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... Molecular identification is a fundamental issue in astrobiology to investigate the routes of emergence of life on our planet involving in particular a potential seeding of extraterrestrial organic matter on the primitive Earth. However, this project encompasses major difficulties due to the low concentration of molecules present in bodies of the Solar System. This work proposes an integrative anal ...
sowing, etc ; annuals; data collection; fertilizers; labor; sows; Show all 6 Subjects
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... In a pioneering effort, we construct annual frequency series of labour input, sown area, machinery, fertiliser and output for Chinese agriculture from 1661 to 2019. With the new dataset, we examine agricultural output and TFP over the past four centuries. ...
sowing, etc ; corn; mechanization; no-tillage; soil; straw; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Maize seeding is greatly affected by improper seed placement and poor planter performance under a no-tillage mechanisation system. To overcome the issue, we explored the impact of separating board and anti-blocking mechanism (0, 1/4, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, and 1 type) on maize seeding under different forward speeds (3, 5, 7 km/h) and rotational speeds (260, 400, 530, 740 rpm), where the performance metric ...
sowing, etc ; asymmetric membranes; catalysts; catalytic activity; nanofibers; nanosilver; Show all 6 Subjects
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... An Ag@PAN catalytic nanofiber composite membrane has been fabricated by combining electrospinning PAN nanofiber seeding with 2-MI and flowing synthesis. ZIF-8 can be immobilized on the surface of the nanofibers with Zn(NO₃)₂ solution flowing through the 2-MI/PAN nanofiber membrane and Ag nanoparticles can be immobilized on the nanofibers with Zn²⁺ in ZIF-8 exchanged by Ag⁺ followed with reduction ...
Michael J. Lawes; Michael D. Crisp; Peter J. Clarke; Brett P. Murphy; Jeremy J. Midgley; Jeremy Russell-Smith; Catherine E. M. Nano; Ross A. Bradstock; Neal J. Enright; Joseph B. Fontaine; Carl R. Gosper; Leigh-Ann Woolley
sowing, etc ; botany; ecosystems; fire regime; flora; phylogeny; selection pressure; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Postfire resprouting (R+) and recruitment from seed (S+) are common resilience traits in Australian ecosystems. We classified 2696 woody Australian taxa as R+ or not (R−) and as S+ or not (S−). The proportions of these traits in Australian ecosystems were examined in relation to fire regimes and other ecological correlates, and by trait mapping on a phylogeny scaled to time. Resprout ...
sowing, etc ; hail; rain gauges; research; statistical analysis; storm damage; North Dakota; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The North Dakota Cloud Modification Project (NDCMP) is a state-managed, cost-sharing weather modification program with a primary goal of reducing crop hail damage and a secondary goal of increasing precipitation. North Dakota has conducted NDCMP in western North Dakota since 1976. This analysis evaluates the 1977–2018 cloud seeding impact on rain gauge measured precipitation using an exploratory h ...
sowing, etc ; environmental protection; food security; people; pesticides; pests; user interface; Canada; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The scientific consensus is that pesticide use maximizes crop yields in the face of pest and disease pressures. Often, the debate then becomes a “so what” question (e.g., a percent or two increase in yield is inconsequential, so why use pesticides at all?). We set out to help give technical and lay audiences an objective and quantitative sense of what it means for pesticides to protect crop yields ...
... Surface velocity is traditionally measured with in situ techniques such as velocity probes (in shallow rivers) or Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (in deeper water). In the last years, researchers have developed remote sensing techniques, both optical (e.g., image-based velocimetry techniques) and microwave (e.g., Doppler radar). These techniques can be deployed from Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS ...
sowing, etc ; Washington (state); hydrology; introduced species; land restoration; landforms; planting; rivers; sediment texture; species richness; vegetation; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Large dam removals effectively restore geomorphic and hydrologic processes, but little is known about subsequent vegetation recovery and the role of active restoration. We studied whether planting and seeding affected vegetation recovery in a dewatered reservoir, and whether effects differed on landforms composed of fine or coarse‐textured sediments. The dewatered reservoir is behind the former Gl ...
sowing, etc ; biomass production; flooding tolerance; labor; plant establishment; profitability; research; rice; soil; submergence; water stress; wet season; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Early season flash flooding and submergence greatly impair rice production in the rainfed lowlands of West Africa. Here, rice establishment is by transplanting into puddled soil. Crops established during the early part of the rainy season are adversely affected by submergence, while delaying transplanting until the flood waters have receded results in the use of old seedlings and terminal drought ...
sowing, etc ; administrative management; fertilizer application; forestry; land restoration; legumes; mined soils; nitrogen; nitrogen cycle; nitrogen fertilizers; sustainable development; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Nitrogen (N) supply is the major limiting nutrient in most reclamation schemes. In reclaimed mine soil (RMS), examining the N dynamics can be especially informative for understanding constraints on recovery that restrict revegetation success. Scholarly studies worldwide have focused on exogenous N incorporation to alleviate N shortages in the agriculture, and forestry sectors. Currently, growing c ...
... Smart solar-blind UV-C band photodetectors suffer from low responsivity in a self-powered mode. Here, we address this issue by fabricating a novel enhanced solar-blind UV-C photodetector array based on solution-processed n-ZnO quantum dots (QDs) functionalized by p-CuO micro-pyramids. Self-assembled catalyst-free p-CuO micro-pyramid arrays are fabricated on a pre-ablated Si substrate by pulsed las ...
... Phosphorus (P) is one of the essential nutrients for alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) growth, but P deficiency in soil is a common phenomenon. Applying an appropriate amount of P fertilizer for alfalfa in the establishment year improves winter survival, helps achieve sustainable high yields, and promotes the best economic returns. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of different P ...
... Russian thistle, also known as tumbleweed (Salsola spp.), is a problematic invasive plant found on natural and working landscapes. On a California rangeland, we tested the singular and interactive treatments of grazing, herbicide, and seeding to determine how these approaches might influence Salsola cover across a 5-yr experiment. Total Salsola cover declined by 3% annually during the study. A sin ...
... Amyloid aggregation results from the self‐assembly of identical aggregation‐prone sequences into cross‐beta‐sheet structures. The process is best known for its association with a wide range of human pathologies but also as a functional mechanism in all kingdoms of life. Less well elucidated is the role of heterotypic interactions between amyloids and other proteins and macromolecules and how this ...
sowing, etc ; energy; industry; nanocrystals; nanodiamonds; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Diamond thin films are known to have properties similar to bulk diamond and have applications in both industry and fundamental studies in academia. The high surface energy of diamond makes it extremely difficult to grow diamond films on foreign substrates. Hence, to grow diamond films on non-diamond substrates, a nucleation step is needed. In this review various techniques used for diamond nucleat ...
Sarah Schoepflin; Justin Macmanus; Chenghua Long; Kester McCullough; Stephanie Klaus; Haydée De Clippeleir; Chris Wilson; Mike Parsons; Kartik Chandran; Charles Bott
sowing, etc ; activated sludge; ammonia; anaerobic ammonium oxidation; biofilm; biomass; carbon; denitrification; environment; glycerol; nitrates; nitrites; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; research; temperature; total nitrogen; water; Show all 17 Subjects
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... This study evaluated startup strategies for mainstream polishing anammox moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBRs) without anammox bacterial (AMX) biomass inoculation. Two types of startups were tested: anammox only (no external carbon addition) and partial denitrification/anammox (PdNA) with glycerol addition. Reactors were started with either virgin carriers or carriers with a preliminary biofilm from ...
sowing, etc ; agronomy; automation; ginger; industry; models; prediction; Show all 7 Subjects
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... A consistent orientation of ginger shoots when sowing ginger is more conducive to high yields and later harvesting. However, current ginger sowing mainly relies on manual methods, seriously hindering the ginger industry’s development. Existing ginger seeders still require manual assistance in placing ginger seeds to achieve consistent ginger shoot orientation. To address the problem that existing ...
sowing, etc ; Sclerotinia; agricultural experiment stations; canola; cultivars; disease resistance; hybrids; lipid content; non-genetically modified foods; oils; open pollination; pathogenicity; seed yield; spring; stem rot; North Dakota; Show all 16 Subjects
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... The 'NDOLA-2' (Reg. No_, PI_) is an open-pollinated non-GMO spring-type canola developed at North Dakota State University (NDSU) and approved for specialty release by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. NDOLA-2 was tested as an experimental line 'NDC-E16198' from 2017 to 2020 (16 location-year) in NDSU canola breeding nurseries, and in 2019 and 2020 (8 location-year) in North Dakota ...
sowing, etc ; climate; liquids; research; snowpack; temperature; winter; Utah; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Assessment of how the wintertime cloud seeding conditions over Utah's mountains may change provides essential information for the state to work on increasing its snowpack in the warmer climate. In this study, data from the National Center for Atmospheric Research's high-resolution, convection-permitting Weather Research and Forecasting model are used to evaluate suitable conditions for wintertime ...