I’ve avoided referring to Sci-Hub before as I, like hundred of thousands of other researchers, have time and time again run up against publishing pay walls in reviewing literature for research on projects. Sure you can pay amounts from a few dollars to $40 or more to download the PDF or access the article for a […]
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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Cannibalism in Spodoptera feeding on tomato – but don’t rely on spraying with jasmonic acid as an insect control just yet
Interesting article on cannibalism in Spodoptera feeding on tomato. The authors tested the hypothesis that induced defences benefit tomato plants by encouraging insects to eat other members of their species. They reported that defences which promote cannibalism benefit tomatoes in two ways: cannibalism directly reduces herbivore abundance and cannibals eat significantly less plant material. This […]
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Potential for resistance to leaf miner in tomato
While it may be some years off before a leaf miner resistant tomato variety is available, the recently published results of screening for resistance shows real promise. More details can be found by accessing the article (free access) from Peter Hanson’s group (AVRDC) in Plant Breeding (Screening recently identified whitefly/spider mite-resistant wild tomato accessions for […]
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😎Conducting a Seed Business (Myanmar): An introduction and overview of best practices on segmentation and variety evaluation
The Syngenta Foundation is running a course on Conducting a Seed Business. This course is an introduction to some of the basic mechanisms and tools used by the seed industry in the introduction and management of product lines. While the number and type of mechanisms and tools used vary, this course will introduce four of […]
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Updates to website
There have been a few updates to the website where I’ve added some details on projects undertaken by AgConAsia in addition to some details on opportunities in the agriculture sector. More and more will be posted over time as I put the details onto the website. For more details on any of the projects/opportunities just […]
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