Effects of pits of different ages on ethyl acetate and its metabolism-related microorganisms during strong-flavor Baijiu fermentation by Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Yunxuan Duan, Yang Lin, Jing Chen, Jie Cheng, Jie Cheng, Chuan Song, Jincen Zuo, Suyi Zhang, Suyi Zhang, Yong Zuo

“…The microbial composition of ZPs (fermented grains) from 100 years pit was the most abundant at the genus level. …”
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Evaluation of growth, yield attributes, and yield of wheat varieties under Terminalia chebula trees by Akshay Kumar, Meenakshi Gupta, L. M. Gupta, Sarabdeep Kour, Punit Choudhary

“…Maximum spike length (13.91 cm), tillers/plant (7.36), grains/spike (33.62), and grain yield (42.46 qha−1) were recorded in the variety RSP-561 grown in the open conditions. …”
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Adaptation Strategies of Small-Scale Farmers to Challenges of COVID-19 Pandemic in Osun State, Nigeria by Olufemi Bolarin, Damilola Ajiboye, Sola Komolafe

“…The leading adaptation strategies employed by the farmers were planting of available grains instead of seeds (mean=2.85), reduced food consumption (mean=2.83), and the use of family labour (mean=2.80). …”
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Effect of Process Pressure on the Properties of Cu₂O Thin Films Deposited by RF Magnetron Sputtering by Junghwan Park, Chang-Sik Son, Young-Guk Son, Donghyun Hwang

“…Field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) showed that the films deposited at 5 mTorr and 10 mTorr exhibited densely packed, well-defined grains, while those at 1 mTorr and 15 mTorr displayed irregular or poorly defined morphologies. …”
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Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), water footprint and nitrogen loss associated with food consumption among adults: findings from the updated LEBANese natiONal food consumption surve... by Maha Hoteit, Maroun Khattar, Esraa Antar, Dana Malli, The Adults-Lebanon-FCS Group

“…Animal products were the primary contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, while vegetable products had the highest water footprint and nitrogen loss impact on the environment. Grains and cereals, the most consumed food category, significantly influenced the water footprint and nitrogen loss. …”
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Improved Corn Yields When Humic Acid Extracted from Composted Manure Is Applied to Acid Soils with Phosphorus Fertilizer by Benito H. Purwanto, Putri Wulandari, Endang Sulistyaningsih, Sri N. H. Utami, Suci Handayani

“…The H10P1 produced the most significant result p<0.05 in terms of total crop dry weight, grain dry weight, and corn yield. The highest efficiency for P uptake in the leaves and grains was found with H10P1 and H5P1, respectively. …”
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Effect of potassium rates and application methods in no-till on soil K availability and crop yield by Gustavo Pesini, Dayana Jéssica Eckert, Matheus Ferrari Menegat, Gustavo Frosi, João Pedro Moro Flores, Lucas Aquino Alves, Dionata Filippi, Tadeu Luis Tiecher, Danilo Rheinheimer dos Santos, Tales Tiecher

“…The replacement of K removed by soybean and wheat grains under NT with low soil K availability at 0.10-0.20 m should be band applied in-furrow along the sowing line.…”
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Evaluation of crop and pond-deepening adaptations to climate change in saline coastal Bangladesh: Benefit-cost and risk analysis by Md. Jahangir Kabir, Donald S. Gaydon, Rob Cramb

“…Notably, achieving a higher grain yield per hectare does not always correspond to higher economic returns from the limited freshwater supply across crops. …”
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Split Application of Potassium Reduces Rice Chalkiness by Regulating Starch Accumulation Process Under High Temperatures by Xinyue Zhang, Youfa Li, Junjie Dong, Yuanze Sun, Haowei Fu

“…Chalkiness in rice is adversely affected by high temperatures during the flowering and grain-filling stages. Potassium (K) is essential for improving grain quality and heat resilience. …”
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Effect of Additives on Electrodeposition of Copper in Ch Cl-Gl A Low Eutectic Solvent by LIU Yang, HAO Jianjun, YIN Hongkun, WANG Xinhui

“…The use of additives facilitates the deposition of copper on metal substrates.In this work，using choline chloride glacial acetic acid(Ch Cl-Gl A) as a low eutectic solvent and copper acetate as the main salt， the effects of ascorbic acid(C6H8O6)， disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid(EDTA-2Na) and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid(DTPA) as additives on electrodeposition of copper on iron substrate were investigated.Electrochemical behavior was studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry (CA)； scanning electron microscopy(SEM) and X-ray diffraction(XRD) were used to observe and analyze the morphology and composition of the coating.The UV-visible absorption spectrum of the complex formed in the electrodeposited solution with different additives was analyzed by a UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer.Results indicated that in Ch Cl-Gl A， the electrodeposition of copper involved two steps of oxidation-reduction with the first step of Cu2＋→Cu＋and the second step of Cu＋→Cu.All three additives promoted the deposition of copper in Ch Cl-Gl A，and ascorbic acid had the best effect，which could obtain a copper coating with good performance at room temperature.The electrodeposition of copper in Ch Cl-Gl A followed a three-dimensional instantaneous nucleation process and was an irreversible reaction controlled by diffusion.Moreover，the diffusion coefficients of Cu2＋and Cu＋could reach 4.003 9&#x00D7;10－7&#x00A0;cm2/s，4.762 7&#x00D7;10－7&#x00A0;cm2/s，respectively.The copper crystal prepared with ascorbic acid as additive was a polygonal sheet-like structure with distinct grains，and the optimal crystal plane was the (111) crystal plane.Besides，the average grain sizes of the copper layer with additives DTPA，EDTA-2Na and C6H8O6&#x00A0;were 50.71，55.12 and 52.73 nm.The average grain size of the copper layer without additive was 44.73 nm.…”
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Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Artificial Cores Saturated With Ice: An Analogical Simulation to Natural Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments by Kaixiang Shen, Wenwei Xie, Yanjiang Yu, Yingsheng Wang, Zizhen Wang, Xiaokang Wang, Wensheng Zhang

“…Using the quartz sand, calcite grains, and illite powder as the main mineral composites, and Portland cement as the bonding material, the host skeleton with similar porosity and mechanical properties to the target reservoir were prepared. …”
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Maternal Dietary Patterns and Gestational Diabetes Risk: A Case-Control Study by Fatemeh Sedaghat, Mahdieh Akhoondan, Mehdi Ehteshami, Vahideh Aghamohammadi, Nila Ghanei, Parvin Mirmiran, Bahram Rashidkhani

“…The prudent dietary pattern was characterized by higher intake of liquid oils, legumes, nuts and seeds, fruits and dried fruits, fish and poultry whole, and refined grains. Western dietary pattern was associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus before and after adjustment for confounders (OR = 1.97, 95% CI: 1.27–3.04, OR = 1.68, 95% CI: 1.04–2.27). …”
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Effects of COVID-19 on pea farmers, a case study in the department of Nariño, Colombia by Housseman Steven Ramos-Zambrano, Marcela Elizabeth Riascos-Delgado, Jeisson Rodríguez-Valenzuela, Alcira María Delgado-Sánchez, Álvaro Mauricio Cadena-Pastrana

“…However, in 2022, the increased the price paid per kilogram of pea grains helped mitigate the adverse impact of the pandemic. …”
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Pollen, Physicochemical, and Mineral Analysis of Croatian Acacia Honey Samples: Applicability for Identification of Botanical and Geographical Origin by Natalija Uršulin-Trstenjak, Dinko Puntarić, Davor Levanić, Vlatka Gvozdić, Željka Pavlek, Ada Puntarić, Eda Puntarić, Ida Puntarić, Domagoj Vidosavljević, Dario Lasić, Marina Vidosavljević

“…The Istria samples are richer in reducing sugars, free acids, diastase, higher conductivity, higher content of the acacia pollen grains, and lower concentrations of most metals. Honey from Northwest Croatia and Istria shares the high concentration of Al in honey.…”
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Effects of foliar spraying ABA on ultrastructure and photosynthesis of cotton leaves at bolling stage by CHENG Guo, ZHAO Xiushuai, YIN Zi, WANG Xingpeng, HE Shuai

“…The chloroplasts in the cells of cotton leaves treated with ABA were neatly arranged and compact, but the number of chloroplasts was decreased. The starch grains in the chloroplasts under high ABA treatment became larger. …”
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Effects of Different Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Yield-Related Characteristics in Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) Cultivation Under the Ecological Conditions of Tokat, Türkiye... by Abdulkadir Acar, Yasin Bedrettin Karan

“…Key parameters examined over both years included plant height (cm), number of branches per plant (number), number of capsules per plant (number), number of grains per capsule (number), thousand seed weight (g), seed yield (kg/da). …”
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The creation and characterization of the bread wheat line with a centric translocation T2DL.2RL by Yu. N. Ivanova, L. A. Solovey, D. B. Loginova, E. E. Miroshnikova, N. I. Dubovets, O. G. Silkova

“…The productivity characters of the 2R(2D)1 line exceeded or did not differ from those of T2DL.2RL, however, the mass of 1000 grains was significantly lower. The results showed the effect of the T2DL.2RL translocation on the trait “plant height”. …”
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Tribological degradation and corrosion of grinding disc wear contaminants in food by Segun Isaac Talabi, Ismaila Idowu Ahmed, Raheem Abolore Yahya, Taiwo Yahaya, Jeleel Adekunle Adebisi, Rasheedat Modupe Mahamood, Jamiu Kolawole Odusote, Mariam Kehinde Sulaiman, Lawrence Aderemi Olatunji, Sulaiman Abdulkareem

“…In Africa and Asia, methods for grains size reduction to powder and paste is dominated by motorized grinding machine. …”
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Microstructural insights into the influence of stress amplitudes on the crack nucleation mechanism of Ti–2Al-2.5Zr alloy using quasi in-situ tests by Shengkun Wang, Mengqi Li, Zuoliang Ning, Gang Chen, Zheng Liu, Jun Wu, Wenchun Jiang

“….); intergranular cracks are mainly induced at grain boundaries (GBs) by slip impacting/shearing GB behaviors and at GB triple junctions due to strain incompatibility. …”
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Influences of multi-pass friction stir alloying on characterization of AZ91D alloy-based dual reinforcement bio-ceramic nano-composites by Surendra Kumar Patel, Guoxin Dai, Lu Liu, Zhen Sun, Lei Shi

“…After 3-passes FSP average grain diameter of the composite C (1.61 μm) was smaller than that of composite A (1.86 μm) and composite B (1.63 μm), because of the strong shear deformation and generated friction heat, which occurred via dynamic recrystallization between grains in the processed zones. …”
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