Farmer perceptions toward the adoption of agroforestry practices: a case study of northwestern Ethiopia by Mulunesh Yayehrad Gashu, Demamu Mesfin, Tadsual Asfaw Dessie

“…IntroductionDespite several reports emphasizing the role of agroforestry in enhancing rural livelihoods, promoting sustainable development, protecting the environment, and supporting climate change mitigation and adaptation, little is known about rural households’ perceptions of the different benefits of agroforestry and the extent of adoption of its different agroforestry technologies, including contour farming with tree planting, alley cropping, woodlot and timber production, integration of fruits, nuts, medicinal trees, home gardens, fruits on farmland, boundary cropping, and live fences. …”
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APPLE BREEDING PROGRAMS AND METHODS: THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT by E. N. Sedov

“…They are valuable in amateur gardens, first of all. Breeders have to develop columnar, scab-resistant and triploid apple cultivars with high quality fruit.In the future, breeding should be aimed at developing cultivars for true-rooted apple and autogamous cultivars with the use of apetalous plants.With regard to the global climate warming, it may become necessary to revise the range of apple varieties and directions in breeding.…”
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IMPACT OF GIBBERELLIC ACID AND BORON TRIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOLIAR SPRAYING ON GROWTH, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF "ZAGHINIA" APRICOT TREES by A. M. I. Al-Janabi

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Self-translation as re-creation: The incipit of a fantasy novel in French (original language) and English by Emma SCHÜTZ

“…After waking up in an alien landscape with no memory of his arrival, Pascal discovers that he is not alone: with him are five other Academy students, as well as Yolanda, a gardener at the university. As the group is greeted by a dozen old-fashioned soldiers, they understand, a little late, that their fate is sealed: they are prey and, if they cannot escape, will become food.The novel moves forward with each chapter presenting the point of view of a different character, and no omniscient narrator. …”
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Endophytic fungi related to the ash dieback causal agent encode signatures of pathogenicity on European ash by Maryam Rafiqi, Chatchai Kosawang, Jessica A. Peers, Lukas Jelonek, Hélène Yvanne, Mark McMullan, Lene R. Nielsen

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Development of an optimized protocol for protoplast-to-plant regeneration of selected varieties of Brassica oleracea L. by Katarzyna Stelmach-Wityk, Kamil Szymonik, Ewa Grzebelus, Agnieszka Kiełkowska

“…Collard (B. oleracea var. viridis) is a non-heading leafy vegetable grown in urban farms and community gardens in the United States and Europe. Improving collard and other Brassica germplasm can benefit from both traditional and new plant breeding technologies (NPBTs), such as CRISPR-Cas mediated transformation. …”
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Improving analogues-based detection & attribution approaches for hurricanes by Stella Bourdin, Suzana J Camargo, Chia-Ying Lee, Jonathan Lin, Mathieu Vrac, Pradeebane Vaittinada Ayar, Davide Faranda

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Occurrence and Determination of Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates in Fish and Vegetables as Indicator Organism of Faecal Contamination in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Francis Mwanza, Erick Vitus Gabriel Komba, Dominic Mukama Kambarage

“…With the increasing practice of urban farming, livestock manure is used as organic fertiliser in either fish ponds or vegetable gardens. This practice increases the risk of transmission of such pathogens to humans. …”
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Analysis of the Role of Land use Change on the Flooding of Shahrokh Castle Catchment Area by Saeed Shahmirzaei, Ahmad Mazidi

“…Also, the area of residential and road areas and barren land has increased, and the area of gardens, fields and water has decreased. In order to investigate the effect of land use change on the flooding of the region, the equation of the United States Soil Protection Organization was used. …”
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The Contributions of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Towards Economic Development of Kisoro District: A Case Study of Gisozi Parish. by Munyambabazi, Danny

“…The District procedure and marketing Department should sensitize the farmers around MNP on market gardening and other valuable crops to be grown. This is because farmers in surrounding areas still engage themselves in growing traditional crops such as sorghum, wheat, maize, and many others which do not create a market in tourist campsites.…”
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A novel lightweight model for tea disease classification based on feature reuse and channel focus attention mechanism by Junjie Liang, Renjie Liang, Dongxia Wang

“…When collecting disease images in tea gardens, the collected images often include complex backgrounds. …”
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The potential of the amaranth collection maintained at VIR in the context of global plant breeding and utilization trends by D. V. Sokolova, A. E. Solovieva, A. M. Zaretsky, T. V. Shelenga

“…For 70 years it has been replenished with local varieties, commercial cultivars, and wild species supplied by collecting missions, research centers, botanical gardens, genebanks, and experimental breeding stations from all over the world. …”
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Ekorozwój jedyną drogą polskiej wsi i rolnictwa by Mieczysław Górny

“…There are also 3 associations of ecological farmers and gardeners as well as 6 organizations that control and issue certificates to farms and processing plants. …”
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Effectiveness of a Dyadic Technology–Enhanced Home-Based Horticultural Therapy on Psychosocial Well-Being Among People With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers: Multimethods Pilot... by Patrick Pui Kin Kor, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Arkers Kwan Ching Wong, Alex Pak Lik Tsang, Han Zhi Tan, Daphne Sze Ki Cheung, Humphrey Kwong Wai Leung, Frances Kam Yuet Wong

“…However, constraints such as limited land space in high-density cities, unstable weather, and lack of gardening experience may hamper the delivery of HT to people with dementia and their caregivers. …”
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Will Climate Change Alter the Swimming Behavior of Larval Stone Crabs?: A Guided-Inquiry Lesson by Abigail L. Smith, Jessyca LaBadie, Aly Busse, Emilie Solomon, Casie Farrell, Daniel M. Holstein, Zuo George Xue, Philip M. Gravinese

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Assessment of fire blight resistance in apple clonal rootstocks using molecular markers by I. N. Shamshin, M. V. Maslova, N. V. Drenova, M. L. Dubrovsky, O. V. Parusova

“…Clonal apple rootstocks are one of the main components of intensive gardening. The degree of rootstock damage by fire blight affects the resistance of the variety–rootstock combination. …”
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Bayesian joint-regression analysis of unbalanced series of on-farm trials by Turbet Delof, Michel, Rivière, Pierre, Dawson, Julie C, Gauffreteau, Arnaud, Goldringer, Isabelle, van Frank, Gaëlle, David, Olivier

“…The methods developed could be used for evaluation and/or selection within networks of various stakeholders such as farmers, gardeners, plant breeders or managers of genetic resource centres.…”
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Characterization and fungicides sensitivity of Colletotrichum species causing Hydrangea macrophylla anthracnose in Beijing, China by Juan Zhao, Juan Zhao, Yanli Cheng, Yanli Cheng, Yayong Liu, Yayong Liu, Xiaojing Shi, Taotao Zhang, Taotao Zhang, Wentao Qin, Wentao Qin

“…Ser. is one of the widely cultivated plants in home gardens and scenic areas of China. Anthracnose disease is commonly observed during the normal growth of H. macrophylla, significantly impacting its ornamental and economic values. …”
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MOBILIZATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FROM THE TERRITORIES OF INDONESIA, SRI LANKA (CEYLON) AND NEPAL by N. P. Loskutova, T. M. Ozerskaya

“…The team visited 5 institutes and experiment stations, 3 botanical gardens, and collected 370 accessions. In 1988, another collecting team led by L. …”
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Knowledge Management System Berbasis Web tentang Budidaya Hidroponik untuk Mendukung Smart Society by Ariq Cahya Wardhana, Yani Nurhadryani, Sri Wahjuni

“…Abstract The increasing number of populations in Indonesia has an impact on the limited area in Bogor, which has resulted in the threat of agricultural production because of the conversion of 88.12% of paddy fields to housing and gardens. A solution to agricultural production systems with limited land, one of which is hydroponics. …”
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