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"Green" nanotechnologies: synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plants. Acta Naturae. 6:35-44.
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Helium: visualization of large scale plant pedigrees. BMC Bioinformatics. 15
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Heterogeneity of experts' opinion regarding opinion regarding opportunities and challenges of tackling defrestation in the tropics: a Q methodology application. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 19:621-640.
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Hybridity of representation: insights from river basin management planning in Scotland. Environment and Planning C: Government and Society. 32:549-566.
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Identifying qualitative effects of different grazing types on below-ground communities and function in a long-term field experiment. Environmental Microbiology. 17:841-854.
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Identifying the multi-scale spatial structure of plant community determinants of an important national resource. Journal of Vegetation Science. 25:184-197.
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Ignoring IUPAC guidelines for measurement and reporting of stable isotope abundance values affects us all. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry.
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Impacts of soil and water pollution on food safety and health risks in China. Environment International. 77:5-15.
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Implementing REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation): evidence on governance, evaluation and impacts from the REDD-ALERT project. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 19:907-925.
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Improved soil fertility from compost amendment increases root growth and reinforcement of surface soil on slopes. Ecological Engineering.. 71:458-465.
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Improving the link between payments and the provision of ecosystem services in agri-environment schemes. Ecosystem Services. 9:44-53.
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Improving the science-policy dialogue to meet the challenges of biodiversity conservation: having a conversation rather than talking at one-another. Biodiversity and Conservation. 23:387-404.
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In silico identification and characterization of conserved plant microRNAs in barley. Central European Journal of Biology. 9:841-852.
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In utero exposure to cigarette smoke dysregulates human fetal ovarian developmental signalling. Human Reproduction. 29:1471-1489.
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In vitro and in vivo models of colorectal cancer: antigenotoxic activity of berries. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62:3852-3866.
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Induced variations in Brassinosteroid genes define barley height and sturdiness, and expand the green revolution genetic toolkit. Plant Physiology. 166:1912-1927.
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The influence of information provision on people's landscape preferences: a case study on understorey vegetation of deer-browsed woodlands. Landscape and Urban Planning. 124:129-139.
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Influence of soil temperature on Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 53:396-405.
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Intensive management in grasslands causes diffuse water pollution at the farm scale. Journal of Environmental Quality. 43:2009-2023.
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Investigating the loss of recruitment potential in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus): the relative importance of hen mortality, food supply, tick infestation and louping-ill. European Journal of Wildlife Research. 60:313-322.
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Late-season foliar urea applications can increase berry yeast-assimilable nitrogen in winegrapes (Vitis vinifera L.). American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 65:89-95.
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The length of micro-sprinkling hoses delivering supplemental irrigation affects photosynthesis and dry matter production of winter wheat. Field Crops Research. 168:65-74.
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Lessons learnt from the deployment of a semantic virtual research environment. Journal of Web Semantics. 27-28:70-77.
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Long term temporal and spatial changes in the distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Scottish soils. Science of the Total Environment. 468-469:158-164.
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Loss of labile carbon following soil disturbance determinded by measurement of respired d¹³CO. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 68:125-132.
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Loss of microbial diversity in soils is coincident with reductions in some specialized functions. Environmental Microbiology. 16:2408-2420.
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The low recombining pericentromeric region of barley restricts gene diversity and evolution but not gene expression. The Plant Journal. 79:981-992.
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Methods to investigate the geochemistry of groundwaters with values for nitrogen compounds below the detection limit. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 141:78-88.
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Minimising methodological biases to improve the accuracy of partitioning soil respiration using natural abundance 13C. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 28:2341-2351.
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Modelling the hydrological impacts of rural land use change. Hydrology Research. 45:737-754.
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Modelling the long-term response of stream water chemistry to forestry in Galloway, Southwest Scotland. Ecological Indicators. 37:396-411.
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More plant growth but less plant defence? First global gene expression data for plants grown in soil amended with biochar Global Change Biology Bioenergy. Published online.
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Morphological, genetic and molecular characteristics of barley root hair mutants. Journal of Applied Genetics. 55:433-447.
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Mud, muddle and models in the knowledge value-chain to action on tropical peatland conservation. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 19:887-905.
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New model diagnostics for spatio-temporal systems in epidemiology and ecology. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 11:ArticleNo.20131093..
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The nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide increases mineralisation-immobilisation turnover in slurry amended grassland soil. Journal of Agricultural Science. 152:S137-S149.
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Oxalate production by fungi: significance in geomycology, biodeterioration and bioremediation. Fungal Biology Reviews. 28:36-55.
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Partitioning net interactions among plants along altitudinal gradients to study community responses to climate change. Functional Ecology. 28:75-86.
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pH feedback and phenotypic diversity within bacterial functional groups of the human gut. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 342:62-69.
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Phenolic-rich extracts from the edible seaweed, Ascophyllum nodosum, inhibit alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase: Potential anti-hyperglycemic effects. Journal of Functional Foods. 10:201-209.
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Photosynthetic potential of planets in 3:2 spin-orbit resonances. International Journal of Astrobiology.
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Physiological, biochemical and molecular responses of the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plant to moderately elevated temperature. Plant Cell and Environment. 37:439-450.
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Phytophthora infestans RXLR Effector PexRD2 interacts with Host MAPKKK epsilon to suppress plant immune signaling. The Plant Cell. 26:1345-1359.
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Pinus sylvestris sapling growth and recovery from mammalian browsing. Forest Ecology and Management. 325:18-25.
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Plant immunity in plant-aphid interactions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5
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Platelet-derived microparticle count and surface molecule expression differ between subjects with and without type 2 diabetes, independently of obesity status. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 37:455-463.
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Post-flowering photoperiod has marked effects on fruit chemical composition in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus). Annals of Applied Biology. 165:454-465.
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The potential of chlorhexidine lavage to reduce the shedding of VTEC 0157 from cattle. Cattle Practice. 22:280-280.
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Prevalence and diversity of Escherichia coli isolated from a barley trial supplemented with bulky organic soil amendments: green compost and bovine slurry. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 58:205-212.
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Prospects and challenges for urban application of biogas installations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Biomass and Bioenergy. 70:130-140.
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Quantifying preferences for the natural world using monetary and non-monetary assessments of value. Conservation Biology. 28:404-413.
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Recent changes in the distribution of carboxylesterase genes and associated chromosomal rearrangements in Greek populations of the tobacco aphid Myzus persicae nicotianae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113:455-470.
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Recognition of an Avr3a homologue plays a major role in mediating nonhost resistance to Phytophthora capsici in Nicotiana species. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 27:770-780.
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Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+): Lessons learnt in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cameroon and Peru. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 19
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Relationships between native small mammals and native and introduced large herbivores. Austral Ecology. 39:236-243.
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Reply to Byrnes et al.: Aggregation can obscure understanding of ecosystem multifunctionality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111:E5491-E5491.
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The role of effectors in non host resistance to filamentous plant pathogens. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5
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The role of mixotrophic protists in the biological carbon pump. Biogeosciences. 11:995-1005.
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Seasonal nitrous oxide emissions in field soils under soil management of reduced tillage, compost application or organic farming. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 189:17-180.
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The sensitivity of carbon turnover in the Community Land Model to modified assumptions about soil processes. Earth Systems Dynamics. 5:211-221.
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A sequence-ready physical map of barley anchored genetically by two million single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Plant Physiology. 164:412-423.
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The SERRATE protein is involved in alternative splicing in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nucleic Acids Research. 42:1224-1244.
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Socio-economic hurdles to widespread adoption of small-scale biogas digesters in Sub-Saharan Africa : a review. Biomass and Bioenergy. 70:17-25.
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Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture 2013. Editorial. Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2014, Article No. 536825..
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Specialized membrane domains of plasmodesmata, plant intercellular nanopores. Frontiers in Plant Science. 5
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Standardized and transparent model descriptionsfor agent-based models - current status and prospects. Environmental Modelling and Software. 55:156-163.
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Tracking (poly)phenol components from raspberries in ileal fluid. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62:7631-7641.
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A trade off between mlo resistance to powdery mildew and increased susceptibility of barley to a newly important disease, Ramularia leaf spot. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65:1025-1037.
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The tropical peatland plantation-carbon assessment tool: estimating CO2 emissions from tropical peat soils under plantations. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 19:863-885.
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tropiTree: an NGS-based EST-SSR resource for 24 tropical tree species. PLoS ONE. 9:e102502.
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Urinary metabolite profiling identifies novel colonic metabolites and conjugates of phenolics in healthy volunteers. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. 58:1414-1425.
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Use of wild genotypes in breeding program increases strawberry fruit sensorial and nutritional quality. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 62:3944-3953.
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Using compositional and functional indicators for biodiversity conservation monitoring of semi-natural grasslands in Scotland. Biological Conservation. 175:82-93.
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Valuing water quality improvements from peatland restoration: evidence and challenges. Ecosystem Services. 9:34-43.
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Weighted logrank permutation tests for randomly right censored life science data. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. 41:742-761.
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What is the potential for biogas digesters to improve soil fertility and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa? Biomass and Bioenergy. 70:58-72.
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What personal and environmental factors determine frequency of urban greenspace use? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 11:7977-7992.
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Woody plant encroachment into grasslands leads to accelerated erosion of previously stable organic carbon from dryland soils. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences. 119:2345-2357.
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Working at the science-policy interface. Veterinary Record. 174:165-167.
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The ‘squeezed middle’: identifying and addressing conflicting demands on intermediate quality farmland in Scotland. Land Use Policy. 41:206-216.
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(De-) legitimising hunting - discourses over the morality of hunting in Europe and Eastern Africa. Land Use Policy. 32:261-270.
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The 3rd DBCLS BioHackathon: improving life science data integration with Semantic Web technologies. Journal of Biomedical Semantics. 4
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Adapting crops and cropping systems to future climates to ensure food security: the role of crop modelling. Global Food Security. 2:24-28.
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Agriculture: Feeding the future. Nature. 499:23-24.
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Algae influence the hydrophysical parameters of a sandy soil. Catena. 108:58-68.
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Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments. Ecology Letters. 16:478-486.
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Analysis of fatty acids and fatty alcohols reveals seasonal and sex-specific changes in the diets of seabirds. Marine Biology. 160:987-999.
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Anchoring and ordering NGS contig assemblies by population sequencing (POPSEQ). Plant Journal. 76:718-727.
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Anthocyanin-enriched bilberry and blackcurrant extracts modulate amyloid precursor protein processing and alleviate behavioral abnormalities in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 24:360-370.
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Application of Bayesian Belief Networks to quantify and map areas at risk to soil threats: using soil compaction as an example. Soil Tillage and Research. 132:56-68.
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Assessing the importance of soil erosion to the seedbank biodiversity in arable agro-ecosystems. Progress in Physical Geography. 37:622-641.
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Assessing the willingness to pay for reliable domestic water supply via catchment management: results from a contingent valuation survey in Nairobi City, Kenya. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 56:1511-1531.
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Assessment of irrigation pricing policies: a data development analysis approach. Environment and Natural Resources Research. 3:10-23.
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Bacterial communities' response to microcystins exposure and nutrient availability: Linking degradation capacity to community structure. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. 84:111-117.
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Barley whole exome capture: a tool for genomic research in the genus Hordeum and beyond. Plant Journal. 76:494-505.
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Biochar addition to an arsenic contaminated soil increases arsenic concentrations in the pore water but reduces uptake to tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Science of the Total Environment. 454-455:598-603.
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Burkholderia diazotrophica sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of Mimosa spp. International Journal of Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 63:435-441.
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Caffeoyl Shikimate Esterase (CSE) is an enzyme in the lignin biosynthetic pathway. Science. 341:1103-1106.
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Changes in ecosystem structure, function and hydrological connectivity control water, soil and carbon losses in semi-arid grass to woody vegetation transitions. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 38:1602-1611.
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Characterisation of Phytophthora inundata according to host range, morphological variation and multigene molecular phylogeny. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 52:46-65.
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Characterization of cell death inducing Phytophthora capsici CRN effectors suggests diverse activities in the host nucleus. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4
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Climate change and ecosystem-based adaptation: a new pragmatic approach to buffering climate change impacts. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 5:67-71.
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Climate change impacts and adaptation scope for agriculture indicated by agro-meteorological metrics. Agricultural Systems. 114:15-31.
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Community, cooperation and conflict: negotiating the social wellbeing benefits of urban greenspace experience. Landscape and Urban Planning. 112:1-9.
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A comparative study of the effects of four treatment regimes on ivermectin efficacy, body weight and pasture contamination in lambs naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes in Scotland. International Journal for Parasitology - Drugs and Drug Resistance. 3:77-84.
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Concentrations and geographic distribution of selected organic pollutants in Scottish surface soils. Environmental Pollution. 182:15-27.
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Considering the source: Commercialisation and trust in agri-environmental information and advisory services in England. Journal of Environmental Management. 118:96-205.
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Construction of reference chromosome-scale Pseudomolecules for potato: integrating the potato genome with genetic and physical maps. G3-Genomes Genomes Genetics. 3:2031-2047.
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Control of fruit quality traits in red raspberry, a review from the James Hutton Institute. Aspects of Applied Biology. 119:1-16.
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Cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation in association with feather mosses: moss as boss? New Phytologist. 200:5-6.
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Deconstructing community for conservation: why simple assumptions are not sufficient. Human Ecology. 41:575-585.
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Differential effects of polyphenols on proliferation and apoptosis in human myeloid and lymhoid leukemia cell lines. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 13:1601-1613.
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Downstairs drivers - root herbivores shape communities of above-ground herbivores and natural enemies via changes in plant nutrients. Journal of Animal Ecology. 82:1021-1030.
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Draft genome sequences of four Dickeya dianthicola and four Dickeya solani strains. Genome Announcements. 1:e0087-12.
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Dynamic localization of two tobamovirus ORF6 proteins involves distinct organellar compartments. Journal of General Virology. 94:230-240.
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The economic analysis in the implementation of the water framework directive in Spain. International Journal of River Basin Management. 11:301-310.
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An economic analysis of the establishment of forest plantations in the United Kingdom to mitigate climatic change. Forest Policy and Economics. 26:34-42.
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Effect of DTPA on Cd solubility in soil - accumulation and subsequent toxicity to lettuce. Chemosphere. 90:1805-1810.
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Effectiveness of Calluna-heathland restoration methods after invasive plant control. Ecological Engineering. 54:218-226.
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The effects of population density on the breeding performance of mountain hare Lepus timidus. Wildlife Biology. 19:473-482.
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Elucidating phytochemical production in Juniperus sp.: seasonality and response to stress situations. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61:4044-4052.
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Emergence of 13_A2 blue lineage of Phytophthora infestans was responsible for severe outbreaks of late blight on tomato in South-West India. Journal of Phytopathology. 161:49-58.
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The endophytic lifestyle of Escherichia coli O157:H7: quantification and internal localization in roots. Phytopathology. 103:333-340.
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Energy, genes and evolution: introduction to an evolutionary synthesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B. 368:20120253.
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Environmental and seasonal influences on red raspberry flavour volatiles and identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) and candidate genes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 126:33-48.
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Europe-wide dampening of population cycles in keystone herbivores. Science. 340:63-66.
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Ex-ante analysis of the regional impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy: a rural-urban recursive dynamic CGE model approach. European Planning Studies. Published online..
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Experimental and bioinformatic evidence that raspberry leaf blotch emaravirus P4 is a movement protein of the 30K superfamily. Journal of General Virology. 94:2117-2128.
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Exposure to chemical cocktails before or after conception - the effect of timing on ovarian function. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 376:156-172.
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Farm household interactions with local economies: A comparison of two EU case study areas. Land Use Policy. 31:156-165.
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Folate in pregnancy and imprinted gene and repeat element methylation in the offspring. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 97:94-99.
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Food security in a water-scarce world: making virtual water compatible with crop water use and food trade. Scientific Papers Series: Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development. 13:431-443.
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Genetic and environmental effects on tannin composition in strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) cultivars grown in different European locations. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61:790-800.
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Genetic and QTL analyses of yield and a set of physiological traits in pepper. Euphytica. 190:181-201.
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Genetic diversity in caribou linked to past and future climate change. Nature Climate Change. 4:132-137.
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Genome-wide association mapping of frost tolerance in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). BMC Genomics. 14:424.
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Genomic variations associated with attenuation in Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis vaccine strains. BMC Microbiology, 13, Article No.11..
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Global climate change and above-belowground insect herbivore interactions. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4:412.
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Green space and stress: evidence from cortisol measures in deprived urban communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
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Habitat monitoring in the wider countryside: A case study on the pursuit of innovation in red deer management. Journal of Environmental Management. 128:779-786.
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High prevalence of paratuberculosis in rabbits is associated with difficulties in controlling the disease in cattle. Veterinary Journal. 198:267-270.
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Identification of genes in the VirR regulon of Pectobacterium atrosepticum and characterization of their roles in quorum sensing-dependent virulence. Environmental Microbiology. 15:687-701.
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Identification of quantitative trait loci for cane splitting in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus). Molecular Breeding. 31:111-122.
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Identification of the domains of Cauliflower mosaic virus protein P6 responsible for the suppression of RNA-silencing and salicylic acid-signaling. Journal of General Virology. 94:2777-2789.
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Identification of the phenolic components in Bulgarian raspberry cultivars by LC-ESI-MSn. International Journal of Agricultural Science Research. 3:127-137.
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The impact of soil type, biology and temperature on the environmental persistence of non-toxigenic E. coli O157. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 113B:41-46.
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Incorporating non-market benefits of reclaimed water into cost-benefit analysis: a case study of irrigated mandarin crops in southern Spain. Water Resources Management. 27:1809-1820.
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Influence of precursor solvent extraction on stable isotope signatures of methylamphetamine prepared from over-the-counter medicines using the Moscow and hypophosphorous routes. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 405:2931-2941.
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Influence of scale on thermal characteristics in a large montane river basin. River Research Applications. 29:403-419.
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Infra-red thermography for high throughput field phenotyping in Solanum tuberosum. PLoS ONE. 8:e65816.
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Interrogating participatory catchment organisations: cases from Canada, New Zealand, Scotland and the Scottish-English Borderlands. Geographical Journal. 179:234-247.
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An invasive Mimosa in India does not adopt the symbionts of its native relatives. Annals of Botany. 112:179-186.
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Investigation of sterols as potential biomarkers for the detection of pig (S. s. domesticus) decomposition fluid in soils. Forensic Science International. 230:68-73.
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An investigation using the choice experiment method into options for reducing illegal bushmeat hunting in western Serengeti. Conservation Letters. 6:37-45.
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Laboratory study on the potential use of recycled inert construction waste material in the substrate mix for extensive green roofs. Ecological Engineering. 61:706-714.
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Light-sheet tomography for in situ imaging of Arabidopsis Thaliana roots. Optics Express. 21:16239-16247.
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