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Optimization of inoculum production of Stemphylium botryosum for large-scale resistance screening of lentils

Plant Methods
Background Stemphylium blight incited by Stemphylium botryosum poses a significant threat to lentil crops worldwide, inducing severe defoliation and causing substantial yield losses in susceptible varieties under favorable conditions. While some moderate
Mario González, Eleonora Barilli, Nicolas Rispail, Diego Rubiales   +3 more
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Irrigated barley–grass pea crop mixtures can revive soil microbial activities and alleviate salinity in desertic conditions of southern Morocco

Scientific Reports, 2023
Soil salinity adversely limits crop and soil health, and this can be reversed by cropping systems where species exclude salts and activate microbial nutrient cycling.
Dennis S. Ashilenje, Erick Amombo, Abdelaziz Hirich, Krishna P. Devkota, Lamfeddal Kouisni, Abdelaziz Nilahyane   +5 more
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Quantifying pruning impacts on olive tree architecture and annual canopy growth by using UAV-based 3D modelling

Plant Methods, 2017
Background Tree pruning is a costly practice with important implications for crop harvest and nutrition, pest and disease control, soil protection and irrigation strategies. Investigations on tree pruning usually involve tedious on-ground measurements of
F. M. Jiménez-Brenes, F. López-Granados, A. I. de Castro, J. Torres-Sánchez, N. Serrano, J. M. Peña   +5 more
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Partnerships key to sustainable agriculture

California Agriculture, 2001
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J Byron
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Nitrogen Uptake Efficiency of Goat Dung Compost in Green Mustard Growth [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
This study evaluated goat-dung compost as a nitrogen source for green mustard (Brassica juncea) and compared it with NPK fertilizer applied alone or in combination.
Salamat Siti Suliza, Kamal Ummul Khairiah, Jamil Nurain Nabilah L.U.   +2 more
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Taxonomic reassessment of Rotylenchus montanus Vovlas, Subbotin, Troccoli, Liébanas and Castillo, 2008 (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae): first reports from Spain and Ukraine

The European Zoological Journal
Spiral nematodes of the genus Rotylenchus (Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae) are obligate plant-parasites that affect a wide range of wild and cultivated hosts and are closely associated with plant roots in both agricultural and forested ecosystems.
C. Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, Y. Olifir, A. García-Velázquez, R. Salazar-García, J. E. Palomares-Rius, P. Castillo, A. Archidona-Yuste, I. Criado-Navarro   +7 more
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Local Food, Food Democracy, and Food Hubs

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2016
In western North Carolina, where we and others have been working to build local food systems for the last 15 years, food hubs are part of an expanding network of local food distribution infrastructure intended to help the region's smaller local farms ...
Allison Perrett, Charlie Jackson
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CONTESTATIONS AND CONFLICTING LIFEWORLDS IN CONSERVATION FARMING PRACTICES IN ZIMBABWE: THE EXPERIENCES OF PEASANT SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN CHIVI SOUTH DISTRICT IN MASVINGO [PDF]

Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2013
This study builds on an earlier research done by the researchers in Chivi south district on the impact of conservation farming on food security. The major focus of this study however is on the conflicts and contradictions embedded in conservation farming
L. Nhodo, S. Gukurume, O. Mafongoya
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Effects of Cultivar and Plant Fraction on Oxalate Content and Nutritional Composition of Napier Grass and Selected Non-Napier Forages [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) is an important tropical forage valued for its high biomass yield and carbohydrate content, which supports efficient rumen fermentation.
Mamat Siti Nur Haslina, Rahman Mohammad Mijanur, Kobun Rovina, Len Candyrine Su Chui, Rasid Rohaida Abdul   +4 more
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Sustainable Agriculture: Economic Aspects

Ekonomika, 2004
Sustainable agriculture synthesizes a variety of concepts associated with agricultural practices and their socio-economic impacts. In this article, some-requirements, for the development of sustainable-agriculture in Lithuania are analysed within the ...
Remigijus Čiegis
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