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Permanent Agriculture: Precursor to Organic Farming [PDF]
, 2006 The concept of Permanent Agriculture predates Organic Agriculture by thirty years. Following a clash with the USDA over the theory of soil fertility, American soil scientist Franklin King wrote "Farmers of Forty Centuries or Permanent Agriculture in ...
Paull, John
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Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini +2 more
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Evaluating millet biochar as mitigator of pesticide toxicity in soil using biomarkers
iScienceSummary: Pesticide buildup in agricultural soils disrupts ecosystem function by harming soil biota and microbial activity. This study evaluates biochar derived from finger millet biomass as a remediation agent for pesticide contaminated soil ...
Pradip Kumar Jena +7 more
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AgriHealth, 2023 Agricultural land in Sleman Regency has changed many functions, including constructing toll roads and settlements. The conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural land, without being balanced by the creation of new farmland, resulted in the ...
Isnaeni Sri Wahyuti +3 more
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BLACK POLYPROPYLENE MULCH TEXTILE IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE [PDF]
, 2010 Black polyethylene mulch is used for weed control in a range of crops under the organic system. The use of black polypropylene mulch is usually restricted to perennial crops.
Dvorak, Petr +5 more
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Production of antibacterial compounds by a Steely hybrid polyketide synthase in Dictyostelium
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.By selecting appropriate production species under optimised culture conditions, new chlorinated dibenzofuran compounds, which previously could not be analysed in sufficient quantities, were identified from cellular slime mould fruiting bodies. The strong antibacterial activity exhibited by these compounds suggests a link to the ecological function of ...
Tomoaki R. Yamashita +3 more
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Innovation in plant and soil sciences to tackle critical global challenges
Plants, People, PlanetInnovations in plant and soil sciences are revolutionising our approach to sustainability, offering solutions with broad societal impacts. Discoveries in these fields hold great potential for combatting, mitigating and adapting to climate change ...
Katie J. Field +4 more
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Soils: the final frontier recedes
Frontiers in Soil ScienceApproximately 20 years ago (June 11th, 2004), a highly reputable scientific journal, on a front cover much celebrated by soil scientists, printed an eye-catching phrase: “Soils: The Final Frontier”.
Carlos Garbisu +2 more
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Impacts of model calibration on high-latitude land-surface processes: PILPS 2(e) calibration/validation experiments [PDF]
, 2003 In the PILPS 2(e) experiment, the Snow Atmosphere Soil Transfer (SAST) land-surface scheme developed from the Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme (BATS) showed difficulty in accurately simulating the patterns and quantities of runoff resulting from ...
Gao, X, Jin, J, Sorooshian, S
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Alachlor oxidation by the filamentous fungus Paecilomyces marquandii [PDF]
, 2013 Alachlor, a popular chloroacetanilide herbicide, can be a potential health risk factor. Soil microorganisms are primarily responsible for conversion and migration of alachlor in natural environment, but knowledge concerning alachlor biodegradation is not
Długoński, Jerzy +3 more
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