Search Results - Performance Measurement.

Lessons learned from the virus indexing of Musa germplasm: insights from a multiyear collaboration by Clerck, Caroline de, Crew, K.S., Houwe, Ines van den, McMichael, L., Berhal, C., Lassois, L., Haissam Jijakli, M., Roux, N., Thomas, J., Massart, S.

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Factors influencing liveweight in a range of network situations by Maehl, J.H.H., Coulibaly, L., Defly, A., D'Ieteren, G.D.M., Feron, A., Grundler, G., Hecker, P., Itty, P., Mawuena, K., Morkramer, G., Mulungo, M., Nagda, S.M., Paling, R.W., Pelo, M., Rarieya, J.M., Schuetterle, A., Sheria, M., Thorpe, W.R., Trail, J.C.M.

“…The health and performance records of cattle and sheep used were collected over a three-year period, 1984-1986, at four network sites. …”
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Comparisons of hunger across states: India State Hunger Index by Menon, Purnima, Deolalikar, Anil B., Bhaskar, Anjor

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How accurate are yield estimates from crop cuts? Evidence from smallholder maize farms in Ethiopia by Kosmowski, Frederic, Chamberlin, Jordan, Ayalew, Hailemariam, Sida, Tesfaye, Abay, Kibrom A., Craufurd, Peter

“…However, in practice, crop cuts and other sample-based protocols vary widely in the details of their implementations and little empirical work has documented how alternative yield estimation methods perform. Here, we undertake a well-measured experiment of multiple yield estimation methods on 237 smallholder maize plots in Amhara region, Ethiopia. …”
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Development of calibration model to predict nitrogen content in single seeds of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) using near infrared spectroscopy by Ishikawa, H., Boukar, O., Fatokun, C.A., Shono, M., Muranaka, S.

“…Two kinds of sample processing were performed for seed preparation (intact seed and husked seed). …”
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A study of the performance and some physical characteristics of N'Dama and West African Shorthorn cattle in the humid forest zone of Ghana by Danso, Y.N.

“…Brief study on reproductive and productive performance of N'Dama and West African Shorthorn cattle in Ghana. …”
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On-farm phenotypic characterization and performance evaluation of abergelle and central highland goat breeds as an input for designing community-based breeding program by Alemu, A.

“…The objectives of this study were to describe the production environment and production systems, characterize (phenotypic) and evaluate on-farm performances of Abergelle and Central Highland goat breeds. …”
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Performance of outbreak management plans for emerging plant diseases: the case of almond leaf scorch caused by Xylella fastidiosa in mainland Spain by Cendoya, Martina, Lázaro, Elena, Navarro-Quiles, Ana, López-Quílez, Antonio, Conesa, David, Vicent, Antonio

“…Outbreak response to quarantine pathogens and pests in the European Union (EU) is regulated by the EU Plant Health Law, but the performance of outbreak management plans in terms of their effectiveness and efficiency has been quantified only to a limited extent. …”
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The Effects of Brief Heat During Early Booting on Reproductive, Developmental, and Chlorophyll Physiological Performance in Common Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Jiemeng Xu, Lowe, Claudia, Hernandez Leon, Sergio G., Dreisigacker, Susanne, Reynolds, Matthew P., Valenzuela Soto, Elisa M., Paul, Matthew J., Heuer, Sigrid

“…Despite this, model fitting using chlorophyll soil plant analysis development (SPAD) measurements showed an earlier onset or faster senescence rate under heat stress. …”
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Evaluation of the performance of local, Rhode Island red (RIR) and Fayoumi breeds of chicken under different management regimes in the highlands of Ethiopia by Dana, N.

“…Choice feeding, whether or not accompanied by scavenging, resulted in poorer performance in all egg production parameters measured. …”
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Food insecurity among university students at a German university: Impact on health, academic performance, and lifestyle during COVID-19 by Kötzsche, Maike, Arroyo-Izaga, Marta, Heil, Eleonore, Jordan, Irmgard, Teuber, Ramona, Torheim, Liv E.

“…Preventive measures are needed to mitigate the adverse effects of crises, targeting all, but especially food insecure university students.…”
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The impact of replacing barley by dehydrated orange pulp in finishing pig diets on performance, carcass quality, and gaseous emissions from slurry by Ferrer, Pablo, Calvet, Salvador, García-Rebollar, Paloma, Jiménez-Belenguer, Ana, Hernández, Pilar, Piquer, Olga, Cerisuelo, Alba

“…With this aim, an assay was carried out to assess the effects of increasing inclusion levels of DOP in pig diets regarding animal performance, carcass quality, and environmental impact. …”
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Laboratory phenomics predicts field performance and identifies superior indica haplotypes for early seedling vigour in dry direct-seeded rice by Menard, Guillaume, Sandhu, Nitika, Anderson, Daniel, Catolos, Margaret, Hassall, Kirsty L., Eastmond, Peter J., Kumar, Arvind, Kurup, Smita

“…Our data show that phenotyping of mesocotyl length in laboratory conditions is a good predictor of field performance. By performing a genome wide association study, we found that the main QTL for mesocotyl length, percentage seedling emergence and shoot biomass are co-located on the short arm of chromosome 7. …”
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Tester effect on combining ability and its relationship with line performance per se for grain iron and zinc densities in pearl millet by Kanatti, Anand, Rai, Kedar N., Radhika, Kommineni, Govindaraj, Mahalingam

“…Results showed that there was highly significant and moderately high positive correlation between the topcross hybrid performance per se (a measure of GCA) produced with the two testers, both for Fe and Zn densities in both experiments. …”
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Exploitation of beneficial alleles from maize (Zea mays L.) landraces to enhance performance of an elite variety in water stress environments by Meseka, S.K., Menkir, A., Obeng-Antwi, K.

“…Introgression of favorable alleles from diverse landraces into adapted elite varieties will improve performance, hence reducing losses. The objective of this study was to assess the performance of BC populations under DS and multiple locations (ML) after introgression of alleles from diverse maize landraces into an elite variety. …”
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Effect of water stress on locomotor performance in Pleurodema nebulosum (Anura: Leptodactylidae) a native frog from the Argentina Monte desert by Ontivero, Roberto Emanuel, Quiroga, Lorena Beatriz, Rodríguez, César Yamil, Bustos, Daniel, Sanabria, Eduardo Alfredo

“…Locomotor performance was measured through different physical variables during the jump. …”
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The inclusion of ensiled citrus pulp in diets for growing pigs: Effects on voluntary intake, growth performance, gut microbiology and meat quality by Cerisuelo, Alba, Castello, L., Moset, Verónica, Martinez, M., Hernández, Pilar, Piquer, Olga, Gómez, Ernesto A., Gasa, J., Lainez, Manuel

“…Backfat thickness (BF) and loin depth (LD) were measured at P2 using ultrasounds. Faecal samples were taken directly from the rectum and cultured for Enterobacteriaceae and Lactobacillus counts. …”
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Effect of pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) seed meal as a supplementing diet to free-ranging goats on growth performance and semen quality by Maselema, D., Chigwa, F., Chingala, G.

“…The whole pumpkin seed meal could be used to improve productive performance and semen quality characteristics of free-ranging bucks.…”
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Effect of reciprocal crossing Koekoek and Sasso chickens on growth performance, feed efficiency, carcass yield, mortality rate, and genetic components by Itafa, B.T., Mohamed, A.S., Abate, W.H., Derseh, M.A., Woldegiorgiss, W.E.

“…Data were measured for initial and final body weight, feed intake, daily weight gain, and feed conversion ratio. …”
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Performance evaluation of irrigation schemes: A case study of Jari and Aloma small-scale irrigation schemes, Tehuledere District, Ethiopia by Wondatir, S.

“…Therefore, this study was carried out to evaluate the water delivery, on-farm water management and organizational performances of the two SSI schemes. Secondary data from different reports and primary data through field measurements, household surveys, key informant interviews and group discussions were collected. …”
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