Crop Row Detection in Maize Fields Inspired on the Human Visual Perception by J. Romeo, G. Pajares, M. Montalvo, J. M. Guerrero, M. Guijarro, A. Ribeiro

“…The first one applies a threshold to separate green plants or pixels (crops and weeds) from the rest (soil, stones, and others). …”
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Invasive Alien Species of Terrestrial Vegetation of North-Eastern Uttar Pradesh by Sumit Srivastava, Ashish Dvivedi, Ravindra Prasad Shukla

“…A better planning in the form of early identification and reporting of infestation and spread of noxious weeds is needed for their control.…”
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Hydrogen Production Scheduling Strategy for Photovoltaic Electrolysis of Water Considering Dynamic Hydrogen Prices by LI Janlin, WANG Dalong, ZHAO Wending, XIN Dixi, ZOU Fei

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Newly Licensed RNs Describe What They Like Best about Being a Nurse by Maja Djukic, Linda H. Pellico, Christine T. Kovner, Carol S. Brewer

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Assessment of Malaria Predisposing Factors among Crop Production Farmers Attending the Ndop District Hospital, Northwest Region of Cameroon by Nfor Omarine Nlinwe, Tamombi Akonji Emmanuel Ateh

“…Malaria causes manpower loss when it strikes farmers at critical planting, weeding, and harvesting times. Given the above, the expected outcome to malaria prevention programs in farming communities remains a far cry, especially where the predisposing factors are not properly identified and long-lasting solutions proffered. …”
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Soil Microbial Community Structure and Target Organisms under Different Fumigation Treatments by Sadikshya R. Dangi, James S. Gerik, Rebecca Tirado-Corbalá, Husein Ajwa

“…Producers of several high-value crops in California rely heavily on soil fumigants to control key diseases, nematodes, and weeds. Fumigants with broad biocidal activity can affect both target and nontarget soil microorganisms. …”
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Design and application of system with dual-control of water and electricity based on wireless sensor network and video recognition technology by Hejie Chen, Chunxue Wu, Wending Huang, Yan Wu, Naixue Xiong

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Alien species of Ipomoea in Greece, Türkiye and Iran: distribution, impacts and management by Sima Sohrabi, Ayşe Yazlık, Ioannis Bazos, Javid Gherekhloo, Vaya Kati, Yasin Emre Kitiş, Margarita Arianoutsou, Alessandra Kortz, Petr Pyšek

“…Their most significant negative impact was detected in agricultural areas, especially in spring crops like soybean, cotton, and maize, with I. hederacea, I. purpurea, and I. triloba being the most troublesome weeds. Native plants are mainly threatened by I. indica, I. leucantha, and I. triloba. …”
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VIR and Leningrad Quarantine Laboratory: 90 years of cooperation by E. V. Drugova, T. M. Ozerskaya

“…At the same time, the laboratory turned out to be an important research institution, publishing scientific works and methodological guidelines in the field of plant protection.In the course of its activities, the laboratory staff improved the existing methods and developed new ones for phytosanitary control of plant germplasm and its protection against pests, weeds, and pathogenic microorganisms. Manuals, directories, and identification guides written by the laboratory staff still remain the reference books for quarantine and plant protection experts. …”
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Nomenclatural standards of oat (<i>Avena sativa</i> L.) cultivars released by the Research Institute of Agriculture for the Northern Trans-Ural Region by M. N. Fomina, Yu. S. Ivanova, N. V. Lebedeva, I. V. Varganova

“…The herbarium specimens are deposited with the Herbarium of Cultivated Plants of the World, Their Wild Relatives, and Weeds (WIR) at the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources. …”
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Effects of Artificial Flooding for Hydroelectric Development on the Population of Mansonia humeralis (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Paraná River, São Paulo, Brazil by Marcia Bicudo de Paula, Almério de Castro Gomes, Delsio Natal, Ana Maria Ribeiro de Castro Duarte, Luís Filipe Mucci

“…The closure of two phases of the dam at the Porto Primavera Hydroelectric Plant on the Paraná River flooded a flawed system located in the Municipality of Presidente Epitácio, São Paulo state, favoring the proliferation of aquatic weeds. This study aimed to observe the population of Mansonia humeralis in the area, monitoring the richness, diversity, and dominance of this species both before and during different phases of reservoir flooding as well as evaluate its possible consequences concerning human and animal contact. …”
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Nitrogen enrichment and vascular plant richness loss reduce bryophyte richness by Maeve Lin, Ariel Bergamini, Noémie A. Pichon, Eric Allan, Steffen Boch

“…We sampled bryophytes in a factorial grassland experiment manipulating nitrogen fertilization, fungicide, species richness, and functional composition of vascular plants crossed with moderate disturbances by weeding. Disturbance increased bryophyte richness and modulated treatment effects. …”
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Adoption of Coffee Shade Agroforestry Technology and Shade Tree Management in Gobu Seyo District, East Wollega, Oromia by Tolera Urgessa Waktola, Kidist Fekadu

“…Different management activities were also identified in the area (such as composting, pruning, watering, and weeding). Coffee shade agroforestry technology was important to diversify the agricultural products, to solve the problem of livelihood, and adds economic and environmental benefits.…”
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Uptake and Distribution of Cd in Sweet Maize Grown on Contaminated Soils: A Field-Scale Study by Wending Xu, Guining Lu, Zhi Dang, Changjun Liao, Qiangpei Chen, Xiaoyun Yi

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Model Studies of Metallurgical Processes Based on the Example of Blowing Steel with Argon by T. Merder, J. Pieprzyca, R. Wende, J. Witek, M. Saternus

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Spent Coffee Ground and Its Derivatives as Soil Amendments—Impact on Soil Health and Plant Production by Yi Hu, Juan Li, Yiping Wu, Dongdong Zhang, Zhiyong Qi, Rui Yang

“…SCG and its derivatives may be used as biocontrol agents for weeds, soil-borne pathogens, and pests. Novel bio-organic fertilizers based on SCG have also been developed. …”
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Development of a rapid detection technology system for noxious plants based on a novel isothermal amplification technique by Ting Zhang, Ting Zhang, Han Xu, Mengdi Liu, Wei Zhang

“…We targeted the seeds, leaves, and grain impurities of four major noxious weeds: Amaranthus palmeri, the A.tuberculatus complex, Rhaponticum repens, and Euphrosyne xanthiifolia, we designed and screened primers and probes suitable for this isothermal amplification method, determined their limit of detection, optimized the genomic DNA extraction methods, and verified the method. …”
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The Effect of Goat Grazing on the Biodiversity of Pannonian Dry Grassland by Karoly Penksza, Ferenc Pajor, Andrea Kevi, Zsombor Wagenhoffer, Laszló Sipos, Eszter Salata-Falusi, Peter Penksza, Peter Poti, Jozsef Berke, Denes Salata, Marta Bajnok, Szilard Szentes

“…The overgrazed pasture (N1) exhibited the most degraded vegetation community, dominated by weeds and disturbance-tolerant species. The overgrazed (N1) pasture had a low forage value because of the different timing of treatments. …”
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Alternative feed resources in the era of climate change: A review by Taiwo K Ojediran, Olajide S Olofintuyi, Temitope J Ojediran

“…Drawing from a comprehensive analysis of industry reports, case studies, and articles from sources such as Elsevier, Scopus, PubMed, ScholarOne, PLUS One, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, this study covers a range of innovative options, including insect-based feeds, algae, seaweeds, microbial proteins, residues, by-products, aquatic plants and weeds, hydroponic fodder production, climate-resilient forage crops, agroforestry systems, high-value crop by-products, and silvopastoral systems. …”
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Rate and Timing Effects of Growth Regulating Herbicides Applications on Grain Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Growth and Yield by Thierry E. Besançon, Ranjit Riar, Ronnie W. Heiniger, Randy Weisz, Wesley J. Everman

“…Dicamba and 2,4-D are among the most common and inexpensive herbicides used to control broadleaf weeds. However, different studies have pointed the risk of crop injury and grain sorghum yield reduction with postemergence applications of 2,4-D. …”
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