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Farmers\u27 Perception on the Performance of Different Rice Varieties in Kapilvastu District, Nepal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Rice is the major staple food crop in Nepal. To date, several rice varieties have been developed and released in Nepal. However, rice production is far below in comparison with its production potential.
Sapkota, S. (Sanjib)   +1 more
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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

open access: yesIrrigation 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

Weed Control with Straw Residues in Occasional Direct Seeding of Faba Bean (Vicia faba sp.) in Organic Agriculture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In order to gain momentum in the consolidation process of no-tillage systems in Europe’s Organic Agriculture, occasional direct seeding (DS) of faba bean (FAB) into a mulch layer of residues from precrop oats should be scrutinized.
Köpke, Ulrich, P. Massucati, Luiz F.
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Esterification enhances carotenoid retention during bread‐making

open access: yesJournal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Carotenoids are plant‐derived antioxidants that contribute to human health and represent key quality traits in wheat‐based foods. However, they are highly unstable and prone to degradation during processing. Xanthophyll esterification has been identified as a natural mechanism that enhances carotenoid stability during grain storage.
María D Requena‐Ramírez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study Questions for the Certified Pesticide Applicator Examination: Natural Areas Weed Management

open access: yesEDIS, 2019
The following questions are intended to help prepare you for taking the Natural Areas Weed Management Certified Pesticide Applicator Examination. It should be used along with IFAS publications SP 295 Natural Area Weed Management - A Training Manual for Restricted Use Pesticide Applicators and SP 257 Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Water hyacinth infestation of River Niger and Kainji Lake, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
(6 page ...
Chizea, F.D.   +3 more
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CO2 Fluxes and Soil Responses to Straw and Herbicide in Peanut

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Peanut cultivation plays an important agronomic role in Brazil, especially in rotation with sugarcane, promoting biological nitrogen fixation and improving soil quality. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that the combined use of sugarcane mulch, peanut cultivation, and herbicide application would affect soil CO₂ fluxes, soil chemical ...
Heytor Lemos Martins   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asphalted parking lots are environmental filters for multiple propagule dispersal and pollination strategies

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Understanding community assembly for wild species in anthropogenic settings has become increasingly important as biodiversity and ecosystem services are threatened by development pressures. Urban hardscape habitats such as parking lots are widespread, extreme, terrestrial anthropogenic environments that influence plant community assembly by way of ...
Lauren J. Frazee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The case of the Itata estuary (Bio-Bio Region-Chile) plant formations: anthropogenic interference or natural disturbance-induced diversity enrichment?

open access: yes, 2018
The current study examined the relationship between native and introduced plant species, as indicators of the state of anthropogenic influence on plant formations in the area of the Itata estuary (Bio-Bio Region, Chile). A total of 186 vegetation samples
C. Ramírez   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

ICROFS news 1/2009 - newsletter from ICROFS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
News and research dissemination from ...
Rebsdorf, Simon Olling
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