Deforestation remains one of the most imminent threats to biodiversity in the tropics. As such, its causes and dynamics need to be studied and understood to put a halt to further forest loss and degradation. In tropical countries such as Uganda, agricultural expansion and wood fuel demand are its leading drivers. While the establishment of protected areas is a key tool in conserving remaining forest biodiversity, results indic...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIV) have been responsible for causing several severe outbreaks across the world. To protect poultry farms and to prevent the possible spread of new influenza pandemics, vaccines that are both efficacious and low-cost are in high demand. We produced stable, large hemagglutinin H5 oligomers in planta by the specific interaction between S•Tag and S•Protein . H5 oligomers combined via...

In a semi-field net cage experiment set up in three growing seasons (2015–2018) at Julius-Kühn Institute Braunschweig, Germany, the influence of different release times of adult cabbage stem flea beetles, Psylliodes chrysocephala (early September, mid-September, early October) and different beetle densities (6.7, 13.3 and 20 beetles/m 2 ) on reproduction and damage potential in winter oil seed rape was investigated. In paralle...