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The Attitudes of Residents towards Agro-tourism Impacts and Its Effects on Participation in Agro-tourism Development: The Case Study of Vietnam.

Nha Thi Huynh Nguyen, Asst. Prof. Dr. Suvit Suwanno, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Weerapon Thongma, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Parichart Visuthismajarn • African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure (2018)

This paper investigates the residents' participation in agro-tourism development by examining their attitudes towards the impacts of agro-tourism on economic, socio-culture, and environment. The data was obtained from a survey of residents ...

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Entrepreneurial development initiatives on business sustainability in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South West Nigeria

Opeyemi Jumoke Zubair, Ayotunde Isaac Bankefa, Bayo Abraham Ogunyanju • Indonesian Journal of Innovation and Applied Sciences (2026)

The study addresses the ongoing sustainability issues faced by agricultural SMEs in Southwest Nigeria, despite many entrepreneurial development initiatives focused on innovation, technology adoption, and governmental assistance. This study ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.47540/ijias.v6i2.2781

DETERMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY OPERATORS’ OPINIONS ABOUT THE CABIN COMFORT IN ESKİŞEHİR

Özge Acarbaş Baltacı, Savaş Yapıcı, Ömer Faruk Erol, Zeki Yıldız • Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences (2015)

Comfort has a great importance in the interior design of tractor and agricultural machinery cabins. Operators are exposed to muscoskeletal system disorders since they spend long time periods during the day in these vehicles. There is a few ...

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In Vitro Propagation of the Endangered <i>Kosteletzkya pentacarpos</i> (L.) Ledeb: Conservation Applications and Horticultural Prospects

Konstantinos Bertsouklis, Eireni Dima, Konstantina-Stamatina Arfani, Apostolos-Emmanouil Bazanis et al. • Horticulturae (2025)

Employing rare or threatened species in ornamental horticulture offers a dual benefit by promoting climate adaptation and enhancing species conservation. Kosteletzkya pentacarpos, an endangered halophytic species, holds potential for introd...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae11091086

Exogenous gibberellin and spermidine optimize flowering time and ornamental quality by regulating antioxidant capacity, soluble nutrient levels, and endogenous hormone balance of Primula forbesii

Zhuo Lv, Keying Ding, Wenbao Ma, Wenyu Li et al. • Scientia Horticulturae (2026)

Primula forbesii Franch. is a biennial ornamental species increasingly used in flower landscape design, potted displays, and cut flower production. Nevertheless, studies on its flowering regulation remain limited. This study investigated th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2026.114731

Effects of natural plant growth regulator iron chlorin on photosynthesis, yield, and quality of watermelons grown in greenhouses

Qian Feng, Lu Lu, Qingyun Li, Liu Wang et al. • Horticultural Science (2024)

Iron chlorin is known to affect plant growth, but its potential applications in watermelon production have rarely been explored. To better understand its effects on the growth, photosynthesis, yield, and quality of watermelon in a greenhous...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17221/132/2023-HORTSCI

Variation in leaf economics spectrum between plant functional types and the coordination with vein density in a subtropical urban forest of Eastern China

Longfei Li, Zhuxuan Tan, Liuting Li, Hui Fan et al. • Annals of Forest Science (2025)

Abstract Key message Evergreen and deciduous species in a subtropical urban forest of Eastern China exhibit pronounced differences in leaf traits, with evergreens species showing lower photosynthetic rate on a leaf mass basis and leaf nutri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13595-025-01312-8

A Survey of Enhanced Cold Tolerance and Low-Temperature-Induced Anthocyanin Accumulation in a Novel <i>Zoysia japonica</i> Biotype

Hai-Xiang Jin, Ming Jiang, Jian-Feng Yang, Zhi-Hao Wu et al. • Plants (2022)

Zoysia japonica is a warm-season turfgrass that is extensively used in landscaping, sports fields, and golf courses worldwide. Uncovering the low-temperature response mechanism of Z. japonica can help to accelerate the development of new co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/plants11030429

The identification and customization of IUCN and CIFOR criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of national parks

Sareh Hosseini, Jafar Oladi, Hamid Amirnejad • تحقیقات جنگل و صنوبر ایران (2015)

Criteria and indicators for national park assessment are tools for supervising the stability of national parks, which yet should be include high environmental, economic and social standards. The purpose of this study is to identify and cust...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22092/ijfpr.2015.106594

Impacts of Sugarcane Vinasses on the Structure and Composition of Bacterial Communities in Brazilian Tropical Oxisols

Paulo Roger Lopes Alves, German Andres Estrada-Bonilla, Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva, Thiago Gumiere et al. • Soil Systems (2025)

This study explored how different sugarcane vinasses influence the structure and composition of soil bacterial communities in two tropical Oxisols with contrasting textures. In a controlled microcosm experiment with sugarcane seedlings, two...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/soilsystems9030102

Behavior of Salmonella Typhimurium on Fresh Strawberries Under Different Storage Temperatures and Wash Treatments

Wen Wang, Yu Zhou, Yu Zhou, Xingning Xiao et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2018)

Fresh strawberries are one of the most popular fruits in China and are vulnerable to microbial contamination. In this study, the behavior of Salmonella Typhimurium on fresh strawberries stored at refrigeration and room temperatures, as well...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02091

Mutations at the Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase Impact Its Interaction with a Soluble NSF Attachment Protein and a Pathogenesis-Related Protein in Soybean

Naoufal Lakhssassi, Sarbottam Piya, Dounya Knizia, Abdelhalim El Baze et al. • Vaccines (2020)

Resistance to soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) in “Peking-type” resistance is bigenic, requiring Rhg4-a and rhg1-a. Rhg4-a encodes a serine hydroxymethyltransferase (GmSHMT08) and rhg1-a encodes a soluble NSF attachment protein (GmSNAP18). Rece...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8030349

Effect of Short-term Treated Wastewater Application on Physiological Traits and Stress-related Genes (CaCAT2, CaDREB32, CaLOX1) in Pepper

Merve Dilek KARATAŞ • ISPEC Journal of Agricultural Sciences (2025)

This study investigated the effects of treated wastewater irrigation on physiological traits and gene expression in pepper (Capsicum annuum) plants during early development. Control (tap water) and treated wastewater treatments were compare...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17879057

Moulds occurrence in woodchips

J. Souček • Research in Agricultural Engineering (2014)

The research, whose results are presented, is aimed at determination of development of moulds number in wood chips under different storage temperatures. The experiments were carried out with the moisture of samples 65%, 22% and 1%. During t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17221/50/2013-RAE

A Novel Peptide Antibiotic Produced by Streptomyces roseoflavus Strain INA-Ac-5812 With Directed Activity Against Gram-Positive Bacteria

Alexey S. Vasilchenko, William T. Julian, Olda A. Lapchinskaya, Genrikh S. Katrukha et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2020)

In this work, we report the isolation and detailed functional characterization for the new non-ribosomally synthesized antibiotic 5812-A/C, which was derived from metabolites of Streptomyces roseoflavus INA-Ac-5812. According to its chemica...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.556063

Features of seasonal dynamics of sheep Haemonchosis in the territory of Zaporizhzhya region

V. Melnychuk • Ukrainian Journal of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences (2019)

The article presents the results of studies on the indicators of invasiveness of domestic sheep Ovis aries (Linnaeus, 1758), the causative agent of Haemonchus contortus (Rudolphi 1803; Cobb 1898) and its characteristics depending on the sea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.32718/ujvas2-2.02

Evaluation of the performance of several cultivars of bean (Vicia faba L.) for yield and its components under three different cultivation distances

Mohammed Alatawi, Yousif Abd Alhamed Alhajoj, Raeed Mejbel Abdullah • Tikrit Journal for Agricultural Sciences (2024)

This study was conducted in the center of Kirkuk governorate in the farms of a farmer for the agricultural season 2020/2021. The study included two factors, the first is the distance between the meadows, where the following distances were u...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.25130/tjas.24.3.20

Photosynthesis and Rubisco kinetics in spring wheat and meadow fescue under conditions of simulated climate change with elevated CO2 and increased temperatures

K. HAKALA, R. HELIÖ, E.-M. TUHKANEN • Agricultural and Food Science (2008)

Spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.cv.Polkka)and meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Hudson cv. Kalevi)cwere grown in ambient and elevated (700 µl l -1 )carbon dioxide concentration both at present ambient temperatures and at temperatures 3°C h...

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Application of biologically active substances in agriculture preparations

L. Krychkovska, M. Bobro, G. Birta, S. Karpushyna et al. • Рослинництво та ґрунтознавство (2025)

High-quality, naturally protected seeds prior to sowing, along with growth activation of seedlings, represent a promising approach to stabilising crop yield and quality. Enhancing plant resistance to dynamic environmental stresses, includin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.31548/plant1.2025.09