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Earthworm fermentation products enhance the apple replant soil environment and increase the yield and quality of apple fruit

open access: yesHorticultural Plant Journal
The cultivation of apples in replanted orchards is essential given limitations in land resources. However, the presence of Fusarium and phenolic acids in the replanted soil harms the soil environment, which impedes the sustainable development of the ...
Weitao Jiang   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stewardship Plan for Garrity Reserve, Lee, NH [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The 16.02-acre Garrity Reserve lies on the west side of Garrity Road in the northeast region of the Town of Lee, New Hampshire (Map 1). The Garrity Reserve is identified on the Lee Tax Map as Map 9 Lots 3- 0 and 3-1 (Appendix A). The parcel has just over
Snyder, Ellen
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil carbon stocks as affected by land-use changes across the Pampa of southern Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
The “campos” of the Pampa are unique Brazilian ecosystems, which provide key environmental services, including C storage. These grassy ecosystems have been rapidly converted to intensive land-uses, mainly intensive grain crops (soybeans) and Eucalyptus ...
Jessica Maciel Machado   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review paper on the production trials of rice-cum fish culture - a transferable concept into Niger State, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This paper reviews the production trials of rice-cum-fish culture. Rice and various fish species using rotation and concurrent methods of cultivation are used. The farming system is mostly practiced and researched in to in Southeast Asian countries.
Yaro, I.
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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of cowpea intercropping on weed control and corn yieid Efeito da consorciação do feijão-caupi no controle de plantas daninhas e no rendimento do milho

open access: yesPlanta Daninha, 2009
Herbicides have simplified weed control, but the use of herbicides, besides being costly, resulted in the selection of herbicide-resistant weed biotypes and has become an environmental contamination factor.
P.S.L. Silva   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impacts of the Hutan Kamasyarakatan Social Forestry Program in the Sumberjaya watershed, West Lampung District of Sumatra, Indonesia: [PDF]

open access: yes
"This paper investigates the impacts of a social forestry program in Indonesia, Hutan Kamasyarakatan (HKm), based on analysis of a survey of 640 HKm and comparable non-HKm plots in the Sumberjaya watershed of southern Sumatra, and of the households ...
Kato, Edward   +3 more
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Modulus‐Switchable Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications: A Review

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Materials, robot designs, proof‐of‐concept functions, and biomedical applications of modulus‐switchable miniature robots. Miniature soft robots have shown great potential in biomedical applications due to their excellent controllability and suitable mechanical properties in biological environments.
Chunyun Wei, Yibin Wang, Jiangfan Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Gocing Storage Method for Cocoyam [PDF]

open access: yes
Lack of good storage reduces the shelf life of harvested cocoyam (Colocasia spp and Xanthosoma spp) corms and cormels. This is a major challenge facing cocoyam farmers, processors, and marketers in Nigeria.
Chinaka, C   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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