Search Results - "Annals of applied biology"

Nitrogen losses from the soil/plant system: a review by Cameron, K.C, Di, H.J, Moir, J.L

“…Losses of nitrogen from the soil/plant system not only reduce soil fertility and plant yield but can also create adverse impacts on the environment. Ammonia…”
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Insect declines and agroecosystems: does light pollution matter? by Grubisic, M., van Grunsven, R.H.A., Kyba, C.C.M., Manfrin, A., Hölker, F.

“…Drastic declines in insect populations, ‘Ecological Armageddon’, have recently gained increased attention in the scientific community, and are commonly…”
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Linking abiotic stress, plant metabolites, biostimulants and functional food by Teklić, Tihana, Parađiković, Nada, Špoljarević, Marija, Zeljković, Svjetlana, Lončarić, Zdenko, Lisjak, Miroslav

“…Plants must cope with different environmental stresses during their whole lifetime. Abiotic stresses like drought, salt, mineral nutrition disturbances and…”
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“Ecological Armageddon” – more evidence for the drastic decline in insect numbers by Leather, S.R.

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Food security: the challenge of increasing wheat yield and the importance of not compromising food safety by Curtis, T, Halford, N. G

“…Current wheat yield and consumption is considered in the context of the historical development of wheat, from early domestication through to modern plant…”
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Biological control of bacterial plant diseases with Lactobacillus plantarum strains selected for their broad‐spectrum activity by Daranas, Núria, Roselló, Gemma, Cabrefiga, Jordi, Donati, Irene, Francés, Jesús, Badosa, Esther, Spinelli, Francesco, Montesinos, Emilio, Bonaterra, Anna

“…The use of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) to control multiple pathogens that affect different crops was studied, namely, Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in…”
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Acrylamide in food: Progress in and prospects for genetic and agronomic solutions by Raffan, Sarah, Halford, Nigel G.

“…Acrylamide is a processing contaminant and Group 2a carcinogen that was discovered in foodstuffs in 2002. Its presence in a range of popular foods has become…”
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A discussion on disease severity index values. Part I: warning on inherent errors and suggestions to maximise accuracy by Chiang, K.S., Liu, H.I., Bock, C.H.

“…A special type of ordinal scale comprising a number of intervals of known numeric ranges can be used when estimating severity of a plant disease. The interval…”
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Do plants need nitrate? The mechanisms by which nitrogen form affects plants by Andrews, M, Raven, J.A, Lea, P.J

“…The literature on nitrogen (N) form effects on plants at different stages of their development has been critically reviewed, assessing the possible mechanisms…”
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Polyamines as key regulatory players in plants under metal stress—A way for an enhanced tolerance by Spormann, Sofia, Soares, Cristiano, Teixeira, Jorge, Fidalgo, Fernanda

“…Polyamine (PA) metabolism and functions have started to raise attention from plant scientists in the last years. PAs have been investigated for their…”
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Foliar application of wood distillate boosts plant yield and nutritional parameters of chickpea by Fedeli, Riccardo, Vannini, Andrea, Celletti, Silvia, Maresca, Viviana, Munzi, Silvana, Cruz, Cristina, Alexandrov, Dmitry, Guarnieri, Massimo, Loppi, Stefano

“…In the quest for eco‐friendly products with biostimulant properties, foliar application of wood distillate (WD) was tested on the growth and yield of chickpea…”
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Tomato brown rugose fruit virus: A pathogen that is changing the tomato production worldwide by Caruso, Andrea Giovanni, Bertacca, Sofia, Parrella, Giuseppe, Rizzo, Roberto, Davino, Salvatore, Panno, Stefano

“…Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L., family Solanaceae) represents one of the most cultivated horticultural crops worldwide, with over 5 million hectares of…”
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Detection, identification and differentiation of Pectobacterium and Dickeya species causing potato blackleg and tuber soft rot: a review by Czajkowski, R., Pérombelon, M.C.M., Jafra, S., Lojkowska, E., Potrykus, M., van der Wolf, J.M., Sledz, W.

“…The soft rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE) Pectobacterium and Dickeya species (formerly classified as pectinolytic Erwinia spp.) cause important diseases on potato…”
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Putative new plant viruses associated with Plasmopara viticola‐infected grapevine samples by Chiapello, Marco, Rodríguez‐Romero, Julio, Nerva, Luca, Forgia, Marco, Chitarra, Walter, Ayllón, Maria A., Turina, Massimo

“…In this study, we analysed a total of 16 libraries from over 150 grapevine leaf and grape samples infected with Plasmopara viticola (downy mildew of grapevine)…”
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Phenological growth stages of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) based on the BBCH scale by Sosa‐Zuniga, V., Brito, V., Fuentes, F., Steinfort, U.

“…Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) is a pseudocereal native from the Andean region of South America that has increased in importance worldwide. Quinoa is now…”
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Rhizobacteria that produce auxins and contain 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase decrease amino acid concentrations in the rhizosphere and improve growth and yield of well-watered and water-limited potato (Solanum tuberosum) by Belimov, A.A., Dodd, I.C., Safronova, V.I., Shaposhnikov, A.I., Azarova, T.S., Makarova, N.M., Davies, W.J., Tikhonovich, I.A.

“…Plant‐growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) utilise amino acids exuded from plant root systems, but hitherto there have been no direct measurements of…”
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Silicon: its manifold roles in plants by Epstein, E

“…The title of this essay declares that silicon does have roles in plants and all participants in this conference know that that is so. This knowledge, however,…”
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The role of organic amendments to soil for crop protection: Induction of suppression of soilborne pathogens by Vida, Carmen, Vicente, Antonio, Cazorla, Francisco M.

“…Application of external organic inputs to soils can be considered as one of the most ancient strategies in agriculture, and it has been commonly used since the…”
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Vapour pressure deficit: The hidden driver behind plant morphofunctional traits in controlled environments by Amitrano, Chiara, Arena, Carmen, Rouphael, Youssef, De Pascale, Stefania, De Micco, Veronica

“…Currently, climate change is threatening farming opportunities to feed a growing population, making necessary the implementation of worldwide cultivable lands,…”
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Vertical farming systems bring new considerations for pest and disease management by Roberts, Joe M., Bruce, Toby J. A., Monaghan, James M., Pope, Tom W., Leather, Simon R., Beacham, Andrew M.

“…Vertical farming is an emerging area of food production that aims to provide sustainable intensification of agriculture by maximising the obtainable yield per…”
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