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The effects of acute magnesium supplementation on maximal intensity short-term exercise and subsequent effect on blood pressure and isokinetic knee extension during recovery
Kass, Lindsy; Pulford, Robert (2010-01)Mg is an important mineral for >300 processes in the human body such as energy production, muscle anabolism and blood pressure regulation. However, there is limited research into Mg2 + performance-related effect on short-term ... -
Effects of cultivar resistance and fungicide application on stem canker of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) and potential interseasonal transmission of Leptosphaeria spp. inoculum
Fortune, James A.; Qi, Aiming; Ritchie, Faye; Karandeni Dewage, Chinthani Shanika; Fitt, Bruce; Huang, Yongju (2021-12)Phoma stem canker is a damaging disease of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) that causesannual yield losses to UK oilseed rape growers worth approximately £100 million,despite the use of fungicides. In the UK, oilseed rape is ... -
Effects of plant age and inoculum concentration on light leaf spot disease phenotypes on oilseed rape
Sapelli, Laura; Karandeni Dewage, Chinthani Shanika; Ritchie, Faye; Fitt, Bruce; Huang, Yongju (2021-06-16)Light leaf spot is caused by the fungal pathogen Pyrenopeziza brassicae and is the mosteconomically damaging disease of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in the UK. Current controlrelies on repeated fungicide applications; ... -
The effects of sprint interval training and endurance training on the anaerobic threshold, cardiovascular parameters and exercise performance.
Kass, Lindsy; Hurst, Rachel (2012-07) -
Efficacy of different inoculum forms of Rhizoctonia solani AG 2 2IIIB for resistance screening of sugar beet varieties
Bhuiyan, M.Z.R; E. del Rio Mendoza, Luis; Lakshman, Dilip K.; Qi, Aiming; Khan, Mohamed F. R. (2023-11-30)Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) is one of the major sugar sources in the world. Rhizoctonia solani causes damping-off and crown and root rot that can result in significant yield and economic losses. R. solani AG 2–2 IIIB is ... -
Efficient qPCR estimation and discrimination of airborne inoculum of Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa, the causal organisms of phoma leaf spotting and stem canker of oilseed rape : qPCR detection of Leptosphaeria airborne inoculum
Kaczmarek, Joanna; S. West, Jon; King, Kevin M.; Canning, Gail; Latunde-Dada, Akinwunmi O.; Huang, Yongju; Fitt, Bruce; Malgorzata Jedryczka, Malgorzata (2023-12-06)BACKGROUND: Detection of the inoculum of phytopathogens greatly assists in the management of diseases, but is difficult for pathogens with airborne fungal propagules. Here, we present experiments to determine the abundance ... -
Electrospinning Alginate/Polyethylene Oxide and Curcumin Composite Nanofibers
Gutierrez Gonzalez, Javier; Garcia-Cela, Esther; Magan, Naresh; Rahatekar, Sameer (2020-07-01)Manufacturing a sodium alginate (SA) and polyethylene oxide (PEO) composite loaded with curcumin (CU) was accomplished in this study by using electrospinning. These composite nanofibers were crosslinked using trifluoroacetic ... -
England’s food policy coordination and the Covid‑19 response
Parsons, Kelly; Barling, David (2022-03-30)The impact of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and the response of government and non-government actors, from February-September 2020, offers critical insights into the current state of England’s food policy processes ... -
England’s Food Policy Response to Covid : Review of policy issues and intervention
Parsons, Kelly; Barling, David (University of Hertfordshire, 2021-04-22)This report was produced as part of a project on England's food policy and food security, funded through Research England’s Quality-related Research Strategic Priorities Fund at the University of Hertfordshire. The aim of ... -
Establishing A University Venture Capital Fund : The Case of Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Huong, Giang Nguyen Thuc; Culkin, Nigel; Van Binh, Tran; Toan, Le Vu (BACH KHAO PUBLISHING HOUSE, 2020-11-02)For entrepreneurs to be successful in any country, they need a favourable environment in which they can develop their ideas and grow their business. The concept of this environment, an ecosystem, is rooted in earlier ... -
Evaluating inoculation methods to infect sugar beet with Fusarium oxysporum f. Betae and F. Secorum
Qi, Aiming; Lai, Xiao; Liu, Yangxi; E. del Rio Mendoza, Luis; Liu, Zhaohui; Lin, Zhulu; F. R. Khan, Mohamed (2020-05)Minnesota and North Dakota combined contain 55% of the sugar beet production area in the United States, contributing to 49% of the nation's sugar beet production in 2018. Fusarium diseases caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. ... -
Evaluation of adjuvants added to fungicides for controlling Cercospora leaf spot on sugar beet
Bhuiyan, M.Z.R; Mendoza, Luis E del Rio; Lakshman, Dilip K.; Qi, Aiming; Khan, Mohamed F.R. (2024-01-10)Cercospora Leaf Spot (CLS) is a destructive foliar disease of sugar beet caused by Cercospora baticola. Recent development of resistance to several classes of chemicals by C. beticola coupled with untimely applications ... -
Evaluation of Soil Suppressiveness of Various Japanese Soils against the Soybean Cyst Nematode Heterodera glycines and Its Relation with the Soil Chemical and Biological Properties
Yang, Yanyan; Wu, Junnan; Perry, Roland N.; Toyota, K. (2023-11-16)This study aimed to evaluate the suppressive potential of different soils on soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) and to estimate the suppressive mechanism. Fifteen soils (designated as soil A to O) from different agricultural ... -
Exploring attitudes to technology adoption for cross compliance in Greek and Lithuanian farmers
Payne-Gifford, Sophie; Johnson, Katherine; Mauchline, Alice; Gadanakis, Yiorgos; Girling, Laura; Mortimer, Simon (2020-09-22)The fourth agricultural revolution has started with an explosion of online, smart, digital technologies that are now available to support farmers to improve their operations is enabling opportunities for direct integration ... -
Exploring Bacillus thuringiensis as a model for endospore adhesion and its potential to investigate adhesins in Pasteuria penetrans
Srivastava, Arohi; Mohan, Sharad; Davies, Keith (2022-06-01)Aims: Phytonematodes are a constraint on crop production and have been controlled using nematicides; these are highly toxic and legislation in Europe and elsewhere is prohibiting their use and alternatives are being sought. ... -
Exploring sustainable urbanism in masterplanned developments: : a collective case study of slippage between principles, policies, and practices
Parham, Susan; Jones, Alasdair (2020-07-22)This article is concerned with masterplan implementation and with exploring, via recourse to case studies, slippages between masterplanning principles, policies, and practices. Framed by a growing body of sustainable ... -
Exploring the mechanisms of host-specificity of a hyperparasitic bacterium (Pasteuria spp.) with potential to control tropical root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.): insights from Caenorhabditis elegans
Davies, Keith; Mohan, Sharad; Phani, Victor; Srivastava, Arohi (2023-12-20)Plant-parasitic nematodes are important economic pests of a range of tropical crops. Strategies for managing these pests have relied on a range of approaches, including crop rotation, the utilization of genetic resistance, ... -
Factors contributing to sustainable strawberry production : AAB poster
Liu, Bo; Hall, Avice; Davies, Keith (2014-11-26)In the UK strawberry production is very intensive , over the last 20 years yield has doubled and the harvest period greatly extended whilst the area used by the crop has been reduced . This rise in yield per hectare has ... -
Factors contributing to sustainable strawberry production : BSPP poster
Liu, Bo; Hall, Avice; Jin, Xiaolei; Davies, Keith (2014-09-02)In the UK strawberry production is very intensive, over the last 20 years yields have doubled and the harvest period greatly extended whilst the area used by the crop has been reduced. This rise in yield per hectare has ... -
The family of DOF transcription factors in Brachypodium distachyon : Phylogenetic comparison with rice and barley DOFs and expression profiling
Hernando-Amado, Sara; González-Calle, Virginia; Carbonero, Pilar; Barrero-Sicilia, Cristina (2012-11-05)Background: Transcription factors (TFs) are proteins that have played a central role both in evolution and in domestication, and are major regulators of development in living organisms. Plant genome sequences reveal that ...