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Improving the Productivity of Beef Heifers in Florida

EDIS, 2015
Beef replacement heifers are a necessary but costly part of every cow-calf operation. A decision needs to be made to either purchase replacement heifers or raise them on the ranch.
Phillip Lancaster, Chris Prevatt, John Arthington   +2 more
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A comprehensive evaluation of ecological isolation zones based on grey fixed-weight clustering [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Soil erosion is one of the common disasters in the red soil areas of the mountain plains, and the setting up of ecological isolation zone terraces has become a measure for the integrated management of soil erosion in farming areas.
Zhang Gengjie, Yin Jing, Liu Zixin, Yang Huijie, Liu Shuxia, Hu Huiyong   +5 more
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ASSESSMENT OF POTATO SELECTION MATERIAL BASED ON THE STUDY OF PRODUCTION PROCESS PARAMETERS AND MORPHO-BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SELECTION SAMPLES [PDF]

Volga Region Farmland, 2019
The results of the analysis of productivity parameters of more than 100 selecton potato samples in nursery-gardens of various levels at Penza Research Institute of Agriculture for 2001-2017 are presented with the aim of developing methodological ...
A.A. Kabunin, I.V. Kabunina
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IMPROVING WHEAT PRODUCTIVITY BY FARMYARD MANURE WITH PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER SOURCES IN CLAYEY SOIL [PDF]

Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, 2013
A field experiment was carried out at Bahtim Agricultural ResearchStation Farm during 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons. Theexperimental site is located at lat.
A.A. Khalil, A.A. El- Masry, E.A.M. Osman   +2 more
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Improving Microalgal Biomass Productivity Using Weather-Forecast-Informed Operations

Cells, 2022
The operation of microalgal cultivation systems, such as culture dilution associated with harvests, affects biomass productivity. However, the constantly changing incident light and ambient temperature in the outdoor environment make it difficult to ...
Song Gao, Hongxiang Yan, Nathan Beirne, Mark Wigmosta, Michael Huesemann   +4 more
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Coupling Effects of Organic Fertilizer Substituting Chemical Fertilizer on Potato Yield, Quality and Soil Nitrogen Content in the Erhai Lake Basin of China

Agronomy
Rational fertilization boosts crop yields and enhances nutritional value, but over-fertilization is counterproductive. Furthermore, water eutrophication caused by excessive use of nitrogen fertilizers has become a major agricultural non-point source ...
Xuemei Sun, Wenmei Zhang, Ting Wang, Wanting Li, Yongmei Li, Benshuai Yan, Mengge Zhang, Jixia Zhao, Maopan Fan   +8 more
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Mechanistic Insights into the Differential Effects of Biochar and Organic Fertilizer on Nitrogen Loss Pathways in Vegetable Soils: Linking Soil Carbon, Aggregate Stability, and Denitrifying Microbes

Agriculture
Biochar and organic fertilizer applications are widely recognized as effective strategies for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and controlling agricultural non-point source pollution in agroecosystems.
Shixiong Li, Linsong Hu, Chun Ma, Manying Li, Yuanyang Peng, Yin Peng, Xilatu Dabu, Jiangling Huang   +7 more
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Exogenous nano-silicon enhances the ability of intercropped faba bean to alleviate cadmium toxicity and resist Fusarium wilt

Journal of Nanobiotechnology
Excessive soil cadmium (Cd) and the accumulation of pathogens pose serious threats to legume growth. However, it remains unclear whether intercropping (IFcd) and its combined treatment with silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs) (IFcd + Si) can alleviate these ...
Chaosheng Luo, Ting Li, You Huang, Taiqin Liu, Yan Dong   +4 more
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Essential Oils as Natural Defenders: Exploring Their Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Potential Against Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Bacteria

International Journal of Microbiology
This study explores the potential of six essential oils (EOs): clove (Syzygium aromaticum); pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium); jasmine (Jasmin officinal); pin (Pinus sylvestris var.
Sahar Dahbi, Fatima-Ezzahra En-Naciri, Asmae Alaoui, Mouhcine Fadil, Yassine Ait Zengui, Zakaria Marmat, Fatimazahra Ouatiq, Mohammed Raouane, Souad Amghar   +8 more
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Microbial and metabolomic mechanism of nano-TiO

Industrial Crops and Products
This study investigated TiO 2 -nanoparticles (TiO 2 -NPs) as a bioprocess intensifier for lignocellulosic biomass valorization in engineered rhizosphere systems, elucidating the microbial and metabolic interaction mechanisms underlying synergistic wheat ...
Chaosheng Luo, Ting Li, Taiqin Liu, You Huang, Yan Dong   +4 more
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