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Internet of Things (IoT) for Soil Moisture Tensiometer Automation

Micromachines, 2023
Monitoring of water retention behavior in soils is an essential process to schedule irrigation. To this end, soil moisture tensiometers usually equipped with mechanical manometers provide an easy and cost-effective monitoring of tension in unsaturated ...
Ahmed Ali Abdelmoneim, Roula Khadra, Bilal Derardja, Giovanna Dragonetti   +3 more
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Assessing the Effects of Agronomic Management Practices on Soybean (Glycine max L.) Post-Grain Harvest Residue Quality in the Lower Mississippi Delta

Plants, 2021
Livestock producers often resort to either baling or grazing of crop residues due to high hay prices and reduced supply of other forages and silage in the markets.
Srinivasa R. Pinnamaneni, Saseendran S. Anapalli   +1 more
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Effects of irrigation and planting geometry on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fiber quality and seed composition

Journal of Cotton Research, 2021
Background Cotton fiber quality and seed composition play vital roles in the economics of cotton production systems and the cottonseed meal industry. This research aimed to examine the effects of different irrigation levels and planting geometries on ...
Srinivasa R. PINNAMANENI, Saseendran S. ANAPALLI, Ruixiu SUI, Nacer BELLALOUI, Krishna N. REDDY   +4 more
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Bio-Monitoring of Metal(loid)s Pollution in Dry Riverbeds Affected by Mining Activity

Plants, 2023
The aim of this study was to evaluate the most abundant native plants that could be used as a bio-monitor of metal(loid) concentration in dry riverbeds affected by mining activities.
José Cuevas, Ángel Faz, Silvia Martínez-Martínez, María Gabarrón, Juan Beltrá, Jacinto Martínez, José A. Acosta   +6 more
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Phytoremediation Potential of Native Plant Species in Mine Soils Polluted by Metal(loid)s and Rare Earth Elements

Plants, 2023
Mining activity has an adverse impact on the surrounding ecosystem, especially via the release of potentially toxic elements (PTEs); therefore, there is an urgent need to develop efficient technologies to remediate these ecosystems, especially soils ...
Mitra Azizi, Angel Faz, Raul Zornoza, Silvia Martinez-Martinez, Jose A. Acosta   +4 more
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Mangrove sediment organic carbon storage and sources in relation to forest age and position along a deltaic salinity gradient [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2022
Mangroves are widely recognised as key ecosystems for climate change mitigation as they capture and store significant amounts of sediment organic carbon (SOC).
R. H. Suello, S. L. Hernandez, S. L. Hernandez, S. Bouillon, J.-P. Belliard, L. Dominguez-Granda, M. Van de Broek, A. M. Rosado Moncayo, J. Ramos Veliz, K. P. Ramirez, G. Govers, S. Temmerman   +11 more
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Patterns of investment in agricultural research and innovation for the Global South, with a focus on sustainable agricultural intensification

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
This study is the first attempt to determine global investment patterns for research and innovation in agriculture systems for the Global South, and specifically for innovation funding targeted at sustainable agricultural intensification. We analyzed and
P. V. Vara Prasad, Nirat Bhatnagar, Vineet Bhandari, George Jacob, Kaushal Narayan, Ruben Echeverría, Nienke Beintema, Paul Farah Cox, Julia Compton   +8 more
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Treatment of WASTEWATER from the Tannery Industry in a Constructed Wetland Planted with Phragmites australis

Agronomy, 2020
Constructed wetlands (CWs) can remove a high amount of pollutants from wastewater, and therefore play an important role in water purification. In this study, a pilot system to improve the traditional treatment of industrial wastewater from the tannery ...
Amalia García-Valero, Silvia Martínez-Martínez, Ángel Faz, Martire Angélica Terrero, María Ángeles Muñoz, María Dolores Gómez-López, José A. Acosta   +6 more
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Effects of Nitrogen Rate and Cover Crop on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Yield and Soil Water Content

Agriculture, 2021
The objective of this study was to test the effects of N rates and tillage radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) cover crop (TRCC) on soil water and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) yield.
Ruixiu Sui, Saseendran S. Anapalli
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Efficiency of an Integrated Purification System for Pig Slurry Treatment under Mediterranean Climate

Agronomy, 2020
The intensification of pig production is considered a risky activity for the environment when the generated pig slurry is not adequately treated. In addition, intensive agriculture practices where pig slurry is applied to the cropland could cause nitrate
Martire Angélica Terrero, María Ángeles Muñoz, Ángel Faz, María Dolores Gómez-López, Jose A. Acosta   +4 more
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