Mitigating drought stress in fenugreek through synergistic effects of alanine and potassium-enriched biochar by Wanzheng Ma, Xinyu Fang, Mengru Qiu, Misbah Hareem, Zeki Erden, Çağdaş Can Toprak, Abdullah A. Alarfaj

“…It can also improve root architecture, biomass accumulation, and plant fertilizer use efficiency. Applying biochar can improve soil structure, water, and nutrient retention in soil, which are allied factors in enhancing plant growth under drought stress. …”
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Optimizing Nitrogen Sources in Top Dressing for Wheat: Field Study on Growth, Yield, and Ammonia Volatilization by Muhammad Sajid Farooq, Rashid Mahmood, Aaqib Hameed, Sajid Ali, Faisal Nadeem, Tahir Hussain Awan, Ammara Fatima, Zaira Ahmad

“…In the second year, coated fertilizers showed lower ammonia losses compared to PU, with VnU-40 displaying the least losses, 48% less than PU. …”
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Effect of Earthing-Up Frequency on Growth and Yield of Anchote (Coccinia abyssinica) Varieties at Gimbi District, Western Ethiopia by Habte Wakjira, Weyessa Garedew, Amsalu Nebiyu, Garome Shifaraw

“…However, little attention has been given to the improvement of genetic and agronomic practices such as selection of variety, staking, weeding, fertilizer application, and earthing-up frequency. Thus, the attainable yield is below the potential. …”
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Genetic Gain in Wheat Grain Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency at Different Nitrogen Levels in an Irrigated Hot Environment by Izzat Sidahmed Ali Tahir, Elfadil Mohamed Elyayeb Elbashier, Mohamed Ahmed Salih Ibrahim, Abu Sefyan Ibrahim Saad, Osman Suliman Abdalla

“…Improved nitrogen use-efficient cultivars could be the most economically beneficial and environmentally friendly approach to reduce pollution associated with excessive N fertilization. The performance and genetic gain in grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of a historical set of 12 bread wheat cultivars released for a heat-stressed environment were investigated at four N levels (0 (N0), 43 (N43), 86 (N86), and 129 (N129) kg/ha) for two seasons. …”
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Мutants of inflorescence development in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by N. I. Dzyubenko, E. A. Dzyubenko

“…They include long racemes, panicle-like racemes  (with fertile and sterile flowers), complicated branched racemes,  and fasciated  inflorescences. …”
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IL-6–174 G/C transversion might decrease male infertility risk: A case-control study by Tayyebeh Zamani-Badi, Mohammad Karimian, Javad Amini Mahabadi, Atieh Rafatmanesh, Hossein Nikzad

“…The study comprised 163 infertile participants as the case group and 151 fertile men as the control group. Following the screening, 2 ml of whole blood was collected from each participant. …”
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Efficient chimeric mouse production using a novel embryonic stem cell line by G. V. Kontsevaya, N. A. Feofanova, A. G. Menzorov, I. E. Pristyazhnyuk, A. V. Smirnov, N. R. Battulin, L. A. Gerlinskaya

“…All chimeras were males without developmental abnormalities. 10 of 15 males were fertile. Microsatellite analysis of the progeny of chimeric mice revealed embryonic stem cell line DGES1 contribution to the gamete formation. …”
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Effects of Delayed Metamorphosis on Larval Survival, Metamorphosis, and Juvenile Performance of Four Closely Related Species of Tropical Sea Urchins (Genus Echinometra) by M. Aminur Rahman, Fatimah Md. Yusoff, A. Arshad, Tsuyoshi Uehara

“…Planktotrophic larvae of all four species fed on cultured phytoplankton (Chaetoceros gracilis) attained metamorphic competence within 22–24 days after fertilization. Competent larvae were forced to delay metamorphosis for up to 5 months by preventing them from settling in culture bottles with continuous stirring on a set of 10 rpm rotating rollers and larval survival per monthly intervals was recorded. …”
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Adaptation Strategies of Small-Scale Farmers to Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic in Osun State, Nigeria by Olufemi Bolarin, Damilola Ajiboye, Sola Komolafe

“…Results showed that COVID-19 lock down period led to poor health status (mean=2.87), less transport available to convey farm produce (mean=2.70), and high cost with little/no access to farm inputs such as fertilizer, chemicals and seeds/seedlings (mean=2.62). …”
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Features of the Modern Protectionism of the US and the EU towards Russia by A. A. Sidorov

“…The measure will affect important positions of the Russian exports – cement, electricity, fertilizers, iron & steel and aluminum. The mechanism can be considered an attempt to make up for the EU’s lack of natural competitive advantages in mineral raw materials and to impose its vision of economic policy goals on the rest of the world.In conclusion, the author highlights features of American and European protectionism towards Russia – active employment of the role of the state in the economy factor as well as environmental factor as pretexts for introducing or tightening restrictive measures.The main ways of Russia’s response to new challenges can be the use of the WTO platform in cooperation with other countries, the search for new economic levers in relations with the partners (including application of trade defence measures), the detection of possible market distortions in the EU and the US for possible use in EAEU investigations.…”
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Ascitis secundaria a endometriosis by René Rafael Bonachea Peña, Felicia Do Rosario José Maria Bráz, Yelina Caridad Dominica Esteris, Leonor Murça Da Silva Balo

“…Es una entidad infrecuente que afecta mayormente a mujeres nulíparas, en edad fértil y de color de la piel negra. Imita un tumor ginecológico y rara vez se reconoce antes de la exploración quirúrgica del abdomen, por lo que se hace necesario su estudio para lograr un diagnóstico y tratamiento oportuno.…”
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Remote sensing estimation of chlorophyll content in rape leaves in Weibei dryland region of China by Xia Liheng, Zhang Panpan, Shi Lei, Wang Kun, Zhang Tingyu

“…Real-time and reliable crop nutritional diagnosis is the basis for scientific fertilizer management and one of the key technologies for practicing fine agriculture. …”
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Groundwater quality and associated health risks in the Eastern Region of Ghana by Thomas Acquah, Miriam Appiah-Brempong, Geophrey Kwame Anornu

“…The sources of these contaminants are primarily from rock-water interactions and fertilizers. Health risk assessment for nitrates, fluorides, iron and manganese ingestion revealed that 23, 17 and 15 boreholes in the region are likely to pose non-carcinogenic health risk to infants, children and adults respectively. …”
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Genome-wide identification, characterization and expression pattern analysis of HAK/KUP/KT potassium transporter gene family in potato by Kun Liu, Yonglin Qin, Lan Wu, Rong Yi, Xiaohua Shi, Jing Yu, Xiaohong Shi, Wenzhuo Dong, Liguo Jia, Mingshou Fan

“…The previously published RNA-seq results, transcriptomic data and qRT-PCR experiments indicated that the expression profiles of these StHAK genes were tissue-specific and were influenced by multiple factors, including biotic and abiotic stress, hormone, potassium fertilizer. To provide a clear and convenient view of StHAK gene expression across different tissues in potato, we generated a cartoon heatmap to vividly illustrate the tissue-specific expression of StHAK genes, which is unprecedented in the gene family analysis of potato. …”
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Pregnancy rate after estrus synchronization and timed artificial insemination in Mediterranean buffaloes in two seasons in Venezuela by Miguel Chacón, Néstor Morán, Iván Cárdenas, Mariana S. Perea, Fernando P. Perea, Aitor De Ondiz

“…In this tropical buffalo herd, the pregnancy rate after IATF was comparable between seasons; however, in the unfavorable season, buffalo heifers were more fertile than buffalo cows. …”
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Grain yield, cooking quality, and aroma of fragrant rice as affected by nitrogen source and method of application by Rajesh Chakraborty, Tuhin Suvra Roy, Jun-Ichi Sakagami

“…One constraint is the incapacity of existing agronomic studies on rice yield, aroma, and cooking quality to fully assess the effects of various applications and sources of nitrogen (N) fertilizer. It is challenging for us to understand how different N inputs impact rice's sensory and cooking qualities in addition to crop productivity because of this research gap. …”
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Integrative physiological and transcriptome analysis unravels the mechanism of low nitrogen use efficiency in burley tobacco by Yuqing Feng, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yanjun Ma, Xiaolong Chen, Hongzhi Shi

“…Abstract Burley tobacco, a chlorophyll‐deficient mutant with impaired nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), generally requires three to five times more nitrogen fertilization than flue‐cured tobacco to achieve a comparable yield, which generates serious environmental pollution and negatively affects human health. …”
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Chromosome-level genome assembly of the pine wood nematode carrier Arhopalus unicolor by Xiangying Zou, Liqiong Zeng, Xingzao You, Jinghui Zhong, Chensheng Tang, Zhaofei Zheng, Xiaochun Lin, Biaoqiang Zhang, Xinliang Zhang, Yu Fang, Yanli Sun, Shouping Cai, Jun Su

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Application of rock phosphate enriched composts increases nodulation, growth and yield of chickpea by Allah Ditta, Juma Muhammad, Muhammad Imtiaz, Sajid Mehmood, Zheng Qian, Shuxin Tu

“…Methods To investigate the effect of different combinations of RP and compost (0:100, 25:75, 50:50, 75:25 and 100:0) and time of application (30, 15, 7, 3 and 0 days before sowing), each was conducted in two consecutive pot experiments while, the rate of application (100–1000 kg ha−1) was investigated under field conditions, in comparison to control (recommended P fertilizer). Results Rock phosphate enriched compost (RP-EC) with a combination ratio of 50:50; RP and compost applied before 7 days of sowing in pot experiments resulted in the maximum nodulation, growth and productivity of chickpea. …”
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Aplicación de la embriodiagnosis para evaluar la eficiencia de la planta de incubación de barrilleros en una empresa avícola comercial en la Argentina by A. Sandoval, M. Yuño, M.L Bakker, E. Rodríguez, A. Beretta

“…Se obtuvieron índices de infertilidad (I), huevos invertidos (IN), contaminados (C), fisurados temprano (FT) y en transferencia (FET), mortalidad embrionaria temprana (MET), intermedia (MEI) y tardía (META), picados no nacidos (PNN), eclosión de fértiles (EF), nacimientos proyectados (N), pollitos de descarte (PDD), muertos (PM), malformados (M) y nacidos de huevos invertidos (NIN). …”
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