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Unravelling the Effect of Provitamin A Enrichment on Agronomic Performance of Tropical Maize Hybrids [PDF]
Plants, 2021 Maize is consumed in different traditional diets as a source of macro- and micro-nutrients across Africa. Significant investment has thus been made to develop maize with high provitamin A content to complement other interventions for alleviating vitamin ...
Abebe Menkir +9 more
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Genotype × environment interaction: trade-offs between the agronomic performance and stability of durum (Triticum turgidum) wheat to stem-rust resistance in Kenya [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceStem rust significantly threatens durum wheat production, often resulting in substantial yield losses. To better understand resistance mechanisms and the stability of durum lines in stem rust-prone environments, this study evaluated 49 durum genotypes ...
Emmaculate A. Ogutu +4 more
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Agronomy, 2023 Increasing crop productivity through crop diversification under the same unit area has been considered as a way for sustainable intensification of cropping systems.
Sophoanrith Ro +3 more
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Microbial niche differentiation and agronomic performance of diseased Capsicum annuum [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionPlant–microbial interactions shape the plant microbiome, leading to niche differentiation in microbial communities. The dynamic variation in beneficial and phytopathogenic microbes from different niches (including the roots, stems, leaves ...
Zhiqi Yang, Yankun Wang, Yankun Wang
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Foods, 2022 Potato is a staple food crop and an important source of dietary energy. Its tubers contain several essential amino acids, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that contribute to the nutritional value of this important product.
Vincenzo D’Amelia +7 more
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Agriculture, 2021 The goal of this study was to provide quantitative agronomic data and environmental performance through a life cycle assessment of camelina in a crop rotation.
Sara Martinez +4 more
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Agronomy, 2021 Corn borers are the most important pest affecting maize. Resistance to corn borer attack may compromise plant fitness being detrimental for some important agronomic traits such as yield.
Ana López-Malvar +4 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 The ERECTA (ER) family of genes, encoding leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase (RLK), influences complex morphological and physiological aspects of plants. Modulation of ER signaling leads to abiotic stress tolerance in diverse plant species. However,
Yasmin Vasques Berchembrock +4 more
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Agronomic behavior of banana cultivars in the geographic microregion of Assis, São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2022 The characterization of banana cultivars is an important stage, which allows the identification of materials adapted to a particular region. The aim of this study was to evaluate the agronomic performance in the edaphoclimatic conditions of the ...
Adriana Novais Martins +5 more
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Poultry Science, 2020 The study examines economies of scale and sources of total factor productivity growth on poultry farms producing table eggs in Benin Republic. We use panel data on commercial poultry farms from 2010 to 2018, and the flexible translog production functions
Elysée M. Houedjofonon +5 more
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