Salinity is one of the most severe abiotic stresses perceived by plants, and is continuously increasing due to climatic change and poor irrigation management practices. It is currently affecting ~800 million hectares of ......
Die Versalzung des Bodens zählt zu den größten abiotischen Stressfaktoren für Pflanzen, und steigt durch den Klimawandel und ein schlechtes Wassermanagement kontinuierlich. Zur Zeit sind etwa 800 Millionen Hektar weltweit ......

This dissertation aims to identify the candidate genes of the functional network of host immune response to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) vaccine in pigs; to explore the breed differences on ...

The production of cereal crops is increasingly influenced by heat and drought stress. Despite the typical small-scale sub-regional variability of these stresses, impacts on yields are also of concern at larger regional to ...

The cereal cyst nematode Heterodera filipjevi is an important plant parasite causing substantial yield loss in wheat. The use of resistant cultivars is the preferable method to manage this nematode, however, only few ......

In Nepal, the share of biomass in total energy consumption is about 88 % and of biomass for cooking and heating about 90 % in 76 % of the households. Fuelwood, crop residues and dung are the three main biomass types. The ...

The oxidative burst, production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in response to pathogen attack, is an important component of plant defence mechanisms. It is now generally recognised that the major source of ROS during an ......

There is an increasing interest of acquiring farmland abroad, especially following the food price crisis in 2007/08. East Africa is a hotspot of activities, and given the high prevalence of poor people in the area, impacts ...

Between 2000 and 2012, 2.3m sq. kilometers of tree cover, equivalent to 6.4 times the size of Germany, were lost globally due to land cover change. Forest loss often comes with significant social and environmental costs. ...

From the natural perspective, disaster resilience is defined as the ability of a system or community to resist, mitigate, respond, and recover from the effects of hazards in efficient and timely manner. How urban communities ...