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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Can Weedy Rice Stand against Abiotic Stresses? A Review

Agronomy, 2020
Weedy rice is one of the most common weeds in rice cultivation in many rice areas throughout the world and it is able to cause significant yield reductions.
Silvia Fogliatto, Aldo Ferrero, Francesco Vidotto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dormancy and cardinal temperatures during seed germination of five weedy rice (Oryza spp.) strains [PDF]

, 2010
Temperature during seed imbibition has been found to influence germination rate and final percent germination. Seeds of one cultivated variety and five weedy rice strains, collected from different localities in Peninsular Malaysia, were used to ...
Adam, Puteh, Rosli, Mohamad, Roziah, Rosli   +2 more
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Algae for biofuel:will the evolution of weeds limit the enterprise? [PDF]

, 2012
Algae hold promise as a source of biofuel. Yet the manner in which algae are most efficiently propagated and harvested is different from that used in traditional agriculture. In theory, algae can be grown in continuous culture and harvested frequently to
Abou-Shanab, Amaro, Baker, Chisti, Chisti, Davis, Doebley, Dragone, Ellstrand, Gray, Gross, Hall, Korona, Li, Mikkola, Novak, Rasoul-Amini, Velicer, Vilchez, Walters, Wang   +20 more
core   +1 more source

Technobiological Pathways for High‐CO₂ Capture Using Micro‐/Macroalgae: Genetic Engineering, Process Automation, and Value‐Added Bioproducts

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have emerged as one of the most critical drivers of climate change; this is primarily due to high concentrations and long atmospheric life of carbon dioxide (CO2). For a significant amount of time, various biological processes such as microalgal cultivation, cyanobacterial systems, photosynthetic microorganisms ...
Sadhana Semwal, Harish Chandra Joshi
wiley   +1 more source

Bio-efficacy of pyrazosulfuron ethyl 10% wp against weeds in transplanted rice [PDF]

, 2017
An experiment was conducted during Kharif 2012 and 2013 at Agricultural Research Station, Dhadesu-gur, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka, India, to evaluate the phytotoxicity and bio efficacy of pyrazosulfuron ethyl 10 % WP ...
Bhanuvally, Manjunath, Gaddi, Ashok Kumar, Kumar, M.Y. Ajay, Ramesha, Y. M.   +3 more
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Sustainable Graphene Oxide–Intercalated Bentonite Composite for the Effective Removal of Imidacloprid From Water: Adsorption Performance, Isotherm, and Kinetics

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water is a fundamental necessity for our existence, but its rapid contamination is causing devastating effects on the environment and health of living species worldwide. Adsorptive removal of pollutants is one of the popular water treatment techniques because of its simplicity, affordability, and the broad range of available adsorbents.
Priyanka Negi, Brij Bhushan, Arunima Nayak, Pallavi Singh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Soil Burial Depths on Survival of Weedy Rice Seeds: Implications for Weed Management

Agronomy
Weedy rice (Oryza sativa f. spontanea) is a noxious weed infesting rice fields worldwide and causes great yield losses for cultivated rice. Effective management of this weed is essential for the world’s rice production.
Yu-Ge Tian, Li-Hao Pang, Xiao-Qi Jiang, Bao-Rong Lu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seed wintering and deterioration characteristics between weedy and cultivated rice [PDF]

Rice, 2012
Incidences of weedy rice continuously occurred in paddy fields because its shattering seeds were able to over-winter. In this research, the seed deterioration of weedy rice was investigated compared with cultivated rice, and the wintering characteristics of these two types of rice were investigated with the field wintering test, freezing resistance ...
Baek, Jung-Sun, Chung, Nam-Jin
openaire   +3 more sources

Does Stakeholder Pressure Promote Green Innovations and Performance of Agribusiness Companies?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sustainability of agribusiness companies is guided by multiple, sometimes paradoxical, interests. Green innovation is strategic for sustainable development; however, literature shows inconsistencies regarding its impact on environmental and economic‐financial performance.
Vanderlei dos Santos, Ilse Maria Beuren, Adrian Odelli, Rodrigo Rengel, Daniele Cristina Bernd   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source