Essays about: "orchard"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 36 essays containing the word orchard.

  1. 16. Hassel i Sverige : mer än bara nötter

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Cecilia Söderberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Hassel; Corylus avellana;

    Abstract : Att odla hasselnötter i Sverige för att sälja som färska gröna nötter skulle kunna vara ett spännande komplement för dagens fruktodlare. Klimatförändringar och trenden för lokalodlad mat talar för att prova odling av hasselnötter i Sverige. Hasseln har växt vild i Sverige sedan värmeperioden efter istiden. READ MORE

  3. 17. Preferences of the common garden ant (Lasius niger) in choice of aphid mutualist : Possibilities to increase biological control of the rosy apple aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Olle Danielsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Aphid; ant; Lasius niger; mutualism; biological control; rosy apple aphid;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to acquire knowledge about the preferences regarding aphids of the ant Lasius niger (common garden ant), commonly found attending aphids and protecting them agains their natural enemies in apple orchards around the world. By knowing this, it is hypothesized that another plant can be brought into an orchard carrying another aphid, more suitable as an ant-mutualist, to compete with the pest aphid present on site. READ MORE

  4. 18. Has modern Swedish forestry affected genetic diversity in Norway spruce stands?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Helena Dahlberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Picea abies; genetic differentiation; age groups; nuclear microsatellites; forestry;

    Abstract : Norway spruce is one of two dominating species in Swedish forestry and the most economically important tree species in Sweden. In order to preserve the ability to adapt to a changing environment and to keep populations healthy, genetic diversity has to be preserved. READ MORE

  5. 19. Barbed wire through the Orchard - The study of how fenced borders affect the security of people

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Simon Fridolfsson; [2014]
    Keywords : ABL; Administrative Boundary Line; EUMM; Georgia; South Ossetia; Border; Borderland; Human Security; Zartman; Owens; Russia.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis paper is to describe how a physical border affects the Human security of people living in the borderlands and to investigate how the theory of Zartman is compatible with Human security as described by Owens. The case described is the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia and South Ossetia where Russian soldiers erect a fence in 2011. READ MORE

  6. 20. Grönhults fruktodling i Vångabygden : äppelsorter, historia och framtid

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Linn Borglund; [2014]
    Keywords : fruktodling; äppelsorter; Villands Vånga ; Grönhult; trädgårdshistoria; fruit growing; apple varieties; horticultural history;

    Abstract : Kandidatarbetets syfte är att dokumentera och analysera äppelsortimentet på Grönhults fruktodlingar i Vångabygden, samt att beskriva fruktodlingens historiska utveckling och att diskutera kring framtida möjligheter. De metoder som använts är dels en fält- och analysstudie över äppelsortimentet på Grönhult, dels en litteratur- och intervjustudie. READ MORE