Essays about: "plant material"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 660 essays containing the words plant material.

  1. 1. Reaching Food Security: The legislative challenges of Seed exchange in kind : a discourse analysis of the European Commission’s PRM proposal

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Anna Beskow; [2024]
    Keywords : Food Security; Food Sovereignty; European Commission; Seed exchange in kind; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : On the 5th of July 2023, the European Commission presented a new Plant Reproductive Material directive with a general objective of ensuring high quality and diversity that contributes to food security, protects biodiversity, and restores forest ecosystems. The aims are to increase efficiency and promote and support mainly sustainable innovation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Trädplantering i den hårdgjorda staden : utmaningar och lösningsalternativ

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Ingela Carlgren; [2024]
    Keywords : gatuträd; urbana träd; trädplantering; gatumiljö; urban jord; kompaktering; skelettjord; makadamsubstrat; rotceller; suspended pavement;

    Abstract : Träd är viktiga delar av våra städer. De bidrar med många ekosystemtjänster, som klimatreglering, dagvattenhantering och positiva hälsoeffekter. De är också viktiga identitetsskapande element. READ MORE

  4. 3. Impact of nitrogen availability and nitrogen structural composition on fungal enzymatic activity and growth : how nutrient availability governs response and development of three saprotrophic Basidiomycetes

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Bella Strid; [2024]
    Keywords : nitrogen; tannins; condensed tannins; MnP; manganese peroxidase; peptidase; saprotrophic basidiomycetes;

    Abstract : Fungi excrete a wide variety of extracellular enzymes to scavenge for nutrients, such as the often scarce yet essential nutrient nitrogen. All fungi produce highly specialized hydrolytic enzymes, e.g. peptidases, that depolymerize organic molecules. READ MORE

  5. 4. The potential to use rhizobacteria within agricultural innovations instead of chemical inputs : taking quality and quantity of the crop into consideration

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Plant Biology

    Author : Ida Quisth; Isabella Ulfsparre; [2024]
    Keywords : Biocontrol; Biofertilizer; Biopesticide; Biostimulant; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; PGPR; Quality; Rhizosphere Microbiome; Yield;

    Abstract : Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are soil bacteria that occur naturally, colonize the roots of plants and can promote plant growth. PGPR isolated and used as inoculum to seed or plants is mostly marketed as a growth stimulant because it facilitates registration and reduces costs, even though PGPR may also serve as biocontrol products. READ MORE

  6. 5. Unique shape of Trichosanthes pilosa seed and its biological meaning

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Akari Bergquist; [2023-12-07]
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    Abstract : Trichosanthes.pilosa(=T. pilosa) commonly known as Japanese snake gourd is a plant in Cucurbitaceae family. They are adapted to grow in tropical monsoon, wet tropical, and humid subtropical climates across regions in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast India, and North Australia. READ MORE