The Pacific islands have a diverse range of food and cash crops with indigenous and introduced nematode problems. The staple food crops have serious nematode pests, such as Meloidogyne spp. on sweet potato, Hirschmanniella miticausa causing corm rot of taro, and Pratylenchus coffeae and Radopholus sp. producing tuber dry rot of yams. Bananas are infested with P. coffeae or R. similis, citrus wi...

Diversification of agricultural systems is a standard suggestion for increasing the resilience of rain-fed subsistence farming to drought. However, grain crops share many physiological characteristics, potentially forming a plant functional type (PFT), a term ecologists apply to groups of species that respond in functionally similar ways to environmental variation. Here we test whether grain cr...

Vegetables are essential for well-balanced diets. About 3 billion people in the world are malnourished due to imbalanced diets. Vegetables can contribute to the prevention of malnutrition disorders. Genetic engineering enables vegetable breeders to incorporate desired transgenes into elite cultivars, thereby improving their value considerably. It further offers unique opportunities for improvin...

abstract:background and objectivesenvironmental is one of the most important components of global macro policies, therefore, one of the main prerequisite of many activities in macro level is compatibility with environment. environmental pollution is one of the most significant challenges that is faced by human society in 21st century. agriculture sector compare to the other other sectors of eco...

The microbiological safety of horticultural plants (vegetables, fruits, spices, flowers, other edible crops, ornamental plants, etc [...]

The effect of municipal wastewater irrigation on the yield and quality of vegetables and crops was studied by means of pot and lysimetric experiments. The pots were seeded with lettuce salad, radishes, and carrots in all experimental years; the lysimeters were planted with early potatoes in 2005 and 2007, and with sugar beet in 2006. Secondary-treated wastewater (in 2005) or only primary-treate...

This study investigated the extent of heavy metal accumulation in leaf vegetables and associated potential health risks in agricultural areas of the Pearl River Delta (PRD), South China. Total concentrations of mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr) and arsenic (As) were determined in 92 pairs of soil and leaf vegetable (flowering Chinese cabbage, lettuce, pakchoi, Chinese cabbage...

Crops have been important to humankind for purposes other than simply sustaining life through calories and nutrients. Many of the earliest domesticates served multiple purposes besides food (Meyer et al., 2012), including providing for shelter, textile, medicinal, or spiritual needs. In some cases, medicinal uses may have preceded their use as food crops (Rubatzky and Yamaguchi, 1997; Smartt an...

Present agricultural systems in Myanmar follow the traditional methods which utilize the available natural resources combined with improved cultural practices. Although the use of synthetic chemicals such as fertilizers and pesticides have been well established in Myanmar’s agriculture, the quantity actually used is much lower than the recommended optimum rates. Hence, there is no evidence so f...

Agricultural trade between nations is a significant proportion of total international trade. Agricultural trade in transgenic crops faces extra complications due to the existence of domestic and international regimes that focus specifically on agricultural biotechnology. These specialized regimes create legal and commercial challenges for trade in transgenic crops that have significant implicat...