Sustainable and efficient water management is of central importance for the dominant agricultural sector and thus for the population and the environment of the Khorezm region. Khorezm is situated in the lower Amu Darya ...

Herbicides are an important tool for agricultural production to control weeds, avoid soil erosion, and maintain high yields. Highly competitive weeds like Amaranthus ssp. and Sorghum halepense have to be ...

The key objective of the present work was to acquire fundamental knowledge on the impact of nutrient supply and light quality on the accumulation of pharmaceutically relevant secondary metabolites, particularly saponins ......
Relevanz der Mineralstoffversorgung und der Lichtqualität für die Akkumulation von Sekundärmetaboliten in Centella asiatica und Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, grundlegendes Wissen ......

Diseases of the respiratory system are a main problem in pig production. Pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAMs) are key players to defend these respiratory diseases like lung inflammation caused by bacterial infection. ...

Computational modelling for quantitative agricultural policy assessment in the EU employs more farm level oriented approaches in recent years. This follows policy instruments that increasingly target the farm level and ...

African indigenous vegetables (AIV) are essential for dietary diversification and ensuring nutritional requirements for people in sub-Sahara Africa. AIV have been largely marginalized by agriculture research, yet they are ......
In Afrika heimische Blattgemüse (AIV) sind essentielle Komponenten einer reichhaltigen und ausreichenden Ernährung der Einwohner sub-Sahara Afrikas. Obwohl AIV ausdauernd und tolerant gegen wechselnde Umweltbedingungen ......

In dairy farming, the timing of the lactation cycle and the way of milk removal differ considerably from the natural conditions. Ensuring good health and wellbeing of farm animals is of great interest from both an economic ...

Communal rangelands in semi-arid areas are complex socio-ecological systems (SES). Their complexity arises from non-linear feedbacks between the social- and the ecosystem. To understand the social system requires tackling ...

The aim of this work is to evaluate the ecological implications of the whole range of urban and rural land use systems from a common perspective focused on carbon stocks and land use change (LUC) in urbanizing areas of ...

Vascular calcification is present in atherosclerosis, ageing, chronic kidney diseases and diabetes and is strongly associated with an increased morbidity and mortality. Calcification of arteries occurs at the tunica intima ......
Vitamin K abhängige Gamma-Carboxylierung in der chronischen NIereninsuffizienz
Vaskuläre Kalzifizierung tritt als eine Begleiterscheinung von Atherosklerose, Alter, chronischen Nierenerkrankungen und ......