Brexit, Vaccine Nationalism, and the Future of the UK
Smart integration of food and bioenergy production delivers on multiple ecosystem services
Agriculture is expected to feed an increasing global population while at the same time meeting demands for renewable energy and the supply of ecosystem services such as provision of nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration. However, the current structure of the agricultural system works against meeting these expectations. The spatial separation of...
Water-energy-food nexus : Critical review, practical applications, and prospects for future research
This paper presents knowledge gaps and critiques on the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus that have emerged since the concept of the WEF nexus was proposed by the World Economic Forum and the Bonn 2011 Conference. Furthermore, this study analyses current innovations on the WEF nexus concept, applications, and impacts during the period of 2012–2020. Thi...
Scholings- en coaching programma Stikstof in de landbouw
Het scholings- en coaching programma Stikstof in de landbouw is een gezamenlijk programma van de groene hogescholen (Aeres Hogeschool, HAS Hogeschool) en Wageningen University & Research/Wageningen Academy in opdracht van het Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit.
Klimaatrobuuste beek(dal)landschappen Noordoost Brabant : in perspectief 2050
BiG-SLiCE: A highly scalable tool maps the diversity of 1.2 million biosynthetic gene clusters
BACKGROUND: Genome mining for biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) has become an integral part of natural product discovery. The >200,000 microbial genomes now publicly available hold information on abundant novel chemistry. One way to navigate this vast genomic diversity is through comparative analysis of homologous BGCs, which allows identification ...
Adding Far-Red to Red-Blue Light-Emitting Diode Light Promotes Yield of Lettuce at Different Planting Densities
The economic viability and energy use of vertical farms strongly depend on the efficiency of the use of light. Increasing far-red radiation (FR, 700–800 nm) relative to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR, 400–700 nm) may induce shade avoidance responses including stem elongation and leaf expansion, which would benefit light interception, and ...
Chromosomal scale assembly of parasitic wasp genome reveals symbiotic virus colonization
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Endogenous viruses form an important proportion of eukaryote genomes and a source of novel functions. How large DNA viruses integrated into a genome evolve when they confer a benefit to their host, however, remains unknown. Bracoviruses are essential for the parasitism success of parasitoid wasps, into whose genomes they integrated ~103 million yea...
Biting midge dynamics and bluetongue transmission : a multiscale model linking catch data with climate and disease outbr...
Bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 8 has been circulating in Europe since a major outbreak occurred in 2006, causing economic losses to livestock farms. The unpredictability of the biting activity of midges that transmit BTV implies difficulty in computing accurate transmission models. This study uniquely integrates field collections of midges at a ra...
MRM microcoil performance calibration and usage demonstrated on medicago truncatula roots at 22 T
This protocol describes a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calibration and sample preparation method for solenoidal microcoils combined with biological samples, designed for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), also referred to as MR microscopy (MRM). It may be used at pre-clinical MRI spectrometers, demonstrated on Medicago truncatula root...
