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Survey of US Passionfruit Growers’ Production Practices and Support Needs
Published 2023-07-01“…Managing passionfruit, like many other specialty crops, is labor-intensive and includes many activities that require manual labor, such as weeding, training, pruning, pollination, and harvesting. …”
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Aquatic ecotoxicity of glyphosate, its formulations, and co-formulants: evidence from 2010 to 2023
Published 2024-02-01“…Globally, more than 2000 commercial GLY-based herbicides (GBHs) are used to control weeds. Non-target organisms are exposed to complex pesticide formulations under real environmental conditions, but the co-formulants contained in GBHs are classified as so-called inert and inactive ingredients in terms of their biological effects. …”
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Effect of Fomesafen on the Nutritional Quality and Amino Acids of <i>Vigna angularis</i> Based on Metabonomics
Published 2023-02-01“…At present, fomesafen is widely used to control weeds in <i>Vigna angularis</i> fields. To explore the effect of fomesafen (FSA) on the nutritional value and amino acids of <i>Vigna angularis</i>, the protein, fat, water, ash, sand yield, and hundred-grain weight of <i>Vigna angularis</i> were measured using <i>Vigna angularis</i> sprayed with or without FSA. …”
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Impact assessment of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant cotton on arthropod communities
Published 2022-05-01“…Genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) crops, which were developed to minimize the losses caused by weeds, have gradually become the most widely adopted genetically modified crops in the world due to their economic and environmental benefits. …”
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Stingless bee floral visitation in the global tropics and subtropics
Published 2023-06-01“…Stingless bees in all regions visit a range of exotic species in their preferred plant families (crops, ornamental plants and weeds), in addition to native plants. Although most reports of floral visitation on wild plants do not confirm effective pollen transfer, it is likely that stingless bees make at least some contribution to pollination for the majority of plants they visit. …”
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Nomenclatural standards and genetic passports of potato cultivars bred at the Leningrad Research Institute for Agriculture “Belogorka”
Published 2021-04-01“…Plant material for herbarium specimens was collected in the experimental field of the “Belogorka” Institute in 2018 by cultivar authors and handed over to the VIR Herbarium of cultivated plants, their wild relatives and weeds (WIR). The plant material included stems with inflorescences and later - tubers of 21 cultivars which were bred at the “Belogorka” Institute. …”
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The Effects of Plastic Mulching Combined with Different Fertilizer Applications on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Intensity, and Apple Yield in Northwestern China
Published 2023-06-01“…Plastic mulching reduces weeds, conserves soil water, and boosts crop yield. …”
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Canada’s Refugee Strategy – How It Can Be Improved
Published 2018-04-01“…Canada could do a much better job at clearing its backlog and better processing refugee claims, particularly in weeding out the bogus claims, by reassigning responsibility for interviewing refugees to the officials at IRCC. …”
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Green Corn Development And Yield With Different Summer Soil Covering Plants In A No-Tillage Agro-Ecological System
Published 2022-12-01“…At 23 and 38 days after emergence (DAE), corresponding to the V5 (five developed leaves) and V10 (10 developed leaves) stages, weeding was carried out between the rows of the plots under both systems, according to the observation of visual aspects of the crop and previous practical experiences of the field workers of RUA. …”
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التحري عن فيروس موزاييك الكرنب Turnip mosaic potyvirus في نباتات المنثور الحاملة لظاهرة تقطع وتعدد ألوان الزهرة...
Published 2019-02-01“…Results of TBIA showed that: 1- TuMV is not transmissible through seeds of infected gillyflower. 2- Raphanus raphanistrum and Sonchus oleraceus wild weeds are susceptible host plants for TuMV despite the absence of flower breaking symptoms. …”
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A twelve-month field study of the West African Thrush Turdus pelios (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): Part 2: annual cycles
Published 2005-06-01“…The nest is a cup-shaped structure built out of grasses, herbs, weeds, roots and earth laid out in a clockwise manner. …”
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Synthesis and area-wide validation of adaptable IPM technology and its economic analysis for bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) in a farmers' driven approach
Published 2018-09-01“… Field experiment was conducted in bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) during 2014-16 at Varanasi, Mirzapur and Deoria districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh with a view to study the validation, economic viability and feasibility of adaptable and rational IPM technology in a farmers led approach.The IPM technology that synthesized for bitter gourd crop comprised seed treatment with Trichoderma viride @ 5g/kg of seed; need based spraying of azadirachtin (0.03%) based neem insecticide @ 10 ml/l for hadda beetle; installation of cue lure traps (MAT) for fruit flies @ 10/acre; raking of soil for exposing fruit fly pupae to sunlight and predatory fauna and removal of associated weeds, need based application of Bacillus thuringiesnsis @ 2 g/l against cucumber moth, Diaphania indica; Imidacloprid 17.8SL @ 1 ml/l of water for whitefly; systemic fungicide Cymoxanil l8 WP+Mancozeb 64 WP @ 2.5 g/l against downymildew were found very effective in reducing the incidence of pests and minimizing the yield losses. …”
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Combining organic and conservation agriculture to restore biodiversity? Insights from innovative farms in Belgium and their impacts on carabids and spiders
Published 2022-10-01“…However, combining organic and conservation agriculture is undeniably challenging, since it leaves no curative option (neither synthetic pesticides nor soil plowing) for pest control (phytophagous, pathogens, and weeds). Hence, the latter must be ensured by effective restoration of predatory communities. …”
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Analysis of farmers’ Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in Cocoa Production in Kwara State
Published 2013-06-01“…The cocoa production practices still adopted were weeding, 98.3%; seedling planting, 96.7%; insect pest and diseases control, 95%; bush clearing, 93.3%; fermentation and drying, 91.7%; tree felling, 88.4%; pruning, 85% and burning before planting, 70%. …”
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Analysis of farmers’ Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in Cocoa Production in Kwara State
Published 2013-06-01“…The cocoa production practices still adopted were weeding, 98.3%; seedling planting, 96.7%; insect pest and diseases control, 95%; bush clearing, 93.3%; fermentation and drying, 91.7%; tree felling, 88.4%; pruning, 85% and burning before planting, 70%. …”
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Agriculture and citadel in the Bronze Age Aegean: the view from western Anatolia
Published 2021“…In particular, stable isotope analysis of crop remains and functional ecological analysis of their associated weeds are used to establish crop husbandry and arable land management practices. …”
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Analysis of bacterial communities in rhizosphere soil of symptomless and basal stem rot (BSR)-infected oil palm using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP)
Published 2017“…The rhizosphere samples of symptomless and BSR-infected oil palm were collected at different microsites (bulk soil from harvesting path and rhizosphere soil from weeded circle and frond pile) and at different depths (10 cm and 30 cm from upper soil surface) from Oil Palm Plantation, Seberang Perak. …”
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Crown counting and mapping of missing oil palm tree using airborne imaging system
Published 2019“…Hue, Saturation, Value (HSV) color space was found to be effective for distinguishing between the trees and weeds while the index of subtraction red from green (RG) is useful for separation of soil and greenness objects in tree identification. …”
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Analisa paralelitas Yaasin 36:80 dan Alwaqiah 56:71-74 dengan tumbuhan hijau dan api
Published 2014“…Dipostulasikan bahawa ada sumber daya tenaga lestari berupa tumbuhan hijauyangdapatdituai (harness) dari lautan dalam bentuk algae yang kaya kandungan lipid atau lemaknya untuk diolah menjadi biojUels atau biodiesel; sedangkan algae yang kaya kandungan selulosa-nya diolah untuk menghasilkan ethanol; algae yang kaya kandungan serat (fibers) digunakan untuk menghasilkan biomass; sedangkan rumpai laut (sea weeds) dan tanaman padang lanun (sea grass) di samping sebagai bahan biodiesel atau kegunaan barangan konsumsi dan makanan ternak (fOdder), juga dapat dijadikan baja (fertilizers) dan kompos yang kaya unsur mikro dan makro yang seimbang, dan seuai untuk menjimatkan konsumsi gas dan naftalene dari minyak pada proses petrokimia.…”
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Effects of Aphid Density and Plant Taxa on Predatory Ladybeetle Abundance at Field and Landscape Scales
Published 2020-10-01“…In this study, we examined the relationship between aphid densities and ladybeetle densities in two different settings: (i) on the majority of plant species (including crops, trees, and weeds) at a local field scale in 2013 and 2014, and (ii) in paired cotton and maize crop fields at a regional landscape scale in 2013. …”
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