In both 2020 and 2021, there were HWs that occurred mid to late August. Looking at anthocyanin concentration, there was more variation in concentrations among treatments in 2020. Additionally, concentrations were higher in 2021 among the three treatments. The higher anthocyanin concentrations may be due to less extreme HW temperatures, thus less anthocyanin degradation. Looking …
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Postprandial vascular effects after cocoa flavanol consumption have been well studied
While used traditionally in a number of cultures, one of the best examples of its medicinal use is from the Kuna Indians who have lived for centuries on remote islands off of the Caribbean coast of Panama. This group of indigenous people is famous the lack of hypertension, an infrequent prevalence of CVD, diabetes, and …
The largest portion of grape juice soluble solids are sugars
Sugars were measured at 25% using a Refractometer PAL-1 . The C content of sugar was calculated at 42% using the formula of sucrose. Below ground biomass was measured by pneumatically excavating the root system with compressed air applied at 0.7 Mpa for three of the 12 sampling blocks, exposing two vines each in 8 m3 pits. The …
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It’s worth noting that weather conditions can play a role in inducing astringency
Our data showed that the expression of flavonoids/PAs related-genes was highly increased in V9-berries at the third harvest time compared to V7- berries, resulting in the accumulation of more PAs in V9-berries.Developing and producing table grapes with high quality is of utmost importance for the success of grapevine breeding programs. Scarlet Royal table grape , …
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Crop codes were developed using three levels of classification
Farms in our sample had an average of $1.4 million in assets and $0.6 million in debts. The average debt-to asset ratio was close to 0.5. This ratio is much higher than the 0.16 debt-to-asset ratio reported by the United States Department of Agriculture for all American agriculture in 2003. When viewing assets and debts as …
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The ratio is high if there is seasonality and high rates of turnover
Kaplan’s support—and further pressure on Planning staff by City Council President Jane Brunner—was essential for getting the Planning Department to begin integrating urban agriculture into the current zoning update. The passage of SF’s urban agriculture ordinance also provided a significant boost to urban agriculture advocates in Oakland. Pesticide Watch, one of the NGOs active in …
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Median income in Elmhurst dropped to 10 percent lower than that of the city
A 1910 promotional booklet published by the Oakland Chamber of Commerce features a world map with all shipping lines leading to “Oakland Opposite the Golden Gate, The Logical Port and Industrial Center of the Pacific Coast” . 47 Worker housing emerged primarily in West Oakland, between the downtown business district and the rail and shipping …
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One such plant community that may be vulnerable to extreme climatic change is chaparral
While seasonal droughts are known to be a natural and regular occurrence in arid and semi-arid regions, the increased frequency, duration, and intensity with which they have occurred in recent years is highly unusual . Such extreme droughts, referred to as “global-change type drought” , are predicted to continue, and even become the norm, as …
The food bank is the hub surrounded by the network of gardening donations
In eastern Chester County, the rural zoning is typically one house per two acres, with only a few municipalities requiring one house per 10 acres. Chester County’s master plan seeks to acknowledge and support agricultural economic planning through a variety of measures that focus economic development efforts on farm-related businesses, promote agritourism, transition younger farmers …
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Risk levels start at blue for low-risk areas and range up to orange and red for the highest risk areas
Hypothetically, an area is at higher risk of disease transmission if it is more likely to experience interactions between feral pig and domestic pigs raised outdoors, as these outdoor based pigs can serve as a conduit for disease spread from wildlife to humans. Locations at greatest risk for increased contact between both swine populations are those …