Innovative trend analysis of precipitation changes over Nigeria: A case study of locations across the Niger and Benue Rivers by Emmanuel P. Agbo, Golden C. Offorson, Abubakar S. Yusuf, John O. Bassey, Moses A. Okono, Ugochukwu Nkajoe, Patrick O. Ushie

“…The data were visually analyzed using boxplots to identify seasonal patterns and outliers, and the results of the MK test show that four of the six locations detected trends for annual and wet season precipitation variations. …”
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PREDICTING SOIL WATER CONTENTS UNDER SEMI-ARID CLIMATE by Khalid Ahmed, Ahmed Saeed, Ghazwan Dahham, Mahmoud Rafik

“…The predicting models show significant differences with acceptable accuracy in predicting soil humidity in the growing season.…”
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Resource selection and survival of plains sharp‐tailed grouse at a wind energy facility by Carly S. Kelly, Chad W. LeBeau, Jeffrey L. Beck, Alex Solem, Hilary Morey, Kurt T. Smith

“…We used spatial and demographic data collected from radio‐marked female sharp‐tailed grouse to evaluate resource selection (nest, brood‐rearing, and breeding season) and survival (nest and female) near existing wind energy infrastructure during the April to August breeding season over a 3‐year period from 2020 to 2022 in northeastern South Dakota, USA. …”
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Water Use Efficiency and Physiological Response of Rice Cultivars under Alternate Wetting and Drying Conditions by Yunbo Zhang, Qiyuan Tang, Shaobing Peng, Danying Xing, Jianquan Qin, Rebecca C. Laza, Bermenito R. Punzalan

“…Field experiments were conducted at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) farm in 2009 dry season (DS), 2009 wet season (WS), and 2010 DS to determine genotypic responses and water use efficiency of rice under two N rates and two water management treatments. …”
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Prevalence of bovine fasciolosis and direct financial losses in cattle slaughtered in Bamenda and Bafoussam abattoirs, Western Highlands, Cameroon by Heinendez Merrius Atanga, Ngum Helen Ntonifor, Oumar Mahamat

“…Results revealed that prevalence of Fasciola spp. was significantly higher during the rainy season (23.48%) than 16% in the dry season (p = 0.00). …”
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Nitrogen Balance of Effluent Irrigated Silage Cropping Systems in Southern Australia by Chris J. Smith, Val O. Snow, Ray Leuning, David Hsu

“…This represents ≈12% of the N loading, assuming that these rates apply throughout the season. The balance of the N accumulated in the soil profile during the irrigation season, as 15N-labelled N studies confirmed. …”
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Detection and Monitoring of Damage Status and Infestation by Spodoptera frugiperda in Maize Crops in Luxor Region, Egypt by Moustafa Mohamed Sabry Bakry, Thuraya A.A. M. Al-Saadi, Dalal M. Aljedani, N. F. Abdel-Baky, Lamiaa H.Y. Mohamed

“…Our study shows that the number of damaged plants was higher than the number of infected plants throughout the season. Thus, the percentage of plants damaged by S. frugiperda increased as the timing of corn plant inspections increased during the two seasons. …”
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Soil Quality and Water Redistribution Influences on Plant Production over Low Hillslopes on Reclaimed Mined Land by Stephen D. Merrill, Mark A. Liebig, John D. Hendrickson, Abbey F. Wick

“…Yield regressions with WR index (catchment area-based) indicated dominance of WR effects at Zap. Cool-season forages at Zap evidently responded to springtime runoff, while Stanton forages and spring wheat at both sites used water later in the season and responded to soil depth/SQ effects. …”
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Meteorological conditions for growing promising grape cultivars in the Black Sea agroecological zone of viticulture by V. S. Petrov, A. A. Marmorshtein, M. I. Pankin, D. M. Tsiku, M. D. Larkina

“…The pattern and duration of the grape plant growing season depends both on biological characteristics of plants and the environmental conditions of their habitat. …”
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Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida by Jose C.B. Dubeux, Nicolas DiLorenzo, Kalyn Waters, Jane C. Griffin

“…Mild winters in Florida allows utilization of cool-season forages that can significantly enhance the performance of grazing heifers. …”
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Performance Evaluation of CLM5 in Simulating Evapotranspiration over Pearl River Basin by WANG Dayang

“…To investigate the simulation performance of the Community Land Model version 5 (CLM5) in simulating terrestrial evapotranspiration,this paper simulated the surface processes in the Pearl River Basin (PRB) from 1989 to 2018 with CLM5.For validation,the remote sensing-based GLEAM ET products were used as reference for the evaluation of the model's simulation performance.The evaluation was based on temporal variability analysis and spatial pattern analysis.The results show that CLM5 underestimates the evapotranspiration in the PRB to varying degrees,with the relative error of average annual evapotranspiration being -16.07% in the basin.The underestimation is mainly attributed to the underestimation of low evapotranspiration in the cold season. By contrast,CLM5 performs better in the simulation of high evapotranspiration in the warm season.Spatially,CLM5 has good performance in the southeast,south,and west of PRB,while poor performance in the northern PRB.This study can provide a guideline for the development of the evapotranspiration module in CLM5.…”
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Hip and Groin Injury Prevention in Elite Athletes and Team Sport – Current Challenges and Opportunities by Steven M. Short, Cameron W. MacDonald, Donald Strack

“…Often situations arise where sub-optimal pre-season training has occurred or congested in-season competition minimizes physiologic recovery periods between bouts of physical activity, both of which could magnify concomitant existing risk factors and increase injury risk. …”
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Citrus Mechanical Harvesting Systems--Continuous Canopy Shakers by Fritz M. Roka, Reza J. Ehsani, Stephen H. Futch, Barbara R. Hyman

“…Mechanically harvested citrus acreage, however, has decreased significantly since 2005. During the 2012/13 season, less than 9,000 acres were mechanically harvested (FDOC 2013). …”
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Gray Leaf Spot of St. Augustinegrass: Cultural and Chemical Management Options by Philip Harmon, Lawrence Datnoff, Russell Nagata, Matt Brecht, Carol Stiles

“…Augustinegrass is the only warm season turfgrass affected by this important disease. …”
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Drought Prediction Model of Pearl River Basin Based on SST and Machine Learning by FENG Xin, LIU Yanju, TONG Hongfu, QIAN Shuni

“…The results are as follows. ① The model can effectively forecast the temporal and spatial evolution of drought, and as the forecast period becomes longer, the forecast accuracy decreases accordingly. ② The accuracy of drought forecast is higher in non-flood season than in flood season, and the coastal area has a better forecast effect than the inland area. ③ The occurrence of droughts in the Pearl River Basin may be related to typical climate fluctuations, such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation and the North Atlantic Oscillation.…”
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Forage-Based Heifer Development Program for North Florida by Jose C.B. Dubeux, Nicolas DiLorenzo, Kalyn Waters, Jane C. Griffin

“…Mild winters in Florida allows utilization of cool-season forages that can significantly enhance the performance of grazing heifers. …”
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Research on the Hydrological Regime of the Gaoyao Section in the Lower Reaches of Xijiang River by IHA/RVA Method by GAO Minhua

“…To comprehensively evaluate the changes in the hydrological regime of the Gaoyao section in the lower reaches of the Xijiang River,this study selected the daily average flow data of the Gaoyao Hydrological Station in the lower reaches of the Xijiang River for 1974—2018.The Mann-Kendall method,the Pettitt abrupt change test method,and the cumulative anomaly method were used to analyze the hydrological regime characteristics and abrupt hydrological change points of the Gaoyao section.The indicators of hydrologic alteration/range of variability approach (IHA/RVA) method was employed to comprehensively evaluate the alteration degree of the hydrological index at the Gaoyao Hydrological Station before and after the abrupt change.The results show that from 1974 to 2018,the comprehensive alteration degree of the flow at the Gaoyao Hydrological Station was 37%,and the alteration degree was thus a medium one.The flow generally decreases in the wet season and increases in the dry season.The research results can provide a reference for the proper development of water resources in the lower reaches of the Xijiang River.…”
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Gray Leaf Spot of St. Augustinegrass: Cultural and Chemical Management Options by Philip Harmon, Lawrence Datnoff, Russell Nagata, Matt Brecht, Carol Stiles

“…Augustinegrass is the only warm season turfgrass affected by this important disease. …”
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Annual Characteristics of Runoff and Sediment in West River and North River Delta and Their Influencing Factors by ZHANG Yonghua, LU Yongqiu

“…The analysis of annual characteristics of runoff and sediment based on the monthly measured hydrological data of Makou Station and Sanshui Station in the West River and North River delta over the past 50 years.It shows that the monthly runoff,sediment discharge,and sediment concentration of Makou Station and Sanshui Station are obviously of the “unimodal type”,with runoff and sediment concentrated in June and July during the flood season.The annual concentration ratio of runoff and sediment in the West River and North River delta is high with a decreasing trend,while the concentration period is concentrated in early July with a slight delay.The interannual variation trend of runoff and sediment in the West River and North River delta is mainly controlled by the variation of flood season and is affected to some extent by the regulation of the non-flood period.There is a consistent interannual trend of runoff with precipitation,but the annual concentration ratio is more affected by hydraulic engineering.Sand excavation in river channels affects the distribution of runoff and sediment by changing the diversion ratio of runoff and sediment.…”
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Reproductive biology of the European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Turkish Aegean Sea by Taylan Burcu, Bayhan Bahar

“…The present study investigated the reproductive biology of European anchovies obtained seasonally from fishermen in İzmir Bay (Aegean Sea). …”
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