Evaluation of the Sterile Insect Technique for the Control of the Melon Fly (<i>Bactrocera cucurbitae</i>) Under Laboratory and Semi-Field Conditions in Sri Lanka by Muditha Nawarathne, Lahiru Udayanga, Hasini Ekanayake, Bader Alhafi Alotaib, Ananda Pathirage, Nayana Siriwardena, Athula Jayarathne, Hassan Ammouneh, Mohamed M. M. Najim, Abou Traore, Tharaka Ranathunge

“…Significant differences were observed in percentage pupal survival, flight ability, and fertility rates (<i>p</i> < 0.05) at a 95% level of confidence. …”
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Toward the Development of the Trojan Female Technique in Pest Insects: Male‐Specific Influence of Mitochondrial Haplotype on Reproductive Output in the Seed Beetle Acanthoscelides... by Lea Vlajnić, Uroš Savković, Jelena Jović, Sanja Budečević, Biljana Stojković, Mirko Đorđević

“…Our results revealed that males harboring the MG3b mitotype exhibited lower early fecundity and fertility, while there were no effects on females or longevity in either sex. …”
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Reproductive effects of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) deficiency in mice by S. O. Maslennikova, G. V. Kontsevaya, M. A. Zolotykh, M. V. Anisimova, N. A. Feofanova, M. P. Moshkin, S. A. Nedospasov, L. A. Gerlinskaya

“…In this work, we have studied behavioral interactions between males and females, spermatogenesis, male fertility, and embryonic developmental characteristics of the progeny in TNFα knockout mice (TNF-/-). …”
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Contribution of Organic Carbon, Moisture Content, Microbial Biomass-Carbon, and Basal Soil Respiration Affecting Microbial Population in Chronosequence Manganese Mine Spoil by S. Dash and M. Kujur

“…This result shows that there is a gradual increase in OC, MC, MB-C, and BSR across seven different sites due to progressive enhancement in soil fertility that leads to the initialization of succession. …”
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Soil agrochemical and microbiological changes during leguminous forage grass cultivation in the southern steppe of Ukraine by Vlashchuk Anatoly, Valentiuk Nataliia, Kholmurodova Dilafruz

“…Increased use of arable land during the last century has led to a total decrease in soil fertility on the planet. Dehumification processes are activated in the absence of the supply of organic matter and unbalanced application of mineral fertilizers, ignoring crop rotations, minimizing the area of growing leguminous crops, burning straw in the soil. …”
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Socioeconomic factors associated with the number of children ever born by married Ghanaian females: a cross-sectional analysis by Felix Boakye Oppong, Divine Darlington Logo, Dennis Boateng, Ephraim Kumi Senkyire

“…The mass media must be used to propagate and counsel married females on the potential of high fertility and its consequences.…”
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Burden and mortality of breast cancer attributed to diabetes and smoking in women: a secondary analysis based on Global Burden of Disease 2019 in North Africa and the Middle East by Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi, Leila Rezakhani, Mozafar Khazaei

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The piRNA protein Asz1 is essential for germ cell and gonad development in zebrafish and exhibits differential necessities in distinct types of germ granules. by Adam Ahmad, Yoel Bogoch, Gal Shvaizer, Noga Guler, Karine Levy, Yaniv M Elkouby

“…Germ cells are essential for fertility, embryogenesis, and reproduction. Germline development requires distinct types of germ granules, which contains RNA-protein (RNP) complexes, including germ plasm in embryos, piRNA granules in gonadal germ cells, and the Balbiani body (Bb) in oocytes. …”
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Multiple Roles of the Y Chromosome in the Biology of Drosophila melanogaster by Roberto Piergentili

“…This means that the X chromosome, like the autosomes, harbors genes that control several phenotypic traits, while the Y chromosome is important for male fertility only. Notwithstanding its long history – almost 100 years in terms of genetic studies – most of the features of the Y chromosome are still a mystery. …”
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Climate change awareness and adaptation strategies by smallholder farmers in semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe by Sandra Makaita Madamombe, Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’a, Ingrid Öborn, George Nyamadzawo, Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Job Kihara, Libère Nkurunziza

“…Maize yield remains significantly low, averaging 0.62 t ha−1 among farmers using some forms of soil fertility and water management strategies. To further understand the reason for low maize yields and improve climate change related adaptation strategies, more research is needed to quantify and confirm management practices applied by farmers, such as fertilizer use and rates, water and nutrient management, use of improved varieties as well as socio-economic factors.…”
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How Do Climate and Nonclimatic Variables Influence the Production of Agricultural Staple Crops in Vulnerable Rural Communities in the Bawku Municipality of Northern Ghana? by Rashida Ayumah, Felix Asante, Lawrence Guodaar, Gabriel Eshun

“…We examined the influence of climate (temperature and rainfall) and nonclimatic variables (soil fertility using soil pH and organic matter) on the production of agricultural staple crops (maize [Zea mays L.], millet [Pennisetum glaucum L.], and rice [Oryza sativa L.]) in vulnerable communities in the Bawku Municipality of northern Ghana. …”
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The effect of preconception housing and living conditions on primary infertility among couples in Gaza Strip, Palestine: A case-control study by Amal DHAIR, Yehia ABED

“…Methods: A case-control study of 160 infertile couples matched residentially with 160 fertile ones was per- formed in Gaza Strip, Palestine. …”
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The effect of vitamin and mineral supplementation on pregnancy rates in kangal sheep during the breeding season by Mehmet Buğra Kıvrak, Abdurrahman Takcı, Bora Bölükbaş, Murat Yüksel

“…<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> It was concluded that vitamin and mineral supplementation at the beginning of synchronization did not affect fertility, but at least 15 days ago before the onset of synchronization, repeated vitamin and trace element supplementation may increase fertility.…”
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Challenges in reducing grand multiparity rates in Ethiopia: an analysis of 2019 EDHS data using a multilevel model approach by Diriba Dibaba, Tesfaye Getachow Charkos

“…Abstract Background One of the Sustainable Development Goals (2030) focuses on reducing the total fertility rate. Reducing grand multiparity in Ethiopia remains a challenge. …”
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Demografic analysis of biopesticide effects on the two-spotted spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) following egg treatment by Međo Irena

“…In the bioassays with oxymatrine-and azadirachtin-based products, the rm and A values were reduced by 22% and 5%, and 16% and 4%, respectively, due to reduced survival and fertility, as well as extended juvenile developmental time of females that survived treatment, compared to control females. …”
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Structuring the genetic collection of sunflower by V. A. Gavrilova, I. N. Anisimova, N. V. Alpatieva, E. A. Porokhovinova

“…Groups of interacting characters were identified by the factor analysis: 1) plant height, and duration of the growing season phases; 2) pollen fertility restoration with CMS PET1, SCAR markers HRG02 and HRG01 of the Rf1 gene, and branching; 3) the color of ray and disk florets, and petiole shape, as well as lamina surface shape. …”
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Factors to affect inbred beet plants while developing material for linear selection by M. I. Fedorova, E. G. Kozar, S. A. Vetrova, V. A. Zayachkovskyi, V. A. Stepanov

“…In inbred plants, there is no close relationship between pollen viability and seed productivity, because the elimination of germinated male gametes and degeneration of seed embryos may go over the entire period of fertilization starting its progamic phase. The SI plants have more degenerating embryos than self-fertile ones, but seed vessel outgrowth in the seeds with abortive embryos makes them morphologically similar to fertile seeds. …”
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Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties of Sandy-Textured Soils under Smallholder Agricultural Land Use Practices in Sarawak, East Malaysia by Soo Ying Ho, Mohd Effendi Bin Wasli, Mugunthan Perumal

“…In contrast, P and K did not remain in the soils under pepper land use, although the fertilizers application by the farmers was beyond the crop uptake and removal (harvesting). …”
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Physiologic Course of Female Reproductive Function: A Molecular Look into the Prologue of Life by Joselyn Rojas, Mervin Chávez-Castillo, Luis Carlos Olivar, María Calvo, José Mejías, Milagros Rojas, Jessenia Morillo, Valmore Bermúdez

“…Indeed, the ultimate goal of this physiologic progression is to achieve ovulation and offer an adequate environment for the installation of gestation, the consummation of female fertility. Strict regulation of these processes is important, as disruptions at any point in this evolution may equate a myriad of endocrine-metabolic disturbances for women and adverse consequences on offspring both during pregnancy and postpartum. …”
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A meiotic mystery in experimental hybrids of the eastern mole vole (Ellobius tancrei, Mammalia, Rodentia) by V. G. Tambovtseva, S. N. Matveevsky, A. A. Kashintsova, A. V. Tretiakov, O. L. Kolomiets, I. Yu. Bakloushinskaya

“…Hybrids of the first generation had lower fertility, fertility increased starting from the third generation. …”
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