Abstract: Exploration robots are challenged by a continuous adaptation to the terrain induced by ever changing environments. These adaptations can be subtle (e.g. when moving from a smooth to a rough ...

The average estate worker is over 45, with no new generation waiting to replace them—a stark reality facing Sri Lanka’s once-thriving plantation sector. Image source: AFP The average age of an estate ...

DURING the course of our research on the potato eelworm (H. schachtii) we have established the fact that the root excretion of potatoes growing in recently sterilised soil does not possess the power ...

As an organic practice, companion planting can be taken very seriously, but it can also be as simple as planting a few marigolds around the edges of your vegetable beds. In fact many people are ...

Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi and A. fragariae cause damage on ornamental crops. Ditylenchus dipsaci (stem/bulb eelworm) attacks bulbs and herbaceous plants alongside Meloidogyne spp. (root-knot eelworm) ...

IN the summer of 1944, cysts of a root eelworm were found on carrots growing on a smallholding at Chatteris in the Isle of Ely. Afterwards, infestations were noted on carrots in several other fields ...

Japanese anemones, bearing saucer-like flowers in whites and pinks with handsome green lobed leaves, are one of the best late summer and autumn flowers. They bloom over a long period as summer runs ...

Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp., RKN) are among the most destructive endoparasitic nematodes worldwide, often leading to a reduction of crop growth and yield. Insights into the dynamics of ...

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