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Advancing Fruit Bioimpedance Monitoring With Sustainable, Soft, And Bio‐Based Electrodes Beyond ECG

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Electrical impedance spectroscopy enables non‐destructive fruit quality monitoring, but conventional ECG and needle electrodes compromise signal stability, fruit physiology, and sustainability. This perspective highlights the transition toward soft, biocompatible, and biodegradable electrode interfaces based on natural substrates, bio‐derived ...
Sundus Riaz, Ahmed Rasheed, Angelo Zanella, Almudena Rivadeneyra, Paolo Lugli, Luisa Petti, Pietro Ibba   +6 more
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
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Auxin response factor 6A regulates photosynthesis, sugar accumulation, and fruit development in tomato. [PDF]

, 2019
Auxin response factors (ARFs) are involved in auxin-mediated transcriptional regulation in plants. In this study, we performed functional characterization of SlARF6A in tomato.
Deng, Wei, Gong, Zehao, Hu, Xiaowei, Jiang, Cai-Zhong, Li, Zhengguo, Lu, Wangjin, Luo, Yingqing, Mei, Lihua, Tang, Yuwei, Wu, Mengbo, Xu, Xin, Yan, Fang, Yang, Fengqing, Yang, Qichen, Yuan, Yujin, Zhang, Qian, Zhang, Wenfa, Zhang, Xiaolan   +17 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes, Amanda M. Countryman, Dustin L. Pendell   +2 more
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The accumulation of the cyanobacterial toxin, microcystin, in cherry tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and bush bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) plants [PDF]

, 2013
We aimed to develop a high-sensitivity method to detect microcystin toxins in fruit tissue and to determine if irrigation with water containing toxic cyanobacteria may result in accumulation of microcystin toxins in fruit tissue and affect fruit ...
Lefebvre, Bethany R.
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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Advances in the Protection of New Varieties of Horticultural Crops in China

Horticulture Advances
Horticultural crops yield considerable economic benefits, vital for supply stability and income enhancement. Plant breeders' rights (PBR) form a foundation, offering breeders essential safeguards to secure benefits and sustain breeding efforts. Therefore,
Jinghui Liu, Hao Wang, Ruonan Jing, Yingxue Ma, Lei Sun, Xiucai Fan, Ying Zhang, Chonghuai Liu, Jianfu Jiang   +8 more
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Consumer acceptance of novel fruits and fruit products [PDF]

This report presents results of the consumer survey that was conducted in November, 2009, in four European countries – Poland, the Netherlands, Greece and Spain within WP 1.3 of ISAFRUIT Project.
Bartels, J., Briz, T., Kraszewska, M., Onwezen, M.C., Papoutsi, G.   +4 more
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Labeling Quality or Quantity? The Differential Impact of Geographical Indications on Export Performance in Turkish Agri‐Food Products

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of geographical indication (GI) certification on the export performance of Turkish agri‐food products by analyzing both trade volume and unit value dynamics. Drawing on monthly data from 2000 to 2024 across 22 GI‐certified products, the research employs product‐level regressions, fixed‐effects panel models ...
Ihlas Sovbetov, Muge Burcu Ozdemir
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Coffee berry borer triple-action integrated pest management [PDF]

, 2008
Coffee berry borer ( Hypothenemus hampei Ferrari) control is presented in the form of triple-action integrated pest management: meticulous agronomic control of the coffee plantation, strict branch stripping and trapping. Agronomic control includes coffee
Dufour, Bernard Pierre
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