The Faculty of Agriculture: E-Dissertationen
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The role of transaction costs in strengthening agricultural market linkages to achieve higher welfare in Tanzania
(2023-11-24)Small-scale farmers (SSFs) have high levels of food insecurity and poor nutrition that are reflections of the still high prevalent poverty rates. Semi-subsistence smallholder farming is still predominant in many parts of ... -
Memory of past drought stress exposure effects plant responses in subsequent generations in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
(2023-11-23)Current research suggests that plants can memorize the environments experienced by their ancestors to alter their phenotypes. Parental environmental effects have been reported for the first offspring generation, and some ... -
Economics of consumer and business behavior related to environment: studies in Belarus
(2023-11-23)Environmental problems constitute a major risk to humanity. This thesis empirically analyzes the implications of consumer and business behavior related to environment on three levels: on a micro-; on a meso-; and on a ... -
Entomophagy in Myanmar: factors influencing edible insect consumption behavior
(2023-11-21)As the world population rapidly increases, food security and malnutrition are becoming ever more significant concerns, as well as challenges to achieving sustainable development. These global problems are exacerbated by ... -
Land in transition: Perceptions, narratives, and the governance of natural forest regrowth on abandoned land in Southwest Europe
(2023-11-21)Agricultural land abandonment is a widespread land use change in some regions of Europe. This change is driven by a complex interplay of ecological, socio-economic, and political factors, with rural depopulation as an ... -
Genotype-dependent phenotypic variation for agronomic traits, seed composition, and root architecture of Chilean Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)
(2023-11-20)Today, climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing agriculture practices, and it has significant implications for the sustainable provision of nutritious food in sufficient amounts. To meet such challenges, there ... -
Lignine aus Low-Input-Pflanzen: Einfluss von Biomasse, Vorbehandlung und Aufschlussparametern auf Struktur und Antioxidanz
(2023-10-31)Lignin ist ein aromatisches Biopolymer, das in den Zellwänden von Pflanzen vorkommt. Es ist hauptsächlich aus drei sogenannten Monolignolen (p-Hydroxyphenyl (H), Guajakol (G) und Syringol (S)) aufgebaut, die über ... -
Identification and characterization of evolutionarily conserved inositol pyrophosphate phosphohydrolases in plants
(2023-10-27)Inositol phosphates (InsPs), phosphate esters of myo-inositol, are cellular regulators with critical roles in a wide range of cellular processes in eukaryotes. Members of the subgroup containing at least one ... -
Validation of major QTL conferring salt stress tolerance in winter wheat
(2023-10-16)Wheat is the third most important crop grown extensively worldwide, with global production and use estimated at 775.6 and 755.8 million tons, respectively. Despite its importance for global food security, its productivity ... -
Multivariate methods for genetic association testing for immune traits in maternal pig breeds
(2023-10-10)In pig breeding immune traits are considered to serve as potential biomarkers for pig’s health-competence. A limited number of published studies indicate medium to high heritabilities (h2) for several immune ... -
Qualitative and quantitative assessment of sustainable urban stormwater management in Bogotá, Colombia
(2023-10-02)Rapid population growth and urbanization have triggered abrupt changes in land use, intensifying impervious surfaces and the loss of green areas. Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) are an appealing alternative to ... -
Dynamics of multiple elements in litter decomposition under various disturbances
(2023-09-29)Both artificial disturbance and climate change regimes can strongly affect soil carbon (C) sequestration and nutrient dynamics through decomposition processes of above- and belowground residues in terrestrial ecosystems. ... -
Contributions to image-based high-throughput phenotyping in viticulture
(2023-09-29)Grapevine is a crop with significant economic importance. Unlike many other crops, grapevine is a quality crop with the focus on yield optimization instead of maximization. Regular monitoring of plant diseases and pests ... -
Analysis of drought stress effect on wheat in interaction with high temperatures
(2023-09-19)The production of wheat is greatly threatened by the global increase in heat and drought stress. The individual effects of these two stressors on different growth and yield traits of wheat have been studied, but the response ... -
Structural transformation and labour market development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Ghana and Nigeria
(2023-09-13)The thesis examines the changing economic and employment structure in Sub-Saharan Africa by focusing on Ghana and Nigeria. It is structured into an introduction and four main chapters, each answering specific research ... -
Effect of organic soil amendments on increasing soil N retention and reducing N losses from agricultural soils
(2023-09-01)In the course of my doctoral studies, I actively engaged in my advisor's research projects, which involved participating in the establishment of lysimeter experiments and conducting research on isotopes. My research findings ... -
Linking land use-land cover change with annual and perennial plant growth models for the spatio-temporal explicit simulation of ecosystem services: A case study in a savanna region of Ghana
(2023-08-30)Many West African economies have been experiencing fast growth over recent decades. At the same time, their landscapes are also experiencing one of the fastest changes in the world, and the pace has accelerated over recent ... -
Impact of dietary interventions on metabolism and the gut-brain axis in adults with metabolic syndrome traits
(2023-08-09)In recent decades, the incidence of obesity and obesity-associated comorbidities such as the metabolic syndrome has exponentially increased in both developed and developing counties. It is widely accepted that inadequate ... -
Effects of nutritive antioxidants on bone during immobility
(2023-07-27)Age and disease related inactivity in older people and inactivity during space flight and in ground-based analogs, such as 6° head-down tilt bed rest (HDBR) are associated with bone loss. This bone loss is mainly induced ... -
Adjuvant-induced alterations of cuticular waxes and their consequences for mechanisms of drought stress resistance
(2023-07-26)The most important function of the cuticular waxes is the shielding of the plant from uncontrolled water loss as well as from pathogens, UV radiation and pollutants. Penetrating agrochemicals are also effectively shielded ...
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