Forage harvesting using branch pruning compromises sustainable use and conservation of Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir., an endangered species by Bossila Séraphin Hien, Loyapin Bondé, Mohamed Mahamoud Charahabil, Sié Sylvestre Da, Joseph Issaka Boussim, Oumarou Ouédraogo

“…It is subjected to heavy pruning pressure in dry season for livestock feeding, resulting in yearly decline of forage production and vulnerability of the species which is currently classified as endangered species. …”
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Assessment of the stocks and forecast of the catches of bream (Abramis brama Linnaeus, 1758), common carp (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758), roach (Rutilus rutilus Linnaeus, 1758),... by O. Marenkov, O. Nesterenko, I. Borovyk, M. Shmahailo, A. Hamolin

“…Biological sampling was carried out during the 2024 growing season during test and commercial fishing in the Zaporizhzhia reservoir in three areas that differed in hydrology and degree of human impact. …”
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Characteristics of interline table watermelon F₁ hybrids according to the degrees of dominance and indices of true and hypothetical heterosis by E. A. Varivoda, N. G. Baibakova

“…The length of the growing season in heterotic hybrids was inherited intermediately. …”
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IMPACT OF GIBBERELLIC ACID AND BORON TRIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOLIAR SPRAYING ON GROWTH, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF "ZAGHINIA" APRICOT TREES by A. M. I. Al-Janabi

“…A field trial was executed in a private orchard, in the governorate of Anbar, Iraq, during the growing season of 2023, in which trees were sprayed a week after full bloom, followed by two sprays at a three-week interval. …”
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Species-specific influences of competition and tree size on drought sensitivity and resistance for three planted conifers in northern China by Rui Deng, Jinglei Liao, Tim Rademacher, Zhongqi Xu, Mingchao Du, Jianwei Zheng, Lihua Fu, Xianliang Zhang

“…Large L. principis-rupprechtii trees were particularly sensitive to drought during the growing season in medium to high-density stands, while the growth of large P. sylvestris var. mongolica was most affected by precipitation at low to medium density stands. …”
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Canine Leishmaniosis Control through the Promotion of Preventive Measures Appropriately Adopted by Citizens by Giulia Simonato, Erica Marchiori, Federica Marcer, Silvia Ravagnan, Patrizia Danesi, Fabrizio Montarsi, Carlo Bononi, Gioia Capelli, Mario Pietrobelli, Rudi Cassini

“…In addition, most of the dog owners declared using regularly the topical insecticides on their dogs during the sand fly season. This experience demonstrated that a collaborative approach among scientific researchers, local authorities, and private veterinarians can achieve excellent results in the management of a leishmaniosis outbreak.…”
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The Tasmanian Estuary Perch Population—A Threatened Species? by Jonah L. Yick, Bryan Van Wyk, James Haddy

“…This study also confirms this population has a delayed spawning season in comparison to mainland populations, with growth models and tag recaptures (32 fish) demonstrating a very slow but sexually dimorphic growth rate. …”
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Navigating Host Immunity and Concurrent Ozone Stress: Strain‐Resolved Metagenomics Reveals Maintenance of Intraspecific Diversity and Genetic Variation in Xanthomonas on Pepper by Amanpreet Kaur, Ivory Russell, Ranlin Liu, Auston Holland, Rishi Bhandari, Neha Potnis

“…To address this knowledge gap, we studied short‐term within‐host eco‐evolutionary changes in the pathogen, Xanthomonas perforans, on resistant and susceptible pepper in the open‐top chambers (OTCs) under elevated Ozone (O3) conditions in a single growing season. We observed increased disease severity with greater variance on the resistant cultivar under elevated O3, yet no apparent change on the susceptible cultivar. …”
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Trends and critical points of Aspergillus contamination along Ethiopian chili postharvest value chain by Tariku Hunduma Tolera, Anteneh Tesfaye, Melaku Alemu

“…A total of 214 individual sample units composed of multiple subsamples consisting of aseptically picked matured red pods (PiPP), dried red pods (DPP), crushed chili (CP), unpacked (UpPPo), and packed chili powder (PaPPo) were randomly collected along the PVC from different major chili growing localities of Ethiopia during 2017/2018 main cropping season. Individual sample units were further homogenized into a fine powder and composited. …”
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Influence of Tithonia diversifolia and cattle manures on the growth and yield of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) by Ehiokhilen Eifediyi, Henry Ahamefule, Felix Ogedegbe, Taiwo Agbede, Isiaka Kareem, Appiah Ajayi

“…Tithonia diversifolia applied at 2.7 tha-1 and cattle manure applied at 22.5 tha-1 gave the highest growth attributes, T. diversifolia applied at the rate of 1.8 tha-1 gave a yield of 547.2 kgha-1 and 527.6 kgha-1 in the 1st and 2nd seasons respectively. Cattle manure at 15 tha-1 gave a yield of 517.3 and 517.2 kgha-1 in first and second season respectively.Conclusion Farmers are advised to use T. diversifolia at the rate of 1.8tha-1 for high yield.…”
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Quantification of Escherichia coli Transfer from Plastic Mulch to Field-grown Tomatoes and Bell Peppers by Autumn R. Burnett, Faith Critzer, Timothy Coolong

“…The objective of this study was to obtain bacterial transfer rates from a nonpathogenic Escherichia coli GFP inoculated on plastic mulch (black and white) to fruit (tomatoes and peppers) that contact the ground by being dropped (at heights of 30, 60, or 120 cm) or by drooping (contact times of 1 h or 24 h) in the field during the summer season in Georgia, USA. Plastic mulch was surface inoculated with E. coli (106 CFU/64 cm2), and after drying, populations were reduced by >2–3 log CFU/64 cm2. …”
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Mofette Vegetation as an Indicator for Geogenic CO2 Emission: A Case Study on the Banks of the Laacher See Volcano, Vulkaneifel, Germany by Hardy Pfanz, Frank Saßmannshausen, Christiane Wittmann, Benny Pfanz, Annika Thomalla

“…A geogenic CO2 emitting site (mofette U1) at the banks of the Laacher See, Eifel Mountains, was chosen to study the relationship between heavy postvolcanic soil degassing and vegetation during spring season. To test any interrelation between soil CO2 degassing and vegetation, soil chemism (pH, water content, conductivity, and humus content) and vegetation studies (number of species, plant-soil coverage) were performed. …”
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Vegetation Quality Assessment of the Shaanxi Section of the Yellow River Basin Based on NDVI and Rain-Use Efficiency by Zhao Liu, Danyue Wang, Lei Han, Hongliang Kang, Xinxin Cao

“…In this study, based on the data of NDVI and precipitation datasets in the growing season (June to September) from 2000 to 2019, we used a Sen+Mann–Kendall trend analysis and other methods to study the spatial and temporal evolution characteristics of precipitation and vegetation cover in the Shaanxi section of the Yellow River Basin and to assess the regional vegetation quality change characteristics based on estimating the rain-use efficiency (RUE). …”
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Long-term changes in the dependence of <i>Nm</i>F2 on solar flux at Juliusruh by M. G. Tan Jun Rios, M. G. Tan Jun Rios, C. Borries, H. Liu, J. Mielich

“…Third-degree polynomial-fit models dependent on different solar EUV proxies (MgII, F30, and F10.7) are generated separately for each solar cycle, each season, and each local time (LT) hour.</p> <p>The saturation effect is visible in our data and starts at lower F30 values in the ascending phase than in the descending phase. …”
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Köppen–Geiger climate classification across France based on an ensemble of high-resolution climate projections by Strohmenger, Laurent, Collet, Lila, Andréassian, Vazken, Corre, Lola, Rousset, Fabienne, Thirel, Guillaume

“…However, major changes are expected after 2040 under RCP 8.5 for 86% of France, with a massive expansion of the temperate, hot summer with or without dry season, as well as the expansion of temperate climate in mountainous regions. …”
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Gum and Resin Production and Marketing: Implications for Pastoral Livelihood in Adadle District, Somali Region, Ethiopia by Bishar Ahmed Yussuf, Latamo Lameso Lelamo, Mahamud Mahamed Abdi

“…The recurrent drought, season, and awareness level of harvesters on taping were the factors affecting the quantity and quality of production. …”
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The effect of acorn scarification on the growth and root system size of Quercus robur L. seedlings grown in nursery containers by Mariusz Kormanek, Paweł Tylek, Jacek Banach, Zdzisław Kaliniewicz

“…After the end of the growing season, the parameters of all analysed seedlings (200 pieces) were determined, and a detailed analysis of the root system was performed on selected average individuals (64 pieces). …”
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Modelling relative richness of flooding-response groups to predict hydrology-driven change in wetland plant communities by David C. Deane, Michelle T. Casanova, Jason Nicol, Justin D. Brookes

“…We test this approach, using the relative number of species adapted to terrestrial, amphibious, and submerged conditions (hydrological group richness, HGR) as an indicator of plant composition and observed water depth in the growing season as our hydrological predictor. Using published data to model HGR (n = 813 observations across 12 wetland complexes in temperate Australia), we inferred depth thresholds from transitions between terrestrial, amphibious and submerged groups and validated these thresholds using independent data collected from the same region over the preceding 5 years (n = 198, 23 wetland complexes). …”
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A Reliable Generative Adversarial Network Approach for Climate Downscaling and Weather Generation by Neelesh Rampal, Peter B. Gibson, Steven Sherwood, Gab Abramowitz, Sanaa Hobeichi

“…The skill of cGANs is highly sensitive to a hyperparameter known as the weight of the adversarial loss (λadv), where the value of λadv required for accurate results varies with season and performance metric, casting doubt on the reliability of cGANs as usually implemented. …”
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Assessment of the impacts of public health and social measures on influenza activity during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022 in Beijing, China: a modelling study by Jing Du, Lei Jia, Yanlin Gao, Jianting Su, Chao Wang, Xinghuo Pang, Gang Li

“…When susceptible individuals drop to 50%, a relaxed strategy results in a smaller rebound in the next flu season, with epidemic sizes increasing to 1.18 (1.10, 1.30), 1.41 (1.20, 1.54), and 1.54 (1.35, 1.55) for relaxed, moderate, and strict measures, respectively. …”
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