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The agriculture-nutrition-health nexus at the cost of water availability – conference paper
332. Noorka IR, Taufiqullah, Heslop-Harrison JS, Schwarzacher T. 2016. The agriculture-nutrition-health nexus at the cost of water availability in maize diverse genotypes to ensure food security. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Water Resources and the Arid Environments (ICWRAE 7): … Continue reading
Posted in cereals, Collaborators, Publications, Sustainability
Tagged Arid, breeding, Conference, environment, field trials, genomics, maize, nutrition, resources, salinity, selection, water
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Regulation should follow robust scientific assessments not opinions
University of Leicester scientist in battle to ‘stem onslaught of pseudoscience’ Geneticist at European Commission alarmed at impact of ‘dogma’ in regulation and the negative impact on the environment and European industry A University of Leicester scientist has joined leading … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, News, Press
Tagged Commission, edc, endocrine disruptors, environment, eu, Europe, genetics, genomics, glyphosate, hazard, herbicides, press release, publicity, risk
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Aquaculture, farming and development: an FAO consultation
Aquaculture has major prospects for providing high quality, palatable protein for people. Compared to other animals, the conversion of plants into animal protein in fish, shellfish and crustaceans is very efficient: the ratio of input food to output is less … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Farming, Farming, Sustainability
Tagged aquaculture, clams, consultation, crustaceans, development, environment, FAO, farming, FISH, oysters, prawns, shellfish
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Traits with ecological functions
298. Heslop-Harrison JS. 2012. Traits with ecological functions. Annals of Botany, 110 (1), 139-140. URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcs139 (free access) Individual plant species thrive in specific environments, some growing well across a wide area, others being restricted to survival in very narrow ecological niches. Within a niche, … Continue reading
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Tagged annals of botany, climate, ecology, environment, evolution, genes, genetics, heslop harrison, nature, QTL, QTLS, science
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