Production and Characterization of Coffee Husk Fuel Briquettes as an Alternative Energy Source by Assefa Tesfaye, Fentahun Workie, Venkatesh S. Kumar

“…The high reliance on wood fuels and agricultural residues for fuel harms society’s social, economic, and environmental well-being. …”
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Copy Number Variations in Short Tandem Repeats Modulate Growth Traits in Penaeid Shrimp Through Neighboring Gene Regulation by Hao Zhou, Guangfeng Qiang, Yan Xia, Jian Tan, Qiang Fu, Kun Luo, Xianhong Meng, Baolong Chen, Meijia Chen, Juan Sui, Ping Dai, Xupeng Li, Mianyu Liu, Qun Xing, Jie Kong, Sheng Luan

“…It offers a valuable framework for investigating complex traits and the biological functions of STRs in agricultural animals.…”
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Pilot-scale phosphorus recovery from mobile toilet wastewater in Bangkok, Thailand by Thanakrit Neamhom, Pakasinee Yakam, Chalermkiet Bathbumrung, Wirunya Tachavarong, Varakorn Kosaisavee, Yada Pinatha

“…The experimental procedure comprised three sequential phases: the first phase involved the precipitation of struvite-phosphate using the forming reactor; the second phase focused on pelletizing the P product with sugar milling wastes as filler; and the third phase involved assessing the bioavailability of P in agricultural soils. Experimental design entails batch experiments with the operational variables including the Mg:P molar ratio and pH. …”
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La difficile gestion globale de l’eau en Camargue (France) : le Contrat de delta by Alain Dervieux

“…Rice growing, being the most important agricultural activity, has been at the head of the hydraulic networks for more than 50 years. …”
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The Dietary Use of Pigeon Pea for Human and Animal Diets by Belete Kuraz Abebe

“…Among these, PP is the most important pulse crop utilized as a food component in rain-fed agricultural conditions with the lowest costs, and it is the best source of protein supplements in typical cereal-based diets to fill the nutritional deficit. …”
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An Integrated Time-Series Relative Soil Moisture Monitoring Method Based on a SAR Backscattering Model by Xin Bao, Rui Zhang, Xu He, Age Shama, Gaofei Yin, Jie Chen, Hongsheng Zhang, Guoxiang Liu

“…Time-series monitoring of relative surface soil moisture (RSSM) with remote sensing observation is crucial for guiding agricultural irrigation management and monitoring global climate change. …”
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Prospective of climate change impact on water resources and sugar beet yield in the Urmia Lake basin by Somayeh Naderi, Bohloul Alijani, Zahra Hedjazizadeh, Hasan Heidari, Karim Abbaspour

“…Evidence suggests that climate change will create uncertain regional agricultural production stability in the coming decades. …”
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Watershed conservation prioritization using geomorphometric and land use-land cover parameters by G.R. Puno, R.C.C. Puno

“…Watersheds in tropical regions like the Philippines are under threat of degradation due to the combined effects of uncontrolled agricultural activities in the uplands and frequently increasing erosive precipitations brought about by climate change. …”
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Attentive Self-supervised Contrastive Learning (ASCL) for plant disease classification by Getinet Yilma, Mesfin Dagne, Mohammed Kemal Ahmed, Ravindra Babu Bellam

“…Deep-learning plays a crucial role in large-scale health monitoring of agricultural plants. One of the challenges in plant disease classification is the limited availability of annotated training data, where supervised deep feature learning typically excels. …”
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Land Use Contributions to Heavy Metals/Metaloids Pollution in the Tano Basin, Ghana, and Its Associated Health Risks to Dependant Communities by Jackson Adiyiah Nyantakyi, Samuel Wiafe, Osman Fusen Yong, Osei Akoto

“…Land use activities identified were industrial, agricultural, and commercial. Enforcement of buffer zone protection laws is recommended.…”
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Comparison of spectrophotometric, potentiometric and voltammetric methodologies for the determination of nitrite and nitrate in industrial effluents and in watercourses by Cherrine Kelce Pires, Efraim Lázaro Reis, Maria Isabel Cristina Batista Mayrink, Gabriel Henrique Sperandio

“… The study addresses the importance of treating wastewater, such as water from human activities (domestic, industrial, agricultural), before it is discharged into the environment. …”
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Effect of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties and Variable Rates of Potassium Fertilizer on Yield and Yield-Related Traits at Areka, Southern Ethiopia by Gobeze Loha, Merkineh Silas, Gifole Gidago

“…To evaluate common bean varieties at various K rates, a field experiment was carried out during the 2019/20 cropping seasons at the Areka Agricultural Research Center Experimental Field in Southern Ethiopia. …”
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Allium cepa Bio Assay to Assess the Water and Sediment Cytogenotoxicity in a Tropical Stream Subjected to Multiple Point and Nonpoint Source Pollutants by W. M. Dimuthu Nilmini Wijeyaratne, L. G. Y. J. G. Wadasinghe

“…Six sampling sites (Site A: Urban; B: Industrial; C: Water intake for public water supply; D: Industrial; E: Agricultural; F: Reference) were selected from the study area. …”
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Mobilization, conservation and study of cultivated and wild potato genetic resources by S. D. Kiru, E. V. Rogozina

“…The genebanks of potato and other crops have three highly important tasks such as permanent replenishment of collection material, ensuring its preservation by various storage and maintaining methods, including seed and vegetative propagation, its all-round use in basic and applied research, as well as the improvement of the efficiency of agricultural production. Analysis of performance of the above tasks in genebanks and research institutes in most countries concerned with storage, study and use of potato germplasm, shows great results and achievements, both in terms of its biology and its improvement as a food crop. …”
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Fondation d’une mémoire familiale dans la cité des Namnètes : le mausolée antique des Pellières à Saint-Herblain (Loire-Atlantique) by Frédéric Mercier

“…On the low part of the bank, in the locality of les Preux, the pars urbana of an ancient agricultural domain was identified in 1979. North of the lane, near the centre of the domain, a trapezoidal-shaped ditched enclosure was built on the slope. …”
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A Statistical Modeling and Optimization for Cr(VI) Adsorption from Aqueous Media via Teff Straw-Based Activated Carbon: Isotherm, Kinetics, and Thermodynamic Studies by Surafel Mustefa Beyan, Sundramurthy Venkatesa Prabhu, Temesgen Abeto Ambio, C. Gomadurai

“…Therefore, this study focused on the removal of Cr(VI) from the aqueous solutions via a teff (Eragrostis tef) straw based-activated carbon (TSAC) which was derived from locally available agricultural solid waste, teff straw (TS). The prepared TSAC was characterized using BET, FTIR, SEM, and XRD. …”
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The Effects of Polystyrene Microplastics and Copper Ion Co-Contamination on the Growth of Rice Seedlings by Huiyu Jin, Guohe Lin, Mingzi Ma, Lin Wang, Lixiang Liu

“…These findings reveal a complex interaction between MPs and heavy metals in agricultural systems. While PS-MPs can alleviate Cu toxicity by reducing its bioavailability, they also compromise antioxidant activity, potentially affecting plant resilience to stress. …”
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Woody Species Composition, Structure, and Soil Seed Bank of the Degraded Parts of the Gera Moist Afromontane Forest, Southwestern Ethiopia by Dereje Egeta, Giche Yadesa, Abeje Eshete, Hailu Belay, Urge Charu, Tensay Teshome

“…Ethiopia’s forest coverage is decreasing from time to time due to agricultural expansion, settlements, misuse of existing forest resources, and a lack of awareness and sense of ownership among the local population. …”
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Effect of Saturated Near Surface on Nitrate and Ammonia Nitrogen Losses in Surface Runoff at the Loess Soil Hillslope by Yu-bin Zhang, Fen-li Zheng, Ning Cao

“…Water pollution from agricultural fields is a global problem and cause of eutrophication of surface waters. …”
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High throughput phenotyping in soybean breeding using RGB image vegetation indices based on drone by Andressa K. S. Alves, Maurício S. Araújo, Saulo F. S. Chaves, Luiz Antônio S. Dias, Lucas P. Corrêdo, Gabriel G. F. A. Pessoa, André R. G. Bezerra

“…This study highlights the importance of the temporal approach in HTP, optimizing the selection of soybean genotypes and refining agricultural management strategies.…”
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