Policies to prevent zoonotic spillover: a systematic scoping review of evaluative evidence by Chloe Clifford Astbury, Kirsten M. Lee, Ryan Mcleod, Raphael Aguiar, Asma Atique, Marilen Balolong, Janielle Clarke, Anastassia Demeshko, Ronald Labonté, Arne Ruckert, Priyanka Sibal, Kathleen Chelsea Togño, A. M. Viens, Mary Wiktorowicz, Marc K. Yambayamba, Amy Yau, Tarra L. Penney

“…Thoughtful engagement with stakeholders ranging from subsistence hunters and farmers to industrial animal agriculture operations is key for policy success in this area. …”
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Implications of minimum tillage and integrated nutrient management on yield and soil health of rice-lentil cropping system – being a resource conservation technology by Urjashi Bhattacharya, Urjashi Bhattacharya, Manish Kumar Naskar, Visha Kumari Venugopalan, Smritikana Sarkar, Pintoo Bandopadhyay, Sagar Maitra, Ahmed Gaber, Amnah Mohammed Alsuhaibani, Akbar Hossain

“…Puddling now-a-days, has become a major challenge for farmers due to breaking the soil structure, deficit water regimes, and depletion of soil health. …”
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Variable level of genetic dominance controls important agronomic traits in rice populations under water deficit condition by Hamada M. Hassan, Adel A. Hadifa, Sara A. El-leithy, Maria Batool, Ahmed Sherif, Ibrahim Al-Ashkar, Akihiro Ueda, Md Atikur Rahman, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Ayman Elsabagh

“…These insights might be useful to the plant breeders and farmers for developing water deficit tolerant rice cultivars.…”
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Microbiota of the Rearing Water of Penaeus stylirostris Larvae Influenced by Lagoon Seawater and Specific Key Microbial Lineages of Larval Stage and Survival by Nolwenn Callac, Viviane Boulo, Carolane Giraud, Maxime Beauvais, Dominique Ansquer, Valentine Ballan, Jean-René Maillez, Nelly Wabete, Dominique Pham

“…IMPORTANCE In New Caledonia, rearing of P. stylirostris is one of the main economic activities; unfortunately, mass larval mortalities cause important production decreases, involving major economic losses for the farmers and the Territory. This phenomenon, which has occurred at any larval stage over the past decade, is poorly understood. …”
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Efficacy of Event MON 87460 in drought-tolerant maize hybrids under optimal and managed drought-stress in eastern and southern africa by Caleb O. Obunyali, Kiru Pillay, Barbara Meisel, Eric N. Ndou, Kingstone Mashingaidze, Julius Pyton Sserumaga, Godfrey Asea, Murenga Mwimali, Regina Tende, Yoseph Beyene, Stephen Mugo, Emmanuel Okogbenin, Sylvester O. Oikeh

“…Conclusion: This study showed that MON 87460 transgenic drought tolerant maize hybrids could effectively tolerate drought and shield farmers against severe yield loss due to drought stress. …”
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Mapping crop evapotranspiration with high-resolution imagery and meteorological data: insights into sustainable agriculture in Prince Edward Island by Fatima Imtiaz, Aitazaz Farooque, Aitazaz Farooque, Xander Wang, Farhat Abbas, Hassan Afzaal, Travis Esau, Bishnu Acharya, Qamar Zaman

“…The study’s ET maps show how agricultural water use varies throughout a growing season. Farmers in Prince Edward Island may find the applied technique helpful in creating sustainable growth plans at different phases of crop development. …”
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Root Traits Enhancing Rice Grain Yield under Alternate Wetting and Drying Condition by Nitika Sandhu, Sushil R. Subedi, Ram B. Yadaw, Bedanand Chaudhary, Hari Prasai, Khandakar Iftekharuddaula, Tho Thanak, Vathany Thun, Khushi R. Battan, Mangat Ram, Challa Venkateshwarlu, Vitaliano Lopena, Paquito Pablico, Paul C. Maturan, Ma. Teresa Sta. Cruz, K. Anitha Raman, Bertrand Collard, Arvind Kumar

“…The 1.0 t/ha yield advantage of IR14L253 over the popular cultivar IR64 under AWD shall encourage farmers to cultivate IR14L253 and also adopt AWD. …”
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The accumulation of active ingredients of Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua is associated with soil characteristics and bacterial community by Qingyou Zhang, Qingyou Zhang, Yunzhang Cai, Yunzhang Cai, Luping Zhang, Luping Zhang, Mei Lu, Mei Lu, Luyun Yang, Luyun Yang, Dekai Wang, Qiaojun Jia, Qiaojun Jia

“…To promote P. cyrtonema cultivation and increase farmers’ income, efforts are needed to understand the ways to obtain high-quality PR under artificial cultivation conditions.MethodsRhizomes of artificial planting P. cyrtonema and rhizosphere soils were collected across five regions in Zhejiang Province, China. …”
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Comparing microRNA in milk small extracellular vesicles among healthy cattle and cattle at high risk for bovine leukemia virus transmission by Ryoka Nakanishi, Shigeo Takashima, Yoshiko Wakihara, Yuji O. Kamatari, Yuko Kitamura, Kaori Shimizu, Ayaka Okada, Yasuo Inoshima

“…In Japan, cattle diagnosed with EBL are not permitted for human consumption by the law, thereby causing serious economic losses to farmers. The prevalence of BLV is high in Japan (40.9% in dairy cattle and 28.7% in beef cattle, respectively), which makes it difficult to perform the test-and-slaughter of BLV-infected cattle. …”
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Straw strip mulching: A sustainable technology for saving water and improving efficiency in dryland winter wheat production by Rui LI, Shou-xi CHAI, Yu-wei CHAI, Ya-wei LI, Lei CHANG, Hong-bo CHENG

“…After returning straw to the field, SSM significantly increased the soil nutrient contents, which could significantly reduce the burden of fertilization by farmers after a few years. Therefore, straw strip mulching technology could probably be a sustainable and potentially useful practice, which could save water and increase efficiency in rainfed winter wheat production.…”
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The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on biological activity and biochemical properties of soil under vetch growing conditions in calcareous soils by Kader Burak, İbrahim Halil Yanardağ, María Dolores Gómez-López, Ángel Faz, Hamza Yalçin, Erdal Sakin, Emrah Ramazanoğlu, Aysel Bars Orak, Asuman Yanardağ

“…Due to soils from arid regions with high lime and low organic matter content, farmers receive low yields along with high costs of agricultural inputs, which causes them to look for a solution. …”
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Evaluating Critical Nitrogen Dilution Curves for Assessing Maize Nitrogen Status across the US Midwest by Hui Shao, Yuxin Miao, Fabián G. Fernández, Newell R. Kitchen, Curtis J. Ransom, James J. Camberato, Paul R. Carter, Richard B. Ferguson, David W. Franzen, Carrie A. M. Laboski, Emerson D. Nafziger, John E. Sawyer, John F. Shanahan

“…Plant N concentration (PNC) has been commonly used to guide farmers in assessing maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) N status and making in-season N fertilization decisions. …”
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Suitable split nitrogen application increases grain yield and photosynthetic capacity in drip-irrigated winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under different water regimes in the Nor... by Abdoul Kader Mounkaila Hamani, Sunusi Amin Abubakar, Zhuanyun Si, Rakhwe Kama, Yang Gao, Aiwang Duan

“…The I45N50-50 treatment offers to farmers an option to sustain wheat production in the NCP.…”
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ChinaWheatYield30m: a 30&thinsp;m annual winter wheat yield dataset from 2016 to 2021 in China by Y. Zhao, Y. Zhao, S. Han, S. Han, J. Zheng, H. Xue, Z. Li, Z. Li, Y. Meng, Y. Meng, X. Li, X. Yang, Z. Li, S. Cai, G. Yang, G. Yang

“…Although these datasets are useful for analyzing large-scale temporal and spatial change in yield, they cannot deal with small-scale spatial heterogeneity, which happens to be the most significant characteristic of the Chinese farmers' economy. Hence, we generated a 30 m Chinese winter wheat yield dataset (ChinaWheatYield30m) for major winter-wheat-producing provinces in China for the period 2016–2021 with a semi-mechanistic model (hierarchical linear model, HLM). …”
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Effects of dietary β-mannanase (Hemicell®) and Lavandula angustifolia on Oreochromis niloticus fed a low level of dietary protein: Growth, digestive enzymes, and hemato-biochemical... by Ashraf Y. El-Dakar, Shymaa M. Shalaby, Amar N. Salama, Abdel-Rahman A. Sabra, Elsayed M. Younis, Abdelwahab A. Abdelwarith, Simon J. Davies, Afaf N. Abdel Rahman, Mohamed F. Abdel-Aziz

“…High feed prices and limited access to feed are two critical problems faced by fish producers. One approach that farmers may consider is using less expensive and locally available components. …”
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Genotypic and Phenotypic Selection of Newly Improved Putra Rice and the Correlations among Quantitative Traits by Samuel C. Chukwu, Mohd Y. Rafii, Yusuff Oladosu, Emmanuel O. Okporie, Ibrahim S. Akos, Ibrahim Musa, Senesie Swaray, Momodu Jalloh, Md. Al-Mamun

“…These lines are recommended for release to farmers in Malaysia and other rice-growing agro-ecologies for commercial cultivation.…”
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Delineation of management zones in agricultural fields using cover–crop biomass estimates from PlanetScope data by Fábio Marcelo Breunig, Lênio Soares Galvão, Ricardo Dalagnol, Carlos Eduardo Dauve, Adriane Parraga, Antônio Luiz Santi, Diandra Pinto Della Flora, Shuisen Chen

“…Several methods have been proposed to delineate management zones in agricultural fields, which can guide interventions of the farmers to increase crop yield. In this study, we propose a new approach using remote sensing data to delineate management zones at three farm sites located in southern Brazil. …”
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Agronomic management practices in dryland wheat result in variations in precipitation use efficiency due to their differential impacts on the steps in the precipitation use process by Wen-jia YANG, Yu-lin LI, Wei-jian LIU, Shi-wen WANG, Li-na YIN, Xi-ping DENG

“…Our study revealed that PUE and wheat yield were significantly increased by 8–31% under manure (MIS) or biochar (BIS) integrated systems compared to either conventional farmers’ (CF) or high N (HN) integrated systems. In the infiltration and storage steps, MIS and BIS resulted in lower SWe/P but higher SW/SWe compared with CF and HN. …”
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Genomic history and forensic characteristics of Sherpa highlanders on the Tibetan Plateau inferred from high-resolution InDel panel and genome-wide SNPs by Wang, Mengge, Du, Weian, Tang, Renkuan, Liu, Yan, Zou, Xing, Yuan, Didi, Wang, Zheng, Liu, Jing, Guo, Jianxin, Yang, Xiaomin, Chen, Jing, Yang, Meiqing, Zhang, Xianpeng, Wei, Lan-Hai, Yuan, Haibing, Yeh, Hui-Yuan, Wang, Chuan-Chao, Liu, Chao, He, Guanglin

“…QpAdm/qpGraph-based admixture sources and models further showed that Sherpas, core Tibetans, and Chokhopani formed one clade, which could be fitted as having the main ancestry from late Neolithic Qijia millet farmers and other deep ancestries from early Asians. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics of seven notifiable respiratory infectious diseases in the mainland of China: an analysis of national surveillance data from 2017 to 2021 by Le-le Deng, Ya-jun Han, Zhuo-wei Li, Da-yan Wang, Tao Chen, Xiang Ren, Guang-xue He

“…PTB incidence was notably elevated among farmers and individuals aged over 65, whereas the other RIDs primarily affected children and students under 15 years of age. …”
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