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Study on the Mechanical Properties and Thermal Conductivity of Cotton Stalk Fiber Heat-Insulating Shotcrete

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2022
In this study, heat-insulating shotcrete with excellent performance was developed to effectively reduce the thermal conductivity and meet the strength requirements of shotcrete in high ground temperature roadways.
Guangcheng Liu, Weijing Yao, Jianyong Pang   +2 more
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Design of lightweight soil mixture ratio of cotton stalk fiber EPS particles

Shuili Shuiyun Gongcheng Xuebao, 2023
To satisfy the demand of spongy city road construction in collapsible loess areas, a kind of cotton stalk fiber EPS particle light soil with light weight, high strength, and certain permeability was developed as a roadbed replacement material.
HU Jinfang, PAN Liang, ZHANG Aijun, REN Wenyuan, LIANG Zhichao   +4 more
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Measuring Some Mechanical Properties of Boxwood and Privet Plants by an Izod Impact Tester [PDF]

Biomechanism and Bioenergy Research, 2022
The information of the impact cutting behavior of plants stalk, play an important role in the design and fabrication of plants cutting equipment. It is difficult to investigate a theoretical method to define cutting properties of plants stalks because ...
Mohammad Reza Kamandar, Jafar Massah, Farhad Khoshnam   +2 more
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DARLING: a device for assessing resistance to lodging in grain crops

Plant Methods, 2019
Background Stalk lodging (breakage of plant stems prior to harvest) is a major problem for both farmers and plant breeders. A limiting factor in addressing this problem is the lack of a reliable method for phenotyping stalk strength.
Douglas D. Cook, Witold de la Chapelle, Ting-Che Lin, Shien Yang Lee, Wenhuan Sun, Daniel J. Robertson   +5 more
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Assigning sex to pre-adult stalk-eyed flies using genital disc morphology and X chromosome zygosity [PDF]

, 2006
Background: In stalk-eyed flies ( Diopsidae) the eyes and antennae are laterally displaced at the ends of elongated eyestalks. Eyespan and the degree of sexual dimorphism in eyespan vary considerably between species and several sexually dimorphic species
Fowler, K., Andrew Pomiankowski, Smith, H., Pomiankowski, Andrew, Pomiankowski, A., Martin Carr, Samuel Cotton, Fowler, Kevin, Kevin Fowler, Carr, Martin, Hazel Smith, David W Rogers, Cotton, S., Rogers, D.W., Smith, Hazel, Carr, M., Cotton, Samuel, Rogers, David W.   +17 more
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BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOLFBERRY PLANT ORGANS [PDF]

Engenharia Agrícola, 2020
To improve the picking rate and reduce the wrong picking rate of the existing wolfberry harvesting machinery, in this study, the binding force and physical appearance of the immature fruit stalk, mature fruit stalk, flower, and leaf were studied to guide
Fulong Ma, Lekai Li, Yutan Wang, Ping Li, Chaowei Zhu   +4 more
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No Detectable Fertility Benefit from a Single Additional Mating in Wild Stalk-Eyed Flies [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Multiple mating by female insects is widespread, and the explanation(s) for repeated mating by females has been the subject of much discussion.
Fowler, K, Harley, E, Samuel Cotton, Elisabeth Harley, Cotton Samuel, Cotton, S, Kevin Fowler, Fowler Kevin, Harley Elisabeth   +8 more
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Ejaculate investment and attractiveness in the stalk-eyed fly, Diasemopsis meigenii [PDF]

, 2013
The phenotype-linked fertility hypothesis proposes that male fertility is advertised via phenotypic signals, explaining female preference for highly sexually ornamented males.
Andrew Pomiankowski, Fowler, K, Harley, E, Jennifer Small, Pomiankowski, Andrew, Samuel J. Tazzyman, Fowler, Kevin, Pomiankowski, A, Kevin Fowler, Birge, LM, Small, Jennifer, Harley, Elisabeth, Tazzyman, SJ, Birge, Leanna M., Tazzyman, Samuel J., Elisabeth Harley, Small, J, Leanna M. Birge   +17 more
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Nitrogen Split Application Can Improve the Stalk Lodging Resistance of Maize Planted at High Density

Agriculture, 2020
The decrease of maize stalk quality is an important reason for stalk lodging during the grain filling stage. In the present study, a maize cultivar was planted at densities of 7.5, 9.0, 10.5, 12.0, and 13.5 × 104 plants ha−1 and subjected to nitrogen ...
Qun Wang, Jun Xue, Guoqiang Zhang, Jianglu Chen, Ruizhi Xie, Bo Ming, Peng Hou, Keru Wang, Shaokun Li   +8 more
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Ethephon Improved Stalk Strength of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Mainly through Altering Internode Morphological Traits to Modulate Mechanical Properties under Field Conditions

Agronomy, 2019
Stalk strength is critical for reducing maize stalk lodging and maintaining grain yield. Ethephon has been widely applied to molding compact plant-type to reduce the lodging risk in maize production.
Yushi Zhang, Yubin Wang, Delian Ye, Wei Wang, Xinming Qiu, Liusheng Duan, Zhaohu Li, Mingcai Zhang   +7 more
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