This will directly benefit several vital crops like coffee, sunflower, macadamia, mango, avocado, etc., that depend on bees and other pollinators4. Secondly, policies guiding bee hive establishment should align with those regulating pollutive fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides56. While these are...
Pepper was introduced to China in the late sixteenth century, and the earliest record was found in Gao Lian’s "Zun Sheng Ba Jian" in 1591. Due to the differences in ecological conditions and dietary habits of various regions of China, a large number of local varieties of pepper have been...
While ‘renewable’ is the keyword in a bioeconomy and resource conservation is the motivation behind a circular economy, a circular bioeconomy i
The rhizosphere, a narrow zone of soil near plant roots, is a hot spot for microbial activity. Rhizosphere microbiota directly or indirectly benefit plants by supplementing nutrients, producing beneficial chemicals, or suppressing pathogens. Plants attract and modulate bacteria within the rhizosphere by ...