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Radiation Use Efficiency and Soil Water Content on Maize-mungbean Intercropping [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Mungbean is traditionally intercropped with maize by small-scale farmers which do widely in the tropics, including Southeast Sulawesi. This study aims to assess the radiation use efficiency (RUE) and soil water content (SWC) in maize intercropped with
Afa, L. O. (La)   +4 more
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How Much Water Do You Use? [PDF]

open access: yes
This activity is designed to make students aware of how much water individuals and families use on a weekly basis. They will analyze their family's water use with a focus on ways to reduce consumption. Students conduct the survey at home for a full week.

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Efficiency of an Integrated Purification System for Pig Slurry Treatment under Mediterranean Climate

open access: yesAgronomy, 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   +4 more
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Linking exogenous foliar application of glycine betaine and stomatal characteristics with salinity stress tolerance in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) seedlings

open access: yesBMC Plant Biology, 2021
Background Glycine betaine (GB) plays a crucial role in plants responding to abiotic stresses. Studying the physiological response of cotton seedlings to exogenous GB under salt stress provides a reference for the application of GB to improve the ...
Abdoul Kader Mounkaila Hamani   +7 more
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Tourist attitudes towards water use in the developing world: A comparative analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper examines tourists' attitudes towards water use based on comparative data from interviews with tourists in Zanzibar, The Gambia and Dominican Republic.
Arbués   +44 more
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Calming Troubled Waters: Local Solutions, Part I [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In 1861, the Ohio Supreme Court adopted the Absolute Use Rule to govern groundwater, essentially allowing landowners its unencumbered use. The opinion noted that the behavior of subterranean water was “occult and mysterious” and that it was beyond the ...
Nolon, John R
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Suppression of OsMDHAR4 enhances heat tolerance by mediating H2O2-induced stomatal closure in rice plants

open access: yesRice, 2018
Background Monodehydroascorbate reductase (MDAR or MDHAR), which is responsible for growth, development and stress response in plants, is a key enzyme in the maintenance of the ascorbate acid (AsA) pool through the AsA–glutathione (AsA–GSH) cycle.
Jianping Liu   +8 more
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Land-use effects on soil-water retention characteristic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Tillage can negatively affect soil physical properties such as bulk density, organic matter content, and soil hydraulic properties, which in turn affect how plants grow. The objective of this study was to evaluate water retention characteristics of a Jay
Brye, Kristofor, Colton, Naomi
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Demonstrations of Arkansas\u27 Water Management Simulator [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
One of the larger stumbling blocks to comprehensive water management is the lack of public understanding of the multitude of variables that operate at the same time within the hydrologic cycle.
Mack, Leslie E.
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Assessing Integrated Water Management Options for Urban Developments - Canberra case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Urban water services in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are currently provided through conventional centralised systems, involving large scale water distribution, wastewater collection, water and wastewater treatment.
Diaper, Clare   +4 more
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