Results 111 to 120 of about 4,672,682 (301)

MODELING ANIMAL AND FORAGE RESPONSE TO FERTILIZATION OF ANNUAL RANGELANDS [PDF]

The response functions for forage, animal gain, and stocking rate were estimated from data obtained in a three-year fertilization experiment on California annual range.
Taggard, Ken L., Raguse, Charles A., Olson, Kent D., Mikesell, Chris L., George, Melvin R.   +4 more
core  

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reduced inbreeding depression in separate generations of onions

Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, 2020
Mitigating reductions in vigor in onion seed production has been a great challenge to breeding programs. Therefore, we compared the effects of inbreeding depression among populations obtained from self-fertilization and crossbreeding with two and three ...
Daniel Lucas Magalhães Machado, Gabriel Mascarenhas Maciel, José Magno Queiroz Luz, Joelson André de Freitas, Ana Paula Oliveira Nogueira, Roberta Camargos de Oliveira   +5 more
doaj  

Recent speciation associated with range expansion and a shift to self-fertilization in North American Arabidopsis. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2022
Willi Y, Lucek K, Bachmann O, Walden N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Investigating self-concept and health-related quality of life

, 2006
Health-related quality of life has been an important topic of research in diverse fields such as medicine, nursing, community service provision and psychology.
Dowson, Martin, Martin, Andrew J., Martinez, Carissa J.   +2 more
core  

Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer Acceptance of New Sustainable Food Technologies: Upcycling Technology, Biostimulants, and Artificial Intelligence

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food systems have a significant impact on environmental sustainability, underscoring the need for innovative technologies to support more sustainable agricultural methods. However, the adoption of these technologies hinges on consumer acceptance, making the analysis of consumer perceptions essential.
Greta Castellini, Guendalina Graffigna
wiley   +1 more source

Still and Moving Image Evidences for Mating of Echinococcus granulosus Reared in Culture Media

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2014
Background: Echinococcus granulosus cultivation is very important for improvement of different aspect of medical and veterinary researches. Despite many advances in this case, there is a missing link for in vitro life cycle of adult worms and it is ...
Tahereh Mohammadzadeh, Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi, Hamidreza Rahimi   +2 more
doaj  

Self-fertilization in a gonochoristic fish yellow catfish

Aquaculture and Fisheries
Sex control techniques are in great demand for aquaculture because of the huge benefits of mono-sex production. In a previous study on yellow catfish (Tachysurus fulvidraco), intersex individuals were produced by administrating 17α-methyltestosterone (MT)
Yue Yu, Ziyi Lu, Min Chen, Ya Liu, Yang Ding, Chenhao Hu, Zhigang Shen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Fertilization, Inbreeding, and Yield in Alfalfa Seed Production. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci, 2021
Dieterich Mabin ME, Brunet J, Riday H, Lehmann L.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source