‘Syrgiannidis’: An Early-maturing Pear

Resistance to Soybean Aphid in Early Maturing Soybean Germplasm

yellow, and even drop. Other symptoms of direct feeding damage include plant stunting, poor pod fill, reduced Since 2000, the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) has pod and seed counts, smaller seed size, and nutrient become a major pest of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] in North America. In the USA, there are currently no commercial soybean deficiencies resulting in overall yield and q...

Maize Aflatoxin Accumulation Segregates with Early Maturing Selections from an S2 Breeding Cross Population

Maize breeders continue to seek new sources of aflatoxin resistance, but most lines identified as resistance sources are late maturing. The vast difference in flowering time makes it hard to cross these lines with proprietary commercial lines that mature much earlier and often subjects the reproductive phase of these resistant lines to the hottest and driest portion of the summer, making silkin...

Post-Normal Science—an insight now maturing

The concept of Post-Normal Science has evolved continuously since the first presentation of its characteristic diagram, some sixteen years ago [1], in response to the changing contexts in science and in society. At first it was conceived in relation to a growing awareness of the pathologies of the industrial system. Its tasks were described as cleanup and survival; and its flavour was that of e...

Prickly pear

Knowledge Maturing Services: Supporting Knowledge Maturing in Organisational Environments

The changes in the dynamics of the economy and the corresponding mobility and fluctuations of knowledge workers within organizations make continuous social learning an essential factor for an organization. Within the underlying organizational processes, Knowledge Maturing refers to the the corresponding evolutionary process in which knowledge objects are transformed from informal and highly con...