1 Department of Plant Protection, Allahabad Agricultural Institute – Deemed UniversityAllahabad211007, India. 2 Division of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar – 191 121, India. 3 Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. 4 Centre for Forest Management Studies, School of Environmental Biology, Awde...

This is an edited, multi-authored volume reporting the results of a decade-long interdisciplinary research project (1990-1999), the Research Program on Sustainability in Agriculture (REPOSA). The project was undertaken by the Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), based in the Netherlands, and conducted in Costa Rica with two resident partner agencies, the Tropical Agricultural Research and ...

T.E. Grift; G. Kweon; J.W. Hofstee; E. Piron; S. Villette Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana IL, USA; e-mail of corresponding author: [email protected] Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands; e-mail: [email protected] Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CEMAGREF), Montoldre, France;...

DNA-basedmethod for rapid identi¢cationofthepinepathogen, Phytophthora pinifolia Alvaro Durán, Bernard Slippers, Marieka Gryzenhout, Rodrigo Ahumada, Andre Drenth, Brenda D. Wingfield & Michael J. Wingfield Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Genetics, Forestry and...

this study aimed to identify problems arising from lack of knowledge in interest groups about wastewater reuse and delphi survey was conducted. according to experts, the most important factor that may cause the public resistance against the use of treated wastewaters is “health concerns”. this factor may be resulted from “lack of trust on the responsible organizations” and “ignorance about trea...

In 1938 Yates and Cochran addressed the problem of combining groups of experiments[1]. Although they were considering an agricultural context, the problem is closely analogous to that of conducting a meta-analysis of clinical trials, which in turn has close similarities to the business of analysing multi-centre trials[2]. In fact, it has been suggested that meta-analysis ought to be employed on...

Aim Although cardiac rehabilitation improves physical fitness after a cardiac event, many eligible patients do not participate in cardiac rehabilitation and the beneficial effects of cardiac rehabilitation are often not maintained over time. Home-based training with telemonitoring guidance could improve participation rates and enhance long-term effectiveness. Methods and results We randomised 9...