Developing relevant decision-support tools for policymakers to support large-scale implementation of climate-smart agriculture in the Global South is challenging given great diversity biophysical, socio-technical, and organizational conditions. This article describes a pilot exercise inspired by recommendation domain literature that aimed at mapping, beyond “classical” biophysical socio-technic...

The present study focused on Physicochemical, proximate and mineral analysis of some underutilized wild edible seeds (Parkia biglobosa, Prosopis africanum Acacia sieberiana) used as condiments in Nigerian traditional soup consumed by different tribal communities across the country. seed samples were all pulverized their properties determined appropriately. physicochemical three comparable with ...

Gliotoxin is a secondary metabolite produced by several fungi including the opportunistic animal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. It is a member of the epipolythiodioxopiperazine (ETP) class of toxins characterised by a disulphide bridged cyclic dipeptide. A putative cluster of 12 genes involved in gliotoxin biosynthesis has been identified in A. fumigatus by a comparative genomics approach base...

Five avirulence genes from Leptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg of canola (Brassica napus), have been identified previously through map-based cloning. In this study, a comparative genomic approach was used to clone the previously mapped AvrLm2. Given the lack of a presence-absence gene polymorphism coincident with the AvrLm2 phenotype, 36 L. maculans isolates were resequenced an...

This study is a contribution to the inventory of medicinal plants and other methods used in controlling external parasitic diseases of backyard poultry in the localities of Djougou and Ouaké (department of Donga, Benin). It consists of a survey undertaken from December 2010 to March 2011 through visits and interviews with 210 poultry famers. The results indicate that 13 species of medicinal pla...

Bacteriorhodopsin-like proteins provide archaea and eubacteria with a unique bioenergetic pathway comprising light-driven transmembrane proton translocation by a single retinal-binding protein. Recently, homologous proteins were found to perform photosensory functions in lower eukaryotes, but no active ion transport by eukaryotic rhodopsins was detected. By demonstrating light-driven proton pum...

Key message "We identified both quantitative and quantitative resistance loci to Leptosphaeria maculans, a fungal pathogen, causing blackleg disease in canola. Several genome-wide significant associations were detected at known and new loci for blackleg resistance. We further validated statistically significant associations in four genetic mapping populations, demonstrating that GWAS marker loc...

Aims: Trees outside of protected areas play an important role in providing ecosystem services. They participate the development mat by creating favorable conditions for grasses. The influence trees on and distribution grasses is not well known. It this sense that study was conducted to determine effect Parkia biglobosa cover composition, diversity, structure spatial herbaceous vegetation.
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