An increasing number of pesticides have been used in agriculture for protecting the crops
from pests, weeds, and diseases but as much as 80 to 90% of applied pesticides hit non …

Donkey domestication has been essential to human culture and development and has
played an important role in economic and social life in human history. China is one of the …

Current knowledge about the evolutionary history of donkeys is still incomplete due to the
lack of archeological and whole-genome diversity data. To fill this gap, we have de novo …

Donkeys transformed human history as essential beasts of burden for long-distance
movement, especially across semi-arid and upland environments. They remain insufficiently …

Dromedaries have been fundamental to the development of human societies in arid
landscapes and for long-distance trade across hostile hot terrains for 3,000 y. Today they …

Donkeys carried Christ into Jerusalem while in Greek myth they transported Hephaistos up
to Mount Olympos and Dionysos into battle against the Giants. They were probably the first …

Pesticides are a gift to agriculture for its flourish of crop production. For production of heavy
grown crops, growing multiple crops in a season or enriching the soils for better productivity …

The equid family contains only one single extant genus, Equus, including seven living
species grouped into horses on the one hand and zebras and asses on the other. In …

Simple Summary This review article highlights the significance of donkeys as valuable
livestock, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, and underscores the importance of …

Donkeys (Equus asinus) have been used extensively in agriculture and transportations
since their domestication, ca. 5000–7000 years ago, but the increased mechanization of the …