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This paper investigated the spatial variability of the correlations between grain yields and fertilization quantity within the selected agricultural watershed, in the typical black soil region, and then optimized the fertilization quantity at different landscape farmlands within the watershed based on the regression equations. Study simulated the surface runoff water quality before and after fertilization spatial adjustment with the achieved parameters by Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model. The results showed that watershed scale fertilization adjustment is possible and necessary according to the spatial heterogeneity about fertilization and grain yields. Based on grain yield stability, spatial adjustment of fertilization reduced the whole watershed total N fertilization quantity by 1.88%, and the total non-point nutrients load reduction of NH4+ -N and NO3- -N was 9.7%, 5.6%, respectively.
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September 2025
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
Background: In China, L. is primarily cultivated for its underground parts-rhizomes (commonly known as turmeric) and tubers (Yujin), with the latter holding greater market value. However, current cultivation practices in China remain largely traditional, lacking scientific optimization in nutrient management, growth cycle alignment, or soil fertility strategies.
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Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, No 218 Jixi Road, Hefei 230022, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Study on Abnormal Gametes and Reproductive Tract (Anhui Medical University), No 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032
Abstract: In order to determine the number of eggs to be retrieved in order to maximize live birth outcomes, this study aimed to develop a clinical prediction model that would identify important predictors of cumulative live birth rate after intracytoplasmic sperm injection or in vitro fertilization in women with different ages. A total of 374 infertile women undergoing assisted reproductive treatment at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University between December 2020 and December 2023 were included and categorized into three age groups: < 35 years, 35-39 years, and 40 years or older. Clinical data, laboratory results, ovulation induction parameters, and pregnancy outcomes were examined.
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August 2025
Monitoring & Experimental Station of Corn Nutrition and Fertilization in Northeast Region, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, 110866 Shenyang, China. Electronic address:
Soil phosphorus (P) pools are affected by the quantity and quality of fertilizer applications, with phosphatases produced by soil microbes playing an important role in the transformation of organic P. In this study, the effect of different fertilization practices on soil P forms, microbial community and mineralization processes was investigated in a long-term field experiment in northeast China (initiated in 1979). P K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge and Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing, soil phosphatase activity (acid, alkaline and neutral phosphomonoesters) and soil chemical properties were analyzed to determine the processes and main factors influencing P transformations with different levels of organic P addition.
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August 2025
Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) is a popular approach in assisted reproductive technology that improves embryo selection and implantation rates. Traditional approaches rely on trophectoderm (TE) biopsy, which is an invasive procedure that might jeopardize embryo integrity and create technical constraints such as mosaicism-related misclassification. Non-invasive preimplantation genetic testing (niPGT) has emerged as a possible alternative, using embryonic cell-free DNA (cfDNA) extracted from wasted culture media or blastocoel fluid to assess chromosomal status without requiring direct embryo manipulation.
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September 2025
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Newnham Dr, Newnham, Launceston, Tasmania 7248, Australia.
The need to develop practices enabling deep and continued reductions in greenhouse gases (GHG) is arguably the greatest challenge facing humanity in the 21st century. Here, we quantify GHG emissions of macadamia enterprises in Australia and then contrast potential abatement realized by practice change. We show that nitrogenous (N) fertilizer accounted for more than half of net farm emissions, followed by fuel and electricity.
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