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Topsoil Bacterial Community Changes and Nutrient Dynamics Under Cereal Based Climate-Smart Agri-Food Systems

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Soil microorganisms play a critical role in soil biogeochemical processes, nutrient cycling, and resilience of agri-food systems and are immensely influenced by agronomic management practices.
Madhu Choudhary, Hanuman S. Jat, Hanuman S. Jat, Ashim Datta, Parbodh C. Sharma, Balaji Rajashekar, Mangi L. Jat   +6 more
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Self‐Sintering Ionogel Binder for Flexible, Recyclable, and Healable Printed Giant Magnetoresistive Sensors

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Electronic waste has emerged as a major environmental challenge, driven by the massive consumption and a limited lifetime of modern electronic devices, stimulating the development of sustainable electronics. Here, an all‐biomaterial gelatin‐choline‐citric acid ([Ch][CA]) ionogel is developed as an active binder to realize self‐sintered ...
Lin Guo, Xiaotao Wang, Guannan Mu, Proloy Taran Das, Igor Veremchuk, Conrad Schubert, Aaron D. Cross, Yevhen Zabila, Xuan Peng, Larysa Baraban, Denys Makarov   +10 more
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Evaluation of Phytochemical Content and In Vitro Antioxidant Activities of Pistacia lentiscus L. Leaves Extracts, a Medicinal Plant From the Beni-Snassen Forest (Eastern Region of Morocco)

Scientifica
A medicinal plant from the Beni-Snassen Forest in the eastern region of Morocco has been studied. This scientific research was carried out to measure the content of essential phytochemical constituents and their antioxidant capacities from the ...
Mourad Bendada, Abderrahmane Hadini, Ouahid El Asri, Youness Taarabt, Abderrahmane Nazih, Karim Andich, Khalid El Bekkaye, Khalid Chaabane   +7 more
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The divergent accumulation mechanisms of microbial necromass C in paddy soil under different long-term fertilization regimes

Geoderma, 2023
To investigate the stabilization mechanism of microbial necromass carbon (C) in rice paddy soil, the accumulation of microbial necromass and its contribution to SOC in bulk soil and in various fractions were addressed under a 40-year fertilization trial.
Li Xiong, Marios Drosos, Ping Wang, Wenxue Zhang, Wei Jin, Shaoxian Wang, Antonio Scopa, Zengbing Liu, Caihong Shao, Gang Sun, Kailou Liu   +10 more
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Advances in Sustainable and Wearable Textile Based Soft Robotics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This Review examines advances in wearable textile‐based soft robotics, focusing on sustainable materials, integrated sensing, and scalable actuation. It discusses manufacturing and system integration across healthcare, assistive robotics, prosthetics, and human–machine interfaces, and highlights key challenges in circular design, including life‐cycle ...
Zahir Abbas, Marzia Dulal, Sophia K. Novoselov, Victoria K. Novoselov, Kostya S. Novoselov, Shaila Afroj, Nazmul Karim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Subsurface drip irrigation enhances soil nitrogen and phosphorus metabolism in tomato root zones and promotes tomato growth

, 2018
To understand the effects of subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) on soil microorganisms and the soil microbial mechanism underlying yield improvement, we performed field experiments to investigate the microbial community composition and function and the ...
Wenquan Niu, Wang Lv, Jingwei Wang, Niu, WQ (reprint author), Northwest A&F Univ, Inst Soil & Water Conservat, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, Peoples R China., Yuan Li   +4 more
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Surprising Water Slipping Performance on Highly Hydrophilic PEG‐Derived Monolayer‐Covered Surfaces: Preparation, Mechanism, and Application

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Highly hydrophilic surfaces (water contact angle, ≈17.7°) exhibiting surprising water slipping performance (sliding angle, ≈7.3°) are successfully prepared via simple chemisorption of polyethylene glycol (PEG) organosilane and subsequent alkali‐treatment.
Hyeonjin Kim, Kouki Akaike, Jerred Wassgren, Hiroshi Kakiuchida, Masahisa Okada, Atsushi Hozumi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genotypic variation in garlic (Allium sativum L.) for salinity tolerance: role of antioxidant enzymes and bulb ionic ratios in yield maintenance

Frontiers in Plant Science
Salinity stress severely limits garlic (Allium sativum L.) yield by affecting plant growth, physiology, and bulb development. In field conditions, reproducing the same salinity stress each year is not possible, which restricts efficient parental ...
Satish Kumar Sanwal, Arvind Kumar, Antim Kundu, Hari Kesh, Hari Kesh, Ashwani Kumar   +5 more
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A suite of agronomic factors can offset the effects of climate variability on rainfed maize production in Kenya

Scientific Reports, 2022
Achieving food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a multidimensional challenge. SSA reliance on food imports is expected to grow in the coming decades to meet the population's demand, projected to double to over 2 billion people by 2050. In addition,
Kevin Ong’are Oluoch, Hugo De Groote, Zachary M. Gitonga, Zhenong Jin, Kyle Frankel Davis   +4 more
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Agroforestry Systems for Soil Health Improvement and Maintenance

Sustainability, 2022
Agroforestry integrates woody perennials with arable crops, livestock, or fodder in the same piece of land, promoting the more efficient utilization of resources as compared to monocropping via the structural and functional diversification of components.
Shah Fahad, S. Chavan, A. Chichaghare, A. Uthappa, Manish Kumar, V. Kakade, Aliza Pradhan, D. Jinger, G. Rawale, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Prof Vikas Kumar, T. H. Farooq, B. Ali, A. Sawant, S. Saud, Shouyue Chen, P. Poczai   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source