Crop growth models play a crucial role in agriculture as they help to understand how crops grow and thrive. They allow farmers to predict how much harvest they can expect, which is important when planning, storing, and ...

The number of piglets born alive (NBA) is one of the most important reproduction traits due to its influence on pig production efficiency. It was shown in several studies that NBA has an antagonistic relationship with later ...

Introduction: Elderly migrants represent an ever increasing portion of German nursing home residents. However, the nutritional status of elderly migrants and related problems are still largely unknown. The ...

Das Ziel dieser Arbeit besteht darin, ein Simulationsgrundkonzept zur Entscheidungsunterstützung sowie Unternehmensberatung in der strategischen Planung zu entwickeln und Finanzierungsstrategien zu beurteilen. Durch eine ...

Für die Malzindustrie, die Sommergerste als Ausgangsmaterial für den Vermälzungsprozess nutzt, sind frühzeitige Informationen über die zu erwartenden Sommergerstenerträge von erheblicher wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung. Die ...

Cyst nematodes are biotrophic parasites that infect plant roots and cause physiological and structural modifications leading to the formation of syncytial nurse cells. They are sexually dimorphic but the sexual phenotype ......

Improving water productivity (WP) is one important strategy for addressing future water scarcity, which is driven particularly by population growth and potential climate changes. Although an understanding of WP is required ...

Wheat is an ozone-sensitive crop with substantial global yield loss. It is necessary to make assessments of ozone impacts and to investigate the tolerance mechanisms and genetic factors conferring ozone tolerance in wheat. ...

Wegen der steigenden Anforderungen an Biogasanlagenbetreiber durch das EEG 2017 werden alternative, kostengünstige Substrate gesucht, die die Flächenkonkurrenz zwischen Nahrungs- bzw. Futtermittelproduktion und der ...

Halting biodiversity loss is a major environmental challenge to humanity, which requires and motivates increasing conservation efforts. Conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems has various approaches, such as community-based ...