Relevance of the irrigation and soil management system to optimize maize crop production under semiarid Mediterranean conditions by Samuel Franco-Luesma, José Cavero, Jorge Álvaro-Fuentes

“…On average, S irrigation increased maize grain yields by 16 % and AEN and WPI by 23 and 33 %, respectively, compared to F irrigation system (with an average total irrigation water applied that was 25 % lower under S irrigation system). …”
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Notch Fatigue Damage Evolution Mechanism of TC21 Alloy with Multilevel Lamellar Microstructures by Xiaosong Zhou, Xiang Li, Chaowen Huang, Quan Wu, Fei Zhao

“…The findings reveal that increasing aging temperature primarily contributes to the augmentation of α colony (α_c) thickness, grain boundaries α phase (GBα) thickness, and α fine (α_fine) size alongside a reduction in α lath (α_lath) thickness and α_fine content. …”
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The Effect of Seed Priming to Improve Germination Parameters and Early Growth of Chickpea (Cicer arietnum L) by Reason R. Charachimwe, Misheck Chandiposha, Pepukai Manjeru

“…Chickpea is one of the new crops being grown in Zimbabwe for its plethora of benefits in crop production and human diet. However, like most grain legumes preliminary research has shown that chickpea seed has a problem of poor germination hindering the realization of the crops full potential yield. …”
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Advances in the Research on Brown Carbon Aerosols: Its Concentrations, Radiative Forcing, and Effects on Climate by Shuai Li, Hua Zhang, Zhili Wang, Yonghang Chen

“…BrC heating decreases precipitation on a global scale, particularly in tropical regions with high convective and precipitation intensity, but different in some regions. (3) Uncertain optical properties of BrC, mixing ratio of radiation-absorbing aerosols in snow, snow grain size and snow coverage lead to higher uncertainties and lower confidence in the simulated distribution and radiative forcing of BrC in snow than BC. …”
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The Venus score for the assessment of the quality and trustworthiness of biomedical datasets by Davide Chicco, Alessandro Fabris, Giuseppe Jurman

“…Analyzing the results, we surface fine-grained strengths and weaknesses of popular datasets, as well as aggregate trends. …”
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Intraspecific classification of durum wheat: new botanical varieties and forms by O. A. Lyapunova

“…Subsp. durum – the durum wheat proper – is characterized by a major variation of spike density, grain size and form. The subspecies also has liguleless forms and those with strongly pubescent leaves. …”
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Prediction of the critical stress to crack initiation associated to the investigation of fatigue small crack by D. Marhabi, N. Benseddiq, G. Mesmacque, Z. Azari, J.M. Nianga

“…Indeed its evolution can be blocked by a microstructural barrier (grain boundary, for example). Hence, the considerations of small crack growth are strongly influencing the fatigue life of a component or structure…”
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The Effectiveness of Novel Growth Regulator and Fertilizer to Improve Quality and Yield of Spring Wheat by Shimendi G. Okbagabir, Mohammed H. Al-Mamoori, Elena N. Pakina, Meysamr Zargar

“…GR2F1 attained the highest number of tillers, root length, biological yield, grain yield, and gluten with a mean value of 3 tiller plant-1, 10.7cm, 11118 kg ha-1, 5042kg ha-1 and 12.30 respectively. …”
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Detection of Mycotoxins and Aflatoxigenic Fungi Associated with Compound Poultry Feedstuffs in Saudi Arabia by Youssuf A. Gherbawy, Karima E. Abdel Fattah, Abdullah Altalhi, Pet Ioan, Mohamed A. Hussein

“…Poultry feeds with cereal grain-based constituents are vulnerable to fungal contamination during the processing and storage stages. …”
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Mechanism analysis of the enhanced corrosion resistance of the Mg–2Y alloy after Mn addition by Jinhang Dong, Yuxiu Zhang, Jun Liang, Zonghui He, Xiangbin Li, Fei Long

“…The initial microstructures indicated that grain size, texture and dislocation barely influenced the corrosion behavior; the enhanced corrosion resistance caused by Mn addition could be well understood for two reasons. …”
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Siamese Neural Networks in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Target Tracking Process by Athraa Sabeeh Hasan Allak, Jianjun Yi, Haider M. Al-Sabbagh, Liwei Chen

“…On the basis of the intersection over union loss, the effective intersection over union loss is proposed to improve the loss function, and an improved YOLOv5 target recognition model is established. Then, a fine-grained classification regression network is proposed, which uses per-pixel classification regression to train the tracker. …”
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Estimation of Breeding Parameters from Phenotypic Data of F4:5 RIL in Ethiopian Malt Barley (Hordeum distichum L.) Breeding Population by Endeshaw Tadesse, Peer Wilde, Kassahun Tesfaye, Yohannes Fekadu, Tesfahun Alemu, Rebeka Gebretsadik

“…Heritability for parents ranged from 49.50% (malt extract) to 93.60% (plant height) and heritability for crosses ranged from 29.52% (grain protein concentration) to 87.0% (days to maturity), whereas heritability for RIL was the lowest with 27.40% for beta-glucan and the highest to 73.60% for thousand kernel weight, respectively. …”
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Double-Cropping Systems Based on Maize, Sorghum, and Alfalfa: Impact of Annual Combination on Biomass and Nutritional Yield by Zhongya Ji, Yu Shi, Liqiu Jiang, Xiaoshan Wang, Guanglong Zhu, Guisheng Zhou

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Green gram and black gram: prospects of cultivation and breeding in Russian Federation by M. A. Vishnyakova, M. O. Burlyaeva, M. G. Samsonova

“…Wilczek) and black gram or urd (V. mungo (L.) Hepper) are grain legume crops cultivated in limited areas in the Russian Federation. …”
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Étude tracéologique des bois de construction du port romain de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) by Frédéric Épaud

“…The forests that were exploited were not be able to supply the building site with straight-grained, knot-free wood with a diameter perfectly suited to the needs of the carpenters, despite the possibility of transport by the Loire river. …”
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Using the gene pool of CIMMYT cultivars and lines in spring durum wheat breeding in Western Siberia by V. S. Yusov, М. G. Evdokimov, M. N. Kiriakova, D. A. Glushakov

“…The studies have shown that CIMMYT lines differ from local cultivars and lines in disease resistance (brown rust, stem rust, hard smut, and powdery mildew), test weight, pasta-making properties, and lodging resistance, but under the conditions of Western Siberia they are significantly inferior in adaptability to local cultivars and lines and suffer greatly from drought, especially during the grain-filling period. In the genetic control of the studied traits, the additive-dominant system with the inclusion of the complementary recessive epistasis prevails. …”
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<i>Triticum durum</i> Desf. is a valuable source for spring bread wheat genetic diversity enhancement by A. E. Druzhin, S. N. Sibikeev, E. I. Gultyaeva, L. B. Andreeva

“…In addition, the L154 introgressive line combined good grain productivity and baking quality.…”
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Changes in Cultivated Land and Its Effects on Vegetation and Evapotranspiration Characteristics in the Naoli River Basin by YIN Jian, XIA Ruici, WEI Danqi, DING Yi, JIANG Hongtao, LUO Xinyuan

“…The Naoli River Basin is located in the hinterland of the Sanjiang Plain and is an important grain production area in China.In recent years,with the guarantee of food security and the adjustment of regional agricultural structure in China,there have been significant changes in land use,such as cultivated land expansion and planting structure adjustment.Therefore,identifying changes in cultivated land and their ecological effects is of great significance for regional ecological protection.This study analyzed changes in land use from 1980 to 2020 and then estimated their ecological impact using the ecological impact index of cultivated land change based on normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and actual evapotranspiration data.In addition,changes in evapotranspiration were estimated to determine the degree of water consumption.The results show that:① the area of cultivated land in the basin has increased significantly from 7 273.22 km² to 15 313.62 km² over the past 40 years,an increase of 110.55%,mainly due to the reclamation of forests and wetlands;② in the past 20 years,there has been a significant conversion between paddy fields and dry land,with a greater increase in conversion from dry land to paddy fields;③ From 2000 to 2020,both NDVI and evapotranspiration in the basin showed an increasing trend,with an increased amplitude of 8.15% and 18.58%,respectively.The increase in NDVI in cultivated areas mainly occurs during the crop growing season,while the contribution of non-growing seasons to NDVI change is low;④ different types of changes in cultivated land have varying contributions to the NDVI and annual evapotranspiration in the basin.Returning cultivated land to forest has contributed to ecological protection and reduced water consumption.Although the reclamation of wetlands has increased NDVI during the growing season,it has also increased water consumption in the basin.The conversion from paddy fields to dry land is beneficial for water conservation in the basin,while the conversion from dry land to paddy fields increases evaporation and water consumption,potentially posing a risk to water resource security.…”
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Modification of Gene Expression Involved in Alkaloid Production in Opium Poppy by VIGS Combined With Pretreatment of Macerozyme Enzyme by Deniz Ece Özcan, Deniz Köm, Ozan Doğan, Semiha Erişen, Selma Onarici

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Vascular Tissue Analysis as a Decisive Tool for Tropical Hardwood Identification: The Case Study of Ekop Species in Cameroon by Pierre Paul Mbarga, Armand William Mala, Marie Marguerite Mbolo

“…Indeed, several species exploited under the trade name Ekop because of their grain, color, and wooden decoration patterns do not belong to the same taxonomic class. …”
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