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Lack of nutrition education for students was the third most commonly cited barrier to successfully providing additional servings of fresh fruit. Although it was intended that the program include a nutrition education component, schools were provided with only 1 cent per meal served for all nonfood expenses related to the program, including nutrition education and promotion. …
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Viable and non-viable seeds in yellow starthistle seed heads are easily distinguishable based on color and shape. Because yellow starthistle requires pollination to produce viable seeds , non-viable seeds represent pollen limitation occurring during the 4-hour period that the flowers were exposed to pollinators. All seeds were counted to compare ratios of viable to non-viable …
At the time of this study, the trees in the control and treatment bioswales were fully established and approaching mature size. Measurements recorded the differences in surface runoff dynamics and pollutant reduction rates, as well as tree and shrub growth. This study provides new information on the long-term effectiveness of engineered bioswales in a region …
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As we collect soil metagenome sequence data, we need to improve how we mine such datasets. For example, the way we conduct BLAST searches might overlook valuable information, while the unassembled reads might be too short for annotating genes with confidence. Thus, we might well need to develop new assembly and annotation algorithms. Another challenge …
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Long-term climatic cycles, such as El Niño Southern Oscillation events, could also play a role, particularly in rainfed systems that we may expect to exhibit stronger variability than their irrigated counterparts. ENSO phases have been shown to induce synchrony in masting systems, but knowledge of ENSO effects on crop plants is largely limited to annual crops. …
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The walnut industry submitted its research results for a heart health claim to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , and the almond industry submitted its as part of a petition filed by the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research and Education Foundation to the FDA for a heart health claim for nuts. The FDA approved a …
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Four of the orchards contained wild bees such as Bombus vosnesenskii Rad. and Bombus melanopygus Nyl., and the fifth contained the managed native blue orchard bee O. lignaria.In 2009, we categorized 14 almond orchards either as having non-Apis bees or lacking non-Apis bees , based on standard observations of flower visitors . In each orchard, we …
These tandem duplicates may have evolved new functions , possibly involved in the biosynthesis of novel compounds, and/or were selected to improve the metabolic flux of specific bio-synthetic steps that alter the dosage of certain endpoint metabolites. Future studies are needed to further investigate the possible role of tandem duplications in having modified metabolite levels …
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Recent outbreaks of X. fastidiosa diseases in Europe and Asia and also in new plant hosts such as olive , blueberry , and pear suggest the great adaptation potential of this pathogen. In a number of plant species, X. fastidiosa is believed to live as a harmless endophyte without inducing disease symptoms . Coexistence in the same xylem …
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Non-agricultural land use types include residential, industrial, natural habitat, and other. For the analysis, I join artichokes with vegetable row crops, blueberries and vine crops with caneberries, and cover crops and unknown agricultural land with fallow ground, given the limited number of parcels in each of these categories. These detailed land survey data are coupled …