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Transformative changes of pastoral livestock production and its consequences on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
Grassland functional zoning and spatial optimization scheme on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau. Based on multifunctionality assessment, the scheme proposes allocating 32% of regional grassland as nature reserve grasslands (biodiversity focus), 63% as livestock grazing grasslands (smart ecological–production management), and 5% as cultivated grasslands (high‐
Chunhui Zhang, Junbang Wang, Liang Zhao, Shixiao Xu, Xiaoli Wang, Xinquan Zhao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mulching Increases Water Use Efficiency, Production and Profitability in Forage Cactus–Maize Intercropping Systems

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the growth, forage production, soil water balance, water indices, biological efficiency and competitive capacity of forage cactus and maize in monoculture and intercropping, with or without mulch. The experiment was conducted in Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil, using the cactus clone ‘Orelha de Elefante Mexicana’ (OEM ...
Kaique Renan da Silva Salvador, Mário Adriano Ávila Queiroz, Cleber Pereira Alves, José Edson Florentino de Morais, Carlos André Alves de Souza, Agda Raiany Mota dos Santos, Ênio Gomes Flôr Souza, Jose Madson da Silva, Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates, Randerson Cavalcante Silva, Adriano do Nascimento Simões, Hugo Rafael Bentzen Santos, Luciana Sandra Bastos de Souza, Thieres George Freire da Silva   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Should elephants graze or browse? The nutritional and functional consequences of dietary variation in a mixed-feeding megaherbivore. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci
Gautam H, Berzaghi F, Thanikodi M, Ravichandran A, Sreeman SM, Sankaran M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Yield, Evapotranspiration, Production Functions, Crop Coefficients, Water Productivity and Soil‐Water Extraction of Three Watermelon Varieties

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While watermelon is an important commodity in the United States and worldwide, some of the fundamental watermelon productivity indices (crop evapotranspiration [ETc], transpiration [Tr], evaporation [E], ET‐yield production functions [ETYPF], basal crop coefficients [Kcb], crop water productivity [CWP], soil‐water extraction [SWE]) have not ...
Suat Irmak
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of <i>Epichloë</i> Endophytes on Growth of Grass Pathogenic Fungi. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Wan C, Li X, Shi Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Longitudinal associations between play experiences and trajectories of preschoolers' mental health from April–July, 2020

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Based on data collected monthly from April to July 2020, we found that time spent playing outside and with other children were associated with lower internalising problems across time in preschool‐aged children, whereas more time spent playing alone was associated with more severe internalising problems.
Helen F. Dodd, Ella Patterson, Simona Skripkauskaite, Peter J. Lawrence   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Possible implications of the variability of the most allergenic plant pollen seasons in Poland. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Myszkowska D, Kubik-Komar A, Piotrowicz K, Dąbrowska-Zapart K, Grewling Ł, Kasprzyk I, Kluska K, Leśkiewicz K, Majkowska-Wojciechowska B, Malkiewicz M, Piotrowska-Weryszko K, Puc M, Sacha M, Ziemianin M, Czarnobilska E.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Vision Problems on Households' Incomes: Evidence From the 2019 and 2022 Rounds of the Turkey Health Survey

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vision problems reduce individuals' quality of life, and they also reduce their productivity as workers and consequently decrease their incomes. Most vision problems can be corrected with properly fitted eyeglasses, but many people with vision problems do not have such eyeglasses.
Paul Glewwe, Hasan Gul, Aysit Tansel, Suzanne Wisniewski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discovery and Evolutionary Analysis of a Novel Genus of Endogenous Pararetroviruses with Long Terminal Repeats. [PDF]

Genome Biol Evol
Gao D, Tressel LG.
europepmc   +1 more source