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Irrigation using slightly saline water from emerging desalination technologies as a solution to short‐term drought

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
With global weather patterns becoming more extreme and unpredictable, sourcing reliable irrigation water is vital for improving food security and conserving drinking water in drought‐prone areas. Emerging desalination technologies, which are still in the development phase, could potentially provide large quantities of slightly saline water for ...
Harry Myrans   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hot Air-Assisted Radio Frequency (HARF) Drying on Wild Bitter Gourd Extract

open access: yesFoods, 2022
Wild bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L. var. abbreviata S.) is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine and is also a vegetable and fruit that people eat daily. Wild bitter gourd has many bioactive components, such as saponin, polysaccharide, and protein, and
Chang-Yi Huang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oxidative Stress Associated with Chilling Injury in Immature Fruit: Postharvest Technological and Biotechnological Solutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Immature, vegetable-like fruits are produced by crops of great economic importance, including cucumbers, zucchini, eggplants and bell peppers, among others. Because of their high respiration rates, associated with high rates of dehydration and metabolism,
Carvajal Moreno, Fátima   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Coalescence‐Ripening Mechanism of γ′−Ni3(Al, Ti) During Long‐Term/High‐Temperature Operation of Ni‐Based Superalloy Discs

open access: yesRare Metals, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The evolution of the γ′−Ni3(Al, Ti) phase in superalloys is governed by a coupled coalescence‐ripening mechanism driven by elemental diffusion. In this study, thermal exposure experiments were performed at 750°C and 800°C for durations ranging from 100 to 20,000 h.
Zhaotian Wang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Compatibility Evaluation and Anatomical Observation of Melon Grafted Onto Eight Cucurbitaceae Species

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Melon (Cucumis melo) is one of the top 10 fruits in the world, and its production often suffers due to soil-borne diseases. Grafting is an effective way to solve this problem.
Mu Xiong   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tactile tensions: uncertainty, mutuality, and therianthropic nightmares in Highland Odisha Tact et tensions : incertitude, mutualité et cauchemars thérianthropiques dans les hautes terres de l'Odisha

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In the central highlands of Odisha, India, Kutia Kondh families navigate a precarious reality shaped by productive autonomy, decentralized authority, and material and relational uncertainty. Abundance and destitution are finely balanced in a world where humans, animals, ancestors, and spirits are co‐present and co‐dependent but also opaque and ...
Sam Wilby
wiley   +1 more source

Application of LIBS in Detection of Antihyperglycemic Trace Elements in Momordica charantia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The present study exploits the information based on concentration of trace elements and minerals in understanding the role/mechanism of action of freeze-dried fruit powder suspended in distilled water of Momordica charantia (family: Cucurbitaceae) in ...
Bicanic, D.D.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Land Reforms in Cuba: First Empirical Assessment on Productivity Using Crop‐Level Panel Data

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land reforms implemented in Cuba since 2008 have aimed to increase agricultural production by distributing state‐owned idle lands with land‐use rights. The reforms restricted farmers with the rights from cultivating perennial and capital‐intensive crops.
Yoshihiko Hashiguchi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Ambiguous Ecologies of Agri‐Alternatives: Exploring the Calculus of Social Reproduction in Rural India

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper advances scholarship on agri‐alternatives by probing the gap between romanticised narratives of how alternative farming transitions ought to be and the actual practices farmers enact in their fields. Focusing on moments when such alternatives encounter on‐the‐ground realities, we propose ambiguous ecologies as a lens to explore the ...
Arianna Tozzi, Enid Still
wiley   +1 more source

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