Wild Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) of the Michigan Highbush Blueberry Agroecosystem Highbush blueberry (L.) is a native North American crop dependent upon pollen movement by bees for high fruit set and large berries. Commercial blueberry f... JK Tuell,JS Ascher,I Rufus - 《Annals...
In case of ornamentals, from the wild relative of cultivated plant species perspective, the taxa, which are native/indigenous to India, fall in the scope and are of concern. A survey of indigenous...Singh, Anurudh KumarNational Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Indian Council of Agricultural...
School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Ivette Perfecto Contributions C.M.-N. conceptualized the study, coordinated the team and wrote the first draft of the paper. E.V.-A. created Fig. 1 and Supplementary Table 2, and helped to structure the ...
Root and tuber crops are considered to be resilient because they are more adaptable to marginal areas. This areas are characterized by edaphic and climatic conditions that may not be favorable to the non-native materials. These crops are tolerant to poor soils and drought stress. They also grow...
to 20 cm depth); ploughing then sown oats (as before, then oats sown in spring); addition of oat straw mulch; land abandonment (control). Plots were 6 × 10 m. Soil under native vegetation was used as a reference. Six soil samples from each plot were taken annually to 5 cm depth....
fruits and sometimes obscure food crops on a sandy hill in southwestern Michigan. The goal was to find flavors and experiment with fruits that reminded me of the wild blueberries and strawberries I use to collect at my family’s farm. I too taught my daughters about tree farming and the pat...
Bradford pear belongs to the species Pyrus calleryana, which is why it is sometimes called “Callery.” This species of pear is native to China, where the range goes from sea-level to 5000 feet in elevation, spanning a thousand miles inland as the crow flies. Cousins of callery pear are ...
Perennial biofuel crops may provide long-term refugia for pests and pathogens and potentially amplify their numbers.When biofuel crops are grown in regions with closely related native species or food crops, such as switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) grown in the Midwestern US, pathogen spillover among ...
This chapter presents evidence on the feasibility of adapting crops to seawater culture. The scheme is enticing. The resources of land, water and nutrients upon which this novel system of crop production would draw - sea and sand- are at present useless
Silflower was among native plants that blanketed the vast North American prairie until settlers developed farms and cities. Nowadays confined largely to roadsides and ditches, the long-stemmed cousin of the sunflower may be poised for a comeback, thanks to solar energy. ...