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Experimental study on water transfer of soil-rock mixtures under freezing action
Yantu gongcheng xuebaoThe frost-heaving failure of earth-rock dam slopes is mainly caused by the combined action of sand and gravel cushion, frost heaving of dam fills and water migration.
LI Zhuo 1, 2, JIANG Xin 3, ZHANG Jixun 3, ZHAO Yu 3, WANG Yuqing 3, LU Yang 3
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Field Devices For Monitoring Soil Water Content
EDIS, 2004 In the context of water management for irrigation, measuring and monitoring soil water status is an essential component of best management practices (BMPs) to improve the sustainability of agriculture. This document is Bulletin 343, one of a series from
Rafael Muñoz-Carpena
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Agricultural Water ManagementDespite the increasing adoption of precision irrigation technologies including drip and sprinkler systems, traditional methods such as furrow irrigation remain widely used among small-scale farmers due to their lower costs and simpler management ...
Dong-Hyeon Kim +3 more
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2013 To better understand soil moisture dynamics in the Yangtze River Estuary (YRE) and predict its variation in a simple way, a field monitoring experiment was carried out along the north branch of the Yangtze River, where seawater intrusion was strong and ...
Wen-ping XIE, Jing-song YANG
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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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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing and phenotypic exploration in nontuberculous mycobacteria. In this Research Protocol, we describe approaches to control, monitor, and quantitatively assess CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing in M. smegmatis and M. abscessus model organisms.
Vanessa Point +7 more
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Enzymatic degradation of biopolymers in amorphous and molten states: mechanisms and applications
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This review explains how polymer morphology and thermal state shape enzymatic degradation pathways, comparing amorphous and molten biopolymer structures. By integrating structure–reactivity principles with insights from thermodynamics and enzyme engineering, it highlights mechanisms that enable efficient polymer breakdown.
Anđela Pustak, Aleksandra Maršavelski
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OENO One, 2004 Vine water supply is one of the most important elements in the determination of grape composition and wine quality. Water supply conditions are in relation with available soil water content, therefore this one has to be determined when vineyard terroir ...
Etienne Goulet +3 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.This review provides an overview of bio‐based polymer sources, their unique functional properties and their environmental impact, and addresses their role as sustainable alternatives. It discusses end‐of‐life options, including composting and anaerobic digestion for renewable energy.
Sabina Kolbl Repinc +8 more
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Role of soil properties in water retention characteristics of main Hungarian soil types [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2014 Relationship between easily available soil properties and soil water retention at given matric potentials were analysed on brown forest soils, chernozems and meadow soils of Hungarian Detailed Soil Hydrophysical Database (Hungarian acronym: MARTHA).
Brigitta Toth +2 more
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