Volume 2, Number 4, November 2011 (Special Issue on )

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Evolution and significance of soil magnetism of basalt-derived chronosequence soils in tropical southern China

Decheng Li, Yanfang Yang, Jinping Guo, Bruce Velde, Ganlin Zhang, Feng Hu, Mingsong Zhao

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24070  3,806 Downloads  6,508 Views   Citations

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Effects of soil moisture and length of irrigation on soil wetting to deliver fumigants through microirrigation lines in sandy spodosols

Bielinski M. Santos, James P. Gilreath

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24069  4,150 Downloads  6,541 Views   Citations

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Improving the water productivity of paddy rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation through water saving irrigation treatments

Joko Sujono, Naoki Matsuo, Kazuaki Hiramatsu, Toshihiro Mochizuki

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24066  5,561 Downloads  10,643 Views   Citations

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Analysis of the relation between organic products consumption and box schemes use in Alicante (Spain)

Fernando Vidal, David Bernardo López, Francisco José del Campo

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24065  4,268 Downloads  6,853 Views   Citations

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Changes of phenolic compounds in Carignan merithallus (Vitis vinifera L.) during bud dormancy and end of dormancy phase: correlation with rhizogenesis

Kraiem Dardour Zohra, Zairi Asma, Msaada Kamel, Hamdi Helmi, Ezzili Béchir

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24064  3,874 Downloads  7,079 Views   Citations

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Reduced nitrogen availability during growth improves quality in red oak lettuce leaves by minimizing nitrate content, and increasing antioxidant capacity and leaf mineral content

Dario Stefanelli, Sonja Winkler, Rod Jones

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24061  5,830 Downloads  10,862 Views   Citations

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Soybean seed protein, oil, and fatty acids are altered by S and S + N fertilizers under irrigated or non-irrigated environments

Nacer Bellaloui, M. Wayne Ebelhar, Anne M. Gillen, Daniel K. Fisher, Hamed K. Abbas, Alemu Mengistu, Krishna N. Reddy, Robert L. Paris

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24060  4,702 Downloads  7,735 Views   Citations

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Preparation and mechanism analyses of a new corn seed coating agent

Defang Zeng, Xinrong Luo

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24059  6,133 Downloads  10,293 Views   Citations

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Influence of agronomic variables on quality of tomato fruits

Marcos Hernández Suárez, Eladia Peña Méndez, Beatriz Rodríguez Galdón, Elena Rodríguez Rodríguez, Carlos Díaz Romero

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24054  6,337 Downloads  11,532 Views   Citations

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Sensitivity of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum) to various postemergence herbicides

Nader Soltani, Christy Shropshire, Peter H. Sikkema

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24058  4,944 Downloads  8,094 Views   Citations

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Chemical properties of wild coffee forest soils in Ethiopia and management implications

Taye Kufa

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24057  4,516 Downloads  8,970 Views   Citations

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Long-term effects of management systems on crop yield and soil physical properties of semi-arid tropics of Vertisols

Prabhakar Pathak, Suhas P Wani, Raghavendra Rao Sudi

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24056  4,593 Downloads  8,456 Views   Citations

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Molecular cloning of a phosphotriesterase-related protein gene of silkworm and its expression analysis in the silkworm infected with Bombyx mori cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus

Xiu Wang, Kun Gao, Ping Wu, Guangxing Qin, Ting Liu, Xijie Guo

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24052  4,470 Downloads  7,810 Views   Citations

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Spatial and temporal variability of soil freeze-thaw cycling across Southern Alberta, Canada

Andrew J. Phillips, Nathaniel K. Newlands

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24051  6,164 Downloads  12,946 Views   Citations

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Hydrogel amendment to sandy soil reduces irrigation frequency and improves the biomass of Agrostis stolonifera

Hillary Agaba, Lawrence J. B. Orikiriza, Joseph Obua, John. D. Kabasa, Martin Worbes, Aloys Hüttermann

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24071  6,127 Downloads  11,700 Views   Citations

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Comparison between the irrigation qualities of conventional tertiary and UF + RO advanced treated wastewaters

Abdallah Abusam, Bader Al-Anzi

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24068  4,123 Downloads  7,166 Views   Citations

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Justification of public investment initiatives on water transfer systems as an instrument for water balances in Spain: the case of the Júcar–Vinalopó water transfer system

Martin Sevilla, Teresa Torregrosa

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24067  5,607 Downloads  8,177 Views   Citations

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Evaluation of the toxicity of Streptomyces aburaviensis (R9) extract towards various agricultural pests

Ismail Saadoun, Sereen Bataineh, Qutaiba Ababneh, Khalid Hameed, Kevin Schrader, Charles Cantrell, Franck Dayan, David Wedge

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Phosphorus fixing capacity of the Oxic Rhodustalf—alfisol soil in the Chotanagpur plateau region of Eastern India

Prabir Ghosal, Trishit Chakraborty, Pabitra Banik

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24062  4,290 Downloads  7,816 Views   Citations

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Effect of leaf and bark aqueous extract of Anogeissus latifolia on growth performance of Vigna unguiculata

Jahangeer A. Bhat, Munesh Kumar, Bhupendra Singh

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Dual inoculation of salt tolerant Bradyrhizobium and Glomus mosseae for improvement of Vigna radiata L. cultivation in saline areas of West Bengal, India

Nicky Singh, Nirmalendu Samajpati, Amal Kanti Paul

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Effects of the inhibition of weed communities by winter-flooding

Korehisa Kaneko, Toshihiko Nakamura

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.24050  3,976 Downloads  7,366 Views   Citations

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