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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Wheat rice"”.
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The effect of mutant replication initiation proteins and antisense RNA to the gene on maize streak virus replication
… which includes other important cereals such as wheat, rice, barley and oats (Kellogg, 1998). Other grass crops are rye, common millet, finger millet, teff, sugarcane and sorghum. Many of these are important food crops in most parts of the world, including Africa. The sustainable production of …
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Informing on Crop Water-Use, Stress, and Growth with Integrated Satellite Remote Sensing and Modeling
… and TIR measurements. The analysis focuses on wheat, rice, corn, and vineyard fields located in Yolo and Sonoma County, California, and Long Island New York. To achieve this analysis, SAR imagery from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1A (C-band, λ = ~5.5cm) SAR satellite and NASA’s …
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The Good Grains Project
Foodgrains (like wheat, peanuts, etc.) gain moisture when they are stored, which leads to variation in weight and deterioration in quality. These commodities are sold by weight in India, and therefore, variable weight directly impacts the economic value of the produce. In addition, the quality of …
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Commodity price stabilization and trade liberalization: the case of corn and livestock in the Philippines
… both grains and livestock commodities; and (d) price stabilization of rice and corn. Two price stabilization instruments, buffer-stock and variable import levy, two target prices, and two price band band widths were evaluated. The economic surplus measure of costs and benefits was used as the …
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Ethanol production from sugarcane in India: Viability, constraints and implications
… eight markets for agricultural commodities: wheat, rice, sorghum, corn, groundnut, rapeseed, cotton, and soybean in addition to the markets for sugar, alcohol and fuel (gasoline and biofuel). I evaluate the economically optimal allocation of land for sugarcane in the primary agricultural …
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Effects of soaking and malting on thermal, functional and antinutritional properties of finger millet (Eluesine coracana L. Gaertn) flour
… in cereal productivity, just after maize, wheat, rice, and sorghum. Despite its nutritional value, the underutilisation and neglect of finger millet have been widely documented. This research explored how soaking and malting impact the colour, pasting behaviour, thermal properties, …
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The impact of maritime trade disruptions on food security: the case of imported calories
… five percent of internationally traded maize, wheat, rice, and soybeans are shipped through at least one maritime chokepoint (Bailey and Wellesley, 2017). Within recent years, there has been an increasing number of global supply chain disruptions that have grown in magnitude and frequency …
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Demography, Reproduction, Diet and Crop Depredation in Three Species of Rodents in Natural and Irrigated Fields in Nigeria
… investigated. The high level of yield loss in wheat, compared to low and moderate levels in rice (grown for the most part during the rains), was probably a result of the greater depredation rate on the wheat, grown by irrigation during the dry season when other rodent food sources were less …
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Dry matter loss rates of soybeans: Effects of respiration measurement system, damage by splits, and moisture content at elevated temperatures
… applicable to other crop systems, such as wheat, rice, and pulses – all of which are important sources of protein and nourishment to an ever-growing global population.