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Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Trichoderma harzianum in combination with sheep manure amendment enhances soil suppressiveness of Fusarium wilt of tomato

Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 2010
The effect that the biocontrol agent Trichoderma harzianum (isolate Jn14) in combination with an amendment of sheep manure has on the soil suppressiveness of Fusarium wilt of tomato was investigated over a 28-month period. A combination of T.
R. Barakat, M. Al-masri
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing the Secretion Systems: Genetic Engineering of Super Bioagents for Effective Plant Disease Control

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
Genetic engineering (GE) overcomes BCA limits, enabling robust, scalable crop protection. “Super Bioagents” (SBs) use optimized SSs to enhance bioactive molecule delivery. Optimizing SSs enhance precise, sustainable effector deployment for stable disease suppression. SBs use microbiome‐informed design for scalable, next‐gen sustainable crop protection.
Michael Dare Asemoloye
wiley   +1 more source

Productivity and Emissions in Italian Agriculture: A Farm‐Level Efficiency Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving the European Union climate‐neutrality objectives requires metrics that jointly assess farm productivity and greenhouse gas emissions at a granular level. However, harmonized evidence for benchmarking the productivity–emissions nexus of Italian farms remains limited.
Giulio Fusco, Yari Vecchio, Margherita Masi, Michele Borgia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two types of biochars: one made from sugarcane bagasse, other one produced from paper fiber sludge and grain husks and their effects on water retention of a clay, a loamy soil and a silica sand

Soil and Water Research, 2019
Biochar (BC) is used as a soil amendment to enhance plant growth by improving mainly soil chemical and hydrophysical properties. In this work the effects of two types of BCs on soil water retention properties were analysed.
Hana Hlaváčiková, Viliam Novák, Koji Kameyama, Katarína Brezianska, Marek Rodný, Justína Vitková   +5 more
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The Strategic Role of Sustainability Certifications: A Multi‐Theoretical Framework and Comparative Analysis in the Global Wine Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability certifications are increasingly embedded in the governance and competitiveness of the wine sector, yet their strategic role remains under‐theorised. This study conceptualises certifications as multidimensional strategic mechanisms and conducts a comparative analysis of 50 schemes used in the global wine industry.
Alexy Apolo‐Romero, Nieves García‐Casarejos, Pilar Gargallo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Challenges of Green Human Resource Management and Their Impact on Employees' Green Beliefs, Attitudes and Behaviours: The Case of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green human resource management is increasingly recognised as essential for integrating environmental concerns into organisational strategies. Drawing on qualitative data from 30 professionals in Nigeria's oil and gas industry, this study explores how inconsistencies between employees' environmental values and GHRM practices influence ...
Winifred Aina, Sachiko Takeda, Yumei Yang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of ridge-furrow with plastic mulching and organic amendment on fertilizer-N fate in maize-soil system: A 15N isotope tracer study

Frontiers in Environmental Science
The implementation of ridge-furrow with plastic film mulching has the potential to enhance crop yields and water productivity, particularly in black soil regions.
Qiang Meng, Qiang Meng, Jingxia Liu, Jingxia Liu, Zhixiang Cao, Zhixiang Cao   +5 more
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Achieving Immanent Organizational Ethics: Managing Paradoxical Tensions in Packaging

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms face strategic tensions in packaging materials through their conflicting but complementary social, environmental and economic goals in achieving sustainability. Reducing and repurposing plastics, glass, paper and cardboard in agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture is proving a challenge.
Sitong Michelle Chen, Ralph J. Bathurst
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Amendment of Leaf and Stem of Switchgrass（Panicum virgatum） on Soil Organic Carbon and Microbial Biomass Carbon as well as the Decomposition Characteristic of the Leaf and Stem

Shuitu baochi yanjiu, 2012
An incubation experiment under the constant temperature of 25℃ was conducted to investigate the effect of amendment of leaf and stem of switchgrass（Panicum virgatum） on soil organic carbon（SOC） and microbial biomass carbon（MBC） and the decomposition ...
LI Yu-jin1, WANG Bai-qun1
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