Crop growth simulation models coupled with climate model projections are promoted and increasingly used for assessing impacts of climate change on crop yields and for…
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Food security has become increasingly important globally as well as on domestic fronts as global supply, income growth, and access is not keeping pace with…
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Numerous high-income countries are currently aiming for a socio-technical transformation toward carbon-neutrality and more sustainable energy resources. Developing countries, in contrast, seem to be rather…
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Bees live alongside a huge variety of microbes, and these vary from harmless commensal relationships to disease-causing pathogenic relationships. The influence of these microbial associations…
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Insect herbivores have the potential to devastate certain plant species, a trait that scientists have cleverly exploited towards the control and management of unwanted and…
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Invasive species are animals, plants, or microbes which were introduced (intentionally or unintentionally) from their original habitat to a new environment, where they spread aggressively…
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The terrestrial carbon uptake currently accounts for about one-third of the annual global carbon sink in the atmosphere; however, future projections of the terrestrial carbon…
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Drought is one of the most devastating natural disasters that can cause serious agricultural, economic, and social impacts around the globe. Several studies project increased…
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Scientists are always fascinated by the various kinds of adaptations that mangroves possess to survive in coastal areas. Mangroves are salt-tolerant plants growing in tropical…
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Today we separate the two most common ways of managing pollination services in crops. One is the use of managed bees, such as honey bees…
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The extraction and refining of natural resources from the subsoil through mining and metallurgical activities has produced much of the wealth of today’s society. However,…
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