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Abdelmalek Temnani, Pablo Berríos, Susana Zapata-García, Pedro J. Espinosa and Alejandro Pérez-Pastor
Irrigated agriculture is facing a serious problem of water scarcity, which could be mitigated by optimizing the application of regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) strategies. For this reason, the aim of our study was to determine irrigation thresholds bas...
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Marta M. Moreno, Sara González-Mora, Jaime Villena and Carmen Moreno
Organic hydromulches (liquid spray-on mulches) have been used traditionally in land rehabilitation, mainly to mitigate post-fire runoff and erosion. However, in recent years, a new application of these materials as an eco-friendly alternative to the wide...
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Samuel Kwakye and Davie M. Kadyampakeni
Huanglongbing (HLB) is a citrus disease that affects the growth of the fibrous roots of citrus trees. This means that HLB-affected trees may have reduced root volume and may impact water uptake. A greenhouse study was conducted from October 2019 to July ...
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Changgeng Dai, Yuqi Zhong, Jing Yu, Yiyu Cheng and Maolin Hou
Diapausing larvae of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis Walker, overwinter in rice stubble. During overwintering, the larvae may move to sites with suitable moisture and undergo physiological changes to prepare for the declining temperature. This st...
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Pinyue Li, Weiming Zhang, Jun Tao and Daqiu Zhao
Herbaceous peony is a potential material for cut flowers, but its short vase life seriously affects the development of cut herbaceous peony flowers industry. In this study, herbaceous peony polyphenols were applied to extend the vase life of cut flowers,...
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Ioanna Kakabouki, Panteleimon Stavropoulos, Ioannis Roussis, Antonios Mavroeidis and Dimitrios Bilalis
Throughout the world, salinity is a major environmental issue that limits agricultural productivity, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. In addition, climate change is the most important reason for the salinization of agricultural soils in the wo...
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Hossein Ghoveisi, Davie Mayeso Kadyampakeni, Jawwad Qureshi and Lauren Diepenbrock
A precise estimation of plant water use is crucial for efficient irrigation management and understanding of plant?water interactions. Metalized-polyethylene mulch as a ground cover, combined with irrigation management, can improve water and fertilizer us...
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Simone Perna, Zainab Ali AL-Qallaf and Qaisar Mahmood
Modern urban societies generate tremendous amounts of hazardous wastes, including toxic organics and metals. Toxic metals harm plants and pose a risk to human health; examples of them are copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), palladium (Pb), and cadmium (Cd). Wetland ...
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Yifan Jiang, Karen C. Bustillo and Thomas M. Devine
Aqueous zinc ions lower the corrosion rate of Alloy 600, which helps lower the radiation dose rate in pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The influence of zinc on the electrochemical behavior of Alloy 600 in PWR primary water (PW) at 320 °C was investigat...
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Carlos G. Ochoa and Mohamed A. B. Abdallah
There is scarce information regarding the interactions between young tree water uptake and the environment in water-limited ecosystems. This study was conducted in a semiarid rangeland ecosystem in central Oregon, Pacific Northwest Region, USA. We measur...
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