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Dispersal and establishment both limit colonization during primary succession on a glacier foreland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Plant colonization can be limited by lack of seeds or by factors that reduce establishment. The role of seed limitation in community assembly is being increasingly recognized, but in early primary succession, establishment failure is still considered ...
del Moral, Roger, Jones, Chad C.
core   +1 more source

Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formation and Bleaching of Chlorophyll in Albino Corn Seedlings. [PDF]

open access: bronze, 1959
James H. C. Smith   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic and Environmental Tradeoffs in Cultivating Short Food Supply Chains With Urban Indoor Agriculture

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study advances the literature on sustainable urban agriculture and alternative sustainable food production systems, which have gained momentum due to the need to strengthen regional food supply chains and meet the growing urban demand for fresh food. Indoor agriculture (IA) holds promise for year‐round cultivation of fresh produce even in
Joseph Seong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

BeeRootBot: A Bioinspired Robotic Probe Exhibiting Apical Growth through In Situ Soil Binding

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study introduces a novel method for consolidating subterranean exploration pathways in plant‐inspired robots by binding in‐situ soil with beeswax, a biobased material. This simultaneous advancement and wall‐lining process reduces penetration resistance, enhances exploration efficiency, enables communication and resource sharing, and promotes ...
Sachin Sachin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Facet Engineering and Fe─N─Co Bridged Heterojunction Enable Fe3O4@C@ZIF67 as High‐Performance Photocatalyst for Ammonia Synthesis

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
This study introduces an Fe3O4@C@ZIF67 core‐shell photocatalyst featuring an Fe─N─Co Z‐scheme heterojunction. The design incorporates carbon‐coated Fe3O4 within ZIF67‐D, exposing (211) crystalline facets to enhance nitrogen adsorption. Abstract Ammonia synthesis is vital for global fertilizer production but traditionally relies on the energy‐intensive ...
Jingjing Wang   +9 more
wiley   +2 more sources

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