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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Mingming Jiang, Yulin Ma, Nadar Khan, Muhammad Zahoor Khan, Ali Akbar, Rifat Ullah Khan, Muhammad Kamran, Nazir Ahmad Khan
Summary: The study evaluated the growth, biomass yield, ensiling, and nutritional characteristics of different spring maize genotypes under the climatic conditions of Northern Pakistan. Results showed significant differences among genotypes in terms of biomass yield, crude protein content, and starch content. Genotype QPM300 was found to be the most suitable for silage production in terms of yields and silage nutritional and fermentation quality.
FERMENTATION-BASEL
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mira Holzheimer, Jeffrey Buter, Adriaan J. Minnaard
Summary: The pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a thick cell envelope rich in Mtb-specific lipids, glycolipids, and glycans, which are directly involved in host-pathogen interactions, intracellular survival, and virulence. Synthesizing these components aids in studying Mtb immunology and has driven advancements in the field of organic synthesis.
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Ecology
Michelle Viswanathan, Tobias K. D. Weber, Sebastian Gayler, Juliane Mai, Thilo Streck
Summary: This study uses Bayesian sequential updating to calibrate a phenology model, which reduces parameter uncertainty by progressively incorporating additional data. However, prediction error increases when the calibration data does not represent the validation data.
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Mechanics
Hai-Ning Wang, Wei-Xi Huang, Chun-Xiao Xu
Summary: The study developed a new method for treating the near-wall region in LES based on off-wall boundary conditions, combining minimum flow units and the predictive inner-outer model for wall turbulence. By predicting the fluctuating near-wall velocity field in real-time to provide boundary conditions on the off-wall boundary, the method does not assume a velocity profile and incorporates turbulent structures. Results show the method induces a shorter transition zone in the wall-normal direction compared to other wall models, with the validity and robustness of the method verified by reasonable simulation results of channel flows under different computational parameters.
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Agronomy
Lorenzo Serva, Luisa Magrin, Giorgio Marchesini, Igino Andrighetto
Summary: The effects of Lactobacillus buchneri and the composition of maize pre-ensiling on the stability of aerobic silage were studied. It was found that the chemical composition of DM, CP, EE, aNDF, lignin (sa), and WSC in fresh maize had a significant impact on the onset of aerobic instability. The use of Lb strains improved the aerobic stability of maize with a DM content of less than 300 g/kg.
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Energy & Fuels
Katarzyna Waszkielis, Ireneusz Bialobrzewski, Katarzyna Bulkowskak
Summary: This article proposes a modification of the ADM1 model to simulate biogas production in an agricultural biogas plant. The modified model accurately predicts the biogas production through structural changes and parameter calibration.
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Ruixuan Xu, Haiming Zhao, Guibo Liu, Yuan Li, Shoujiao Li, Yingjun Zhang, Nan Liu, Lei Ma
Summary: In the North China Plain, intercropping alfalfa and silage maize with appropriate nitrogen input can achieve comprehensive performance in terms of productivity, environmental impact, and economic profit, making it an optimal alternative system.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Clemens Linnhoff, Kristof Hofrichter, Lukas Elster, Philipp Rosenberger, Hermann Winner
Summary: The safety validation of automated driving functions is a significant challenge, and simulation-based testing can help address it. The modeling of automotive perception sensors and their environment is crucial in the virtual validation approach. This study introduces and analyzes a novel data set that includes lidar data and synchronized reference measurements of weather conditions. The results show differences in atmospheric detections, range distribution, and attenuation among different sensors.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yusen Zhou, Tian Zhang, Xiaocui Wang, Wenqiang Wu, Jingjing Xing, Zuliang Li, Xin Qiao, Chunrui Zhang, Xiaohang Wang, Guangshun Wang, Wenhui Li, Shenglong Bai, Zhi Li, Yuanzhen Suo, Jiajia Wang, Yanli Niu, Junli Zhang, Chen Lan, Zhubing Hu, Baozhu Li, Xuebin Zhang, Wei Wang, David W. Galbraith, Yuhang Chen, Siyi Guo, Chun-Peng Song
Summary: The researchers identified a maize gene, BZU3, that regulates the synthesis of UDP-glucose during grass guard cell wall formation and is involved in protein glycosylation. The findings shed light on the dual role of BZU3 in controlling stomatal morphogenesis and provide insights into the mechanisms of grass stomata formation.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Preseela Satpathy, Kerstin Wunder, Maik Vaske, Sven Steinigeweg
Summary: Circular economy is a solution framework that aims to create value from waste by replacing the traditional linear approach. This study discovered that bladderwrack, a brown sea weed, can be co-digested with maize silage to produce more biogas, reducing dependency on forage crops like maize and improving biogas production. Mathematical simulations demonstrated the effectiveness of this process.
Article
Agronomy
Xianguo Ren, Haiqing Tian, Kai Zhao, Dapeng Li, Ziqing Xiao, Yang Yu, Fei Liu
Summary: In this study, a quantitative prediction model for pH value change during the secondary fermentation of maize silage was constructed based on computer vision. The study found that color features had a higher correlation with pH value compared to texture features, and could better reflect the dynamic changes in pH value. Among the different models compared, RFR model 2 was the most efficient and accurate, and was able to predict pH value the best.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Seyed Esmaeil Sadati, Nader Rahbar, Hadi Kargarsharifabad
Summary: The selection of external wall materials based on climatic conditions is an effective way to improve building energy performance. However, engineers and building designers rarely consider climatic conditions when choosing exterior wall materials. This study investigated the thermal performance of a building in three different Iranian climatic zones using six common wall materials, and found that choosing the right wall materials based on climate conditions can significantly reduce heating and cooling loads as well as carbon dioxide emissions.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Cathy C. Westhues, Gregory S. Mahone, Sofia da Silva, Patrick Thorwarth, Malthe Schmidt, Jan-Christoph Richter, Henner Simianer, Timothy M. Beissinger
Summary: Developing crop varieties that perform stably in future environmental conditions is a critical challenge in the context of climate change. Modern predictive modeling approaches, especially machine learning techniques, show promising potential in improving predictive ability. Environmental factors play a key role in genotype-by-environment interactions in genomic prediction models, and gradient boosting methods can enhance the accuracy of forecasting new genotype performance in terms of grain yield.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Sajjad Rahimi-Moghaddam, Reza Deihimfard, Khosro Azizi, Mozaffar Roostaei
Summary: Drought is a common environmental stress in agricultural production worldwide. This study used the APSIM crop model to analyze drought stress impact on different genotypes in rainfed wheat agro-ecosystems in Iran. Results showed that planting early-maturity genotype reduced severe drought patterns and increased yields in dry regions, while longer growth period genotypes performed better in rainy and cold regions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Fahime Mohamadzade, Mahdi Gheysari, Hamidreza Eshghizadeh, Mahsa Sadat Tabatabaei, Gerrit Hoogenboom
Summary: The study calibrated the CSM-CERES-Maize model for two maize hybrids and evaluated its performance under drip-tape irrigation. The results showed that the model performed well in simulating plant biomass and leaf area index, and could be used to optimize nitrogen fertilizer application to reduce nitrogen leaching. The accuracy of the model was higher under unlimited wetting width.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lars Biernat, Friedhelm Taube, Ralf Loges, Christof Kluss, Thorsten Reinsch
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Lars Biernat, Friedhelm Taube, Iris Vogeler, Thorsten Reinsch, Christof Kluss, Ralf Loges
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
Article
Agronomy
Thorsten Reinsch, Carsten Malisch, Ralf Loges, Friedhelm Taube
GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Carsten S. Malisch, Lasse Lewandowski, Juha-Pekka Salminen, Friedhelm Taube, Andreas Luscher
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2020)
Article
Soil Science
Inger Julia Anna Struck, Friedhelm Taube, Mathias Hoffmann, Christof Kluss, Antje Herrmann, Ralf Loges, Thorsten Reinsch
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Heike Lorenz, Thorsten Reinsch, Christof Kluss, Friedhelm Taube, Ralf Loges
Article
Agronomy
Iraj Emadodin, Thorsten Reinsch, Raffaele-Romeo Ockens, Friedhelm Taube
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hendrik P. J. Smit, Thorsten Reinsch, Pieter A. Swanepoel, Christof Kluss, Friedhelm Taube
Article
Plant Sciences
Friedhelm Taube, Iris Vogeler, Christof Kluss, Antje Herrmann, Mario Hasler, Juergen Rath, Ralf Loges, Carsten S. Malisch
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2020)
Article
Agronomy
Arne Poyda, Thorsten Reinsch, Inger J. Struck, R. Howard Skinner, Christof Kluss, Friedhelm Taube
Summary: This study aimed to investigate how efficiently assimilated carbon (C) is incorporated in plant biomass and its implications for sequestration in intensively managed grassland. The research showed that highly fertilized grasslands can lose their ability for C sequestration due to low belowground carbon allocation, leading to become a net carbon source.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Matthias Boldt, Friedhelm Taube, Iris Vogeler, Thorsten Reinsch, Christof Kluss, Ralf Loges
Summary: The study found that catch crops are effective in reducing nitrogen leaching in arable stockless farming systems, with winter hard catch crops being preferred due to the risk of increased leaching following the mineralization of residues from frost-killed catch crops.
Article
Environmental Sciences
John Kormla Nyameasem, Carsten S. Malisch, Ralf Loges, Friedhelm Taube, Christof Kluss, Iris Vogeler, Thorsten Reinsch
Summary: The study found that legume-based nitrogen sources result in significantly lower emission factors compared to mineral nitrogen based dairy systems. Emissions from grazed pastures were highest within the first 60-75 days, while the emissions from urine and dung patches were relatively smaller.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Supriya Verma, Friedhelm Taube, Carsten S. Malisch
Summary: In recent years, secondary plant metabolites with antimethanogenic properties have been identified, particularly in tannin-rich forages. However, the variability in results and effects on animal performance and nutrition are highly inconclusive. Understanding the structural characteristics of tannins and optimizing analytical techniques can lead to more comparable and repeatable results in studying their antimethanogenic potential.
Article
Agronomy
Cecilia Loza, Thorsten Reinsch, Ralf Loges, Friedhelm Taube, Jose Ignacio Gere, Christof Kluss, Mario Hasler, Carsten S. Malisch
Summary: This study found that cows grazing diverse mixtures in a full-grazing dairy system increased their milk yield, but methane emissions also increased. The high feed quality and milk yield from both mixtures resulted in relatively low methane emissions.
Article
Soil Science
Thorsten Reinsch, Inger Julia Anna Struck, Ralf Loges, Christof Kluss, Friedhelm Taube
Summary: Converting grassland to arable cropping can lead to decreased soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, impacting soil and climate protection goals. However, using direct drilling in forage production systems like silage maize can prevent SOC stock degradation without reducing herbage yield. Long-term practices, such as a three-year grass phase followed by three years of silage maize, can help maintain SOC stocks.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Xiaofei Wang, Jiawei Zhang, Xiaoqin Wang, Yibo Hu, Xiaolong Ren, Zhikuan Jia, Tiening Liu, Zhenlin Wang, Tie Cai
Summary: Film mulching ridge-furrow planting (RF) is an important dry farming mode for wheat, but it often causes lodging due to lignin accumulation in the stems. This study investigated the effects of regulating the population distribution on lodging occurrence in wheat and found that adjusting the population distribution can improve lodging resistance by enhancing the mechanical properties of the stems and promoting lignin synthesis and accumulation. The light environment plays a crucial role in lignin biosynthesis and lodging resistance.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Wei Wang, Jian-Hua Zhao, Meng-Ying Li, Wei Zhang, Muhammad Maqsood Ur Rehman, Bao-Zhong Wang, Fazal Ullah, Zheng-Guo Cheng, Li Zhu, Jin-Lin Zhang, Hong-Yan Tao, Wen-Ying Wang, You-Cai Xiong
Summary: This study investigated the physiological mechanism of yield loss in intercropped inferior species and found that plastic film mulching can alleviate water competition between maize and faba bean, reducing kernel abortion in maize.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Michael Merkle, Matthias Schumacher, Roland Gerhards
Summary: This study conducted a field experiment to test different methods and species of cover crops. The results showed that early establishment of cover crops, specifically direct sowing or sowing 10 days before harvest, had a positive impact on biomass formation and weed suppression. The performance of cover crops varied depending on the species, sowing date, and weather conditions, but a diverse cover crop mixture showed more stable performance under variable weather conditions.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Dereje Ademe, Kindie Tesfaye, Belay Simane, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Getachew Alemayehu, Enyew Adgo
Summary: This study used simulation experiments to evaluate the effects of planting time, nitrogen rate, and crop variety choice on potato productivity in Ethiopia. The results showed that shifting planting time forward and changing the nitrogen application rate had greater productivity benefits than switching varieties. In the mid-century climate period, early planting of medium and long maturity varieties with higher nitrogen rates showed potential adaptation benefits.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Wenlong Li, Xiaobo Gu, Heng Fang, Tongtong Zhao, Rui Yin, Zhikai Cheng, Chuandong Tan, Zhihui Zhou, Yadan Du
Summary: This study aims to establish critical nitrogen dilution curves (CNDC) for maize and diagnose the nitrogen status under different mulching planting patterns. The results showed no significant differences in CNDC and its estimated parameters across years and mulching planting patterns, suggesting the establishment of a universal CNDC model for maize nitrogen diagnosis.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Guillermo A. A. Dosio, Pablo Cicore, Roberto Rizzalli
Summary: This study demonstrates through field experiments that reducing sink demand during the grain filling period in maize accelerates leaf senescence, particularly at specific phenological stages. The results also suggest that protecting grains can prevent yield reduction.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Xuan Wei, Yongjie Liu, Qiming Song, Jinping Zou, Zhiqiang Wen, Jiayu Li, Dengfei Jie
Summary: This study successfully established a model for detecting the spores of Agaricus bisporus disease using hyperspectral imaging and deep learning methods, providing a new approach for early prevention and detection of the disease.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Ferdaous Rezgui, Adolfo Rosati, Fatima Lambarraa-Lehnhardt, Carsten Paul, Moritz Reckling
Summary: The intensification of Mediterranean farming systems has had negative impacts on the environment, but agroforestry systems can address these issues. This study developed a practical methodology to assess the sustainability of Mediterranean agroforestry systems and found that they provide agro-environmental benefits and economic profitability, although they also require increased workload.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2024)
