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Under-exploited wild Vigna species potentials in human and animal nutrition: A review
(Elsevier, 2018-09)
Food insecurity, protein-energy malnutrition, and food-feed competition have motivated the search for alternative food and feed sources for human and animal nutrition. According to the FAO, only four crop species provide ...
Soil erosion in East Africa: an interdisciplinary approach to realising pastoral land management change
(IOP Publishing Ltd, 2018-12-03)
Implementation of socially acceptable and environmentally desirable solutions to soil erosion
challenges is often limited by (1) fundamental gaps between the evidence bases of different disciplines
and (2) an implementation ...
Pesticidal Plant Extracts Improve Yield and Reduce Insect Pests on Legume Crops Without Harming Beneficial Arthropods
(Original Research, 2018-09-28)
In the fight against arthropod crop pests using plant secondary metabolites, most
research has focussed on the identification of bioactive molecules. Several hundred
candidate plant species and compounds are now known ...
Potential of cooking bananas in addressing food security in East Africa
(International Journal of Biosciences, 2018-10-30)
Banana is a very popular fruit in the world market and serves as an ideal and low-cost staple food in East
Africa whose residents rely mostly on bananas as a source of food. Banana is practically non-seasonal crop
that ...
Potentials of Pesticidal Plants in Enhancing Diversity of Pollinators in Cropped Fields
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-12-21)
Declines in populations of pollinators in agricultural based landscapes have raised a concern, which could be associated with various factors such as intensive farming systems like monocropping and the use of non-selective ...
Effects of Rhizobium Inoculation and Cropping systems on Leaf Litter Decomposition of Two legumes (Common bean and Lablab)
(Society of Education, 2018-03)
Crop litter residues decompose and provide nutrients in to the soil. Decomposition is a process which is accelerated by
sufficient soil conditions (good soil physical properties, soil moisture and microorganisms) and ...
Drought Tolerance Mechanisms in Plants: Physiological Responses Associated with Water Deficit Stress in Solanum lycopersicum
(Advances in Crop Science and Technology, 2018-05-17)
Drought is among the top largest causes of agricultural productivity losses globally. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a commercially important crop considerably hampered by drought. It is considered a drought sensitive ...