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Agricultural Sciences is an international journal dedicated to the advancements in agriculture throughout the world. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists, students, academics and engineers all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different are…
Rafael da Silva Messias, Vanessa Galli, Manoel Artigas Schirmer, Clenio Nailto Pillon, Sérgio Delmar dos Anjos e Silva, Carlos Augusto Posser Silveira, Cesar Valmor Rombaldi
The water extracted from the shale rock (shale water) through the pyrolysis process to obtain fuel oil and other products shows a composition based on organic compounds and a wide range of minerals and trace elements with an important role in plant nutrition,…
Zengling Yang, Lujia Ha
Manure samples were collected by floor scrapings in animal stables from Beijing suburbs. Total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), and total potassium (TK) were analyzed by conventional wet chemical methods. All manures showed a high variability in nutrient…
Jairo André Schlindwein, Leandro Bortolon, Elaine Cosma Fioreli-Pereira, Elisandra Solange Oliveira Bortolon, Clesio Gianello
Phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) levels in southern Brazilian (Rio Grande do Sul, RS) soils are largely below the critical concentrations more than four decades after implementation of the officially recommended system. This study aims to evaluate the increas…
Nguyen Phuong, H. Stützel, R. Uptmoor
The pr esent study aims to identify QTL influencing agronomic traits and yield c omponents under well-watered and pre-flowering drought stress conditions. One hundred F 5 recombinant inbred lines (RIL) and the parental lines of a cross between a drought-toler…
Rafael Henrique de Tonissi e Buschinelli de Goes, Karl Whays Klein, Luis Henrique Martinhago, Euclides Reuter de Oliveira, Kelly Cristina da Silva Brabes, Maria Gizelma de Menezes Gressler, Mayara Mitiko Yoshiraha, Raquel Tenório de Oliveira, Etelvitor Martins Leite dos Santos
To evaluate the inclusion of common beans in the diet of cattle in feedlot on characteristics of productive performance, nutrient digestibility and ruminal fermentation parameters, 15 bulls crossed were used in a completely randomized design. The animals were…
Maira Rubi Segura-Campos, Carlos Paul Espadas-Alcocer, Luis Chel-Guerrero, David Betancur-Ancona
The hydrolysis of velvet bean ( Mucuna pruriens ) protein in the presence of Alcalase ? - Flavourzyme ? and Pepsin-Pancreatin was investigated. The results showed that Alcalase ? -Flavourzyme ? (29.08%) sequential system catalyzed the hydrolysis most efficien…
Takashi Yamane
Bruchid beetles such as Callosobruchus maculatus are known to the storage pests of grain legumes and cause tremendous damage. The main method to protect from them is chemical insecticides or fumigants. But, they would cause some problems such as environmental…
Juana Moncaleano-Vega, Fernando Ariza, Aureliano Hernández
A genetic association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and pulmonary hypertension syndrome (PHS) was established in a commercial population of broiler chickens. The associated SNPs were found in the NOS 3 and HIF 1 α genes (LOD > 6; p < 0.001).…
Bert Driessen, Ester Peeters, Jos Van Thielen, Sanne Van Beirendonck
The transport of fattening pigs is characterized by a strong human-animal interaction. Consequent handling is important because of animal welfare, meat quality and matching economic consequences. During road transport, human impact can be divided in different…
Changsong Shan, Chao Wang, Jin Liu, Peng Wu
The volatile flavor compounds of Jin Xiang garlic and Tai’an garlic in chemical composition were detected and analyzed and the contents of them were compared and determinated. The volatile constituents of Jin Xiang garlic and Tai’an garlic were compared and a…
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