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Will tropical forests survive a changing climate?
Most people are familiar with tree-planting as a way to offset carbon emissions. However, while the focus has been on reforestation and preventing deforestation, there has been little emphasis on how the world's tropical forests, managed for production purposes, will actually be able to adapt to the changing climate. According to a new study, there is an urgent need to put measures in place to ...
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Potassium permanganate controlling plant diseases and pests
Potassium permanganate is a strong oxidant, strong sterilization, disinfection for control vegetable seedling damping-off, blight, downy mildew, soft rot, wilt, root rot, virus good disease and other effects. Together, rich in manganese, potassium, there are bound to crop yield. Seed disinfection with warm water cabbage, broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables seeds 1 hour, then potassium ...
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Simulated Seawater Flooding Decreases Growth of Vegetable Seedlings
Crop production in coastal areas is threatened by seawater intrusion, which increases soil salinity. Excessive salinity in soil and irrigation water, in combination with waterlogging, can significantly affect the growth and quality for agricultural crops, especially those vegetables that are sensitive to salinity. A new study determined salt-tolerant vegetable seedlings for coastal area ...
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April Flowers Bring May Birds – Protect Seeds Early
The springtime is full of new life and regrowth, especially in the form of garden planting and crop harvesting. Unfortunately, spring garden planting is extremely enticing to pest birds and other animals that are in search of a reliable food source after a long winter. Read on to learn how you can protect seeds and buds from birds this spring! Use Bird Netting to Keep Pest Birds Out One of the ...
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The lurking menace of weeds
Today more than a billion people in the world are hungry, the result of flawed policies mainly, but also of wars and revolutions and of natural hazards like floods, droughts, pests and diseases compounded, nowadays, by climate change. But one huge hunger-maker lurks largely unnoticed ... 'Maybe it's because weeds are not very spectacular,' says weed expert Ricardo Labrada-Romero. 'Droughts, ...
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