1903 papers
This study identifies 16 cold- and freezing-tolerant desi chickpea genotypes with high yield potential through a two-year integrated approach combining field trials, controlled freezing screens, and multivariate analyses, ultimately recommending harvest index, canopy height, and first pod height as key traits for breeding climate-resilient varieties.
A study conducted in an industrial palm plantation in Blidouba, Côte d'Ivoire, reveals that while the insecticide Karate caused significantly higher immediate mortality among oil palm pollinating insects compared to Oxatop and Evisect, the pollinator populations fully recovered within two months, demonstrating both the severe short-term toxicity of these chemicals and the ecosystem's capacity for rapid recolonization.
This study characterizes the morphofunctional traits of 190 Creole goat bucks in Santa Elena, Ecuador, revealing that while they possess adequate reproductive biometrics that improve with age and body condition, their mating capacity in arid systems is indirectly limited by nutritional deficiencies and hindlimb postural defects.
This study demonstrates that near-infrared spectroscopy combined with partial least squares regression and leave-one-day-out cross-validation enables the simultaneous, non-destructive prediction of multiple banana quality attributes during 12-day storage, revealing that while models for total soluble solids, monosaccharides, and firmness perform well, temporal generalization is often overestimated by traditional random cross-validation methods.
This study of second-growth western redcedar in British Columbia reveals that while tree size and site location significantly influence wood properties like density and microfibril angle, species mixture has no measurable effect, supporting the use of mixed-species stands to enhance disturbance resistance without compromising wood quality.
This study demonstrates that Acacia mearnsii-based rotational agroforestry in Ethiopia's Upper Blue Nile Basin delivers a "triple-win" solution by significantly enhancing soil health, quadrupling crop productivity, and diversifying household incomes, thereby building climate-resilient communities and sustainable livelihoods.
This study introduces a label-free autofluorescence-based imaging strategy to visualize and quantify fungal-induced calcium carbonate precipitation in real time, revealing that periodic substrate delivery promotes the formation of numerous smaller crystals through synchronized nucleation bursts, thereby providing a mechanistic basis for optimizing self-healing concrete.
This study utilizes a 7K SNP array and socioeconomic analysis to characterize the genetic diversity, population structure, and farmer selection criteria of 79 rice accessions in Benin, revealing moderate variability, distinct genetic groups with evidence of introgression, and a strong alignment between breeding priorities and farmer preferences.
This study demonstrates the industrial feasibility of sophorolipid production by successfully scaling up fermentation of *Starmerella bombicola* MTCC 1910 to a 100 L pilot scale and evaluating four downstream recovery methods, ultimately identifying solvent extraction and dried broth-assisted solvent extraction as effective strategies for obtaining high-titer, high-quality biosurfactants.
An independent reanalysis of ten years of koala chlamydia vaccine trial data reveals that a critical data encoding error and selection bias previously created a false impression of efficacy, demonstrating that the vaccine offers no significant protective benefit against disease or mortality.