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The pangenome of banana highlights differences between genera and genomes
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114232
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Banana (Musaceae family) has a complex genetic history and includes a genus Musa with a variety of cultivated clones with edible fruits, Ensete species that are grown for their edible corm, and monospecific Musella whose generic status has been questioned. The most commonly exported banana cultivars belong to Cavendish, a subgroup of Musa triploid cultivars, which is under threat by fungal pathogens, though there are…
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The impact of climate change on food systems, diet quality, nutrition, and health outcomes: A narrative review
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/120949
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Many consequences of climate change undermine the stability of global food systems, decreasing food security and diet quality, and exposing vulnerable populations to multiple forms of malnutrition. The emergence of pandemics such as Covid-19 exacerbate the situation and make interactions even more complex. Climate change impacts food systems at different levels, including changes…
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Soil carbon storage potential of acid soils of Colombia's Eastern High Plains
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125119
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Improving soil organic carbon (SOC) storage enhances soil quality and mitigates climate change. Agricultural and livestock specialists increasingly view tropical grasslands as a potential target for storing more soil carbon while boosting productivity. Earlier research in the 1990s showed the promise of improving SOC storage in the Eastern High Plains of Colombia. But these studies were limited to two…
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Analysis of fishers’ wellbeing in the western region of Ghana
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130405
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Small-scale fisheries in Ghana are declining in response to the global fisheries crisis. The policies to curb this situation are dependent on the wellbeing of fishers in terms of material condition, quality of life, and transformative strategies for sustainable livelihoods. This paper employs survey data to investigate the wellbeing of fishers, using descriptives, principal-component analysis, and structural equation modelling.…
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UAV-based canopy textures assess changes in forest structure from long-term degradation
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/107980
Publication year
2020
Authors
Bourgoin, Clément
Betbeder, Julie
Couteron, Pierre
Blanc, Lilian
Dessard, Hélène
Oszwald, Johan
Le Roux, Renan
Cornu, Guillaume
Reymondin,…
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Draft Genome Sequence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 from Peru, obtained by nanopore and illumina hybrid assembly
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121010
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Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4) is the causal agent of Fusarium wilt, a major threat to the banana industry worldwide. Here, we report the genome of a Foc TR4 strain from Peru, sequenced using a combination of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
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2022…
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Widespread occurrence of cassava torradovirus 2 and cassava frogskin associated oryzavirus characterized the 2020–2023 outbreak of severe cassava frogskin disease in the Orinoquia region of Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/182023
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Severe root symptoms of Cassava Frogskin Disease (CFSD) remerged in Colombia during 2020–2023 significantly impacting cassava yield in Orinoquia, one of the main cassava producing regions. Using a finite population sampling strategy (ca. 136 fields with ~30 observations per field = 4620…
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Maximizing genetic representation in seed collections from populations of self and cross-pollinated banana wild relatives
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114971
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Background: Conservation of plant genetic resources, including the wild relatives of crops, plays an important and well recognised role in addressing some of the key challenges faced by humanity and the planet including ending hunger and biodiversity loss. However, the genetic diversity and representativeness of ex situ collections, especially that contained in seed…
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Food insecurity among university students at a German university: Impact on health, academic performance, and lifestyle during COVID-19
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159489
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Studies show that university students, especially food insecure students, were often negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. For Germany, no data covers this time period, differentiating between food security statuses. We conducted a cross-sectional online survey (n = 562) between November and December 2021 at the Justus Liebig University Giessen,…
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Multivariate data analysis assisted mining of nutri-rich genotypes from North Eastern Himalayan germplasm collection of Perilla (Perilla frutescens L.)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/169121
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Understanding the nutritional diversity in Perilla (Perilla frutescens L.) is essential for selecting and developing superior varieties with enhanced nutritional profiles in the North Eastern Himalayan (NEH) region of India. In this study, we assessed the nutritional composition of 45 diverse perilla germplasm collected from five NEH states…
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Onerice breeding framework: An end-to-end system to develop better varieties faster
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175946
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Breeding in the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) system is an intricate process that integrates the contributions of market research, pre-breeding, breeding, breeding operations, and seed systems. Therefore, a well-defined framework is critical for the effective and efficient operation of a breeding program. The OneRice Breeding Framework developed at the International Rice…
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Food system resilience measurement: principles, framework and caveats
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132871
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There is growing recognition that a better understanding of how food systems respond to crises is critical to build and protect the food security of local populations. But rigorous and reliable methods to measure food system resilience are still missing. In this paper, we build on the current literature to develop an analytical framework aimed at assessing the resilience of food systems at local level. The novel element…
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Heat stress promotes the accumulation of tomato yellow leaf curl virus in its insect vector by activating heat shock factor
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176088
Abstract
High temperature tends to be a contributing factor to the spread of vector-borne viral diseases by enhancing vector
competence. However, the underlying mechanisms of the increased virus transmission capacity of vectors under heat
stress are still largely unknown. Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is one of the most devastating plant DNA
viruses worldwide and is…
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Agro-morphological characterization of lentil germplasm of Indian National Genebank and Development of a core set for efficient utilization in lentil improvement programs
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128716
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Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) is one of the major cool-season pulse crops worldwide. Its increasing demand as a staple pulse has led to the unlocking of diverse germplasm collections conserved in the genebanks to develop its superior varieties. The Indian National Genebank, housed at the Indian Council of Agricultural…
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Genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 isolate Cali-01, from Colombia, obtained using Oxford Nanopore MinION Sequencing
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108705
Abstract
We report the genome sequence of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolate obtained from a patient with symptoms of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who was infected in Cali, Colombia. The patient
had no recent travel record and did not require hospitalization. The virus genome…
