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Dorys T. Chirinos, Fernando Sánchez-Mora, Freddy Zambrano, Jessenia Castro-Olaya, Gregorio Vasconez, Galo Cedeño, Kevin Pin, Jeison Zambrano, Viviana Suarez-Navarrete, Vicente Proaño, Julio Mera-Macias and Carlos Vasquez
Corn (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal for food sovereignty, extensively planted due to its adaptation to various agroecological conditions. Climatic conditions and pests can affect its production. Concerning the latter, natural enemies could be consi...
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Hanyu Liu, Jianjian Liu, Zhenjiao Zhang, Weichao Liu, Qi Zhang, Xing Wang, Chengjie Ren, Gaihe Yang and Xinhui Han
In the agroforestry system, the organic matter in the farmland and natural ecosystem enters the farmland soil in a mixed form to improve soil fertility and carbon pool quality. However, it is unclear how soil microbial carbon-degrading enzyme activity re...
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Ying Xu, Zhenhua Yu, Yansheng Li, Jian Jin, Xingyi Zhang, Guanghua Wang and Xiaobing Liu
Crop removal of cations and anions is one of the main factors causing soil acidification. Mollisols, also known as black soils, which are inherently neutral soils, have been acidified due to irrational land use. However, the magnitude of acidification of...
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Li Wen, Fengqiu Huang, Zhongxiu Rao, Kaikai Cheng, Yong Guo and Haiming Tang
Lilium growth is severely impeded by continuous cropping, and crop rotation is essential to reducing the detrimental effects of monocultures. Soil (0?20 cm) was collected in three Lilium cropping patterns in Longshan County, Hunan Province, including con...
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Edward Osei, Syed H. Jafri, Philip W. Gassman and Ali Saleh
While the ecological benefits of no-till are largely indisputable, the economic impacts are less certain, and the latter may be partly to blame for lower-than-expected adoption of no-till. In this study, we contribute to a better understanding of the eco...
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Edward Osei, Syed H. Jafri, Philip W. Gassman, Ali Saleh and Oscar Gallego
Nonpoint source pollution from cultivated croplands has often been associated with downstream water quality impairment in various watersheds. Given projected changes in global climate patterns, this study contributes to the existing literature by elucida...
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Edmond Maican, Adrian Iosif and Sanda Maican
Using neural networks on low-power mobile systems can aid in controlling pests while preserving beneficial species for crops. However, low-power devices require simplified neural networks, which may lead to reduced performance. This study was focused on ...
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Jawad Ullah, Shanshuai Chen, Yunze Ruan, Akhtar Ali, Noor Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Nafees Ur Rehman and Pingshan Fan
Straw returning is an environmentally friendly method to improve soil health and agricultural productivity by reusing organic waste products. However, fields are often also treated with inorganic fertilizers, and the effect of the interaction between pho...
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Anderson Zanine, Wanderson Castro, Daniele Ferreira, Alexandre Sousa, Henrique Parente, Michelle Parente, Edson Santos, Luiz Geron, Anny Graycy Lima, Marinaldo Ribeiro, Arlan Rodrigues, Cledson Sá, Renata Costa, Thiago Vinicius Nascimento, Francisco Naysson Santos and Fagton Negrão
The confinement system using traditional ingredients to feed animals, such as ground corn and soybean meal, has a high cost. Thus, alternative feeds that are cheaper, available in the region, and that present good nutritional quality are recommended. In ...
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Yohana Corrêa, Edson Santos, Juliana Oliveira, Gleidson Carvalho, Luís Pinto, Danillo Pereira, Dallyson Assis, Gabriel Cruz, Natalia Panosso, Alexandre Perazzo, Guilherme Leite, Paulo Azevedo, Anny Lima, Daniele Ferreira, Fagton Negrão and Anderson Zanine
The high intake of fermentable carbohydrates may cause nutritional disorders and negatively affect animal performance. Thus, the research study aimed to determine the better roughage:concentrate ratio to improve the carcass traits and physicochemical qua...
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