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Cassava breeding II: phenotypic correlations through the different stages of selection by Barandica, Orlando Joaqui, Lenis Calderon, Jorge Iván, Calle, Fernando, Morante, Nelson, Pérez, Juan C., Hershey, Clair H., Ceballos, H.

“…The usefulness of HIN is questioned. Measuring this variable takes considerable efforts at harvest time. …”
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Evaluación metodológica del enfoque de ecoagricultura para medir el desempeño de un paisaje con matríz agropecuaria en la subcuenca del río Copán, Honduras by Bejarano Banegas, Luis F.

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The Swedish liming operation : a study about liming officers opinions about some aspects regarding ecology, economy and organization by Karlsson, Rebecka

“…Alkalinity and color measurement before liming were considered useful by the liming officers. …”

Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns by fine stratum of gestational age and birthweight for 230 679 live births in nine low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2017 by Hazel, Elizabeth A., Erchick, Daniel J., Katz, Joanne, Lee, Anne C. C., Diaz, Michael, Wu, Lee S. F., West, Keith P., Shamim, Abu Ahmed, Christian, Parul, Ali, Hasmot, Baqui, Abdullah H., Saha, Samir K., Ahmed, Salahuddin, Roy, Arunangshu Dutta, Silveira, Mariângela F., Buffarini, Romina, Shapiro, Roger, Zash, Rebecca, Kolsteren, Patrick, Lachat, Carl, Huybregts, Lieven, Roberfroid, Dominique, Zhu, Zhonghai, Zeng, Lingxia, Gebreyesus, Seifu H., Tesfamariam, Kokeb, Adu-Afarwuah, Seth, Dewey, Kathryn G., Gyaase, Stephaney, Poku-Asante, Kwaku, Boamah Kaali, Ellen, Jack, Darby, Ravilla, Thulasiraj, Tielsch, James, Taneja, Sunita, Chowdhury, Ranadip, Ashorn, Per, Maleta, Kenneth, Ashorn, Ulla, Mangani, Charles, Mullany, Luke C., Khatry, Subarna K., Ramokolo, Vundli, Zembe-Mkabile, Wanga, Fawzi, Wafaie W., Wang, Dongqing, Schmiegelow, Christentze, Minja, Daniel, Msemo, Omari Abdul, Lusingu, John P. A., Smith, Emily R., Masanja, Honorati, Mongkolchati, Aroonsri, Keentupthai, Paniya, Kakuru, Abel, Kajubi, Richard, Semrau, Katherine, Hamer, Davidson H., Manasyan, Albert, Pry, Jake M., Chasekwa, Bernard, Humphrey, Jean, Black, Robert E.

“…To describe the mortality risks by fine strata of gestational age and birthweight among 230 679 live births in nine low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) from 2000 to 2017.Descriptive multi‐country secondary data analysis.Nine LMICs in sub‐Saharan Africa, Southern and Eastern Asia, and Latin America.Liveborn infants from 15 population‐based cohorts.Subnational, population‐based studies with high‐quality birth outcome data were invited to join the Vulnerable Newborn Measurement Collaboration. All studies included birthweight, gestational age measured by ultrasound or last menstrual period, infant sex and neonatal survival. …”
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Rätt gallringskvalitet med automatisk gallringsuppföljning by Burström, Olof

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Comparing temperature data sources for use in species distribution models: From in‐situ logging to remote sensing by Lembrechts, Jonas Johan, Lenoir, Jonathan, Roth, Nina, Hattab, Tarek, Milbau, Ann, Haider, Sylvia, Pellissier, Loïc, Pauchard, Aníbal, Ratier Backes, Amanda, Dimarco, Romina Daniela, Núñez, Martín Andrés, Aalto, Juha, Nijs, Ivan

“…Several solutions are currently available, such as downscaled or interpolated coarse‐grained free‐air temperatures, satellite‐measured land surface temperatures (LST) or in‐situ‐measured soil temperatures. …”
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Livestock health and socio-economic impacts of a veterinary intervention in Maasailand: Infection-and-treatment vaccine against East Coast fever by Homewood, K., Trench, P., Randall, S., Lynen, Godelieve, Bishop, B.P.

“…Veterinary interventions may make a major difference to production measures but as with any intervention, they can also entail complex ecological and economic implications. …”
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Enteric methane emissions by lactating and dry cows in the high Andes of Peru by Salas Riega, Catherine Yasmín, Osorio Orellana, Sandra, Gamarra Reyes, Julyssa del Pilar, Alvarado Bolovich, Victor Ilich, Osorio Zavala, Cesar Mauro, Gomez, Carlos A.

“…Animal intakes were measured using the external marker titanium dioxide (production of feces) and crude protein in feces (organic digestibility of the feed) and estimated by using performance data. …”
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Evaluation framework of community-based livestock breeding programs by Lamuno, Doreen, Sölkner, Johann, Mészáros, Gabor, Nakimbugwe, Helen, Mulindwa, Henry, Nandolo, Wilson, Gondwe, Timothy, van Tassel, Curt, Mueller, Joaquin Pablo, Wursinger, Maria, Gutierrez, Gustavo

“…This evaluation also serves as a guide for funding bodies to measure socio-economic impact on the livelihoods of livestock farmers in order to decide if the program’s goals have been met. …”
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Drought tolerant wheat IND-ØØ412-7 is nutritionally equivalent to its Non-Transgenic Comparator by Miranda, Patricia V., Iglesias, Bernardo Fabricio, Charriere, Maria Viviana, Burachik, Moisés

“…Broilers' performance was analyzed by measuring feed intake, weight gain, feed conversion, and time to reach 2.8 kgs. …”
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Total and Partial Factor Productivity in Developing Countries by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Partial factor productivity (PFP) measures, such as labor and land productivity, are often used to measure agricultural prodcution performance because they are easy to estimate. …”
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Combining local knowledge and soil science for integrated soil health assessments in conservation agriculture systems by Hermans, T.D.G., Dougill, Andrew J., Whitfield, S., Peacock, C.L., Eze, S., Thierfelder, Christian L.

“…Key farmers' indicators of soil health were crop performance, soil consistence, moisture content, erosion, colour, and structure. …”
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Yield gaps, nutrient use efficiencies and response to fertilisers by maize across heterogenous smallholder farms of western Kenya by Tittonell, Pablo A., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Corbeels, Marc, Giller, Kenneth E.

“…1 K taken up. Using measured soil chemical properties QUEFTS over-estimated observed yields under F-M, indicating that variable crop performance within and across farms cannot be ascribed solely to soil nutrient availability. …”
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Management factors influencing sow productivity in successful Swedish and Danish herds by Isberg, Sophia

“…During the herd visits a qualitative interview, concerning general management and the most recent batch weaned, was performed with the producer. One farrowing batch per herd was also checked, where observations and measurements of different sow-, litter- and farrowing unit related parameters were recorded. …”

Caracterización morfológica de las traqueidas de pino híbrido de rápido crecimiento by Winck, Rosa Ángela, Area, María Cristina, Belaber, Ector, Aquino, Diego Rolando, Fassola, Hugo Enrique, Gauchat, Maria Elena

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Patterns of Plumericin Concentration in Leaves of Himatanthus tarapotensis (Apocynaceae) and Its Interactions with Herbivory in the Peruvian Amazon by Amasifuen Guerra, Carlos Alberto, Patel, Kirti, Delprete, Piero G., Spina, Andréa P., Grados, Juan, Vásquez Ocmín, Pedro, Gadea, Alice, Rojas, Rosario, Guzmán, Jesús, Sauvain, Michel

“…Values of plumericin concentration from leaves were obtained by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, and evaluated as a function of differences in soil types, variation of precipitation, and variation of the abundance of insect herbivores, using first a Repeated Measures Correlation (rmcorr) and then a Generalized Linear Mixed Model (GLMM) analysis. …”
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Risk-based regionalization approach for area-wide management of HLB vectors in the Mediterranean Basin by Galvan, Anaïs, Beozzo Bassanezi, Renato, Luo, Weiqi, Vanaclocha, Pilar, Vicent, Antonio, Lázaro, Elena

“…Additionally, it may be a valuable resource to inform opinion dynamic models, enabling the identification of pivotal factors for the success of control measures.…”
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Clonal variation in apical dominance of Triplochiton scleroxglon K. Schum, in response to decapitation by Ladipo, D.O., Leakey, R.R.B., Grace, J.

“…The length and number of lateral shoots formed on these decapitated plants were measured weekly to determine the percentage bud activity. …”
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Water productivity of potato under improved irrigation techniques in Uzbekistan by Djumaboev, Kakhramon, Reddy, J.M., Carli, C., Yuldashev, Tulkun, Anarbekov, Oyture, Eshmuratov, Davron

“…Potato is a very important cash crop in Uzbekistan as the government has implemented several measures to increase its production to meet food security as well as to improve its export potential. …”
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Exploring genotype by environment interaction on cassava yield and yield related traits using classical statistical methods by Bakare, M.A., Kayondo, S.I., Aghogho, C.I., Wolfe, M., Parkes, Elizabeth Y., Kulakow, Peter A., Egesi, Chiedozie N., Rabbi, I.Y., Jannink, Jean-Luc

“…However, GGE and AMMI stability value in conjunction with genotype selection index revealed that IITA-TMS-IBA000070 and TMS14F1036P0007 were the top-ranking clones combining both stability and yield performance measures. The AMMI-2 model clustered the testing environments into 6 mega-environments based on winning genotypes for fresh root yield. …”
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