Search Results - "van de Ven, W J"

Evaluating combined effects of pesticide and crop nutrition (with N, P, K and Si) on weevil damage in East African Highland Bananas by Bukomeko, Hannington, Taulya, Godfrey, Schut, Antonius G T, van de Ven, Gerrie W J, Kubiriba, Jerome, Giller, Ken

“…Banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus, Germar) is a major pest in East African Highland Banana. The influence of crop nutritional status on weevil damage is…”
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Mapping spatial distribution and geographic shifts of East African highland banana (Musa spp.) in Uganda by Ochola, Dennis, Boekelo, Bastiaen, van de Ven, Gerrie W J, Taulya, Godfrey, Kubiriba, Jerome, van Asten, Piet J A, Giller, Ken E

“…East African highland banana (Musa acuminata genome group AAA-EA; hereafter referred to as banana) is critical for Uganda's food supply, hence our aim to map…”
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Narrowing yield gaps does not guarantee a living income from smallholder farming-an empirical study from western Kenya by Marinus, Wytze, Descheemaeker, Katrien, van de Ven, Gerrie W J, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Giller, Ken E

“…Crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa need to increase to keep pace with food demands from the burgeoning population. Smallholder farmers play an important role in…”
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Promoter swapping between the genes for a novel zinc finger protein and beta-catenin in pleiomorphic adenomas with t(3;8)(p21;q12) translocations by Kas, K, Voz, Marianne, Roijer, E, Astrom, A. K, Meyen, E, Stenman, G, Van de Ven, W. J

“…Pleiomorphic adenoma of the salivary glands is a benign epithelial tumour occurring primarily in the major and minor salivary glands. It is by far the most…”
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Seasonality and nutrition-sensitive farming in rural Northern Ghana by de Jager, Ilse, van de Ven, Gerrie W. J., Giller, Ken E., Brouwer, Inge D.

“…In rural sub-Saharan Africa, where malnutrition in all its forms is rife, the greatest gap between the availability of foods and the foods needed for a…”
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Farming Systems, Food Security and Farmers' Awareness of Ecosystem Services in Inland Valleys: A Study From Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana by Alemayehu, Tesfahun, Assogba, Guy Marius, Gabbert, Silke, Giller, Ken E., Hammond, James, Arouna, Aminou, Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Ven, Gerrie W. J. van de

“…Inland valleys (IVs) in West African countries have increasingly been used for crop production, including rice cultivation. Though it is widely assumed that…”
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Farmer responses to an input subsidy and co-learning program: intensification, extensification, specialization, and diversification? by Marinus, Wytze, van de Ven, Gerrie WJ, Descheemaeker, Katrien, Vanlauwe, Bernard, Giller, Ken E

“…Sustainable intensification aims to increase production and improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Many farmers, however, are caught…”
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LiGAPS-Beef, a mechanistic model to explore potential and feed-limited beef production 1: model description and illustration by van der Linden, A., van de Ven, G. W. J., Oosting, S. J., van Ittersum, M. K., de Boer, I. J. M.

“…The expected increase in the global demand for livestock products calls for insight in the scope to increase actual production levels across the world. This…”
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LiGAPS-Beef, a mechanistic model to explore potential and feed-limited beef production 2: sensitivity analysis and evaluation of sub-models by van der Linden, A., van de Ven, G. W. J., Oosting, S. J., van Ittersum, M. K., de Boer, I. J. M.

“…The model LiGAPS-Beef (Livestock simulator for Generic analysis of Animal Production Systems – Beef cattle) has been developed to assess potential and…”
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LiGAPS-Beef, a mechanistic model to explore potential and feed-limited beef production 3: model evaluation by van der Linden, A., van de Ven, G. W. J., Oosting, S. J., van Ittersum, M. K., de Boer, I. J. M.

“…LiGAPS-Beef (Livestock simulator for Generic analysis of Animal Production Systems – Beef cattle) is a generic, mechanistic model designed to quantify…”
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Resource use efficiency and environmental performance of nine major biofuel crops, processed by first-generation conversion techniques by de Vries, Sander C., van de Ven, Gerrie W.J., van Ittersum, Martin K., Giller, Ken E.

“…We compared the production–ecological sustainability of biofuel production from several major crops that are also commonly used for production of food or feed,…”
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Curcumin for monoclonal gammopathies. What can we hope for, what should we fear? by Vermorken, A.J.M, Zhu, J, Van de Ven, W.J.M, Andrès, E

“…Abstract Over the last decades there has been an increasing interest in a possible role of curcumin on cancer. Although curcumin is considered safe for healthy…”
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PLAG1, the main translocation target in pleomorphic adenoma of the salivary glands, is a positive regulator of IGF-II by VOZ, M. L, AGTEN, N. S, VAN DE VEN, W. J. M, KAS, K

“…PLAG1, a novel developmentally regulated C2H2 zinc finger gene, is consistently rearranged and overexpressed in pleomorphic adenomas of the salivary glands…”
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Limitations of inhibitory activities of polyphenols on furin-mediated substrate processing by Zhu, J, Declercq, J, Creemers, J W M, Chen, C, Cui, Y, Van de Ven, W J M, Vermorken, A J M

“…Recently, selected polyphenols were reported to exert proprotein convertase (PC) inhibitory activities on in vitro cleavage of a fluorogenic peptide substrate…”
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Home garden system dynamics in Southern Ethiopia by Mellisse, Beyene Teklu, van de Ven, Gerrie W. J., Giller, Ken E., Descheemaeker, Katrien

“…Home gardens in southern Ethiopia are regarded as efficient farming systems, allowing interactions and synergies between crop, tree and livestock components…”
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Changes in soil organic carbon stocks after conversion from forest to oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo by Rahman, Niharika, de Neergaard, Andreas, Magid, Jakob, van de Ven, Gerrie W J, Giller, Ken E, Bruun, Thilde Bech

“…The continuous rise in the global demand for palm oil has resulted in large-scale expansion of industrial oil palm plantations-largely at the expense of…”
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On the contribution of modelling to multifunctional agriculture: Learning from comparisons by Groot, Jeroen C.J., Rossing, Walter A.H., Tichit, Muriel, Turpin, Nadine, Jellema, André, Baudry, Jacques, Verburg, Peter H., Doyen, Luc, van de Ven, Gerrie W.J.

“…In this paper a set of criteria is proposed for the evaluation of the potential contribution of modelling tools to strengthening the multifunctionality of…”
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Soil greenhouse gas emissions from inorganic fertilizers and recycled oil palm waste products from Indonesian oil palm plantations by Rahman, Niharika, Bruun, Thilde Bech, Giller, Ken E., Magid, Jakob, Ven, Gerrie W. J., Neergaard, Andreas

“…A continuous rise in the global demand for palm oil has resulted in the large‐scale expansion of oil palm plantations and generated environmental controversy…”
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The recurrent translocation t(5;8)(p13;q12) in pleomorphic adenomas results in upregulation of PLAG1 gene expression under control of the LIFR promoter by VOZ, M. L, ASTRÖM, A.-K, KAS, K, MARK, J, STENMAN, G, VAN DE VEN, W. J. M

“…We have previously shown that the PLAG1 gene on chromosome 8q12 is consistently rearranged in pleomorphic adenomas of the salivary glands with t(3;8)(p21;q12)…”
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Can small-scale farming systems serve as an economic engine in the former homelands of South Africa? by Mathinya, V. N., Franke, A. C., van de Ven, G. W. J., Giller, K. E.

“…Small-scale farming plays a critical role in the food security of Africa. An analysis of households in two former homelands provided critical insights into the…”
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