Phenotypic diversity of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) landraces accumulated in the Vavilov collection from the centers of the crop origin by M. A. Vishnyаkova, M. O. Burlyaeva, C. B. Bulyntsev, E. V. Seferova, E. S. Plekhanova, S. V. Nuzhdin

“…Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the second grain legume for the area of cultivation in the world, and the third for the production. …”
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Comparative Economic Analysis Between Bioenergy and Forage Types of Switchgrass for Sustainable Biofuel Feedstock Production: A Data Envelopment Analysis and Cost–Benefit Analysis... by Muhammad Umer Arshad, David Archer, Daniel Wasonga, Nictor Namoi, Arvid Boe, Rob Mitchell, Emily Heaton, Madhu Khanna, DoKyoung Lee

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Exploring the interactions and driving factors among typical ecological risks based on ecosystem services: A case study in the Sichuan-Yunnan ecological barrier area by Weijie Li, Jinwen Kang, Yong Wang

“…., soil conservation risk (SC_R), grain production risk (GP_R), carbon storage risk (CS_R), water yield risk (WY_R), habitat quality risk (HQ_R)) and comprehensive risk from 2000 to 2020, and explored the interactions between ER and their driving factors by using correlation analysis, spatial autocorrelation, self-organization method and geo-detector. …”
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Precise and interpretable neural networks reveal epigenetic signatures of aging across youth in health and disease by David Martínez-Enguita, Thomas Hillerton, Julia Åkesson, Daniel Kling, Maria Lerm, Mika Gustafsson

“…These clocks can accurately classify individuals at critical developmental ages in youth (AUROC = 0.953, 0.972, and 0.927, for 15, 18, and 21 years) and capture fine-grained, single-year DNAm signatures of aging that are enriched in biological processes associated with anatomic and neuronal development, immunoregulation, and metabolism. …”
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Analysis of Microstructure and Performance of Cr₃C₂/Ni60A Coating on 45 Steel for Laser Cladding Piston Rod by Jiafei Pu, Viacheslav Tarelnyk, Yao Ju, Bondarev Sergii Grigorievicth, Xingrong Wang, Qi Dong, Hongfeng Wang, Weiwei Song

“…A pronounced stress concentration occurs at the interface between the coating and the substrate, leading to an increased dislocation density and localized grain deformation. When the Cr₃C₂ mass percentage reaches 45% and 55%, the coating surface exhibits a higher density of induced cracks due to the combined effects of microstructural changes and thermal influences. …”
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Adaptive potential of spring durum wheat (<i>Triticum durum</i> Desf.) under the conditions of Primorsky Territory by P. M. Bogdan, A. G. Klykov, I. V. Konovalova, N. V. Kuzmenko

“…The research goal was to study spring durum wheat cultivars from different regions of Russia to select those that were most adapted to the conditions of Primorsky Territory and had high yield and grain quality.Materials and methods. The adaptive potential of 16 genotypes was determined through multi-environment trials at the Federal Scientific Center of Agricultural Biotechnology of the Far East named after A.K. …”
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Research on High-Speed Railway Subgrade Design Method Based on Energy Dissipation and Dynamic Stability Characteristics by Zongqi Bi, Yangsheng Ye, Degou Cai, Hongye Yan, Mingzhe Ouyang, Ke Su

“…Considering the energy dissipation and dynamic stability characteristics of subgrade filling materials, the dynamic performance of coarse-grained soil filling materials in the bottom layer and graded crushed stones in the surface layer are revealed. …”
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Cytogenetic features of intergeneric amphydiploids and genome-substituted forms of wheat by E. D. Badaeva, R. O. Davoyan, N. A. Tereshchenko, E. V. Lyalina, S. A. S.A. Zoshchuk, N. P. Goncharov

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Cooperative Overbooking-Based Resource Allocation and Application Placement in UAV-Mounted Edge Computing for Internet of Forestry Things by Xiaoyu Li, Long Suo, Wanguo Jiao, Xiaoming Liu, Yunfei Liu

“…In this paper, the resource allocation and application placement problem based on fine-grained cooperative overbooking in UMEC is studied. …”
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Polyoxovanadate-modified SnO2 electron transport layer for perovskite photodetectors by Ziting Liu, Yijia Hao, Jing Zhang, Yi He, Weilin Chen

“…Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the grain size of perovskite increased to 580 nm after modification using MnV13. …”
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The microbial mechanism of maize residue decomposition under different temperature and moisture regimes in a Solonchak by Fan Huang, Wan Zhang, Lihua Xue, Bahar Razavi, Kazem Zamanian, Xiaoning Zhao

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The transcriptional response to yellow and wilt disease, caused by race 6 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Ciceris in two contrasting chickpea cultivars by Aliakbar Faramarzpour, Sara Dezhsetan, Hamid Hassaneian Khoshro, Raheleh Mirdar Mansuri, Hamid Reza Pouralibaba, Zahra-Sadat Shobbar

“…Abstract Background Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) ranks as the third most crucial grain legume worldwide. Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri (Foc)) is a devastating fungal disease that prevents the maximum potential for chickpea production. …”
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Prebreeding research of near-isogenic lines of spring bread wheat with a combination of translocations from Agropyron elongatum (Host.) Р.В. and Aegilops ventricosa Tausch. by S. N. Sibikeev, A. E. Druzhin

“…The prebreeding research of lines L653 and L654 showed that the combination of 7 DS • 7 DL-7Ae#1L + 2AL • 2AS-2MV#1 translocations: (1) prolonged the seedling emergence –heading time by 7 days and increased the mean plant height by 10 cm; (2) did not affect lodging resistance or 1000 kernel weight; (3) affected grain yield in neither drought years nor years of leaf rust outbreaks; (4) reduced plant adaptation to abrupt vegetation condition changes; (5) reduced gluten amount without affecting its strength, dough tenacity, tenacity : extensibility ratio, flour strength, bread volume, or bread porosity. …”
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Cowpea cropping systems, traits preference and production constraints in the upper west region of Ghana: farmers' consultation and implications for breeding by Benjamin Karikari, Margaret Delle Maale, Ebenezer Anning, Daniel Brain Akakpo, Afishata Mohammed Abujaja, Isaac Kwahene Addai

“…Farmers indicated that susceptibility to storage pests, high pest incidence, late maturity, difficulty in harvesting, high input cost, small grain size, low yield, high disease incidence, poor colour, lack of improved variety, and drought are some constraints that hinder cowpea production. …”
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A comparative filling materials study on microstructure and mechanical properties of welded joints of dissimilar Al–Mg–Si alloys using CMT-laser beam oscillation hybrid welding by H.Y. Shen, J.M. Yu, L. Wang, F. Vogel, C.J. Li, H. Nagaumi

“…In this study, turbulent flow dominates over previously proposed laminar flow, but a prolonged duration for complete solute mixing is still required, leading to the persistent presence of unmixed and partially mixed zones in the liquid weld pool before solidification. The fine equiaxed grain zone observed on the new 6xxx side was attributed to local constitutional supercooling and the presence of abundant nucleation sites. …”
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Partial Replacement of Cement with Ceramic Waste Powder in the Stabilization of Laterite Soils for Interlocking Earth Blocks. by Iteba, Maurice Victor

“…These include soil properties test such as grain size sieve analysis required to classify the soil, the Atterberg limit tests required to determine the soil's plasticity and the standard proctor test to determine the Maximum Dry Density and Optimum Moisture Content of the soil according to British standards namely; BS1377-2:1990. …”
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Investigating a Suitable Ratio of Iron Ore Tailings and Quarry Dust in Concrete Production. by Kasozi, Mark

“…Iron ore tailings are the residual materials left over after the extraction of iron ore from its ore body on the other hand quarry dust is a fine-grained material produced as a by-product of quarrying operations. …”
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A novel Na2MoO4@CNT/Al–Zn–Mg–Cu composite with superior corrosion resistance and good mechanical properties: Effect of heat treatment by Jie Yang, Qing Li, Zhixiang Xiao, Zhengbin Wang, Zhenyu Liu, Bolv Xiao, Zongyi Ma, Yugui Zheng

“…The results show that as compared to the peak aging (PA) treatment, double aging (DA) and retrogression and re-aging (RRA) treatments can result in wider precipitation-free zone in the grain boundary with slightly larger precipitate phases. …”
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Control of peritectic phase content and its effect on properties of CuSn20P1 alloy by semi-solid rheological forming by Hao Zhang, Yongkun Li, Rongfeng Zhou, Dingdong Huo, Yao Li, Lei Wang

“…It is likely attributed to increased peritectic phase content with the semi-coherent interface, fine grain strengthening, and solid solution strengthening. …”
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Impact of wave–current coupling on the bottom boundary layer in Bohai Bay by Siyu Liu, Siyu Liu, Guangxue Li, Xue Liu, Lulu Qiao, Nan Wang, Shidong Liu, Xiangdong Wang, Di Yu, Lei Zhang

“…Significant sediment resuspension occurred in case of the coupling of large wave and current events on the fine-grained seabed, when the value of β exceeded 10 for more than 20 h and the Rouse number persisted below 0.01 for over 30 h. …”
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