Benadine Nonye’s Post

Copied from Don Scheuerman: Standing in a demonstration plot of Evolutionary Participatory Breeding Naked Spelt Population. So what exactly is EPBNSP? Six different hulless Spelt are grown together as a polycrop mixed population together in a field. This demonstration is about low input, climate and planet friendly, nutritious varieties of the ancient grain Spelt. The six naked or hulless spelts carry different genetic qualities or traits. Historically, some of the mixed population varieties when planted together encountered extreme weather, pathogen or other disruptive events. Some of the varieties had a higher probability of surviving and the local community had grain for surviving the winter. These low chemical input, open sourced seeds are well suited for drought conditions and further well suited for subsistence Global South farming communities with resilience, food security and poverty in view.. (open source seeds = farmers can save the these old heirloom landrace seeds for replanting and do not have to pay the corporate seed company's royalties when they patent new grain varieties). This is a a good thing. #biodiversity #regenerativeag #soilhealth #palouse #landrace #seedsovereignty https://lnkd.in/gYvvSRcY

Our review paper on biocontrol agent and taget #weed life history trait’s association with #biocontrol success has been published open access. Many thanks to all the coauthors and can access using following citation. #weedcontrol #academia #biologicalcontrol #insects #invasivespecies #invasiveplants https://lnkd.in/dBumJp8p Panta, S., Schwarzländer, M., Weyl, P.S.R. et al. Traits of insect herbivores and target weeds associated with greater biological weed control establishment and impact. BioControl (2024).

Good morning everyone..😊 Let's have look on floral biology of Pigeon Pea flower 🌼 #Pigeon pea is Second most important pulse crop after gram. #It is also known as Red gram/Arhar/Tur. #Pigeon pea is Often-Cross pollinated Crop. #Flower of Pigeon pea consists of 5 petals in fused condition i.e. Standard petal(Outermost), Wing petal(Middle one), Keel Petal(Inner one). # The stamens of Pigeon pea are present in Diadelphous (9+1) condition it means 9 are fused in bunch and one is separated # ICPH-8 : 1st hybrid of Arhar in the world. # It is most drought tolerant crop among major pulses.

In the states of Texas and New Mexico, the Conchuela stink bug, Chlorochroa ligata poses an economic threat to cotton and grain sorghum. It's always interesting to read the latest articles to understand what threat emerging insect pests may pose. Time to research and develop ways to naturally manage them.. #pestmonitoring #pestmanagement #researchanddevelopment #naturebasedsolutions https://lnkd.in/eXpChGnr

Improving the biological and physical functionality of our soils is going to be a key part of adapting to our changing climate for food security, flood risk and biodiversity. Encouraging dung beetles is a key part of that process.

I am thrilled to share that our recent article has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Plant Ecology by Oxford Academic. Citation: Luo, Y., Ke, Y., Wang, H., Xu, C., Gu, Q., Yu, Q., Smith, M. D., Madrimov, R., Samatov, N., Yang, W., & Wu, H. (2024). Interaction of extreme drought and insect herbivores on grassland community is affected by drought pattern. *Journal of Plant Ecology*, rtae041. [https://lnkd.in/dsGBRWge)

Very interesting read on how the invasive spongy moth is hurting the native polyphemus moth without the two ever coming in contact.

With tens of thousands of unexplored plants, forests are a treasure trove of potential therapeutic drugs. Learn more about the healing powers of these green treasures in this month's edition. #ForestHealing #ForestHealth #Forests #PublicHealth

Wow never seen so many chickens..Chicken farming at its best..Did you folks? It's just amazing..A must watch video..Thanks. #chickenfarming #chicken #eggs #leadershipmindset #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipqualities #linkedincommunity #linkedinfamily #linkedinconnections #linkedinmarketing #linkedinnetworking #linkedinforbusiness #linkedinglobal #India