Cotton produces more biomass and economic yield when cluster planting pattern (three plants per hole) than in a traditional planting pattern (one plant per hole), even at similar plant densities, indicating that individual plant growth is promoted by cluster planting.The causal factors for this improved growth induced by cluster planting pattern, t
Trace metals such as cadmium are found in high concentrations in urban environments.Animal and plant populations living in heavily contaminated environments could adapt to trace metals exposure.A recent study shows that urban populations of the acorn ant Temnothorax nylanderi are more resistant to cadmium than their forest counterparts.However, thi
Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB) is the main threatening factor for banana production worldwide.To explore bacterial biocontrol resources for FWB, the antagonistic effective strains were isolated from banana-producing areas in Yunnan Province, China.Two isolates (YN0904 and YN1419) displaying strong antagonism against Tropical Race 4 (TR4) were identi
A synergic integration of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and optical time series offers an unprecedented opportunity in vegetation phenology monitoring for mountain agriculture management.In this paper, we performed a correlation analysis of radar signal to vegetation and soil conditions by using a time series of Sentinel-1 C-band dual-polarized (V
This paper measures migration flows and determinants in two slum settlements in Nairobi City between 2003 and 2007.The results confirm the high intensity of migration with a quarter of the total slum population and a third of those aged 15-30 being renewed annually.A circular migration system is at play whereby the majority of slum dwellers are sho