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Effect of grazing intensity and dung on herbage and soil nutrients
Plant, Soil and Environment, 2019 Dung deposited by grazing animals is a key driver affecting sward structure and nutrient cycling in pastures. We tested herbage and soil properties in three types of tall sward-height patches (> 10 cm): (i) patches with dung under intensive grazing ...
Klára Pavlů +6 more
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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.A biomass‐based transparent bamboo composite doped with europium efficiently converts UV light into photosynthetically active red light, significantly enhancing plant growth and providing a sustainable alternative to petroleum‐based agricultural films. The rational design of sustainable light‐conversion agricultural materials is critical for enhancing ...
Dandan Xu +8 more
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The effect of grasses grown for seed in mixture with legumes on the incidence of weeds and soil nitrogen content [PDF]
, 2002 This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference on behalf of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR). The incidence of weeds and the content of soil nitrogen were investigated in the first year of a field trial with organic ...
Cagas, Bohumir, Machac, Radek
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Weed flora and weed management of field peas in Finland [PDF]
, 2005 The composition of the weed flora of dry pea (Pisum sativum L.) fields and cropping practices were investigated in southwestern Finland. Surveys were done in 2002–2003 in 119 conventionally cropped fields and 64 fields under organic cropping.
Hyvönen, Terho +2 more
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Development and Testing of a Low‐Cost Soil Moisture Sensor for Real‐Time Irrigation Scheduling
Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Effective irrigation scheduling is essential for improved water management in irrigated areas, with soil moisture monitoring recognized as one of the most effective methods. However, challenges such as the high cost of sensors and the difficulties in monitoring large areas hinder their practical application, particularly for smallholder ...
Edmealem Temesgen Ebstu +9 more
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Can greater uncertainty hasten investment?
, 2003 This paper examines irreversible investment in a project with uncertain returns, when there is an advantage to being the first to invest and externalities to investing when others also do so.
Mason, Robin, Weeds, Helen
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A Skin‐Changing Grass: Annual Bluegrass, Which Is Not so Annual
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Agnieszka Rudak +2 more
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Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Forage production in semi‐arid regions of Brazil is limited by water deficit. This study aimed to identify the most adapted and efficient production systems and define their agricultural calendars for the semi‐arid region of Brazil. Twenty‐nine production arrangements that included different cropping conditions, plant density, plant cycles ...
Antonio Gebson Pinheiro +15 more
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Sleeping Patents and Computsory Licensing: An Options Analysis. [PDF]
Why should a firm wish to create a new technology that it will leave unexploited for some time? Sleeping patents have long been perceived as anticompetitive devices, used by dominant firms to block entry into their market.
Weeds, H.
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Pollinator attractiveness of five weeds [PDF]
, 2018 The number of pollinators in agro-ecosystems world wide has declined alarminglyin recent decades due to poora gricultural practices such as the intensive use of pesticides and monocultures.Postprint (published ...
Gonzalez Andujar, Jose Luis +2 more
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