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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53011#.VK9ImcnQrzE Author(s)    Rasheed Olufemi Awodoyin 1 , Oluseun Sunday Olubode 1 , Justin Ugochukwu Ogbu 2* , Rasheed Babatunde Balogun 2 , Jonah U. Nwawuisi 3 , Kalu O. Orji 4   Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria . 2 Department of Horticulture and Landscape Technology, Federal College of Agriculture (FCA), Ishiagu, Nigeria . 3 Department of Pest Management Technology, Federal College of Agriculture (FCA), Ishiagu, Nigeria . 4 Department of Agronomy, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOUA), Umuahia, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Tropical fruit trees constitute important biological resources in the global agrobiodiversity context. Unlike the tropical fruit trees of American and Asian origin, indigenous fruit trees (IFT) of tropical Africa have scarcely achieved the status of ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51552#.VG2pkGfHRK0 Author(s) Haileab Zegeye 1* , Demel Teketay 2 , Ensermu Kelbessa 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia . 2 Department of Crop Science and Production, Botswana College of Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana . ABSTRACT The study was conducted on the islands of Lake Ziway, south-central Ethiopia. The aim of the study was to investigate the socio-economic factors affecting the vegetation resources and the indigenous resource management systems and practices on the islands. Data were collected by field obse...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48410#.VDzsIFfHRK0 Author(s)     Daiane Mugnol Dresch , Silvana de Paula Quintão Scalon , Tathiana Elisa Masetto , Rosilda Mara Mussury Affiliation(s) Pós-Doutoranda em Agronomia (PNPD/CAPES), Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), Dourados, Brasil . Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), Dourados, Brasil . Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), Dourados, Brasil . Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), Dourados, Brasil . ABSTRACT The present w ork evaluated the conservation of Campomanesia adamantium seeds...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50284#.VDN5YlfHRK0 Author(s)    Nicola Santopuoli , Ilaria Pecoraro Affiliation(s) Sapienza, Università di Roma, Rome, Italy . ABSTRACT The historical center is a part of the city with specific environmental, architectural and historical values, which emerges from the urban fabric structural continuity. This complex reality requires a comprehensive understanding to determinate the most proper ways to carry out functional transformations and system adaptations, with respect to historical buildings values. Each building must obtain those proper improvements and functional adjustments, also in terms of technology and energetic efficiency. The achievements ...