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Performance of leafy vegetables with gliricidia and elephant grass mulch

Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical
The dependence on external inputs, combined with their limited availability and regulatory restrictions in organic systems, represents a major challenge to the sustainability of vegetable production.
Murilo Gonçalves Júnior, José Guilherme Marinho Guerra, Pedro Henrique de Araújo Gurgel, Luiz Fernando de Sousa Antunes, Victor Neudo Santos Tavares, Segundo Sacramento Urquiaga Caballero, Maria Elizabeth Fernandes Correia, Ana Amélia dos Santos Cordeiro, José Antonio Azevedo Espindola, Fabiana de Carvalho Dias Araújo, Bruno Neves Correa, Ednaldo da Silva Araújo   +11 more
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Body Size Regulates Niche Overlap Asymmetry in the Subtropical Andes Rain Shadow: Isotopic Paleoecology of Oligocene South American Ungulates

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study provides the first isotopic analysis of Oligocene mammals from Quebrada Fiera, Mendoza, Argentina, filling a major gap in South American paleontology. It reveals a latitudinal gradient in aridity due to the Andean rain shadow and highlights the role of (semi)permanent water bodies in sustaining diverse herbivore communities. Additionally, it
Dánae Sanz‐Pérez, Santiago Hernández Del Pino, Esperanza Cerdeño, Manuel Hernández Fernández, Laura Domingo   +4 more
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Fermentation characteristics, chemical composition and fractionation of carbohydrates and crude protein of silage of elephant grass wilted or with addition of castor bean meal

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2014
The experiment was conducted to evaluate the concentrations of ammonia nitrogen, hydrogen potential, the losses of deriving the fermentative process, nutritional value, the fractioning of carbohydrates and protein the elephant grass silage wilted or not ...
Leandro Sampaio Oliveira Ribeiro , Aureliano José Vieira Pires , Gleidson Giordano Pinto de Carvalho , Mara Lúcia Albuquerque Pereira , Alana Batista dos Santos , Leone Campos Rocha   +5 more
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Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Response of elephant grass to grazing under an organic production system

Revista Ciência Agronômica
The aim of this research was to evaluate elephant grass under an organic and a conventional system. Under the organic system, species with complementary growth periods were combined; elephant grass was planted in rows 3.0 m apart and ryegrass was sown ...
Vinicius Felipe Bratz, Clair Jorge Olivo, Julia Aires Fernandes, Daiane Cristine Seibt, Vinicius Alessio   +4 more
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Root development and soil carbon stocks of tropical pastures managed under different grazing intensities

Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2014
Grasslands may act as a carbon (C) sink or C source depending on how they are managed. Soil C stocks, root biomass, root length, root length density and soil organic C concentrations were assessed on pastures of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum ...
Felipe M. Saraiva, José C.B. Dubeux Jr, Mário de A. Lira, Alexandre C.L. de Mello, Mércia V.F. dos Santos, Felipe de A. Cabral, Vicente I. Teixeira   +6 more
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Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of biological soil conservation practices and community perception toward these practices in the Lemo District of Southern Ethiopia

International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2018
Land degradation is the critical ecological and agricultural challenges in Ethiopia. To combat this, the government and local farmers’ have undertaken soil and water conservation measures (physical, biological and integrated) across the country since ...
Tamrat Sinore, Endalikachew Kissi, Abebayehu Aticho   +2 more
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Effect of Elephant Grass Genotypes to Bioenergy Production [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, 2019
The study aimed to evaluate the agronomic characteristics of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.) genotypes on energy production in the combustion form. A randomized block design with 3 repetitions was used. The treatments were arranged in subdivided plots scheme, considering as a plot the genotypes and as subplots, the harvest season.
Larah Drielly Santos Herrera, Vanessa Quitete Ribeiro Da Silva, Francisco José da Silva Ledo, Francisco Ildefonso da Silva Campos, Wender Mateus Peixoto, Carlos Eduardo Avelino Cabral, Inácio Martins da Silva Neto, Marco Antônio Aparecido Barelli, Luis Miguel Mendes Ferreira, Felipe Gomes Da Silva, Livia Vieira de Barros, Joadil Gonçalves De Abreu, Henrique Guimarães De Favare   +12 more
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Small datasets support conservation: Improving detectability for the elusive rusty‐spotted cat

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
In western circles, the value of small, locally specific data is increasingly under‐appreciated and undervalued by research metrics indexing research impact. We report novel data for the elusive, threatened, rusty‐spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) whose fundamental ecology remains virtually unknown.
Chandima Fernando, Michael A. Weston, Ravi Corea, Ranawaka A. D. D. Dilip Samaranayake, Anthony R. Rendall   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source