Structural Analysis of Alkaline Pretreated Rice Straw for Ethanol Production by Paripok Phitsuwan, Chutidet Permsriburasuk, Sirilak Baramee, Thitiporn Teeravivattanakit, Khanok Ratanakhanokchai

“…Rice straw (RS) is an abundant, readily available agricultural waste, which shows promise as a potential feedstock for Asian ethanol production. …”
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Fertility in Rostock and Rural Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the 19th Century by Siegfried Gruber, Rembrandt Scholz

“…Marital fertility was almost the same for all occupational groups, even for the agricultural sector. Migration had no visible effect on marital fertility, which is both interesting and unexpected. …”
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Mineralization Dynamics of Pineapple Harvest Residues as Affected by Placement on Acrisoil in Benin by Elvire Line Sossa, Codjo Emile Agbangba, Pierre Gbènoukpo Tovihoudji, Jamali Oladédji Ayifimi, Bana Donsaré Nadège Bouko, Oloushègun Isidore Achille Falolou, Guillaume Lucien Amadji

“…The study highlights the importance of residue management practices in pineapple cultivation and recommends further exploration of methods to optimize the use of PHR in agricultural systems for enhanced soil health and reduced environmental impact.…”
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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN CALABAR METROPOLIS by INNOCENT OBETEN OKOI, CHARLES EFFIONG, COMFORT INNOCENT OKOI, EFFIONG ASUQUO OKON

“…The study has also contributed to literature by exploring other countries affected by COVID 19 pandemic in education, health and agricultural activities. Ordinary least square multiple regression technique was used to analyze the data. …”
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Evaluation of the genome in bird breeding by A. F. Yakovlev, N. V. Dement’eva

“…Genomic breeding in the poultry industry has a number of differences from similar technology used in agricultural mammalian species. The existence of two categories of chromosomes (macro- and microchromosomes) with different rates of recombination, the preferred genomic females evaluation, rapid change of generations make their own features. …”
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Honey Bee Tracheal Mite, Acarapis woodi (Rennie) (Arachnida: Acarina: Tarsonemidae) by Harold A. Denmark, Harvey L. Cromroy, Malcolm T. Stanford

“…This document is EENY-172 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 267), one of the Featured Creatures series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: November 2000. …”
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Uncertainty in soil gas permeability measurements by Lingxia Feng, Lingxia Feng, Junguo Hu, Junguo Hu, Junguo Hu, Junjie Jiang

“…This leads to a better evaluation of soil aeration conditions, which, in turn, serves environmental, agricultural, and ecological research.…”
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Phytotoxicity of Natural Molecules Derived from Cereal Crops as a Means to Increase Yield Productivity by Hiwa M. Ahmed, Ehsan Amiri-Ardekani, Sayed Ebadi

“…Plants with allelopathy activities derived from secondary metabolites could be an alternative strategy and have an expected function in sustainable weed biocontrol and boost global agricultural production and food security. Thus, protecting biodiversity, ensuring food safety, improving food, and nutrient quality, as well as crop production, are urgently needed as population and consumption are increasing. …”
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Impactos socioambientais da certificação fairtrade nas cooperativas de produtores familiares de café e manga no Brasil by Guilherme José Ferreira de Araújo, Daniel Magalhães, Edvânia Tôrres Aguiar Gomes

“…These regions were chosen due to its peripheral localization, high socioeconomic dependence on agricultural activities, regional relevance of family farming and low income per capita and human development indexes. …”
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‘Larks in Season’: The Comic Almanack (1835–54) by Brian Maidment

“…Differing kinds of almanacs provided either general information linked to the agricultural, ecclesiastical, or parliamentary year or else spectacularly inventive predictions. …”
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Effects of pesticide dichlorvos on liver injury in rats and related toxicity mechanisms by Pengcheng Zhang, Zixian Zhou, Jiaqi Yao, Yuhong Jiang, Hang Lei, Zhijun Xie, Juan Li, Xianlin Zhao, Lv Zhu, Meihua Wan, Ling Liu, Wenfu Tang

“…Dichlorvos (DDVP) is an organophosphorus pesticide commonly utilized in agricultural production. Recent epidemiological studies suggest that exposure to DDVP correlates with an increased incidence of liver disease. …”
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What Veterinarians Need to Know About the Newly-Emerging Field of Insects-as-Food-and-Feed by Kimberly L. Boykin, Mark A. Mitchell

“…As this industry continues to grow, veterinarians will likely be called upon to assist in identifying food safety concerns, assessing animal health, implementing biosecurity measures, and formulating/prescribing treatment protocols comparable to what we have seen with the honeybee industry and the institution of veterinary feed directives (VFDs). Similar to other agricultural markets, high animal densities and management practices put insects at high risk for infectious diseases. …”
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The Effect of Climate Change on Variations in Dew Amount in a Paddy Ecosystem of the Sanjiang Plain, China by Yingying Xu, Baixing Yan, Jie Tang

“…Dew is a crucial factor in the water and nutrient cycling of farmland ecosystems, and it exerts an important influence on fertilization and other agricultural activities. In order to reveal the effects of global warming on dew variation in a paddy ecosystem, an in situ experiment was conducted in paddy fields in the Sanjiang Plain during the growing seasons of 2011 to 2013. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Pyrene Mineralizing Mycobacterium spp. from Contaminated and Uncontaminated Sources by Christopher W. M. Lease, Richard H. Bentham, Sharyn E. Gaskin, Albert L. Juhasz

“…PAH enrichment studies were prepared using pyrene and inocula obtained from manufacturing gas plant (MGP) soil, uncontaminated agricultural soil, and faeces from Macropus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo). …”
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Potted Poinsettia Production: Irrigation and Water Quality by Craig D. Stanley, Brent K. Harbaugh

“…This is document SL-212, a publication of the Soil and Water Science Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. …”
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Potted Poinsettia Production: Irrigation and Water Quality by Craig D. Stanley, Brent K. Harbaugh

“…This is document SL-212, a publication of the Soil and Water Science Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. …”
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False Blister Beetles, (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) by Ross H. Arnett, Jr.

“…This document is EENY-154 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 259), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: September 2000.  …”
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Prevalence and community awareness of bovine Trypanosomiasis in Wolaita zone Kindo Koysha woreda, southern Ethiopia by Saifemichael Ushecho, Amene Fekadu

“…The focus group discussion indicated that trypanosomiasis (Shulula) is the most important problem affecting the animals and hindering agricultural activity in the area. Generally, both focus group discussion and hematological findings revealed bovine trypanosomiasis is the major constraint for livestock production in the area. …”
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The Assessment of Health Risk from Heavy Metals with Water Indices for Irrigation and the Portability of Munzur Stream: A Case Study of the Ovacık Area (Ramsar Site), Türkiye by Kutlu Banu, Sarıgül Ali

“…The sources of pollution in this area include the rock types of the basin, soil erosion, domestic waste water discharge and agricultural flow of inorganic fertilisers.…”
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PLANT GENE PROMOTERS RESPONSIVE TO PATHOGEN INVASION by O. G. Smirnova, A. V. Kochetov

“…TGP may be used as a source of information for both interpretation of transcriptomic data and design of gene engineering constructs to obtain agricultural plants with improved resistance against various pathogens.…”
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