Search for dissertations about: "cereal cultivation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words cereal cultivation.
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1. Cereal husbandry and settlement : Expanding archaeobotanical perspectives on the southern Scandinavian Iron Age
Abstract : The here presented PhD project explores the phenomenon of cereal cultivation during the Iron Age (c. 500 BC – AD 1100) in southern Scandinavia. The main body of the thesis consists of four articles. READ MORE
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2. Vegetation and land-use in the Småland Uplands, southern Sweden, during the last 6000 years
Abstract : Palaeoecological methods were applied to peat and sediment cores recovered from one bog (Bråtamossen) and two lakes (Avegöl and Femtingagölen) in the Småland Uplands, southern Sweden. The general aim was to reconstruct the landuse and vegetation history for the last 6000 years in this agriculturally marginal region. READ MORE
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3. New potential in old varieties : Using landrace cereal to meet food production challenges
Abstract : Landrace cereals – historical varieties characterised by high genetic diversity – have long been considered obsolete, and have almost completely been replaced by high yielding but high input-dependent cultivars. However, the need for increased multifunctional and low-input farming, and for finding varieties that can be robust to environmental stresses, has meant that these old varieties have been revalued. READ MORE
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4. Resource efficient control of Elymus repens
Abstract : Elymus repens is a perennial grass weed that causes great yield losses in a variety of crops in the southern and northern temperate zones. Primary control methods for E. repens are herbicides or intensive tillage, both of which have a number of negative side-effects, e.g. READ MORE
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5. On Folates in Yeasts -Exploring Yeasts as Vehicles for Biofortification of Folates in Food
Abstract : High intake of the B vitamin folate during pregnancy is known to decrease the risk for development of neural tube defects. In addition, a good folate status may prevent the progression of several diseases such as megaloblastic anaemia, cardiovascular disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. READ MORE