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Cryptic Diversity Hidden within the Leafminer Genus Liriomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
Leafminer insects of the genus Liriomyza are small flies whose larvae feed on the internal tissue of some of the most important crop plants for the human diet. Several of these pest species are highly uniform from the ...
Ecology and Evolution of Cuckoo Bumble Bees
Most social insect lineages contain socially parasitic cheater species that, rather than produce their own workers, infiltrate the nests of closely related social species and force the hosts to rear their offspring. These ...
Simultaneous adoption of integrated soil fertility management technologies in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa
Empirical scientific evidence indicates that there is still room for increasing food production by improving land productivity. This study aimed at identifying the key determinants that govern farmers’ decisions to adopt ...
Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective
Based on 25 case studies from the global comparative study ‘GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovation’, this paper explores rural young women’s and men’s occupational aspirations and ...
Nurturing Collaboration, Sharing Success - MEL video for the EBC 2018
MEL users have developed more institutional awareness, being able to execute their share of planning and reporting duties in real time with their peers on the same platform and in collaboration with them. Users and partners ...
Drought Stress and Rhizobium Nodules Interactions in chickpea
Two hundred four genotypes of chickpea were assessed for various nodule characteristics and morphological traits under two environments, irrigated (well watered) and rain-fed (water stress). The field experiment was conducted ...
Agricultural Livelihood Systems (ALS) typology of grain legumes and dry cereals – based smallholder farming systems in Western Burkina Faso
Efficiently improving sub-Saharan smallholder farms’ livelihood requires targeted policy intervention accounting for their livelihood heterogeneity. The main objective of the present study was to empirically identifying ...
Enhancing Pulses Production for Food and Nutritional Security, Improved Livelihoods, and Sustainable Agriculture in West Bengal Technical Report 2017-2018
The project,” Enhancing pulses production for food and nutritional security, improved livelihoods, and sustainable agriculture in West Bengal” was implemented in 2017/18 crop season with two components: 1. Applied and ...
Conserved and Unique Putative Effectors Expressed in the Salivary Glands of Three Related Gall Midge Species
Species in the stem gall midge genus Mayetiola (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) cause serious damage to small grain crops. Among Mayetiola species are Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor Say), barley midge (Mayetiola hordei Keiffer), ...
Channel flow assessment through water level monitoring
This guidelines explains the installation of surface hydrology monitoring equipment process.