To reduce discarding of plaice Pleuronectes platessa in the North Sea flatfish fisheries, the major nursery areas were closed to large trawlers in 1995. The area closed was named the ‘Plaice Box’ (PB) and beam trawl effort fell by over 90%,while the exemption fleets of small flatfish beam trawler...
Beare, Douglas J.
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Rijnsdorp AD
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Blaesberg M
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Damm, U.
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Egekvist J
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Fock H
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Kloppmann M
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Röckmann C
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Schroeder A
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Schulze, T.
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Tulp I
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Ulrich C
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Hal R. van
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Kooten, T. van
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Verweij M
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[Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Plaice Box]
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Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Plaice Box
The potential for improving productivity and increasing the resilience of smallholder agriculture, while also contributing to climate change mitigation, has recently received considerable political attention (Beddington et al 2012). Financial support for improving smallholder agriculture could co...
Berry, N.J.
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Ryan CM
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[Overcoming the risk of inaction from emissions uncertainty in smallholder agriculture]
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Overcoming the risk of inaction from emissions uncertainty in smallholder agriculture
Mixed crop‐livestock systems produce most of the world’s milk and ruminant meat, and are
particularly important for the livelihoods and food security of poor people in developing
countries. These systems will bear the brunt of helping to satisfy the burgeoning demand
for food from increasing popu...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Climate change adaptation in mixed crop‐livestock systems in developing countries]
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Climate change adaptation in mixed crop‐livestock systems in developing countries
Thermal stress and in particular heat during anthesis causes sterility in rice inflorescences. Rice spikelets open in the morning and close a few hours later. Genotypic variation in the time of day of anthesis is considered an escape mechanism from thermal stress, but little is known on its depen...
Julia C
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Dingkuhn, Michael
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[Variation in time of day of anthesis in rice in different climatic environments]
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Variation in time of day of anthesis in rice in different climatic environments
Kadian, M.S.
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Luthra, S.K.
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Patel, N.H.
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Bonierbale, Merideth W.
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Singh, S.V.
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Sharma, N.
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Kumar, V.
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Gopal, J.
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Singh, B.P.
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[Identification of short cycle, heat-tolerant potato (Solanum tuberosum) clones for the semi-arid agro-ecology.]
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Identification of short cycle, heat-tolerant potato (Solanum tuberosum) clones for the semi-arid agro-ecology.
Despite its relevance, protein regulation, metabolic adjustment, and the physiological status of plants under drought is not well understood in relation to the role of nitrogen fixation in nodules. In this study, nodulated alfalfa plants were exposed to drought conditions. The study determined th...
Aranjuelo I
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Molero G
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Erice G
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Avice, J.C.
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Nogués S
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[Plant physiology and proteomics reveals the leaf response to drought in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)]
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Plant physiology and proteomics reveals the leaf response to drought in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
In light of the growing concern over the potentially devastating impacts on biodiversity and food security of climate change and the massively growing world population, taking action to conserve crop wild relatives (CWR), is no longer an option it is a priority. Crop wild relatives are species ...
Maxted, Nigel
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Kell, S.
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Toledo, A.
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Dulloo, Ehsan
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Heywood, V.
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Hodgkin, T.
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Hunter D
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Guarino, Luigi
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Jarvis, Andy
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Ford-Lloyd, B.V.
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[A global approach to crop wild relative conservation: securing the gene pool for food and agriculture]
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A global approach to crop wild relative conservation: securing the gene pool for food and agriculture
Climate change is one of the drivers of change in the Ganges River Basin, together with population growth, economic development and water management practices. These changing circumstances have a significant impact on key social and economic sectors of the basin, largely through changes in water ...
Hosterman, H.R.
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McCornick, Peter G.
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Kistin, E.J.
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Sharma B
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Bharati, L.
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[Freshwater, climate change and adaptation in the Ganges River Basin]
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Freshwater, climate change and adaptation in the Ganges River Basin
Identification of early-maturing maize inbred lines based on multiple traits under drought and low N environments for hybrid development and population improvement. Can. J. Plant Sci. 91: 931942. Drought and low nitrogen stresses are major limiting factors to maize (Zea mays L.) production and pr...
Badu-Apraku, B.
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Akinwale, R.
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[Identification of early-maturing maize inbred lines based on multiple traits under drought and low N environments for hybrid development and population improvement]
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Identification of early-maturing maize inbred lines based on multiple traits under drought and low N environments for hybrid development and population improvement
Currently, 25% of all deforestation in insular Southeast Asia occurs in peat swamp forests. When peatlands are deforested, drainage ditches are often constructed to lower the ground-water level, which may result in changes in peat methane (CH4) fluxes. Our aim was to evaluate how tropical peat sw...
Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Verchot, Louis V.
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[Changes in soil CH4 fluxes from the conversion of tropical peat swamp forests: a meta-analysis]
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Changes in soil CH4 fluxes from the conversion of tropical peat swamp forests: a meta-analysis