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Patent Journal special notices: 6858
Publication date 28 October 2020.
Patents Journal special notices 2020
The Patents Journal special notices are published every Wednesday at 4:30am.
Marine Management Organisation seeks evidence and views on new protections for English marine sites
Call for evidence launches on proposals to better safeguard marine habitats.
PM call with President Nicos Anastasiades: 27 October 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke with President Nicos Anastasiades of the Republic of Cyprus.
The need for a political settlement to solve the crisis in Syria
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, at the Security Council briefing on the situation in Syria
Managing climate risk through crop diversification in rural Kenya
This study employs panel data models on farm household and 31-year rainfall and temperature data to analyze the effects of climatic variability
The role of vegetable genetic resources in nutrition security and vegetable breeding
Malnutrition, comprising undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and overnutrition, is more widespread than hunger and affects most nations
How much is too much? Quantifying pesticide overuse in vegetable production in Southeast Asia
This paper quantifies the extent of pesticide overuse in vegetable production systems in Southeast Asia.
Exploring solution spaces for nutrition-sensitive agriculture in Kenya and Vietnam
Smallholder agriculture is an important source of livelihoods in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
Household gardening with traditional African vegetables to improve diets of children and young women in East Africa
Malnutrition caused by lack of micronutrients in the daily diets of people in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda is an urgent problem
Decision-making to diversify farm systems for climate change adaptation
This article outlines 7 steps on how practitioners and researchers in agricultural development can work with farmers in decision-making
Modelled distributions and conservation status of the wild relatives of chile peppers (Capsicum L.)
The aim of this study was to fill critical knowledge gaps on the distributions and conservation status of the wild relatives of chile peppers
Whole-genome sequencing provides insights into the genetic diversity and domestication of bitter gourd (Momordica spp.)
Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is a popular cultivated vegetable in Asian and African countries.
Small mesh nets protect tomato plants from insect pests and increase yields in eastern Africa
The cultivation of vegetables under tunnels is considered a promising alternative to the use of chemicals to manage insect pests.
Long-read bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) genome and the genomic architecture of nonclassic domestication
Bitter gourd is an important Asian vegetable and medicinal plant
Simultaneous quantification of polyphenols, glycoalkaloids and saponins in African nightshade leaves
Using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry with acid assisted hydrolysis and multivariate analysis
OsbHLH073 negatively regulates internode elongation and plant height by modulating GA homeostasis in rice
Internode elongation is one of the key agronomic traits determining a plant’s height and biomass
Mapping patterns of abiotic and biotic stress resilience uncovers conservation gaps and breeding potential of Vigna wild relatives
This study provides insights in patterns of distribution of abiotic and biotic stress resilience across Vigna gene pools
Functional divergence of the Arabidopsis florigen-interacting bZIP transcription factors FD and FDP
Flowering of many plant species depends on interactions between basic leucine zipper transcription factors and systemically transported florigen proteins.
Development of a genotype-specific molecular marker associated with Restoration-of-Fertility (Rf) in chile pepper (Capsicum annuum)
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) breeding systems expedite the production of hybrid seed in many crops