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Agronomy, 2022 Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) is the most abundant lipid on earth and constitutes about 50% of the polar lipids in the thylakoid membrane of higher plants. MGDG synthase (MGD) is the key enzyme responsible for MGDG synthesis in plants.
Lei Hui +5 more
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Farm animal welfare: Beyond “natural” behavior
Science, 2023 An animal-centered view guided by what animals value could improve welfare on ...
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Sustaining without Changing: The Metabolic Rift of Certified Organic Farming [PDF]
, 2016 Many proponents of organic farming claim that it is a sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture due to its reliance on natural agro-inputs, such as manure based fertilizers and organic pesticides.
Alvarez, Camila, McGee, Julius
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International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2020 Community seed banks (CSBs) are initiatives to support the conservation and use of diverse crops though locally rooted collective action. The impact of CSBs is assumed to be complex, but has not been investigated in detail.
Anna Porcuna-Ferrer +5 more
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022 Background Rice field agroecosystems produce food for more than half of the world’s population and deliver important services supporting farmers’ livelihoods.
Alexander Hollaus +4 more
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Short-term trade-offs of organic matter management strategies for smallholder farms
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 Organic matter management (OMM) strategies such as farmyard manure (FYM) application, legume integration, crop residue incorporation, and alley cropping are recognized for improving soil fertility and crop productivity.
Deous Mary Ekyaligonza +8 more
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2023 Background Verticillium dahliae Kleb. is a soil-borne pathogen with a broad host spectrum and causes yield losses in cotton cultivation worldwide. Beauveria bassiana is an environmentally friendly entomopathogenic fungus (EPF) that has been recognized ...
Oktay Erdoğan, Zehra Sağlan
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Water Resources Research, 2023 It is important, but challenging, to partition soil water balance (SWB) to understand the impacts of afforestation on soil hydrological processes. This study will investigate the partitioning of SWB by combining stable and radioactive water isotopes to ...
Peijun Shi, Haoqi Gai, Zhi Li
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Nature of the Farm: Revisited [PDF]
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2013 We empirically test separation of ownership and control (SOC) and the interaction of SOC with farmer effort on farm success using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Resource Management Survey. We use a two-stage least-squares approach with instrumental variables that proxy for participation constraints in binding incentive ...
Matthew S. Elliott, Harvey S. James
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural SciencesTurmeric (Curcuma longa L.), a long-duration crop overlapping with the rainy (kharif) season, limits the growth period of subsequent winter (rabi) crops. To enhance income, intercropping with short-duration crops is viable due to turmeric’s slow initial
RAJENDER KUMAR +2 more
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