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Impact of farm size on the function of landscape-level payments for ecosystem services: an agent-based model study

Environmental Research Communications
Reducing pesticide use and restoring biodiversity are among the most pressing environmental challenges. Enhancing natural pest control ecosystem services through the integration of non-crop habitats (NCH) offers promising potential, creating a positive ...
Vince Wu, Andrew Reid Bell, Wei Zhang
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A Functionally Conserved Enhancer is Critical for PGC1A Expression and Thermogenesis in Brown Fat

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
An evolutionarily conserved enhancer controls PGC1A expression and thermogenic activation in brown adipose tissue. Integrative multi‐omics analyses identify two BAT‐specific enhancers, with PGC1A‐En1 functioning as the dominant regulatory element that maintains thermogenic capacity across species.
Duo Su, Haosen Yang, Xiaokai Li, Tingting Jiang, Siyuan Zhan, Tao Zhong, Jiazhong Guo, Yan Wang, Li Li, Hongping Zhang, Linjie Wang   +10 more
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Stress and the Farmer’s Profile: Demographic and Structural Divides

European Countryside
This study aimed to examine how stressors experienced by farmers varied depending on demographic and structural factors to identify the most vulnerable farmer groups.
Vveinhardt Jolita, Žukovskis Jan
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Farm Safety Practices and Farm Size in New South Wales

Journal of Agromedicine, 2017
Objective: There is some evidence to suggest that safety on small-area farms may not be high priority due to economic constraints and lack of knowledge. This has important ramifications for injury and economic burden. The objective of this research was to conduct a pilot study to investigate whether small- to medium-area farms implement fewer safety ...
Bailey, J, Dutton, T, Payne, K, Wilson, R, Brew, BK, Haasdyk, Bronwyn Brew   +5 more
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Genetic Control of Tissue Remodeling by a Non‐Coding SNP in ITGA8 Explains Carotenoid‐Based Color Polymorphism in Marine Mollusks

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this study, the orange‐muscle giant abalone (Haliotis gigantea) is used as a model to identify a non‐coding SNP that disrupts the interaction between ITGA8 pre‐mRNA and the splicing factor ILF2, leading to altered ITGA8 splicing. These splicing changes promote carotenoid accumulation in abalone muscle through the regulation of tissue remodeling ...
Xiaohui Wei, Wenzhu Peng, Zekun Huang, Bingye Yang, Yiyu Wu, Minzhen Han, Yi Wang, Bingling Peng, Guosheng Hu, Jiawei Hong, Guijia Liu, Linwei Nie, Yang Gan, Miaoqin Huang, Xuan Luo, Weiwei You, Wen Liu, Caihuan Ke   +17 more
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Can we estimate farm size from field size? An empirical investigation of the field size to farm size relationship.

Agricultural Systems
CONTEXT: Farm size is a key indicator associated with environmental, economic, and social contexts and outcomes of agriculture. Farm size data is typically obtained from agricultural censuses or household surveys, but both are usually only available in infrequent time intervals and at aggregate spatial scales.
Jänicke, Clemens, Wesemeyer, Maximilian, Chiarella, Cristina, Lakes, Tobia, Levers, Christian, Meyfroidt, Patrick, Müller, Daniel, Pratzer, Marie, Rufin, Philippe   +8 more
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Plant Genetic Engineering: Technological Pathways, Application Scenarios, and Future Directions

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review maps the fast‐evolving landscape of plant genetic engineering, linking enabling platforms with trait‐focused applications in architecture optimization, stress resilience, yield improvement, and quality enhancement. It highlights how genome editing, transgenic strategies, and emerging multi‐gene approaches reshape breeding pipelines, while ...
Peilin Wang, Wenzhi Wang, Dongjiao Wang, Qibin Wu, Youxiong Que   +4 more
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Natural Variation of NAR5 Determines Nitrogenase Activity and the Yield in Soybean

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study identified NAR5, a gene encoding a subtilisin‐like protease, that regulates nitrogenase activity in soybean nodules. Overexpressing NAR5 delayed nodule senescence, enhancing nitrogenase activity, yield, and low‐nitrogen tolerance. The elite haplotype NAR5HapI‐1 linked to superior nitrogenase activity and greater seed weight has been ...
Chao Ma, Hanyu Zhao, Haojie Feng, Xulun Dong, Lin Chen, Mingliang Yang, Runyi Chen, Chengjun Lei, Chunyan Liu, Qingshan Chen, Dawei Xin, Jinhui Wang   +11 more
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Assessment of Spatiotemporal Distribution of Herbicides in European Agricultural Land Using Agri-Environmental Indices

Agriculture
Short-term estimates are not suitable for monitoring and comparing fluctuating pesticide use in EU agricultural land. A discriminative and comparable (HI) herbicide index was evaluated to elucidate herbicide use in the 21st century. The HI was 0.66 kg of
Vassilios Triantafyllidis
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The contrasting effects of farm size on farm incomes and food production

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
Small-scale farming provides both food and livelihoods for the vast majority of the global poor. Thus, increasing and stabilizing farm incomes and food production in developing countries is fundamental to reducing global poverty.
Frederik Noack, Ashley Larsen
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