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Potential and limitations for the practical use of fluorescence sensors to detect physiological adaptations of crops
(2021-06-14)
The key objective of the present work was to evaluate the potential and limitations for the practical use of fluorescence sensors to detect physiological responses of crops to abiotic stresses, and the crop adaptations to ...
Armed Conflicts and Forced Displacements: Incentives and Consequences on Consumption and Social Preferences
(2021-04-06)
Several countries currently have ongoing armed conflicts or are in post-conflict. Relatedly, the number of refugees has almost doubled in the last decade from continued armed conflicts with an increasing influx to countries ...
Genomic indicators for boar taint and fertility in Landrace and Large White populations
(2021-06-14)
Castration of male piglets in their first week of life is a commonly used but critically reflected method to avoid boar taint. Fattening of entire males represents a long-term sustainable alternative to castration but ......
Genomische Indikatoren für Ebergeruch und Fruchtbarkeit in Landrasse- und Edelschweinpopulationen
Die Kastration männlicher Ferkel in ihrer ersten Lebenswoche zur Vermeidung von Ebergeruch wird ......
Genomische Indikatoren für Ebergeruch und Fruchtbarkeit in Landrasse- und Edelschweinpopulationen
Die Kastration männlicher Ferkel in ihrer ersten Lebenswoche zur Vermeidung von Ebergeruch wird ......
Clinically-relevant antibiotic-resistant bacteria in process waters and wastewater from poultry and pig slaughterhouses and assessment of the bacterial dissemination into surface waters
(2021-01-21)
The objective of this thesis was the investigation of clinically-relevant antibiotic-resistant bacteria in process waters and wastewater from poultry and pig slaughterhouses and the assessment of the bacterial dissemination ......
Price dynamics and interaction of international cash crop and staple food markets
(2021-03-08)
For a number of net food importing developing countries (NFIDCs), abrupt changes in international staple food prices constitute an important source of macroeconomic instability. Theory suggests that in the face of instable ...
Roads, Geography, and Connectivity: Economic Impacts of Road Infrastructure in Georgia and Armenia
(2021-12-16)
Adequate road infrastructure is considered one of the major factors for economic development. The improvement of connectivity has been crucial for the development agenda. This has resulted in rapid increase in infrastructure ...
Assessing and targeting management options for smallholder rice-based systems in Kilombero floodplain, Tanzania
(2021-04-06)
In sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture contributes up to 50% of the GDP. The increase in agricultural output in the region is predominantly from area expansion instead of improvements in productivity per unit area. In the past, ...
Sustainable intensification: Farmers’ adoption behaviour and environmental outcomes
(2021-04-06)
Sustainable intensification measures imply implementing changes in farming systems to improve environmental outcomes without compromising economic outputs. In order to assess the achievement of these outcomes, the dissertation ...
Phenotyping of wheat resistance to Fusarium head blight using hyperspectral imaging
(2021-02-10)
The integrated management of Fusarium head blight (FHB) on wheat depends on the implementation of agricultural practices, cultivation of resistant varieties, and fungicides application. Reducing yield losses and mycotoxin ......
Sensor platform for rapid detection and quantification of indicator and pathogenic bacteria on food contact surfaces
(2021-08-04)
Foodborne pathogenic bacteria represent a global problem for public health. Escherichia coli and Coliforms indicates the possible contamination of food, water and food processing environments. In food processing environment ......