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laws and regulations; politics; exports; imports; case studies; agricultural history; economic policy; agricultural policy; international cooperation; Germany; United Kingdom; United States; Poland
... The annual risk assessment of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands in the federal state of Brandenburg and subsequent decisions on the application of insecticides are based on operational surveillance data on L. monacha. The objective of the study was to rationalize the operational pheromone capture method. Data from operational monitoring with pheromone-baited traps in Brandenburg were analyze ...
... Molecular signatures of new, as yet uncultured mollicute-like organisms (MLOs) have been detected in total rRNA and DNA extracted from tissues, gut contents and casts of four species of the earthworm family Lumbricidae. The MLO 16S rRNA sequences exhibited low identity to those of known Mollicutes species and formed a monophyletic cluster distantly affiliated to the 'Candidatus Bacilloplasma' (84. ...
... ‘Lapins’ sweet cherry was planted on ten cherry rootstocks in several Alpe-Adria countries (Germany, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia) in spring 1997. Tabel Edabriz, Weiroot 13, Weiroot 72, Weiroot 158, GiSelA 4, GiSelA 5, GiSelA 195/20, PiKu 4.20 = PiKu 1 and MaxMa 14 were tested and compared with F12/1. Tree vigour (canopy volume and trunk cross-sectional area), yield, yield efficiency and frui ...
... The health of future generations, both physical and psychological, depends upon good parental and early environment, free particularly from malnutrition, toxins and undue stress. Education about these negative influences is urgent, especially to encourage childbearing women in a healthy diet and lifestyle. The detrimental effects of cigarette smoking in pregnancy have been known since the 1970s, y ...
attitudes and opinions; politics; landscapes; farmers; pastoralism; livestock; hills; forests; Germany; United States
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... Comparisons between the Black Forest region of Germany and the Sierra Nevada foothills in the USA show considerable parallels in the relationship between livestock raisers and society. This becomes evident by sketching the historic course of interactions between society and pastoralism as well as the present situation. The authors emphasize that purely economic or ecological studies of pastoralism ...
consumers (people); exports; prices; sugars; sweets; world markets; Germany
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... Pricing-to-market (PTM) is often reported to be adopted by exporters, who have invested in their presence on international markets and are interested in keeping and developing their market shares. Then, a markup adjustment is used to partially offset changes of the exchange rate, which are unfavorable for their foreign customers, in order to keep the price level in the importer’s currency relative ...
... The GKL September 2019 workshop on circular economy of plastics in agriculture presented data on the current use of mulch films, fleeces, foils and hail nets on ca. 16,000 ha of fruit cultivation and 40,000 ha of vegetables in Germany with the following breakdown1) This is equivalent to 22% of the fruit and 29% of the vegetable acreage in Germany.2) The annual compost usage of 4.07 mil tons in agr ...
climate; models; surveys; China; Germany; United States
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... We provide a new approach for identifying a strategic use of equity arguments in international (climate) negotiations. We first develop a theoretical model of strategic delegation which accounts for both environmental as well as equity preferences. We show that the strategic use of equity arguments qualitatively depends on the extent to which environmental preferences can be misrepresented: repres ...
Common Agricultural Policy; farms; politics; Germany
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... The political goal to reduce the transformation effects of political measures to the advantage of active farmers is only partially achieved with the Combi-model. The primary recipients are farmers who will give up their farms after introducing the Combi-model. These farmers have mostly farmed leased land. They will return these lands (leased before the reform) to the former leasers and sell their ...
... Cryobiology is a discipline that has its origins in experiments that were published exactly 350 years ago. In 1663, Henry Power, a British physician, reported that he had used a mixture of snow and salt to freeze nematodes. When he thawed the samples three hours later, he stated that “all my little Animals made their re-appearance and danced and frisked about as lively as ever.” Over the centuries ...
... 1,4-Dioxane, a cyclic ether that has been classified as a class 2B carcinogen by the US-EPA, is a substance of growing environmental concern because of its abundant occurrence in surface waters worldwide. Its high polarity and low biodegradability hamper its retardation in aquifer systems. Previous investigations in Germany have shown that 1,4-dioxane is already widely distributed in rivers and ca ...
... An effective and sensitive method for the analysis of 1,4-dioxane in water has been available since 2008 (EPA 522). This method is increasingly being applied to investigate the distribution of 1,4-dioxane in the aquatic environment. However, there is a need for more information about the possible occurrence of 1,4-dioxane in groundwater in Europe in general, and in Germany in particular, where vir ...
... This study aimed to assess the effect of 1-MCP associated with controlled atmosphere (CA) on the incidence and severity of internal browning disorders (IB) in âAlexander Lucasâ pears harvested at two dates and from three different orchards. The fruit were picked in the southwest of Germany, in 2012, and then submitted to the treatments organized according to a two-factor design: with and witho ...
adverse effects; blood lipids; body mass index; brain; carotid arteries; children; diastolic blood pressure; encephalopathy; fasting; glucose; high density lipoprotein cholesterol; hospitals; hyperlipidemia; ketogenic diet; ketones; low density lipoprotein cholesterol; movement disorders; nutritional intervention; patients; risk factors; statistical analysis; triacylglycerols; Germany
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... Glut1 Deficiency (Glut1D) is caused by impaired glucose transport into brain. The resulting epileptic encephalopathy and movement disorders can be treated effectively by high-fat carbohydrate-restricted ketogenic diet therapies (KDT) mimicking fasting and providing ketones as an alternative cerebral fuel. Recently 6–24 months follow-ups of epileptic patients reported elevated blood lipids and inti ...
... PURPOSE: Spatial and temporal patterns of past erosional events are a useful and needed information to explain observed soil patterns in different landscapes. Soil thickness reflects the overall expression of pedogenesis and erosion. Forested soils of Northern Germany exhibit varying soil thicknesses with thin soils on crest positions and buried soils at the footslope. The aim of this study is to ...
... Measurements of resource capture by individuals, species, or functional groups coexisting in field stands improve our ability to investigate the ecophysiological basis of plant competition. But methodological and technical difficulties have limited the use of such measurements. Carbon capture, in particular, is difficult to asses in heterogeneous, dense field stands. Here we present a new approach ...