Sciences agricoles, animales et alimentaires

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Dual RNA-Sequencing of Eucalyptus nitens during Phytophthora cinnamomi Challenge Reveals Pathogen and Host Factors Influencing Compatibility

Damage caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands remains an important concern on forest tree species. The pathogen causes root and collar …

2016 Open Access

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Prevalence of virulence and antimicrobial resistance genes in Salmonella spp. isolated from commercial chickens and human clinical isolates from South Africa and Brazil

Salmonellosis is a significant public health concern around the world. The injudicious use of antimicrobial agents in poultry production for …

2016 Open Access

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Factors affecting farmers’ coping and adaptation strategies to perceived trends of declining rainfall and crop productivity in the central Rift valley of Ethiopia

Farmers apply several and often different farmer-specific strategies to cope with and adapt to the perceived trend of declining rainfall …

2016 Open Access

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Using Random Forest to Improve the Downscaling of Global Livestock Census Data

Large scale, high-resolution global data on farm animal distributions are essential for spatially explicit assessments of the epidemiological, environmental and …

2016 Open Access

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Paratransgenesis to control malaria vectors: a semi-field pilot study

BACKGROUND: Malaria still remains a serious health burden in developing countries, causing more than 1 million deaths annually. Given the …

2016 Open Access

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Genomic Tools in Groundnut Breeding Program: Status and Perspectives

Groundnut, a nutrient-rich food legume, is cultivated world over. It is valued for its good quality cooking oil, energy and …

2016 Open Access

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A review of studies on community based early warning systems

Community-based early warning systems involve community driven collection and analysis of information that enable warning messages to help a community …

2016 Open Access

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Bacterial associations reveal spatial population dynamics in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

The intolerable burden of malaria has for too long plagued humanity and the prospect of eradicating malaria is an optimistic, …

2016 Open Access

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Mitochondrial coding genome analysis of tropical root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne) supports haplotype based diagnostics and reveals evidence of recent reticulate evolution

The polyphagous parthenogenetic root-knot nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne are considered to be the most significant nematode pest in sub-tropical …

2016 Open Access

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Antibacterial activity and mechanism of action of auranofin against multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens

Traditional methods employed to discover new antibiotics are both a time-consuming and financially-taxing venture. This has led researchers to mine …

2016 Open Access

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Impacts of Priming with Silicon on the Growth and Tolerance of Maize Plants to Alkaline Stress

Silicon (Si) has been known to augment plant defense against biotic and abiotic pressures. Maize (Zea maize L.) is classified …

2016 Open Access

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High Salinity Induces Different Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Responses in Maize Seedlings Organs

Salinity negatively affects plant growth and causes significant crop yield losses world-wide. Maize is an economically important cereal crop affected …

2016 Open Access

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Nitric Oxide Mitigates Salt Stress by Regulating Levels of Osmolytes and Antioxidant Enzymes in Chickpea

This work was designed to evaluate whether external application of nitric oxide (NO) in the form of its donor S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine …

2016 Open Access

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Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria

This study assessed the determinants of intensity of adoption of Improved Rice Varieties (IRVs) and the effect of market participation …

2016 Open Access

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World's soils are under threat

Abstract. The Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils has completed the first State of the World's Soil Resources Report. Globally soil …

2016 Open Access

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Global Plant Stress Signaling: Reactive Oxygen Species at the Cross-Road

Current technologies have changed biology into a data-intensive field and significantly increased our understanding of signal transduction pathways in plants. …

2016 Open Access

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Optimization of localized grid systems using smart micro-turbines for rural development in KwaZulu-Natal

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