Mesquite Twig Girdler: A Possible Means of Mesquite Control [PDF]
Journal of Range Management, 1971 The mesquite twig girdler (Oncideres rhodosticta Bates) was found to inflict considerable damage to mesquite in Texas and may prove to be a valuable biological control agent for this noxious species.
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Future Foods, 2022 Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) is a pod found in the semiarid Northeast region of Brazil. It is widely used as livestock feed and its by-product (the grain) has potential for human food.
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Ra Ximhai, 2022 It is important to develop new products under a sustainable approach that allows the use of regional resources, considering the impacts that climate change has caused on endemic species such as those present in the thorny forest.
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Mesquite-associated soil and phyllosphere microbial communities differ across land use types in drylands [PDF]
, 2023 Plant-associated microbiomes play prominent roles in maintaining plant health and productivity. Here, we characterized the soil and phyllosphere microbiomes associated with mesquite trees in grazing and urban areas compared to natural areas in the ...
Yongjian Chen (5077628)
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EVALUATION OF IN VITRO FERMETATION PATTERNS AND METHANE PRODUCTION OF MESQUITE PODS (Prosopis spp.)
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2022 Background. Mesquite is a shrubby legume that dominates the vegetation of arid regions with multiple benefits in controlling erosive process, improving micrometeorology, and as feed source for livestock species.
Oscar Enrique Del Razo Rodríguez +6 more
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Biomass estimation equations for mesquite trees in the Americas [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Mesquite trees are the preferred dendroenergy sources in arid and semi-arid forests. In spite of their relative importance, regional aboveground biomass (AGB) equations for mesquite trees are scarce in the scientific literature. For that reason, the aims
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The Use of Removed Mesquite Brush as a Fiber Replacement in Silage Production
Animals, 2022 Mesquite (Prosopis L.) is considered an invasive browse species in most of the American Southwest. Mechanical intervention removes yields an excess of organic debris.
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Effects of Pellet and Mash Diets of Mesquite Fruit (Prosopis juliflora) on Performance, Energy and Protein Efficiency Ratio and Intestinal Morphology of Broiler Chickens [PDF]
Poultry Science Journal, 2020 The primary aim of this study was to assay the influence of pellet and mash diets supplemented with different levels of mesquite fruit on performance, energy and protein efficiency ratio, carcass characteristics, and intestinal morphology of broiler ...
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Interactive Effects of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs and Cattle on Shrub Encroachment in a Desert Grassland Ecosystem. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The widespread encroachment of woody plants throughout the semi-arid grasslands in North America has largely resulted from overgrazing by domestic livestock, fire suppression, and loss of native large and small mammalian herbivores. Burrowing-herbivorous
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Quantification of the Effects of the Invasion of Mesquite (Prosopis Juliflora) on Native Vegetation in Southern Iran [PDF]
محیط زیست و توسعه فرابخشی, 2022 One of the most important invasive plant species in Iran is the American mesquite tree (Prosopis juliflora) which has taken the control of a large area of south and southeast Iran.
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