Incidence of endosymbiont bacteria Wolbachia in cowpea weevil Callosobruchus maculatus Fabricius (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). by Bilal Rasool, Tahira Younis, Saba Zafar, Aqsa Parvaiz, Zeeshan Javed, Inshaal Rasool, Muhammad Shakeel

“…This study focuses on the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus, a globally distributed grain pest that affects cereals and pulses. Using chemicals to store grains can harm pest control and pose risks to consumers and the environment. …”
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A Survey of Farmers’ Perceptions on Maize and Sorghum Storage Duration and Level of Pest Infestations in the Case of Two Selected Districts of Jimma Zone, Ethiopia by Nezif Abamecha

“…Yet, there is a high postharvest loss of grains due to poor storage handling, storage practice, and pest infestations. …”
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INFLUENCE HOT PLASTIC DEFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF CARBON STEEL OF THE RAILWAY WHEEL by Igor VAKULENKO, Sergey PLITCHENKO, Dariy BOLOTOVA, Khangardash ASGAROV

“…With a decrease in the degree of the hot deformation, a certain proportion of grains with a low energy of linear stretching are formed in austenite. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Activated Carbons from Parthenium biomass by Physical and Chemical Activation Techniques by Rajeshwari Sivaraj, Venckatesh Rajendran, G. Sangeetha Gunalan

“…Parthenium hysterphorous (Linn), a perennial weed of no known beneficial use was introduced as a containment of food grains imported from US with P1480 scheme. The colonization efficiency of the weed was much higher than other indigenous weeds resulting in the reduction of cultivable areas of agricultural lands. …”
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Nanomaterials based biosensors applied for detection of aflatoxin B1 in cereals: a review by Loyce Namanya, Emma Panzi Mukhokosi, Ediriisa Mugampoza

“…Abstract Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a highly strong mycotoxin that contaminates cereals and other stored grains. It causes immune-suppressive effects, raising the risk of mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, hepatotoxicity, and embryonic toxicity, as well as increasing illness and death. …”
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Trigona corvina: An Ecological Study Based on Unusual Nest Structure and Pollen Analysis by David W. Roubik, J. Enrique Moreno Patiño

“…Over 90% of scutellum pollen volume was Cecropiaceae and Arecaceae, among >1013 grains. Potentially the oldest samples, in the middle of the nest, indicate that Mimosoideae, Euphorbiaceae, and Bombacaceae (now Malvaceae) were lost when Africanized honey bee competitors colonized Panama in 1984. …”
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Effect of fermentation duration on microstructure and quality of acha flour and its cookies acceptability by Sunday Samuel Sobowale, Benjamin Oluwole Omotoso, Joy Ikedichi Agbawodike

“…SEM revealed a shift from irregular compact grains to a regular, loose structure. Sensory tests affirmed that fermented acha flour holds promise for various food applications, including complementary foods, and gel formulations with reduced syneresis.…”
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Evaluation of the Residues of Rice (Oryza sativa L.), Black-Eyed Pea (Vigna unguiculata L.), Dill (Anethum graveolens L.), and Aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) on Characteristics o... by Einollah Hesami, Mohsen Jahan

“…Results and DiscussionIn both farms, the stability of the soil grains in the second year was higher than in the first year, which is due to the placement of organic materials of plant residues in the structure of the soil grains (Koocheki et al., 2020). …”
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Desarrollo de hormigones con aglomerante cal-puzolana fina como material cementicio suplementario Development of concrete mixtures with fine lime-pozzolan binder as supplementary c... by Juan José Dopico, Fernando Martirena Hernandez, Robert L Day, Bernhard Middendorf, Matthias Gehrke, Lesday Martinez

“…The very fine lime particles, having size between 0.1-lOum, can fill the gaps between cement grains, while the larger pozzolan particles, having size between 10-lOQim, can fill the gaps between fine aggregate grains; this results in a much denser matrix. …”
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Peculiar Dust Emission within the Orion Molecular Cloud by Parisa Nozari, Sarah Sadavoy, Edwige Chapillon, Brian Mason, Rachel Friesen, Ian Lowe, Thomas Stanke, James Di Francesco, Thomas Henning, Qizhou Zhang, Amelia Stutz

“…The origin of this flattening is not yet known, but it may be due to the intrinsic properties of the dust grains or contamination from other sources of emission. …”
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Multicriteria assessment of recently implemented conservation agriculture cropping systems across farmers’ plots in northwestern Cambodia by Sambo Pheap, Alexis Thoumazeau, Jun Murase, Vang Seng, Jean-Pierre Sarthou, Veng Sar, Linda Kimbo, Soklin Kheam, Pheakdey Chan, Pao Srean, Samrith Leang, Lyda Hok, Florent Tivet

“…Non-significant difference in yields was recorded under the three treatments in both years, but while both CA systems remained stable, CT dropped by 10% in 2022 with some differences for yield components with a larger number of grains per column and higher mass of grains under CAS. …”
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Functional and developmental convergence in the reproductive “nurse cells” of flowering plants by Doll, Nicolas Max, Truskina, Jekaterina, Ingram, Gwyneth

“…The successful sexual reproduction of flowering plants depends upon double fertilisation, during which pollen grains, produced within the male floral organ (the anther) deliver two sperm cells to the ovule, buried deep within the ovary, triggering the development of the embryo and the surrounding tissues of the seed. …”
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Recovery and separation of iron from iron ore using innovative fluidized magnetization roasting and magnetic separation by Yu J., Han Y., Li Y., Gao P.

“…The XRD, VSM, and optical microscopy (OM) analyses revealed that most of the hematite, except some coarse grains, was selectively converted to magnetite, and that the magnetic properties were greatly enhanced. …”
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Microstructure and Texture Evolution of Aluminum in the Al-Nb/Ti/Ni Composite Fabricated by the ARB Process by Nan Ye, Xueping Ren

“…A couple of results we obtained showed that the microstructure of Al changed from equiaxed grains to a lamellar structure, and the grain size in the ND decreased gradually. …”
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Impact of storage time on stability and antibacterial activity of sweet corn milk kefir by Mulyaningsih Sri, Rahmawati Rizki

“…Sweet corn milk can be used as an alternative substrate for kefir with the addition of 10% skim milk and 2% kefir grain. No research has examined the stability of sweet corn milk kefir when stored at 4oC for long periods of time. …”
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HERITAGE OF ACADEMICIAN N.V. TSITSIN: STATE-OF-THE-ART AND POTENTIAL OF THE COLLECTION OF INTERMEDIATE WHEAT × COUCH-GRASS HYBRIDS by V. P. Upelniek, V. I. Belov, I. P. Ivanova, S. P. Dolgova, A. S. Demidov

“…Accessions promising in terms of yield, high protein content in grains, good baking qualities, fresh yield for three mowings, and pest resistance were chosen. …”
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Evaluation of the correlation of faults with karstic springs in the mountain range of Prav Bisotun-Kermanshah by reza khoshraftar, gholam hassan jafari, mehdi feyzolahpour, habib arain tabar, Parvaneh moradi

“…To do this, we first prepare information layers including the location of the springs, the location of the closed holes, faults, the slope and the elevation floor layer, and then the graph of the grains of the faults is drawn and weighted by the weight of the evidence Was investigated. …”
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Photoacoustic Spectroscopy in the Optical Characterization of Foodstuff: A Review by Claudia Hernández-Aguilar, Arturo Domínguez-Pacheco, Alfredo Cruz-Orea, Rumen Ivanov

“…Spectroscopic studies carried out by employing PAS in the food industry include, among others, fruit, vegetables, condiments, grains, legumes, flours, “tortillas,” milk, water, eggs, etc. …”
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Ultrasonic Crystallization of Monotectic Zn-2%Bi Alloy by A. Szot, G. Boczkal, P. Pałka

“…The results showed enhanced organization of microstructure and the fragmentation of grains in the case of the ingots with the ultrasonic vibration presence.…”
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Paysages du maïs au Mexique by Hugo Perales

“…Several of the main factors that determine the presence of traditional maize varieties in the landscape are described, among which the altitude, the quality of the agricultural land, the quality of grains and seeds’ flow. Based on maize races richness, central and western Mexico has the greatest diversity, and the richness has not significantly decreased in the last 60 years. …”
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