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Effect of Using Rice Straw Fiber on Slope Stability of sand soil [PDF]

Port Said Engineering Research Journal, 2015
The objective of this research is to study experimentally the effect of rice straw fibers on slope stability. A sand box model was used to simulate the slope failure mechanism under reinforced and unreinforced soil using rice straw fibers. Analysis takes
Samah El kefafy, Ahmed Mirdan, Gamal Abouelenean   +2 more
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Sand amended with carbonised rice husk and goat manure as a propagation medium

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2022
Tomato is an important horticultural crop as it provides income and contributes to food security for Rwandan citizens. Besides its importance, its production is hampered by the use of a soil-based growing medium which results in the production of low ...
Nkurunziza Ephrem, Nyalala Samuel, Umuhoza Karemera Noëlla Josiane   +2 more
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Phytochemicals from a Desert Crop, Sand Rice (Agriophyllum squarrosum), and Their Inflammatory Activity. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Agriophyllum squarrosum (sand rice), a resilient desert plant with ecological and nutritional significance, has applications in food, forage, and traditional medicine. Despite its traditional use in China for treating inflammatory symptoms such as ophthalmia, urethritis, and oral ulcers, limited phytochemical studies restrict its pharmacological ...
Hai P, Li Q, Ma XF, Jia HY, He YQ, Yang J, Li XY, Luo ZQ, Yang ML, Gao Y, Wang HP, Yang J.   +11 more
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Investigating the Influence of Distributor Type, Particle Size and Rice Husk Percentage on Fluidized Beds through Cold Fluidization Experiments

Energies, 2023
This work studies a fluidization system through cold experiments by using a mixture of rice husk and sand to investigate three parameters: type of bed distributor (perforated plate and plate with Tuyere-type injectors), sand granulometry (mean diameters ...
Fernando M. P. Balestieri, Carlos M. R. Luna, Ivonete Ávila   +2 more
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Efficiency of Filters in Decreasing Salinity of Wells Water and Boron Toxicity and Increasing of Tomato Production (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) Yields [PDF]

Al-Qadisiyah Journal For Agriculture Sciences, 2016
Water samples are collected from fifteen wells in Zubair, Berjesia and Safwan regions/ Basrah Province / Iraq during season 2014. Water samples properties are determined and classified to three categories for salinity (1-4 , 4-8 , and 8-12 dSm-1) and ...
Hanan A. Saeed, Hayfaa J. Hussein, Nejela J. Mohamed   +2 more
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Rice straw degradation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa AMB-CD-1, isolated from fresh cow dung and its impact on rice plants [PDF]

International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 2023
Purpose Rice straw degradation in the soil is slow because of the high percentage of complex carbohydrates. Hence, farmers prefer to burn it in the agricultural field as a quicker alternative to the open burning of rice straw.
Kishan Raj, Anup Singh, Tapas Chowdhury, S Gupta, Ravindra Soni   +4 more
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Nutrition, health benefits, and processing of sand rice (Agriophyllum squarrosum): Comparisons with quinoa and buckwheat. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr
AbstractThe dual pressures of climate change and population growth have made the development of new grains a necessity. Agriophyllum squarrosum (sand rice) has high adaptability to harsh environments and does not occupy agricultural land. It is widely cultivated and consumed in Central Asia. Sand rice, together with quinoa and buckwheat, belongs to the
Yang X, Fu W, Xiao L, Wei Z, Han L.
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BEHAVIOUR, WELFARE AND PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKS REARED ON DIFFERENT LITTER MATERIALS [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2013
Two hundred forty day-old Ross broiler chicks were used in this experiment. Chicks were weighed on arrival and randomly assigned to six litter treatments (20 birds per pen) with two replicates for each treatment.
SAMEH G.A. RAMADAN, HAMADA D.H. MAHBOUB, MOHAMED A. HELAL, KHALED M. GAAFAR   +3 more
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SLUDGE FROM RICE PARBOILING WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AS ALTERNATIVE SUBSTRATE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF Araucaria angustifolia SEEDLINGS

Revista Árvore, 2021
The sludge produced by rice parboiling wastewater treatment plants has substantial amounts of nutrients and organic matter, therefore requiring proper environmental disposal.
Veridiana Neitzke Bull, Fernanda Kokowicz Pilatti, Elisane Schwartz, Francine Ferreira Cassana   +3 more
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Different substrates for seedling production of Euterpe Oleracea Mart.

Advances in Horticultural Science, 2020
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of substrates involving different combinations of soil, cattle manure, burnt rice husks, sand and commercial substrate on growth in the açai palm (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) under nursery conditions in the ...
Oscar José Smiderle, Aline das Graças Souza, Renata Diane Menegatti, Thayane de Jesus Silva   +3 more
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