• Growth, stomatal responses and postharvest characteristics of Rosa x hybrida : the influence of air humidity and light quality 

  Terfa, Meseret Tesema (PhD Thesis;2013:77, Doctoral thesis, 2013)

  Greenhouse production systems are important in the production of vegetables, herbs and ornamentals. Roses are among the most valuable crops in the greenhouse floriculture industry and are produced as pot plants or as a cut ...

• Sensitivity to gamma radiation of Scots pine seedlings grown from seeds developed under elevated levels of ionizing radiation 

  Rahman, Md Mahfuzur (Master thesis, 2021)

  As being sessile, plants are generally exposed to background levels of ionizing radiation in their natural environment due to cosmic radiation as well as alpha-, beta- or gamma- emitting radionuclides in naturally occurring ...

• The relevancy of stakeholder engagement in aiding the sustainable shift : an investigation through the eyes of farmers 

  Costello, Joanna Elizabeth (Master thesis, 2021)

  With growing awareness of the agricultural industry’s struggle to internalise and implement the sustainability shift, new methods for aiding the shift are being sought. As a growing number of findings can connect with ...

• A descriptive study of the physical quality of commercial broiler pellets across the world 

  Wang, Ying (Master thesis, 2021)

  This thesis work intends to give a general insight into commercial broiler pellets' physical quality and discuss the differences from a scientific point of view. The samples were delivered to the Norwegian University of ...

• Growth, feed utilization, health and biometric parameters in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) - Influence of dietary protein-to-lipid ratio and body fat status 

  Dessen, Jens-Erik (PhD Thesis;2018:103, Doctoral thesis, 2018)

  Today, commercial diets for large farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) commonly contain 30-35 % protein and 35-39 % lipids, i.e. a ratio of protein-to-lipids below 1. Such energy dense diets have generally been shown ...

• Dynamic dietary salmon farming in the Faroe Islands with regards to production, quality and economic improvements 

  Weihe, Rúni (PhD Thesis;2018:104, Doctoral thesis, 2018)

  The development of feeds for Atlantic salmon has been an ongoing process since the industry started in the 1970s. In the early years, salmon feeds had higher share of proteins than lipids, but after the introduction of ...

• Tetradecylthioacetic acid (TTA) : a functional feed ingredient for Atlantic salmon affecting early sexual maturation, cardiac robustness and β-oxidative capacity 

  Arge, Regin (PhD Thesis;2018:36, Doctoral thesis, 2018)

  Utilisation of fatty acids highly dominates energy metabolism in high performance fish as the Atlantic salmon. It is well established knowledge that feed intake and growth of salmon is highly influenced by water temperature ...

• Genetic improvement of feed efficiency in dairy cattle 

  Wallén, Sini E (PhD Thesis;2017:106, Doctoral thesis, 2017)

  The main objective of the thesis was to investigate the requirements and possibilities for including feed efficiency (FE) in the breeding goal in dairy cattle and hence enable the genetic improvement of feed efficiency. ...

• The suitability of "the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation" in a european context 

  Anthonioz, Agathe (Master thesis, 2021)

  Agroecology is increasingly being considered to address sustainability issues in current agricultural systems. In order to assess the impacts of this new approach, FAO has developed the Tool for Agroecology Performance ...

• Study of the soil macrofauna in tropical cacao-based agroforestry systems in the Dominican Republic 

  Guittonneau, Marie (Master thesis, 2021)

  Diversified tropical cacao-based agroforestry systems are part of the agroecological movement aiming, inter alia, at creating food systems that do not undermine the ecosystem services. However, the temporal and intra-system ...

• Policies for agroforestry and diversification of productions in Wallonia 

  Floymont, Geoffrey Emile E. (Master thesis, 2021)

  Agroecology is more and more acknowledged as one of solutions toward sustainable transitions of our food systems. Practices such as agroforestry and diversification of production are part of the strategies used within an ...

• Enhancing biodiversity in French crop production systems : Cost-benefits analysis on five measures from the Ecostack project 

  Durand, Alexandre (Master thesis, 2021)

  A decrease of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes has been observed in the last decades. Stacking biodiversity around and inside fields would provide a method to counterbalance this effect. This study, conducted within ...

• Mapping agroecology initiatives in Austria and Germany 

  Brumer, Anna Théodora (Master thesis, 2021)

  Transforming food systems is necessary to address the global issues of severe biodiversity loss, hunger and malnutrition, as well as the consequences of the rapidly advancing climate change. Agroecology as a systemic ...

• Alkalisk havre til mjølkekyr : Effekt på mjølkeyting og kjemisk innhald i mjølk undersøkt i eit feltforsøk 

  Rønnekleiv, Jakob Andre (Master thesis, 2021)

  Denne oppgåva inneheld ein litteraturdel og eigne undersøkingar. Målet med oppgåva var å undersøke om alkalisk behandling av havre kan vere ein måte og auke produksjonen på mjølkekyr og samtidig oppretthalde ein høg ...

• A Sociotechnical Analysis in Market Gardening Systems : understanding the barriers and levers to agroecological soil management in Provence. 

  Michel, Elsa (Master thesis, 2021)

• Exploring epigenetic resistance to infectious salmon anaemia in Atlantic salmon by genome-wide bisulfite sequencing in heart tissue 

  Ekvall, Hans (Master thesis, 2021)

  The viral disease infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is an ever-present threat to salmon farmers globally. Since its appearance it has been responsible for crises in the industry and has changed the way in which salmon are ...

• Evaluering av avlsrestriksjoner til kontroll av innavl hos norsk-svensk kaldblodstraver 

  Bakken, Vilde Martine Grøv (Master thesis, 2021)

  Innavlsraten hos norsk-svensk kaldblodstraver har over lengre periode vært høy, på grunn av sterk seleksjon for prestasjonsegenskaper med liten overordnet kontroll av avlsprogrammet. Store avkomsgrupper og høyt slektskap, ...

• Simulating Future Climate Scenarios: The Effect on Nitrogen Utilization in Organic Fertilizers on Carrot Crops 

  Blindheim, Monica Sofie (Master thesis, 2021)

  The anthropogenic addition of reactive nitrogen (Nr) to the biosphere has increased ten-fold in the last century affecting both the nitrogen (N) cycle, and indirectly, the carbon cycle. From the agriculture sector, over ...

• The effect of expanded and extruded process on pellets physical properties and in sacco rumen degradability 

  Li, Huimin (Master thesis, 2021)

  Rumen degradability kinetics was investigated for concentrates with different physical functional properties. Three diets with SBM (30%) and barley (70%) were produced by ether expanded press process (Con) or by an extrusion ...

• Pepinomosaikkvirus - overlevelse under kompostlignende forhold 

  Ananiassen, Endre Mogstad (Master thesis, 2021)

  Bruken av kompostert plantemateriale som en komponent i vekstmedier og til jordforbedring kan medføre et potensiale for spredning av plantepatogener. Kunnskap om patogeners respons på ulike komposteringsforhold er nødvendig ...

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