Habitat loss and fragmentation have been identified as one of the sources of biodiversity loss. Those issues are predominantly triggered by human activities such as the development of settlements, conversion of forest ...
Brookes, Jennifer Joy(Lincoln University, 2017-08-24)
The aim of this study was to isolate fungal endophytes from maize in New Zealand (NZ) and to select endophytes with potential to reduce insect pests and/or plant diseases. Culture methods were used to isolate 322 isolates ...
The study reported in this thesis was conducted during 2015/2016 at Lincoln University, New Zealand, to investigate the effect of row width and plant population density on yield and nutritive quality of maize silage (Pioneer ...
Nitrous oxide (N₂O) is one of the important greenhouse gases (GHGs) that contributes to climate change and depletion of the ozone layer. Nitrous oxide is produced by nitrification and denitrification processes in soils. ...
Barley leaf rust, caused by Puccinia hordei, is one of the most widely distributed and economically significant foliar disease of barley. In this study, the disease resistance of two Hordeum bulbosum introgression lines ...