Rice cultivation has been challenged by increasing food demand and water scarcity. We examined the responses of water use, grain yield, and water productivity to various modes of field water managements in Chinese double rice systems. Four treatments were studied in a long-term field experiment (1998-2015): continuous flooding (CF), flooding-midseason drying-flooding (F-D-F), flooding-midseason...

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genetic diversity is limited because domesticated soybean has undergone multiple genetic bottlenecks. Its progenitor, the wild soybean [Glycine soja Siebold & Zucc], has not undergone the same intense selection and is much more genetically diverse than domesticated soybean. However, the agronomic importance of diversity in wild soybean is unclear, and its weedy ...

Clinical sign Detection of virus 2016 Jan 8 2016 Feb 3 D/OK D/NE D/OK D/NE 7754 5 y 6 mo <40 <40 40 40 7761 4 y 5 mo <40 <40 80 80 7764 3 y 11 mo <40 <40 160 80 7765 3 y 10 mo <40 <40 <40 <40 7766 3 y 4 mo <40 <40 160 160 7767 3 y 4 mo <40 <40 80 80 Respiratory illness 7768 3 y 4 mo <40 <40 160 160 Respiratory illness Nasal swab RT-PCR (+) 7769 3 y 3 mo <40 <40 320 320 Respiratory illness 7770 ...

In the context of climate change, sowing date and cultivar choice can influence productivity sorghum, especially where production is constrained by low soil fertility early terminal drought across challenging agro-ecologies north-eastern Nigeria. Planting within an optimal window to fit cultivar’s maturity length critical for maximizing/increasing crop yield following appropriate climate-smart ...

INTRODUCTION It has previously been reported that patients aged over 65 years account for 15% of Accident and Emergency (A&E) attendances. Despite this, there have been few studies looking at older people's use of A&E. This study describes the A&E attendance patterns of older people, defined as those aged 65 years and over, using data from an NHS region over a number of years. Their attendances...

background: c linical trials of revascularization have routinely under-enrolled elderly subjects. thus, symptom relief and improved survival might not apply to elderly patients, in whom the risk of mortality and disability from revascularization procedures seems to be high and co-morbidity is more prevalent. the present case control study was performed to draw a comparison in terms of the proce...