S.

“…Under both field and growth-cabinet conditions, the greatest seedling emergence of perennial wall rocket occurred from seed present on the soil surface; however, the level of absolute recruitment from the seed bank was much lower (< 5%). …”
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Phenotypic characteristics of the Bonga sheep in Keffa Zone: Field mission Report by Markos, T., Ginbar, T.

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Benchmark data set for wheat growth models: Field experiments and AgMIP multi-model simulations by Asseng, Senthold, Ewert, Frank, Martre, Pierre, Rosenzweig, Cynthia, Jones, Jim, Hatfield, Jerry L., Ruane, Alex C., Boote, Kenneth J., Thorburn, Peter J., Rötter, Reimund P., Cammarano, Davide, Basso, Bruno, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Angulo, Carlos, Bertuzzi, Patrick, Biernath, Christian, Challinor, Andrew J., Doltra, Jordi, Gayler, Sebastian, Goldberg, Richard A., Grant, Robert, Heng, Lee, Hooker, Josh, Hunt, Tony, Ingwersen, Joachim, Izaurralde, Roberto César, Kersebaum, Kurt-Christian, Müller, Christoph, Naresh Kumar, Soora, Nendel, Claas, O’Leary, Garry J., Olesen, Jørgen E., Osborne, Tom M., Palosuo, Taru, Priesack, Eckart, Ripoche, Dominique, Semenov, Mikhail A., Shcherbak, Iurii, Steduto, Pasquale, Stöckle, Claudio O., Stratonovitch, Pierre, Streck I, Supit, Iwan, Tao, Fulu, Travasso, Maria, Waha, Katharina, Wallach, Daniel, White, Jeffrey W., Williams, Jimmy, Wolf, Joost

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The introduction of the Africanised honey bee: A stinging menace or a blessing of the Americas? by Moreno Reategui, Jorge Antonio

“…In 1956, Brazilian scientist Warwick Estevam Kerr, introduced queens of the African honey bee (AHB) from South Africa to breed with European honey bees (EHB) in order to improve honey production in Brazil. …”
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Assessment of flower number per inflorescence in grapevine by image analysis under field conditions by Diago-Santamaría, María P., Sanz-Garcia, Andres, Millan, Borja, Blasco, José, Tardáguila, Javier

“…This work aims at developing a simple, cheap, fast, accurate and robust machine vision methodology to be applied to RGB images taken under field conditions, to estimate the number of flowers per inflorescence automatically. …”
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Metodik för bestämning av åkerdikens status : fallstudie av ett dike i Munktorps socken by Johansson, Hanna

Organic vs. conventional : comparative study on pollinating insects and their efficiency in white clover fields by Johansson, Szilvia

“…With regards to landscape characteristics, the investigation showed that honey bees (A. mellifera) abundance negatively correlated with the area of field borders and landscape element edges within the 2 km and 3 km buffer zone. …”

Genetic engineering of Plum pox virus resistance: 'HoneySweet' plum-from concept to product by Scorza, Ralph, Callahan, Ann, Dardick, Chris, Ravelonandro, Michel, Polak, Jaroslav, Malinowski, Tadeusz, Zagrai, Ioan, Cambra, Mariano, Kamenova, Ivanka

“…Extensive testing and risk assessment of ‘HoneySweet’ in laboratory, greenhouse and in the field for over 20 years has demonstrated not only the effectiveness but also the safety of the technology. …”
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Honey and beeswax value chains analysis: The case of Adwa and Ahferom Districts, Central Tigray, Ethiopia by Gebrekirstos, Aster

“…This study aimed at honey and beeswax value chain analysis in Adwa and Ahferom districts with specific objectives of describing and characterizing the different value chain functions, actors and service providers; identify factors affecting honey and beeswax value chain; and determine socio economic contribution of honey and beeswax value chain. …”
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Assessing the role of key genes involved in the reproductive success of the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor by Muntaabski, Irina, Salvador, Ricardo, Russo, Romina Maria, Wulff, Juan Pedro, Landi, Lucas, Liendo, María Clara, Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz, Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla

“…In this study, we employed a novel and efficient dsRNA delivery method to explore the potential of RNA interference (RNAi)-based approaches for Varroa control in honey bee colonies. We assessed the effects of silencing six target genes (ptch1, ap-1, larp6, chisal, vg1, and vg6) on mite mortality and reproduction through a semi-field experiment. …”
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Effect of host deprivation on the foraging behavior of the Asian citrus psyllid parasitoid Tamarixia radiata: observations from the laboratory and the field by Tena, Alejandro, Stouthamer, R., Hoddle, Mark S.

“…These laboratory observations were compared to mass-reared female T. radiata that were released onto colonies of D. citri nymphs infesting citrus in the field. Release vials were provisioned with honey and these females had no opportunities to host feed over the 1-to 2-day containment period prior to release. …”
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Scaling service delivery in a failed state: cocoa smallholders, Farmer Field Schools, persistent bureaucrats and institutional work in Côte d’Ivoire by Muilerman, Sander, Vellema, Sietze R.

“…It demonstrates that, despite a recent history of violent conflict and civil unrest, the introduced Farmer Field Schools programme achieved a surprising scale in terms of numbers and geographical spread. …”
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A method for semi-field rearing of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) to obtain mites of controlled age and specific life cycle by Muntaabski, Irina, Russo, Romina Maria, Liendo, María Clara, Landi, Lucas, Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz, Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla

“…The aim of this study was to develop a semi-field rearing method to obtain mites of known age and life cycle that can be maintained through several generations. …”
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