Investigating how nitrogen nutrition and pruning impacts on CBD and THC concentration and plant biomass of Cannabis sativa by Enrico Dilena, Dugald C. Close, Ian Hunt, Sandra M. Garland

“…This research will benefit growers and advisors in understanding the complexity of effects of nitrogen fertiliser and pruning practices on plant biomass and secondary metabolite production in medicinal cannabis.…”
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A modelling approach to prepare synthetic urine for struvite precipitation studies by Saeede Soltani, Leynard Natividad-Marin, Philip Andrew Schneider

“…Human urine is a small but highly nutrient-rich stream in the total flux of domestic wastewater from which struvite (MgNH4PO4.6H2O) could be recovered and used as a fertiliser. Consequently, synthetic urine was used in most struvite precipitation studies, due to biohazard issues in real human urine. …”
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Economic efficiency of implementing robotic solutions and their impact on the ecology of the region by Zagazezheva Oksana, Bzhikhatlov Kantemir, Krai Karina, Khadzhieva Mariyam

“…The presented concept implies the creation of a multi-agent system consisting of autonomous mobile robots for various purposes: monitoring of crop condition, application of active substances (fertilisers and pesticides) and supplying the system with chemicals and energy. …”
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Analysis of ecological health status of the Muni Lagoon: Evidence from heavy metal content in its water and fish samples by Emmanuel Yeboah Okyere, Kofi Adu‐Boahen, Isaac Boateng, Ishmael Yaw Dadson, Nelson Yeboah Boanu, Sender Kyeremeh

“…The study further revealed that the application of agricultural inputs such as fertilisers, pesticides and domestic waste as well as unregulated gutter channels were the major source of heavy metals. …”
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Quantification of toxic metals in cropland soil using X-ray fluorescence by Mashinga J. Mvelase, Paulus L. Masiteng

“…Significance: Although they are within the detection range, the toxic heavy metals mercury, cadmium, arsenic, lead and chromium, which enter the environment through the use of fertilisers on agricultural land, were not detected in this WDXRF spectrometry analysis. …”
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Comparison of Spaceborne and UAV-Borne Remote Sensing Spectral Data for Estimating Monsoon Crop Vegetation Parameters by Jayan Wijesingha, Supriya Dayananda, Michael Wachendorf, Thomas Astor

“…Each experiment contained <i>n</i> = 4 replicates of three crops with three different nitrogen fertiliser treatments. Two regression algorithms were employed to estimate three crop vegetation parameters: leaf area index, leaf chlorophyll concentration, and canopy water content. …”
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Mulching effect on water management in agro-ecological systems: a review by T. N. Shaikh, Janki R. Patel, B. H. Patel

“…Entirely, it is an efficient medium for soil moisture conservation, and soil temperature control, adds nutrients to the soil by preventing leaching and more efficient use of fertilisers, resistor to erosion losses, suppressing the weeding and improving the visual look of landscapes. …”
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Exploring the potential role of decentralised biogas plants in meeting energy needs in sub-Saharan African countries: a techno-economic systems analysis by Thomas Robin, Ehiaze Ehimen

“…The economic benefits of selling biogas and fertilisers are calculated, and the cost of construction for different sizes of reactors is determined. …”
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Ecological safety of sunflower seeds in the conditions of agricultural intensification by Oleksandr Tkachuk, Galina Gucol, Olha Mazur, Victoria Verhelis, Olga Titarenko

“…Sunflower cultivation using intensive technologies, which manifests itself in the disruption of crop rotation, high rates of mineral fertilisers and pesticides, leads to an increased risk of products contaminated with heavy metals, nitrates, and pesticide residues. …”
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Use of Stabilised Amine Nitrogen (SAN) Reduces Required Nitrogen Input and Increases Yield of Onions (<i>Allium cepa</i> L.) by Jolyon Dodgson, Anna K. Weston, David J. Marks

“…In a glasshouse, two onion cultivars (F₁ Hybound (pelleted) and Ramrod) were grown and fertilised with 150 kg N ha⁻¹ as urea applied to the soil or 2.7 kg N ha⁻¹ as SAN applied foliarly at the three, four and five leaf stages. …”
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Influence of Pre-Sowing Operations on Soil-Dwelling Fauna in Soybean Cultivation by Darija Lemic, Ivana Pajač Živković, Marija Posarić, Renata Bažok

“…The study was conducted in central Croatia with six different pre-sowing activities (cover crop, mulching, ploughing, glyphosate, fertiliser removal, conventional tillage). Pitfall traps were used to collect soil fauna in April, June and September. …”
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Research Update on Food Waste Composting: A Bibliometric Analysis and Way Forward by Li Yee Lim, Cassendra Bong, Wai Shin Ho, Jeng Shiun Lim, Yee Van Fan, Pei Ying Ong, Jirí Jaromír Klemeš, Chew Tin Lee

“…Composting is a biological process that converts organic waste into compost, an organic fertiliser. As a waste management technology, the use of composting in managing food waste is gaining more attention these days. …”
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Déterminants d’adoption des techniques de production et protection intégrées pour un maraîchage durable à Lubumbashi, République démocratique du Congo by Mushagalusa Balasha Arsene, Nkulu Mwine Fyama Jules

“…Les techniques promues comprenaient l’usage des fertilisants naturels, des extraits de plantes à effet insecticide, des produits naturels de lutte contre les ravageurs, les associations et les rotations culturales, l’usage raisonné des pesticides en dernier recours, ainsi que l’utilisation de variétés résistantes aux maladies. …”
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Initial Attempts on Spawning and Larval Rearing of the Blood Cockle, Tegillarca granosa (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Philippines by DENISE VERGARA MIRANDA, VICTOR MARCO EMMANUEL NUESTRO FERRIOLS

“…The survival rate from day 1 larval stage to day 120 spat stage was 2.48 % (15,200) from the initial 614,100 eggs reared. The fertilised eggs (average size: 50.23 ± 5.18 µm in diameter) passed through the morula stage 5 h postfertilisation and reached the trochophore stage after 8 h. …”
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Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices and its impact on smallholder farming households in some rural areas of North-Western Nigeria by Saadu Basiru, Ibrahim Hussaini Yusuf, Nazifi Buhari, Mudashiru Akinyemi

“…The major CSA practices adopted include crop rotation, application of organic and inorganic fertilisers, and multiple cropping. The major determinants of CSA practices adoption are age, membership of an association, and awareness of climate change impact. …”
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L’enquête de l’Institut International d’Agriculture sur la réutilisation des déchets et des résidus (1920-1922) ou qui gouverne l’agriculture ? by Niccolò Mignemi

“…One particularly interesting aspect of this vast research programme was the reuse of urban and industrial waste in the countryside, as food or fertiliser. Although the rest of the enquiry was slow to take shape, this section became the subject of a specific study entrusted to Arturo Bruttini, the IIA librarian, an outstanding member of his generation of Italian agronomists. …”
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Investigating CRISPR/Cas9 gene drive for production of disease-preventing prion gene alleles by Andrew R. Castle, Serene Wohlgemuth, Luis Arce, David Westaway

“…Third, we demonstrated that electroporation of Cas9/guide RNA ribonucleoprotein complexes into fertilised mouse oocytes resulted in pups with a variety of disruptions to the Prnp open reading frame, with a new coisogenic line of Prnp-null mice obtained as part of this work. …”
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Growth of Rucola on Mars soil simulant under the influence of pig slurry and earthworms by Wamelink Gerrit Willem Wieger, Schug Line, Frissel Joep Yolanda, Lubbers Ingrid

“…On Mars, both the faeces of astronauts as well as any plant residues or other organic waste needs to be (re)used to fertilise the present regolith. The activity of earthworms may play a crucial role in this ecosystem as they break down and recycle the dead organic matter. …”
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Hydrogel - based green wall by Oh, Jun Xian

“…The irrigation durations of both the water and liquid fertiliser were designed to be irrigated at specific intervals, allowing for an automated modular green wall system. …”
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Flavours of life: assessing the feeding activity & preferences of soil-leaf litter invertebrates across a forest disturbance gradient by Tay, Li Si

“…Altogether, these findings suggest that feeding activity is largely unaffected by forest disturbance, and they highlight a potential nature-based application of M.bancana litter as an organic fertiliser or mulch in forest restoration and sapling cultivation efforts.…”
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