Search Results - Observation (Scientific method)
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Chewing behaviour of growing cattle
Published 2011“…Bite and rumination efficiency increases with age and body weight in cattle. Various methods and techniques are used in determining chewing behaviour of cattle. …”
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AgWise: Modular decision support tools integrating data, models, and AI for site-specific agronomy and soil health management recommendations
Published 2025“…Different analytical engines serve distinct roles - models ensure physical consistency; data-driven methods capture observed responses, rules enforce feasibility and safety, and AI supports integration, explanation, and learning. …”
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Divergent knowledge and perceptions of insects by organic and non-organic farming in the Ecuadorian Andes
Published 2025“…This study explores how such knowledge, in combination with current farming contexts, can shape the barriers and levers of integrated pest and pollinator management to design pollinator-friendly farming systems. We used mixed methods combining ethnoecological and entomological approaches—including field observations, free lists, and semi-structured interviews—to study the diversity of local agricultural insects and farmers’ knowledge in smallholder farming systems in the Ecuadorian Andes and to assess their perceptions and management of agricultural entomofauna. …”
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Descriptors for on-farm conservation and use of Butia odorata natural populations
Published 2016“…This paper aims to propose an international list of descriptors forButia odorata(jelly palm), using scientific documentation methods and farmers' knowledge to allow the germplasm characterization for conservation and sustainable use. …”
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Jätteuttrar och deras beteende när de tilldelas musslor i hägn
Published 2014“…The current study observed a group of three giant otters in a Swedish zoo. …”
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Control of the cassava mealybug in Africa: lessons from a biological control project
Published 1994“…Interventions such as cultural methods or the use of resistant varieties need to be compatible with biological control. …”
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Data analysis manual for coconut researchers
Published 2008“…This publication on ”Data Analysis Manual for Coconut Researchers” provides basic statistical concepts and includes: sampling methods, frequency distribution of observations, estimation and tests of significance, analysis and relationships between variables, basic principles for planning and conducting coconut field trials, basic experimental designs for coconut trials, experimental designs for coconut trials with modified blocking, experimental designs for multiple factors, analysis of multilocation trials, and multivariate analysis and determination of genetic distance. …”
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Biological control of the banana aphid for sustainable management of banana bunchy top disease in sub-Saharan Africa. IITA-USAID Linkage Program Final Technical Report; IITA projec...
Published 2010“…Several weeks later, leaf samples were examined microscopically and Endaphis-parasitized aphids were observed. This is the first successful rearing of a complete generation of the parasitoid in captivity. …”
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Smallholder farmers’ perception of the impacts of climate change and variability on rain-fed agricultural practices in semi-arid and sub-humid regions of Kenya
Published 2013“…Despite the widespread scientific debate concerning the impacts of climate change and variability (CC & V), not much is known about rural farming households’ perceptions of these impacts on their agricultural practices. …”
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Somaclonal variation in clonal crops: containing the bad, exploring the good
Published 2021“…Harnessing the diversity of somaclones is easier, faster and cheaper compared with other methods of crop improvement, al though it is also less predictable. …”
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Häckar för Norrland
Published 2010“…I have observed that hedges are not as prevalent in gardens in the north of Sweden as in the south despite a number of beneficial qualities attached to their use. …”
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Stress, rädsla och aggression hos hund i samband med veterinärbesök
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