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Agriculture - Research News and Information
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Definition of 'Agriculture'The science of soil cultivation, crop production, and livestock raising. Common names: Agriculture; Land Supply; Land Supplies; Supplies, Land; Supply, Land; Agricultural Workers; Agricultural Worker; Worker, Agricultural; Workers, Agricultural; Agricultural Development; Development, Agricultural |
A high incidence of parthenogenesis in agricultural pests.
5 Nov 2008
Parthenogenetic species are assumed to represent evolutionary dead ends, yet parthenogenesis is common in some groups of invertebrates particularly in those found in relatively constant environments. This suggests that parthenogenetic reproduction ... Read more...
13 Oct 2008
BACKGROUND: Antibody to hepatitis E virus (anti-HEV) is prevalent in Western countries, where clinical hepatitis E is rarely reported. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anti-HEV among Danish blood donors and Danish farmers. ... Read more...
Functional group diversity of bee pollinators increases crop yield.
5 Oct 2008
Niche complementarity is a commonly invoked mechanism underlying the positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, but little empirical evidence exists for complementarity among pollinator species. This study related ... Read more...
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Latest indexed articles for 'Agriculture'
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- A high incidence of parthenogenesis in agricultural pests.
5 Nov 2008 - [Treatment of osteoporosis in an active female patient?]
2 Nov 2008 - Back to the earth.
30 Oct 2008 - Optimizing ecosystem services in China.
22 Oct 2008 - Is China ready for GM rice?
14 Oct 2008 - Time trend of the prevalence of hepatitis E antibodies among farmers and blood donors: a potential zoonosis in Denmark.
13 Oct 2008 - Soil ecology: What lies beneath.
7 Oct 2008 - Functional group diversity of bee pollinators increases crop yield.
5 Oct 2008 - Agriculture. Sustainable biofuels redux.
Oct 2008 - Relationships between lower limb cross-sectional geometry and mobility: the case of a Neolithic sample from Italy.
29 Sep 2008 - Direct and indirect impacts of integrated pest management on pesticide use: a case of rice agriculture in Java, Indonesia.
29 Sep 2008 - Stress adaptations in a Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacterium (PGPR) with increasing salinity in the coastal agricultural soils.
29 Sep 2008 - Occupational behaviors and farmworkers' pesticide exposure: findings from a study in Monterey County, California.
29 Sep 2008 - Chromate resistance, transport and bioreduction by Exiguobacterium sp. ZM-2 isolated from agricultural soil irrigated with tannery effluent.
29 Sep 2008 - Potato: a comparative study of the effect of cultivars and cultivation conditions and genetic modification on the physico-chemical properties of potato tubers in conjunction with multivariate analysis towards authenticity.
29 Sep 2008 - Design of a village breeding programme for a llama population in the High Andes of Bolivia.
29 Sep 2008 - A review of the immunotoxicity of the pesticide 3,4-dichloropropionanalide.
29 Sep 2008 - Migrant farmworkers, Maine, 2007.
29 Sep 2008 - Proximity to forests drives bird conservation value of coffee plantations: implications for certification.
29 Sep 2008 - Wastewater quality and the risk of intestinal nematode infection in sewage farming families in hyderabad, India.
29 Sep 2008
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Technical information about 'Agriculture'
Definition: The science of soil cultivation, crop production, and livestock raising.
Descriptor UI: D000383
Alternative terms: Agriculture; Land Supply; Land Supplies; Supplies, Land; Supply, Land; Agricultural Workers; Agricultural Worker; Worker, Agricultural; Workers, Agricultural; Agricultural Development; Development, Agricultural;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: J01.040;
Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif