Triploid striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus: growth performance and gonadal development by Yusran Ibrahim, Dinar Tri Soelistyowati, Odang Carman

“…Triploids were produced through a heat shock method at 42 °C for two minutes, at two minutes after fertilization. Before treatment performed, group of triploid and diploid were separated through nucleolus counting confirmed cromoseme counting. …”
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Adopting Positive Selection Technology and Improving Seed Quality in Smallholder Potato Farmers in South-Western Uganda. by Kajura, Tibanyendera Deo

“…Farmers should be advised to complement Positive selection with other yield enhancing technologies such as fertilizers and crop protection products and if embraced by all farmers on a large scale, it will result into increased availability of clean seed and productivity.…”
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The effect of the number of endometrial CD138+ cells on the pregnancy outcomes of infertile patients in the proliferative phase by Yuye Li, Yuye Li, Shuyi Yu, Shuyi Yu, Wenjuan Liu, Yawen Chen, Xiaobing Yang, Juanhua Wu, Mingjuan Xu, Guanying You, Ruochun Lian, Chunyu Huang, Chunyu Huang, Wanru Chen, Yong Zeng, Yong Zeng, Fenghua Liu, Lianghui Diao

“…The pregnancy outcomes of the infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) among the three groups were then compared.ResultsThere was a much higher level of CD138+ cells during proliferation than during the mid-luteal phase (P <0.0001). …”
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Reproductive performance of female largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) broodstock was enhanced by dietary small peptides by Jie Wei, Mingwei Tao, Jiaming Huang, Hangxian Zhou, Qiyou Xu

“…Results showed that gonadosomatic index (GSI) of largemouth bass was higher in the 5 % SP group (8.51 ± 1.57 %) than that in the 0 % SP group (7.74 ± 1.82 %) (P < 0.05); GSI (6.83 ± 0.95 %) and relative fertility (RF, 90.64 ± 15.68 eggs/g) were significantly lower in the 20 % FM groups (P < 0.05), based on two-way ANOVA analysis. …”
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Estimation of Willingness to Pay for Life Cycle Eco-label Using Spike Model (A Case Study of Fresh Packaged Agricultural Products) by samaneh heydari, Leili Abolhassani, Morteza Molaei, Ali Firoz-zare

“…In Iran, especially in Mashhad, where a significant part of fresh agricultural products is irrigated with urban and industrial wastewater and the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in the production of agricultural products is common, the implementation of the labeling scheme for fresh agricultural products due to its impact on the health of consumers and the environment is very important. …”
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The effectiveness of Lemna perpusilla as phytoremediation agent in giant gourami culture media on 3 ppt by Alexander Burhani Marda, Kukuh Nirmala, Enang Harris, Eddy Supriyono

“…ABSTRACT   The wasted from feed and feces containt nitrogen and phosphorus can decreased fertility and feability water quality. Lemna perpusilla (duckweed) is prospective to use as an agent of phytoremediation of organic waste and can used as animal feed because it has high protein content. …”
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Investigating the Occurrence of Soil-Transmitted Parasites Contaminating Soil, Vegetables, and Green Fodder in the East of Nile Delta, Egypt by Samah H. Yahia, Samia E. Etewa, Abd Allah A. Al Hoot, Salwa Z. Arafa, Nesreen S. Saleh, Mohamed H. Sarhan, Suzan I. Rashad, Shimaa S. Hassan

“…The usage of untreated organic fertilizers arising from the excreta of the parasites’ definitive hosts either man or animal pollutes the agricultural soil and is reflected in its products of vegetables and green fodders causing serious health problems. …”
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Versatile nitrate-respiring heterotrophs are previously concealed contributors to sulfur cycle by Bo Shao, Yuan-Guo Xie, Long Zhang, Yang Ruan, Bin Liang, Ruochen Zhang, Xijun Xu, Wei Wang, Zhengda Lin, Xuanyuan Pei, Xueting Wang, Lei Zhao, Xu Zhou, Xiaohui Wu, Defeng Xing, Aijie Wang, Duu-Jong Lee, Nanqi Ren, Donald E. Canfield, Brian P. Hedlund, Zheng-Shuang Hua, Chuan Chen

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Аssessment of the prospects for growing forest crops of European larch in the Eastern Forest-Steppe of Ukraine by Svitlana Raspopina, Maksim Didenko

“…The soil forms fresh fertile forest site conditions (FSC D2). Monocultures of Scots pine were created on soddy podzolized (pine forest) clayey-sandy soils on ancient alluvial sands with the thickness of the humus horizon 28 cm. …”
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Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from soil under organic carrot farming by Maciej Nowak, Zbigniew Paluszak, Natalia Wiktorczyk-Kapischke, Katarzyna Grudlewska-Buda, Anna Budzyńska, Joanna Skonieczna-Kurpiel, Ewa Wałecka-Zacharska, Monika Huse-Kutowska, Krzysztof Skowron

“…The use of natural fertilizers during organic farming can be a source of pathogens, including L. monocytogenes in the soil and finally in vegetables and fruits. …”
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Exploring the Diversity of Some Microorganisms from Lake Al-Asfar, KSA: The Good, the Bad, and the Pathogenic by Fatimah Al Tammar, Nermin El Semary, Munirah F. Aldayel, Duaa Althumairy, Gowhara Alfayad

“…Rhizobium, on the other hand, is most likely found in the lake from agricultural wastewater and is a nitrogen fixer that increases the fertility of crops. The first bacterium is associated with special lipid metabolism and is hardly pathogenic. …”
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GIS-based modeling and analytical approaches for groundwater quality suitability for different purposes in the Egyptian Nile Valley, a case study in Wadi Qena by Hanaa A. Megahed, Abd El-Hay A. Farrag, Amira A. Mohamed, Mahmoud H. Darwish, Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman, Heba El-Bagoury, Paola D’Antonio, Antonio Scopa, Mansour A. A. Saad

“…Chemical analysis of the major cations and anions was carried out at Assuit’s Regional Soil Fertility Laboratory. Maps of chemical variables are created using statistical tools by combining observations with interpolation models that can incorporate simple process relations. …”
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Agro-Ecological Assessment of Lands in Behshahr County for Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Cultivation by Karim Reyahi, Hossein Kazemi, Afshin Soltani, Fardin Sadeghzadeh

“…One of the main reasons for this result was the suitable soil fertility, rainfall, and topographical conditions. …”
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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF CHICKPEA by S. Sots, I. Kustov, I. Butsenko, I. Solonytska

“…The origin of chickpea is associated with the regions of the so-called "Fertile Crescent," covering modern territories of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. …”
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Spatial Changes in Soil Nutrients in Tea Gardens from the Perspective of South-to-North Tea Migration: A Case Study of Shangluo City by Ziqi Shang, Jichang Han, Yonghua Zhao, Ziru Niu, Tingyu Zhang

“…Statistical methods including analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation analysis, principal component analysis (PCA), and regression analysis were performed using SPSS software to examine the relationships between soil nutrients and texture in relation to altitude, latitude, and fertility status. [Results] The results indicated that the pH of tea garden soils in Shangluo City was relatively stable, ranging from 4.3 to 7.6, with the mean of 5.9 and a coefficient of variation of 11.0%. …”
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Pollution index and load of total nitrogen and phosphate on agriculture and fisheries in Jatigede Reservoir by Zulfia Kamila Mutia, Denny Kurniadie, Dadan Sumiarsa

“…Problems arising from the use of chemical fertilizers, regarding the development of agricultural land used to increase agricultural productivity, support food security and also activities in floating net cages (FNC) can result in a decrease in reservoir water quality, siltation of reservoirs, etc. …”
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Comparison of Lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum extract and Letrozole in masculinization of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus by Seyed Mohammad Reza Taheri, Sakineh Yeganeh, Homayon Hoseinzadeh Sahafi

“…Materials and Methods: The number of 2760 pieces of Nile tilapia larvae seven days after fertilization with an average weight of 0.026 ± 0.002 g distributed in 24 aquaria (200-L in volume) equipped with aeration and filtration systems in equal and completely random released. …”
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Factors influencing pregnancy rate following estradiol-free fixed TAI protocols in water buffaloes by Adriana Camacho de Gutiérrez, Obdulio Camacho, Steward Fernández, Yerixo González, Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Añez

“…Similarly, tail bending, cervix dilation, and lubrication did not influence fertility (p>0.05). However, cows with ovarian cysts at the start of the protocol showed a lower PR than those with CL 22.2 vs. 62.8% (p<0.05) respectively. …”
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Reproduction performance of climbing perch Anabas testudineus F1 and F2 broodstock with different dietary supplementation by Helmizuryani, Helmizuryani, Boby Muslimin, Khusnul Khotimah

“…The research showed that reproduction performance of F2 was better than F1 in broodstock growth, fecundity, egg diameter, and larvae growth parameter, but it had low fertility than F1. Adding supplement of vitamin E to female broodstock resulted in a better productivity performance than the vitamin C and Spirulina sp..   …”
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Effects of nano-scale nutrients supplement on natural productivity of Thalassiosira sp. and growth performance of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, reared under intensive... by Romi Novriadi, Rifqi Fadhilah, Aldy Eka Wahyudi, Dea Ananda Prayogi, Ilham Ilham, Sunil Nanda

“…There are four treatments with four replicates per treatment with the use of commercial nano-nutrients (Aquaritin Aquaculture or AA) namely: (1) 0.70 mg/L; (2) 0.525 mg/L, (3) 0.35 mg/L, and (4) without any AA application, but included standard application of using urea and NPK fertilizers to enhance the growth of diatom. The use of AA was successful to trigger the growth of Thalassiosira sp. …”
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