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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Freshwater ecosystems are increasingly impacted by anthropogenic pollutants, including the widely used herbicide metolachlor (MET) and cigarette butt (CB) litter. Parasites represent an additional biotic stressor that can modulate pollutant effects on their hosts.
Erika Berenice Martínez‐Ruiz +3 more
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The Consequences of Soil Organic Carbon for Crop Yield, Farm Productivity and Profit
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Crop choices affect soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, allowing farmers to manipulate the amount of carbon sequestered in the soil over time. This paper examines the private and public benefits of crop rotations that sequester additional carbon across the province of Saskatchewan, Canada using a novel field‐level dataset from the Saskatchewan ...
Devin Allen Serfas
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Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2009 O objetivo foi estudar a introdução de 8% de grãos e subprodutos (farelo ou torta) da canola em dietas para cordeiros. Para a avaliação das características quantitativas da carcaça, foram utilizadas 24 carcaças de cordeiros, utilizando delineamento ...
José Carlos Barbosa +4 more
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Analysis of Factors Affecting Canola Plantation Development in Tabriz and Marand Counties, Iran [PDF]
International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2017 This study identifies and analyzes factors influencing canola plantation development in Tabriz and Marand Counties. The Censored Model was used to analyze cross-sectional data collected from 372 farmers using a questionnaire.
Ghader Dashti +3 more
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Performance of Agronomic Crop Varieties in Alaska 1978 –2002 [PDF]
, 2004 There is no such thing as the perfect variety for Alaska. Some varieties are adapted to a wide range of climatic and geographic locations, while others are more specific in their adaptation.
Knight, Charles W. +1 more
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Including Harvested Grain Biogenic CO2 to Address a Critical Flaw in Climate Accounting
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The international climate accounting system excludes both the biogenic CO2 sequestered in harvested crops and the biogenic CO2 emissions that occur when grain is digested or burned as biofuel. Despite being described in the literature as a critical flaw in climate accounting all parties within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Richard S. Gray
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Market regulation and productivity: The case of the Canadian Wheat Board
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Changes to regulatory environments influence firm‐level incentives, which can move the productivity frontier or reposition firms within an existing frontier. Estimating causal effects of policy changes requires a credible counterfactual for productivity in the absence of policy change.
Ryan Cardwell, Pascal L. Ghazalian
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Agricultural subsidies can be an effective policy tool to enhance soil organic carbon sequestration. This paper assesses the effectiveness of a second‐best hypothetical policy which subsidizes additional canola hectares optimally for each soil zone in Saskatchewan in an effort to increase soil organic carbon.
Devin A. Serfas
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Effect of canola allelopathy on growth and biochemical reactions in root and nodule of soybean [PDF]
فیزیولوژی محیطی گیاهی, 2008 Allelochemical compounds inhibit weed growth and have undesirable effects on crop plants that should attended in croprotation. Canola is a allelopathic plant that is cultivated in north of Iran .Soybean is a strategic plant that is planted after canola ...
m Niakan, a Ahmadi, a Norinia
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Food System Change, Development, and Vulnerability in Semi‐Agricultural Areas of Tibet
Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With social and economic development, food systems have significantly changed on the Tibetan plateau over the last two decades. However, the impact of dietary change on Tibetans and their communities remains less well known. This article examines how food change happens in semi‐agricultural areas of eastern Tibet within the context of ...
Cairang Gezang
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