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Spatial random downscaling of rainfall signals in Andean heterogeneous terrain

A. Posadas, L. A. Duffaut Espinosa, C. Yarlequé, M. Carbajal et al. • Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (2015)

Remotely sensed data are often used as proxies for indirect precipitation measures over data-scarce and complex-terrain areas such as the Peruvian Andes. Although this information might be appropriate for some research requirements, the ext...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/npg-22-383-2015

Early carbonatite magmatism at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano (Tanzania): carbonatite–silicate melt immiscibility in Lengai I melt inclusions

France, Lydéric, Brouillet, Florian, Lang, Sarah • Comptes Rendus. Géoscience (2021)

Carbonatites are unusual C-rich alkaline magmas that have been reported throughout the geological record. Nevertheless, there is only one currently active carbonatite system on Earth: Oldoinyo Lengai stratovolcano in northern Tanzania (God’...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5802/crgeos.99

High P‐T Sound Velocities of Amphiboles: Implications for Low‐Velocity Anomalies in Metasomatized Upper Mantle

Wen‐Yi Zhou, Ming Hao, Dongzhou Zhang, Przemyslaw Dera et al. • Geophysical Research Letters (2024)

Abstract Metasomatized mantle xenoliths containing hydrous minerals, such as amphiboles, serpentine, and phlogopite, likely represent the potential mineralogical compositions of the metasomatized upper mantle, where low seismic velocities a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2023GL106583

Weed Management by In Situ Cover Crops and Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation in Plasticulture

Gursewak Singh, Brian Ward, Amnon Levi, Matthew Cutulle • Agronomy (2022)

Weeds negatively affect organic vegetable crop growth and profitability. Weed management is the greatest challenge for vegetable organic growers since control options are limited for organic vegetable production. Anaerobic soil disinfestati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12112754

The Composition and Phosphorus Cycling Potential of Bacterial Communities Associated With Hyphae of Penicillium in Soil Are Strongly Affected by Soil Origin

Xiuli Hao, Xiuli Hao, Xiuli Hao, Xiuli Hao et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2020)

Intimate fungal-bacterial interactions are widespread in nature. However the main drivers for the selection of hyphae-associated bacterial communities and their functional traits in soil systems remain elusive. In the present study, baiting...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02951

Evaluation of root traits and water use efficiency of different cotton genotypes in the presence or absence of a soil-hardpan

Ricardo St Aime, Grace Rhodes, Michael Jones, B. Todd Campbell et al. • Crop Journal (2021)

Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is an important fiber and oil crop grown worldwide. Water and nutrient stresses are major issues affecting cotton production globally. Root traits are critical in improving water and nutrient uptake and maintaining p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2020.12.001

<i>Escherichia coli</i> Optoelectronic Sensors for In Situ Monitoring of Selected Materials Across Water Supply Systems

Yonatan Uziel, Natan Orlov, Loay Atamneh, Offer Schwartsglass et al. • Chemosensors (2026)

Chemical monitoring of pollutants and hazardous materials in water supply systems traditionally depends on centralized laboratories, advanced instrumentation, and trained personnel, limiting accessibility and preventing real-time, on-site a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/chemosensors14030062

First report of Pleuroceras pseudoplatani on Acer rubrum, A. griseum, A. saccharinum, A. negundo, A. circinatum and A. macrophyllum in Scotland

M. Cleary, F. Oskay, J. Rönnberg, S. Woodward • The Forestry Chronicle (2018)

In September 2016, large necrotic lesions were observed on the foliage of several maples in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Symptoms resembled giant leaf blotch disease caused by Pleuroceras pseudoplatani (formerly Gnomonia pseudoplatani; Ophiogno...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5558/tfc2018-022

Xylan Is Critical for Proper Bundling and Alignment of Cellulose Microfibrils in Plant Secondary Cell Walls

Jacob D. Crowe, Pengchao Hao, Sivakumar Pattathil, Henry Pan et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2021)

Plant biomass represents an abundant and increasingly important natural resource and it mainly consists of a number of cell types that have undergone extensive secondary cell wall (SCW) formation. These cell types are abundant in the stems ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.737690

Seasonal Variations in Total Antioxidant Capacity and Total Phenolics Content of Leaves of <i>Phyllostachys<i> Taxa Using Different Extraction Methods

András NEMÉNYI, Éva STEFANOVITSNÉ-BÁNYAI, Szonja Szimóna BURJÁN, Zoltán PÉK et al. • Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca (2014)

Changes in total phenolic content (TP) and total antioxidant capacity (AC) during the vegetation period (April-November) were analysed in Phyllostachys aureosulcata f. aureocaulis (PAA), P. flexuosa (PF), P. humilis (PH), P. sulphurea var. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15835/nbha4219432

Effects of timing and nitrogen fertilizer application rates on maize yield components and yield in eastern Ethiopia

Waktole Mosisa, Nigussie Dechassa, Kibebew Kibret, Habtamu Zeleke et al. • Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment (2022)

Abstract Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important food security crop in Ethiopia. However, low soil fertility and the use of haphazard nitrogen (N) fertilizer with little attention to the rate and timing of N application constrain productivity. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/agg2.20322

Detection of selection signatures for response to Aleutian mink disease virus infection in American mink

Karim Karimi, A. Hossain Farid, Sean Myles, Younes Miar • Scientific Reports (2021)

Abstract Aleutian disease (AD) is the most significant health issue for farmed American mink. The objective of this study was to identify the genomic regions subjected to selection for response to infection with Aleutian mink disease virus ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82522-8

Ovule and seed development of crop plants in response to climate change

Mohammad Erfatpour, Dustin MacLean, Rachid Lahlali, Yunfei Jiang • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (2024)

The ovule is a plant structure that upon fertilization, transforms into a seed. Successful fertilization is required for optimum crop productivity and is strongly affected by environmental conditions including temperature and precipitation....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2024.1495610

Seasonal monopolization of small carrion by a scarab beetle in terra firme Amazonian rainforests

Elena Chaboteaux, Pablo Aycart-Lazo, Gustavo Arias-Álvarez, Sandra Bejar-Hermoza et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Small vertebrate carcasses represent an abundant resource in tropical rainforests, where scavengers play a key role in nutrient recycling, enhancing productivity in nutrient-poor habitats such as Amazonian terra firme forests. Howe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-31811-7

Climate factors dominate the elevational variation in grassland plant resource utilization strategies

Jinkun Ye, Yuhui Ji, Jinfeng Wang, Xiaodong Ma et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2024)

Specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf dry matter content (LDMC) are key leaf functional traits often used to reflect plant resource utilization strategies and predict plant responses to environmental changes. In general, grassland plants at dif...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1430027

Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S. Fuzzi, U. Baltensperger, K. Carslaw, S. Decesari et al. • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2015)

The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year in the refereed literature. This is in part due to the enormou...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-8217-2015

A long-term daily 500 m snow cover extent product over China (1981–2000)

Yanlong Shen, Xiaoyan Wang, Ruixiang Zhu, Shi Liang et al. • Big Earth Data (2026)

Due to the limitations of early satellite sensors in terms of spatial resolution, temporal resolution, and time series availability, there is currently a lack of long-term daily snow cover extent (SCE) products with 500 m spatial resolution...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/20964471.2026.2648197

North African humid periods over the past 800,000 years

Edward Armstrong, Miikka Tallavaara, Peter O. Hopcroft, Paul J. Valdes • Nature Communications (2023)

Abstract The Sahara region has experienced periodic wet periods over the Quaternary and beyond. These North African Humid Periods (NAHPs) are astronomically paced by precession which controls the intensity of the African monsoon system. How...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41219-4

Reconciling surface deflections from simulations of global mantle convection

C. P. B. O'Malley, C. P. B. O'Malley, G. G. Roberts, J. Panton et al. • Geoscientific Model Development (2024)

The modern state of the mantle and its evolution on geological timescales are of widespread importance for the Earth sciences. For instance, it is generally agreed that mantle flow is manifest in topographic and drainage network evolution, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/gmd-17-9023-2024

Growth responses of entire and immunocastrated male pigs to dietary protein with and without ractopamine hydrochloride

T. Needham, L.C. Hoffman, R.M. Gous • Animal (2017)

The interaction between dietary balanced protein, ractopamine (RAC) and Improvac (IMP) on the growth response of 120 individually penned male PICC pigs was evaluated. The pigs entered the trial at 16 weeks of age and were assigned to 12 tre...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1017/S1751731117000271