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Ecosystem service assessment of selected wetlands of Kolkata and the Indian Gangetic Delta: multi-beneficial systems under differentiated management stress
A structured literature review using the search term ‘ecosystem services’ found few relevant studies relating to three contrasting wetlands in West...
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Factors affecting soil quality among smallholder macadamia farms in Malawi
Declining soil fertility limits smallholder macadamia productivity in Malawi. To reverse this trend, it is essential to apply organic and inorganic...
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Micropropagation
The importances of in vitro multiplication are well-known. It is especially important for woody perennial plants such as tea and its wild species....
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Rapid ecosystem service assessment of the impact of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve on wetland benefits to local communities
Wetlands are important for biodiversity and are critical for human livelihoods, providing ecosystem services such as clean water, food and global...
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Long-term response of plant communities to herbivore exclusion at high elevation grasslands
Understanding the effects of herbivores on plant communities is needed for anticipating how variation in grazing regimes will impact natural and...
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Micropropagation
The importance of in vitro multiplication are well-known. It is especially important for woody perennial plants such as tea and its wild species....
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Fire Accelerates Assimilation and Transfer of Photosynthetic Carbon from Plants to Soil Microbes in a Northern Peatland
Northern peatlands are recognized as globally important stores of terrestrial carbon (C), yet we have limited understanding of how global changes,...
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Camellia
The genus Camellia is commercially important primarily due to tea (Camellia sinensis or C. assamica) as drinks and C. japonica as well as C....
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Sex distinction of asparagus by loop-mediated isothermal amplification and observation of seedling phenotypes
Asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis L.) is a dioecious plant. In general, male and female plants are used for open-field culture and intensive...
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Litter evenness influences short-term peatland decomposition processes
There is concern that changes in climate and land use could increase rates of decomposition in peatlands, leading to release of stored C to the...
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Biomass production of the last remaining fen with Saxifraga hirculus in Switzerland is controlled by nitrogen availability
Olde Venterink H. and Vittoz P. 2008. Biomass production of the last remaining fen with Saxifraga hirculus in Switzerland is controlled by nitrogen...
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Conservation priority of Italian Alpine habitats: a floristic approach based on potential distribution of vascular plant species
In the European Union, the Directive 92/43/EEC defines a number of species and habitats of community interest that are worthy to be preserved because...
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The early effects of afforestation on biodiversity of grasslands in Ireland
The target rate of afforestation in Ireland over the next 30 years is 20,000 ha per year, which would result in an increase of the forest cover from...
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The early effects of afforestation on biodiversity of grasslands in Ireland
The target rate of afforestation in Ireland over the next 30 years is 20,000 ha per year, which would result in an increase of the forest cover from...
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Long-Term Consequences of Grazing and Burning on Northern Peatland Carbon Dynamics
Using a 50-year-old field experiment, we investigated the effects of the long-term land management practices of repeated burning and grazing on...
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Recent Advances of Tea (Camellia Sinensis) Biotechnology
Tea is one of the most important non-alcoholic beverage drinks worldwide and gaining further popularity as an important ‘health drink’. It is served...
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Partitioning floristic variance in Norwegian upland grasslands into within-site and between-site components: are the patterns determined by environment or by land-use?
This study presents a quantitative partitioning of the variance infloristic data from grazed semi-natural vegetation of summer farms inRøldal,...
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Vertical structure of a species-rich grassland canopy, treated with additional illumination, fertilization and mowing
The canopy architecture of herbaceous communities has received little attention despite its obvious relevance for how plants interact. The objective...
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Direct rooting and hardening of tea microshoots in the field
Micropropagation of tea ( Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) has been widely attempted but commercial exploitation of this method is limited by heavy...