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A Holistic Assessment of Water Footprint and Irrigation Performance Indicators With Respect to Agricultural Water Productivity

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global warming has intensified prolonged droughts in many regions, including Türkiye, resulting in growing pressure on already limited water resources. Agriculture, as the largest water‐consuming sector, faces critical challenges in sustaining productivity under increasing water scarcity. In this context, assessing water use efficiency through
Elifnaz Torun, Belgin Çakmak
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Exploration of Local Microorganisms from Rumen and Their Potential to Make Silage from Agricultural Waste

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development, 2020
Agricultural wastes are very diverse in type and have low nutrient values, especially in lignin and cellulose, which are difficult to digest. One way of overcoming this problem is by biological treatment using microorganisms, also known as silage.
Listya Purnamasari, Hari Purnomo, Hidayat Bambang Setyawan   +2 more
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Nanoplastics: Methods, Exposure and Effects on Domestic, Farm and Wild Animals

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nanoplastics (NPs) are synthetic polymer particles ranging in size from 1 nm to 1 μm that have been identified as a major concern for ecosystems and organisms due to their plethora of negative effects. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the knowledge relating to exposure and effects of NPs in domestic (i.e., farm ...
B. De Felice, M. Bertazzo, A. F. Tabaran, M. Parolini, R. P. Popa, A. Pintea, L. J. Spicer, A‐L. Nagy, F. Caloni   +8 more
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Ensiling of High-Moisture Plant By-Products: Fermentation Quality, Nutritional Values, and Animal Performance

Fermentation
Animal feeds under ruminant production are a challenge, and ruminants are mostly fed on fibrous plants including high-moisture plant by-products (HMPBs).
Bhutikini D. Nkosi, Ingrid M. M. Malebana, Sergio Á. Rios, Thobela T. Nkukwana, Robin Meeske   +4 more
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Nitrogen Fertilization Temporarily Enhances Phosphatase Activity in a High‐P Loamy Sand

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Efficient plant utilization of soil phosphorus (P) is essential to reduce dependence on mineral P fertilizers in intensive agriculture. Input of mineral nitrogen (N) fertilizers and its chemical form may influence the activity of P mineralizing enzymes, but how this interaction operates under field conditions in a soil with high P ...
Ingeborg F. Pedersen, Martin S. A. Blackwell, Nelly Sophie Raymond, Jørgen Eriksen   +3 more
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Ensiling maize or elephant grass with olive cake: effect on fermentation, chemical composition and aerobic stability of silages [PDF]

Ciência Rural
: Olive cake (OC) is a wet by-product of olive processing that may be used as animal feedstuff. Our objective was to investigate the impact of adding OC on fermentation and aerobic stability of maize and grass silages. Whole-crop maize (326 g dry matter (
Tierri Nunes Pozada, João Pedro Soares Falson, Yuri Gabriel Prieto Vasconselos, Oséias Iven Heling, Eduardo Festozo Vicente, Jorge Schafhäuser Junior, João Luiz Pratti Daniel, Naiara Caixeta Da Silva, Carlos Henrique Silveira Rabelo   +8 more
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Synergistic effects of maize defoliation and common bean relay cropping in Western Ethiopia

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Maize defoliation is practiced to enhance crop management by improving light penetration, nutrient allocation, controlling weeds, and providing supplementary feeds for livestock. A rapid decline in soil fertility and low crop yields associated with maize‐based monocropping has prompted the recent introduction of maize common bean ...
Alemayehu Dabesa, Feyera Takele, Zerihun Abebe   +2 more
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Effects of mixed microbial fermentation on the quality and metabolite profile of cassava leaf feed based on untargeted metabolomics

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Cassava leaves are a major byproduct of cassava processing and have a low utilization rate. In this study, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Bacillus subtilis were used for solid‐state fermentation of cassava leaves to improve their feed quality. Results After 48 h of fermentation, the feed pH decreased to
Mengjun Zhou, Dongxiu Wang, jie Zhang, Jian Chen, Xuding Wen   +4 more
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The effect silage aditives supplementation on dynamic fermentation process, quality and aerobic stability of corn silage

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2014
In the experiment, the effect of additives supplementation on the fermentation quality of corn silage was examined, compared with the untreated control (K). The aditive „A“ contained bacterial component of (Propionibactrium acidipropionici – MA126/4U 3*1010 and Lactobacillus plantarum – MA18/5U).
Václav Pyrochta, Libor Kalhotka, Petr Doležal   +2 more
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In vitro and in sacco determination of neutral detergent fibre digestibility of treated cereal straw

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Cereal straw is hardly digestible due to its complex bonds of lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose. That is why chemical treatments, such as with sodium hydroxide, may help to loosen the bonds and thus increase ruminal digestibility. Neutral detergent fibre (NDF) digestibility is a good predictor of feed intake.
Siriwan D. Martens, Olaf Steinhöfel
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