Chlorpyrifos is registered for use in agriculture to control numerous insects on barley, wheat, oats and a wide variety of garden vegetables (Agriculture Canada and Environment Canada 1990; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 1997). Nonagricultural uses include the control of insect pests on turf and ornamental plants and in nonfood domestic areas, veterinary clinics, and commercial storage or pro...

Golodets, C. (corresponding author, [email protected]) & Kigel, J. ([email protected]): Institute for Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 76100, Rehovot, Israel Sapir, Y. ([email protected]): The Botanical Garden, Department of Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants, Faculty of ...

Agriculture is one of the most momentous inventions of humanity. It generated a surplus of food as a consequence of which a sizable fraction of societies were able to engage in economic activities other than agriculture. Thus, agriculture is considered to have been a prerequisite for the development of many civilizations throughout the world. It originated independently and at similar times (ar...

1Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China 2Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, and School of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China 3Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China 4Ins...

Because plants are a fundamental constituent of the human diet, either as a direct source of nutrients, or indirectly as feed for animals, scientific and technical advances in agriculture have played a crucial role in ensuring food security, in meeting feedstock demands, and in providing various benefits to society at large. Over the past few centuries, techno-scientific progress in agriculture...

Plants provide an inexpensive and convenient system for the large-scale production of valuable recombinant proteins. This principle has been demonstrated by the commercial success of several first-generation products, and many others are currently under development. Over the past ten years, several efficient plant-based expression systems have emerged, and >100 recombinant proteins have now bee...

BACKGROUND Many ecosystem services provided by forests are important for the livelihoods of indigenous people. Sacred forests are used for traditional practices by the ethnic minorities in northern Thailand and they protect these forests that are important for their culture and daily life. Swidden fallow fields are a dominant feature of the agricultural farming landscapes in the region. In this...

Weed infestation has been known to cause considerable reductions in crop yields, thereby hindering sustainable agriculture. Many plants in genus Euphorbia affect neighboring plants and other organisms by releasing chemicals into the environment. In view of the serious threat of weeds to agriculture, the allelochemicals of Euphorbia himalayensis and their allelopathic effects were investigated. ...