• Climate change and uncertainty from ‘above’ and ‘below’: perspectives from India 

  Lyla, Mehta; Srivastava, Shilpi; Adam, Hans Nicolai; Alankar, A.; Bose, Shibaji; Ghosh, Upasona; Vijay Kumar, V (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Climate-related uncertainty refers to the inability to predict the scale, intensity, and impact of climate change on human and natural environments. Debates of uncertainty in climate change have emerged as a ‘super wicked’ ...

• Production of tetravalent dengue virus envelope protein domain III based antigens in lettuce chloroplasts and immunologic analysis for future oral vaccine development 

  van Eerde, André; Gottschamel, Johanna; Bock, Ralph; Hansen, Kristine Eraker Aasland; Munangandu, Hetron Mweemba; Daniell, Henry; Clarke, Jihong Liu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

  Dengue fever is a mosquito (Aedes aegypti) ‐transmitted viral disease that is endemic in more than 125 countries around the world. There are four serotypes of the dengue virus (DENV 1‐4) and a safe and effective dengue ...

• Effect of milk protein genetic polymorphisms on rennet and acid coagulation properties after standardisation of protein content. 

  Ketto, Isaya Appelesy; Abdelgahani, Ahmed; Johansen, Anne-Grethe; Øyaas, Jorun; Skeie, Siv Borghild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

• FTIR-based hierarchical modeling for prediction of average molecular weights of protein hydrolysates 

  Kristoffersen, Kenneth Aase; Liland, Kristian Hovde; Böcker, Ulrike; Wubshet, Sileshi Gizachhew; Lindberg, Diana; Horn, Svein Jarle; Afseth, Nils Kristian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  In the presented study, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is used to predict the average molecular weight of protein hydrolysates produced from protein-rich by-products from food industry using commercial ...

• Kindness to the final host and vice versa: A trend for parasites providing easy prey? 

  Øverli, Øyvind; Johansen, Ida Beitnes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Traditionally the “extended phenotype” concept refers to parasites that manipulate host phenotype to increase parasite fitness. This includes parasites that render intermediate hosts more susceptible to predation by final ...

• Transcriptional profiling of methyl jasmonate-induced defense responses in bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) 

  Fonseca Benevenuto, Rafael; Seldal, Tarald; Hegland, Stein Joar; Rodriguez-Saona, Cesar; Kawash, Joseph; Polashock, James (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

• Diversity and antibiotic resistance among Escherichia coli populations in hospital and community wastewater compared to wastewater at the receiving urban treatment plant 

  Paulshus, Erik; Kuhn, Inger; Mollby, Roland; Colque, Patricia; O'Sullivan, Kristin; Midtvedt, Tore; Lingaas, Egil; Holmstad, Rune; Sørum, Henning (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Bacterial diversity and antimicrobial resistance patterns among the indicator organism Escherichia coli were monitored in wastewater samples collected over one year from a hospital (HW), a community (CW) and the receiving ...

• The detection of intramammary infections using online somatic cell counts 

  Dalen, Gunnar; Rachah, Amira; Nørstebø, Håvard; Schukken, Ynte H; Reksen, Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

• On-farm broiler chicken welfare assessment using transect sampling reflects environmental inputs and production outcomes 

  BenSassi, Neila; Vas, Judit; Vasdal, Guro; Averos, Xavier; Estevez, Inma; Newberry, Ruth C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  To evaluate the utility of transect sampling for assessing animal welfare in large chicken flocks, we quantified relationships between environmental inputs, welfare problems detected using transect sampling, and production ...

• DNA metabarcoding adds valuable information for management of biodiversity in roadside stormwater ponds 

  Sun, Zhenhua; Majaneva, Markus; Sokolova, Ekaterina; Rauch, Sébastien; Meland, Sondre; Ekrem, Torbjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Stormwater ponds are used to compensate for the adverse effects that road runoff might have on the natural environment. Depending on their design and placement, stormwater ponds can act as both refugia and traps for local ...

• Contrasting associations between breeding coloration and parasitism of male Arctic charr relate to parasite species and life cycle stage 

  Johansen, Ida Beitnes; Henriksen, Eirik Haugstvedt; Shaw, Jenny Carolyn; Mayer, Ian; Amundsen, Per-Arne; Øverli, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Conspicuous carotenoid ornamentation is considered a signal of individual “quality” and one of the most intensely studied traits found to co-vary with parasitism. Since it has been suggested that only “high quality” ...

• Assessing the Validity of Animal-Based Indicators of Sheep Health and Welfare: Do Observers Agree? 

  Phythian, Clare Joan; Michalopoulou, Eleni; Duncan, Susan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Sixteen animal-based indicators of sheep welfare, previously selected by a stakeholder panel, and based on the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) Five Freedoms, were assessed in terms of the level of inter-observer agreement ...

• Phylogenetically Diverse Fusarium Species Associated with Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor L. Moench) and Finger Millet (Eleusine Coracana L. Garten) Grains from Ethiopia 

  Chala, Alemayehu; Degefu, Tulu; Brurberg, May Bente (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Fusarium is one of the most diverse fungal genera affecting several crops around the world. This study describes the phylogeny of Fusarium species associated with grains of sorghum and finger millet from different parts ...

• A low-cost and efficient autonomous row-following robot for food production in polytunnels 

  Ponnambalam, Vignesh Raja (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  In this paper, we present an automatic motion planner for agricultural robots that allows us to set up a robot to follow rows without having to explicitly enter waypoints. In most cases, when robots are used to cover large ...

• Who influences windpower licensing decisions in Norway? Formal requirements and informal practices 

  Inderberg, Tor Håkon; Rognstad, Helga; Saglie, Inger-Lise; Gulbrandsen, Lars Harald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Licensing processes for renewable electricity plants have been surprisingly little studied. Yet, how public and private stakeholders influence the process, formally and informally, is crucial to the outcome of the licensing ...

• A human-induced landscape of fear influences foraging behavior of brown bears 

  Lodberg-Holm, Hanna Kavli; Gelink, Henriette Wathne; Hertel, Anne Gabriela; Swenson, Jon; Domevscik, Matej; Steyaert, Sam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Animals adapt their foraging behavior to variations in food availability and predation risk. In Sweden, brown bears (Ursus arctos) depend on a nearly continuous intake of berries, especially bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus) ...

• Regional differences in technical efficiency and technological gap of the Norwegian dairy farms: a stochastic meta-frontier model 

  Alem, Habtamu; Lien, Gudbrand; Hardaker, J. Brian; Guttormsen, Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

  This paper compares technical efficiencies (TEs) and technological gap ratios (TGRs) for dairy farms in regions of Norway, accounting for differences in working environments. We used the state-of-the-art stochastic ...

• Can commodities dominate stock and bond portfolios? 

  Henriksen, Tom Erik Sønsteng; Pichler, Alois; Westgaard, Sjur; Frydenberg, Stein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

  In this article we discuss whether commodities should be included as an asset class when establishing portfolios. By investigating second order stochastic dominance relations, we find that the stock and bond indices tend ...

• Effects of renewal time, taproot cutting, ploughing practice, false seedbed and companion crop on docks (Rumex spp.) when renewing grassland 

  Ringselle, Björn; Berge, Therese W.; Stout, Daniel; Breland, Tor Arvid; Hatcher, Paul E.; Haugland, Espen; Koesling, Matthias; Mangerud, Kjell; Lunnan, Tor; Brandsæter, Lars Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Docks (Rumex spp.) are a considerable problem in grassland production worldwide. We investigated how different cultural management techniques affected dock populations during grassland renewal: (I) renewal time, (II) ...

• Pre-treatment methods for straw for farm-scale biogas plants 

  Fjørtoft, Kristian; Morken, John; Hanssen, Jon Fredrik; Briseid, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

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