The growing demand for food due to a global population increase has made the use of pesticides in agriculture unavoidable despite their various harmful side effects. Driven by stricter legislation, nations are now compelled to find alternatives. This situation led to accelerated research around the world, …

Thrips are one of the most challenging pests in agricultural crops, including Chrysanthemum. In this study we tested via two plant assays whether solutionscontaining sticky rice germ oil (RGO) droplets could effectively trap thrips andlower thrips damage on Chrysanthemum. Trefwoorden: biomimicry, duurzame …

This paper addresses the question: “What is the level of resistance against powdery mildews, Botrytis cinerea and Sclerotinia sclerotium in several Petunia (Petunia sp.) genotypes of unknown origin?”. It serves to enrich our understanding of fungal resistances in ornamental petunias and the availability …

Pollinator biodiversity has decreased in the past decades, but urban areas have increasingly been found to serve as a refuge when compared to the surrounding intensively managed farmland. This offers an opportunity for urban pollinator conservation to play a role in the conservation of pollinators. But …

Climate change is a major threat for the Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). A lot of research has been done on the possible effects, but a clear overview is still lacking. This literature review aims to provide an overview of the effects of climate change on the nesting success, sex ratio and …

Sinds 1974 worden er mantelbavianen gehouden in WILDLANDS Adventure Zoo Emmen. Om de genetische diversiteit te verbeteren werden er in 1990 drie vrouwelijke apen uit een dierenpark in Frankfurt geïntroduceerd in de populatie. Na groei van de populatie zijn er 53 bavianen naar DierenPark Amersfoort overgezet …

Climate change can be described as both a natural and an artificial process that affects all life on earth. One of its consequences is the rising of sea levels which can cause problems in coastal areas, such as increasing the pressure of saline groundwater. Due to this increased pressure, this saline …

Anancus arvernensis, een Europese mastodont, is een slurfdrager die gevonden wordt op fossielen vindplaatsen door heel Europa. Tussen de vondsten van Anancus zitten molaren. In dit onderzoek worden molaren uit de Oosterschelde en Dorkovo met elkaar vergeleken. Beide vindplaatsen hebben een andere geologische …

Over the past 20 years, water quality in Indonesia has deteriorated due to an increase of water pollution. Research and analysis is needed to identify pollution sources and assess contamination in Indonesian water resources. Water quality management is not yet sufficiently integrated in river basin management …

Veel mensen met dementie wonen in zorginstellingen en daarom is het van belang dat er goed wordt nagedacht over de inrichting van de groene omgeving bij een zorginstelling. Verscheidene zorginstellingen spelen hier al op in met het realiseren van verschillende tuinen die specifiek gericht zijn op mensen …