Search for dissertations about: "agricultural transformation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 72 swedish dissertations containing the words agricultural transformation.

  2. 6. Transcriptome profiling and gene editing for biofortification of cassava

    Author : Priscilla Olukola Olayide; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an important food crop for millions of people in sub- Saharan Africa. Cassava serves as a food security crop and a good source of energy, but it has relatively low nutritional quality, which has nutritional implications for those who rely on the crop as their main source of calorie intake. READ MORE

  4. 7. Candidate genes for resistance and susceptibility to the bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.) in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

    Author : Sara Mehrabi; Lisbeth Jonsson; Inger Åhman; Lisa Beste; Benedicte Riber Albrectsen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; aphid resistance; aphid susceptibility; Rhopalosiphum padi; Myzus persicae; Hordeum vulgare; Plant Physiology; växtfysiologi;

    Abstract : Bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.) is an important pest on spring-sown cereals. The aphid reduces yield and can act as a vector of barley yellow dwarf virus. R. READ MORE

  5. 8. Continuity or not? : Family farming and agricultural transformation in 20th century Estonia

    Author : Hans Jörgensen; Olle Krantz; Sven Nordlund; Anu Mai Kõll; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; Estonia; agricultural transformation; family farms; private plots; co-operation; kolkhoz; sovkhoz; export markets; land reform; restitution; decollectivisation; subsistence farms; comparisons; Ekonomisk historia; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis explores the agrarian development in 20th Estonia and the role of family farming during three major agricultural transformations. It consists of four papers and an introductory chapter for which the common departure are the situation appearing in the Estonian farming landscape after the regained independence in 1991. READ MORE

  6. 9. Ash transformation during thermochemical conversion of agricultural biomass in entrained flow conditions

    Author : Samarthkumar Pachchigar; Marcus Öhman; Markus Broström; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Agricultural biomass; entrained flow conditions; combustion; ash transformation; Si recovery; P recovery; Energiteknik; Energy Engineering;

    Abstract : Agricultural biomass is considered a prospective renewable feedstock in the energy conversion units. Despite its widespread availability, agricultural biomass is often underutilized in the thermochemical processes due to its high ash content. READ MORE

  7. 10. Metabolic engineering for production of complex lipids in tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana) leaves and rice (Oryza sativa) endosperm

    Author : Selcuk Aslan; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : World chemical and energy supplies for industry are today highly dependent on unsustainable fossil reserves. Vegetable lipids with similar chemical structures to fossil oil could be the ultimate renewable solution to replace fossil oil and provide environmentally friendly feedstocks and energy resources. READ MORE