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Development of the first axillary in vitro shoot multiplication protocol for coconut palms
Published in Scientific Reports
The coconut palm or “tree of life” is one of nature’s most useful plants and the demand for its fruit is increasing. However, coconut production is threatened by ageing plantations, pests and diseases. Currently, the palm is exclusively propagated via seeds, limiting the amount of planting material. A novel micropropagation method is presented, bas...
Even small forest patches increase bee visits to flowers in an oil palm plantation landscape
Pollination sustains biodiversity and food security, but pollinators are threatened by habitat degradation, fragmentation, and loss. We assessed how remaining forest influenced bee visits to flowers in an oil palm-dominated landscape in Borneo. We observed bee visits to six plant species: four crops (Capsicum frutescens L. “chili”; Citrullus lanatu...
Alterations in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Community Along a Chronosequence of Teak (Tectona grandis) Plantations in Tropical...
Published in Frontiers in Microbiology
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play a crucial role in promoting plant growth, enhancing plant stress resistance, and sustaining a healthy ecosystem. However, little is known about the mycorrhizal status of teak plantations. Here, we evaluated how the AM fungal communities of rhizosphere soils and roots respond to different stand ages of teak: 22...
The Characteristics of Radial Growth and Ecological Response of Caragana korshinskii Kom. Under Different Precipitation ...
Published in Frontiers in Plant Science
Understanding the temporal-spatial variability of tree radial growth and ecological response is the basis for assessing forest vulnerability in sight of climate change. We studied stands of the shrub Caragana korshinskii Kom. at four sampling sites (natural forest CL and plantation forests XZJ, CK and TPX) that spanned the different precipitation g...
Les ouvrier.ère.s du thé au Kenya et au Burundi : des précaires privilégié.e.s ?
Cet article s’intéresse au travail ouvrier dans les plantations et usines de thé au Burundi et au Kenya, où le secteur théicole constitue l’une des principales sources d’emploi rural. Les plantations agroindustrielles comme les petites propriétés paysannes emploient un effectif important d’ouvrier.ère.s, femmes et hommes, pour exécuter l’ensemble d...
Archaic institutions and economic growth
L’objectif de cet article est de réexaminer la notion d’un lien indivisible entre la propriété absolue de la terre et la croissance économique moderne. Nous cherchons à démêler la relation entre les cultures de café, les contrats emphytéotiques et l'esclavage, pour expliquer le grand dynamisme économique de la région brésilienne du Vale do Paraíba ...
Les relations économiques entre la France et le Vietnam, 1955-1975
L’article fait le point sur les relations économiques et financière franco-vietnamiennes pendant la déconstruction de l’empire colonial en Indochine. Quelles furent les modalités et les résultats de la sortie d’une guerre qui dura neuf ans (1945-1954) ? Le cas de l’Indochine et particulièrement du Vietnam illustre l’histoire d’une décolonisation tr...
