Volume 6, Number 9, September 2015 (Special Issue on )

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Nitrogen Fertilization Impacts on Phosphorus Cycling in Grazed Grass-Legume Pasture

Sandra L. Dillard, Charles Wesley Wood, Brenda H. Wood, Yucheng Feng, Walter Frank Owsley, Russell B. Muntifering

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69107  3,593 Downloads  4,186 Views   Citations

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Estimating Chlorophyll Content of Apple Leaves Based on Different Scales in Differential Window

Zhaoying Han, Xicun Zhu, Zhuoyuan Wang, Gengxing Zhao, Ling Wang

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69106  2,599 Downloads  3,119 Views   Citations

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Review Paper

A Review of Crop Growth Simulation Models as Tools for Agricultural Meteorology

Kazeem O. Rauff, Rasaq Bello

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69105  4,865 Downloads  6,176 Views   Citations

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Estimation of Mycotoxin Multiple Contamination in Mexican Hybrid Seed Maize by HPLC-MS/MS

Silvia Denise Peña Betancourt, Benjamín Valladares Carranza, Eduardo Posadas Manzano

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69104  3,510 Downloads  3,969 Views   Citations

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Assessing the Crop Growing Period According to the Climate Change Forecasts for Marina Baixa (SE Spain)

Mario Herrera, Hassane Moutahir, Carlos Alberto González, Esteban Chirino, Juan Bellot

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69103  2,738 Downloads  3,195 Views   Citations

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Effects of Bacillus cereus F-6 on Promoting Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia Andrews.) Plant Growth and Controlling Stem and Root Rot Disease

Qingyun Zhao, Hui Wang, Zihui Zhu, Yinghui Song, Huan Yu

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69102  2,899 Downloads  3,521 Views   Citations

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Determination of Evapotranspiration and Water Use Efficiency in Crop Production

Kazeem O. Rauff, Saheed A. Shittu

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69101  2,808 Downloads  3,607 Views   Citations

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Potential for Growing Salvia hispanica L., Areas under Rainfed Conditions in Mexico

Genovevo Ramírez-Jaramillo, Mónica Guadalupe Lozano-Contreras

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69100  4,417 Downloads  4,988 Views   Citations

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Assessment of Gender Policy in Selected Tertiary Agricultural Education Institutions in Africa

Drame Yaye Aissetou, Oluwole Matthew Akinnagbe, Ochola Alfred, Chakeredza Sebastian, Hien Mipro

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69099  2,384 Downloads  2,845 Views   Citations

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Recent Advances in Understanding Plant Heterosis

Shouqian Feng, Xiaoliu Chen, Shujing Wu, Xuesen Chen

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69098  3,192 Downloads  3,835 Views   Citations

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Responses of Dry Bean to Biostimulants Added to Postemergence Herbicides

Nader Soltani, Christy Shropshire, Peter H. Sikkema

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69097  2,824 Downloads  3,303 Views   Citations

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Performance of Brooders, Fry and Growth of the Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Cultured in an Experimental Recirculating Aquaculture System

José Luis Arredondo-Figueroa, Laura Georgina Núñez-García, Jesús T. Ponce-Palafox, Irene de Los Ángeles Barriga-Sosa

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69096  3,097 Downloads  3,667 Views   Citations

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Effects of Soil Moisture and Fertilization Treatments on the Agronomic Traits of Teff (Eragrosis tef) in Southern Kyushu, Japan

Sachiko Idota, Yasuyuki Ishii, Kiichi Fukuyama

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69095  3,009 Downloads  3,478 Views   Citations

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Breeding for FHB Resistance via Fusarium Damaged Kernels and Deoxynivalenol Accumulation as Well as Inoculation Methods in Winter Wheat

Akos Mesterházy, Szabolcs Lehoczki-Krsjak, Mónika Varga, Ágnes Szabó-Hevér, Beata Tóth, Marc Lemmens

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69094  2,733 Downloads  3,359 Views   Citations

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An Alternative Funding Model for Agribusiness Research in Canada

Adam Dale, Elliott Currie

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69093  3,774 Downloads  4,155 Views   Citations

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Model Farm Services Center Approach: An Implication to Boost Farmer’s Yield

Rehmat Ullah, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Kalim Ullah, Tahir Munir Butt

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69092  3,309 Downloads  3,813 Views   Citations

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Farmers’ Perception and Impact of Rice Yellow Mottle Disease on Rice Yields in Burkina Faso

Valentin S. E. Traoré, Bouma James Néya, Mouhameth Camara, Vernon Gracen, Samuel K. Offei, Oumar Traoré

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69091  3,784 Downloads  4,300 Views   Citations

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Economics of Residues Incorporation and Phosphorus Application for Direct Seeded Rice and Wheat under Saline Soil

Imdad Ali Mahmood, Arshad Ali, Muhammad Zahid Kiani, Armghan Shahzad, Tariq Sultan, Hussain Shah, Muhammad Arshadullah, Badar-uz-Zaman

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69090  3,075 Downloads  3,562 Views   Citations

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Nodulation and Fixed Atmospheric Nitrogen of Some Local Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) Cultivars Grown in a Coastal Savannah Environment

Daniel Kwasi Asare, Christian Kofi Anthonio, Lee Kheng Heng, Emmanuel Ofori Ayeh

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69089  2,445 Downloads  2,798 Views   Citations

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Osmotic Dehydration of Pineapple Stems in Hypertonic Sucrose Solutions

Ronaldo dos Santos Falcão Filho, Rennan Pereira de Gusmão, Wilton Pereira da Silva, Josivanda Palmeira Gomes, Edvaldo Vasconcelos Carvalho Filho, Anoar Abbas El-Aouar

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69088  3,669 Downloads  4,390 Views   Citations

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The Influence of Photoperiod on the Regulation of Root and Callus Initiation of Perle Noir (V. vinifera L.): Expression of MADS-Box Gene

Henda Cheikhrouhou, Manel Zrida, Bechir Ezzili

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69087  2,433 Downloads  2,787 Views   Citations

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Chemotaxis of Meloidogyne incognita in Response to Different Salts

Yonghong Qi, Li Meng, Sufang Cao, Minquan Li, Shulong Chen, Deyou Ye

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69086  2,661 Downloads  3,276 Views   Citations

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The Influence of Feeding Regimen on the Composition of the Fat Pads in the Bovine Digital Cushion

Martha Räber, Vera Letter, André Chassot, Hans Geyer, Martin R. L. Scheeder

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DOI: 10.4236/as.2015.69085  2,602 Downloads  2,959 Views   Citations

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