Investigating how COVID-19 has challenged the Eurocentric concept of 'development': a case for sustainable food systems in the UK [0.03%]
新冠疫情对“发展”的欧洲中心观念的挑战：英国可持续食物系统的案例研究
Eniola Shittu,Komali Kantamaneni,Luiza C Campos
Eniola Shittu
The COVID-19 health crisis has imposed extensive shocks to many global systems, particularly the UK food production chains, further challenging Eurocentric development discourses and stereotypes. Thus, this paper investigates how the pandem...
Adoption of improved soybean and gender differential productivity and revenue impacts: Evidence from Nigeria [0.03%]
改良型大豆的采用及对不同性别生产量和收入的影响：尼日利亚的证据
Amadu Y Kamara,Oyakhilomen Oyinbo,Julius Manda et al.
Amadu Y Kamara et al.
Despite the considerable soybean varietal improvement and dissemination efforts in Nigeria and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, empirical evidence on farm-level yield and revenue impacts of improved soybean varieties (ISVs) from a gender ...
Banana seed genetic resources for food security: Status, constraints, and future priorities [0.03%]
香蕉种子资源与粮食安全：现状、制约因素及未来优先事项
Simon Kallow,Arne Mertens,Steven B Janssens et al.
Simon Kallow et al.
Storing seed collections of crop wild relatives, wild plant taxa genetically related to crops, is an essential component in global food security. Seed banking protects genetic resources from degradation and extinction and provides material ...
Identification of genomic loci regulating grain iron content in aus rice under two irrigation management systems [0.03%]
在两种灌溉管理模式下鉴定控制籼稻籽粒铁含量的基因组位点
Partha Talukdar,Anthony J Travis,Mahmud Hossain et al.
Partha Talukdar et al.
Iron (Fe) deficiency is one of the common causes of anaemia in humans. Improving grain Fe in rice, therefore, could have a positive impact for humans worldwide, especially for those people who consume rice as a staple food. In this study, 2...
Variation in mycorrhizal growth response among a spring wheat mapping population shows potential to breed for symbiotic benefit [0.03%]
一个春小麦图位群体中菌根生长反应的差异展现了为培育共生体利益品种而进行改良的潜力
Tom J Thirkell,Mike Grimmer,Lucy James et al.
Tom J Thirkell et al.
All cereal crops engage in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses which can have profound, but sometimes deleterious, effects on plant nutrient acquisition and growth. The mechanisms underlying variable mycorrhizal responsiveness in cereals are n...
Juan Luis Aguirre,Juan Baena,María Teresa Martín et al.
Juan Luis Aguirre et al.
In Europe, and many parts of the world, the number and variety of animal species on farmland is in marked decline. There is a need to search for alternatives that are safe for the environmental and are effective in controlling weeds. Wood v...
The impact of adopting stress-tolerant maize on maize yield, maize income, and food security in Tanzania [0.03%]
耐逆境玉米的采纳对坦桑尼亚玉米产量、收入及粮食安全的影响分析
Girma Gezimu Gebre,Harriet Mawia,Dan Makumbi et al.
Girma Gezimu Gebre et al.
Productivity growth emanating from scientific advances offered by biotechnology and other plant breeding initiatives offers great promise for meeting the growing food demand worldwide. This justifies investments in agricultural research and...
Drought imprints on crops can reduce yield loss: Nature's insights for food security [0.03%]
干旱对农作物的影响可以减少损失：自然杂志对粮食安全的见解
Peng Fu,Deepak Jaiswal,Justin M McGrath et al.
Peng Fu et al.
The Midwestern "Corn-Belt" in the United States is the most productive agricultural region on the planet despite being predominantly rainfed. In this region, global climate change is driving precipitation patterns toward wetter springs and ...
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on vegetable production systems and livelihoods: Smallholder farmer experiences in Burkina Faso [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情对蔬菜生产体系和生计的影响：布基纳法索小农的经验
B Jan Middendorf,Hamidou Traoré,Gerad Middendorf et al.
B Jan Middendorf et al.
At the onset of COVID-19, researchers quickly recognized the need for research on the consequences of the pandemic for agricultural and food systems, both in terms of immediate impacts on access to inputs and labor, disruptions in transport...
Gene-based mapping of trehalose biosynthetic pathway genes reveals association with source- and sink-related yield traits in a spring wheat panel [0.03%]
基于基因的映射海藻糖生物合成途径基因揭示了春小麦品种中源-库相关产量性状的关联
Danilo H Lyra,Cara A Griffiths,Amy Watson et al.
Danilo H Lyra et al.
Trehalose 6-phosphate (T6P) signalling regulates carbon use and allocation and is a target to improve crop yields. However, the specific contributions of trehalose phosphate synthase (TPS) and trehalose phosphate phosphatase (TPP) genes to ...