Purpose of Review We evaluated the development of mechanized cut-to-length (CTL) harvesting systems outside of the Nordic countries in areas with great potential but limited adoption. We explored the Nordic countries for context, then focused on Central/Southern Europe and North America as two examples. Within North America, we highlighted the US South as an area of potential growth for CTL systems, despite this region current...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between pesticide exposures and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) using data from the North American Pooled Project (NAPP). Methods Three population-based studies conducted in Kansas, Nebraska, and six Canadian provinces (HL = 507, Controls = 3886) were pooled to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for single (never/ever) and multiple (0, 1, 2–4, ≥ 5)...

Most plant species depend upon insect pollination services, including many cash and subsistence crops. Plants compete to attract those insects using visual cues and floral odor which pollinators associate with a reward. The cacao tree, Theobroma cacao , has a highly specialized floral morphology permitting pollination primarily by Ceratopogonid midges. However, these insects do not depend upon cacao flowers for their life cycl...