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Exogenous choline chloride enhances salt tolerance in wheat and its underlying physiological mechanisms

Frontiers in Plant Science
Soil salinity is a major abiotic stress that seriously impairs crop growth and development, limiting global food production. As a primary staple food, wheat reduced grain yield and quality under salt stress, posing significant challenges to food security.
Feng Zhou, Feng Zhou, Guoquan Wang, Guoquan Wang, Panpan Lu, Panpan Lu, Yan Liu, Yan Liu, Zengbing Guo, Zengbing Guo, Xinhui Wang, Xinhui Wang, Zifan Zhou, Zifan Zhou, Li Xu, Li Xu, Ying Zhang, Ying Zhang, Weiguo Li, Runqiang Liu, Runqiang Liu   +20 more
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Risk Quotient of Airborne Paraquat Exposure Among Workers in Palm Oil Plantation [PDF]

, 2018
Paraquat is the herbicide widely used at palm oil plantations, although usage it in some countries has been banned and restricted. Paraquat spraying was not appropriate procedure could be polluted the environment and lead to health disorders workers ...
Maksuk, M. (Maksuk), Malaka, T. (Tan), Suheryanto, S. (Suheryanto), Umayah, A. (Abu)   +3 more
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chitosan-oligosaccharide alleviates chlorpyrifos-induced biochemical and developmental toxicity and reduces its accumulation in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Chlorpyrifos (CHP) contamination affects agricultural land and poses significant risks to plants and humans. Chitosan-oligosaccharide (COS) enhances plant resilience under stress and boosts the activity of enzymes metabolizing exogenous substances.
Jingchong Li, Wende Zheng, Jingkun Li, Komelle Askari, Zhixiang Tian, Aohui Han, Runqiang Liu   +6 more
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

AN EVALUATION OF CONSUMER PESTICIDE RESIDUE CONCERNS AND RISK INFORMATION SOURCES [PDF]

Marginal probability effects of demographic variables on consumer concerns about pesticide residues were assessed as well as the likelihood of consumer beliefs given different channels of information on produce safety and risks.
Byrne, Patrick J., Gempesaw, Conrado M., II, Toensmeyer, Ulrich C.   +2 more
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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-residues analysis of pre-emergence herbicides in fluvial sediments : application to the mid-Garonne River [PDF]

, 2007
Contamination of man and ecosystems by pesticides has become a major environmental concern. Whereas many studies exist on contamination from agriculture, the effects of urban sources are usually omitted. Fluvial sediment is a complex matrix of pollutants
Devault, Damien A., Lim, Puy, Merlina, Georges, Pinelli, Eric, Probst, Jean-Luc   +4 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source