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Recent advances in the Biosynthesis of Zirconium Oxide Nanoparticles and their Biological Applications

Salam S Alsharari, Muneefah A. Alenezi, Mona S. Al Tami, Mohammed Soliman • مجلة بغداد للعلوم (2023)

A critical milestone in nano-biotechnology is establishing reliable and ecological friendly methods for fabricating metal oxide NPs. Because of their great biodegradable, electrical, mechanical, and optical qualities, zirconia NPs (ZrO2NPs)...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21123/bsj.2022.7055

Nanotechnology: The new perspective in precision agriculture

Joginder Singh Duhan, Ravinder Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Pawan Kaur et al. • Biotechnology Reports (2017)

Nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary research field. In recent past efforts have been made to improve agricultural yield through exhaustive research in nanotechnology. The green revolution resulted in blind usage of pesticides and chemica...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2017.03.002 PMC: 5454086

Palaeoenvironments and hominin evolutionary dynamics in southeast Asia

Anne-Marie Bacon, Nicolas Bourgon, Elise Dufour, Fabrice Demeter et al. • Scientific Reports (2023)

Abstract Secure environmental contexts are crucial for hominin interpretation and comparison. The discovery of a Denisovan individual and associated fauna at Tam Ngu Hao 2 (Cobra) Cave, Laos, dating back to 164–131 ka, allows for environmen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43011-2

To the question of agriculture in the Ananyino cultural and historical region

Chizhevsky Andrei A., Ponomarenko Elena V., Orudzhov Eduard I. • Поволжская археология (2025)

The issue of agriculture in the Ananyino cultural and historical region is one of the most acute in modern archaeology of the Volga region in the Early Iron Age. Since the end of the XIX century and up to the 80s of the XX century, it was c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24852/pa2025.1.51.35.42

Archaeology as Human Ecology

Karl W. Butzer • Cambridge University Press eBooks (1982)

Archaeology as Human Ecology is a new introduction to concepts and methods in archaeology. It deals not with artifacts, but with sites, settlements, and subsistence. Karl W. Butzer's goal is to interpret the ecosystem of which an archaeolog...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511558245

A techno-economic quantification of carbon reduction strategies in the Trinidad and Tobago power generation sector using Carbon Emission Pinch Analysis (CEPA)

Dillon Ramsook, Donnie Boodlal, Rean Maharaj • Carbon Management (2023)

Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) conditional commitment to the Paris Agreement requires an overall power emission avoidance (EAT) of 28.7 MtCO2-e from Business-As-Usual by 2030, dependent on international financing. T&T has outlined several init...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2023.2227159

Promoting sustainable businesses for strong local communities: Qatar’s wild herbal plants industry

Macro Johann Sebastian Bejarano, Thiago Sabatinelli Rodrigues, Columba Marcelli Sánchez, Kaltham Al-Ghanim et al. • Energy Reports (2020)

Herbal medicine can improve economic diversification and sustainable livelihoods of local communities. In fact, the demand for herbal medicine is increasing globally while policymakers also value non-economic benefits, e.g. preserving tradi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2020.10.058

Terrestrial Remote Sensing of Snowmelt in a Diverse High-Arctic Tundra Environment Using Time-Lapse Imagery

Daniel Kępski, Bartłomiej Luks, Krzysztof Migała, Tomasz Wawrzyniak et al. • Remote Sensing (2017)

Snow cover is one of the crucial factors influencing the plant distribution in harsh Arctic regions. In tundra environments, wind redistribution of snow leads to a very heterogeneous spatial distribution which influences growth conditions f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/rs9070733

Microclimatic variations of land surface temperature on Galindez Island (western part of the Antarctic Peninsula)

M. Savenets, L. Pysarenko, D. Pishniak • Український антарктичний журнал (2020)

The study presents analysis of microclimatic conditions on Galindez Island (western part of the Antarctic Peninsula), in particular: seasonal variability and spatial heterogeneity. Based on land surface temperature (LST) data derived from l...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.33275/1727-7485.2.2020.648

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

Endophytic Bacillus spp. as a Prospective Biological Tool for Control of Viral Diseases and Non-vector Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say. in Solanum tuberosum L.

Antonina Sorokan, Ekaterina Cherepanova, Guzel Burkhanova, Svetlana Veselova et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2020)

Viral diseases and their damage causing significant loss to economically important crops have increased by several folds during the last decade. All the conventional approaches are not able to eradicate the viral infection. Therefore, there...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.569457

Phytochemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of <i>Barleria albostellata</i> C.B. Clarke Leaf and Stem Extracts

Serisha Gangaram, Yougasphree Naidoo, Yaser Hassan Dewir, Moganavelli Singh et al. • Plants (2023)

Barleria albostellata (Acanthaceae) is a shrub located in South Africa and is relatively understudied. However, plants within this genus are well known for their medicinal and ethnopharmacological properties. This study aimed to characteris...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/plants12132396

Endophyte <i>Bacillus vallismortis</i> BL01 to Control Fungal and Bacterial Phytopathogens of Tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L.) Plants

Vladimir K. Chebotar, Maria S. Gancheva, Elena P. Chizhevskaya, Anastasia V. Erofeeva et al. • Horticulturae (2024)

Some strains of Bacillus vallismortis have been reported to be efficient biocontrol agents against tomato pathogens. The aim of our study was to assess the biocontrol ability of the endophytic strain BL01 Bacillus vallismortis through in vi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae10101095

Siderophore-Mediated Interactions Determine the Disease Suppressiveness of Microbial Consortia

Shaohua Gu, Tianjie Yang, Zhengying Shao, Tao Wang et al. • mSystems (2020)

ABSTRACT Interactions between plant pathogens and root-associated microbes play an important role in determining disease outcomes. While several studies have suggested that steering these interactions may improve plant health, such approach...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00811-19

Estimating climate-induced ‘Nowhere to go’ range shifts of the Himalayan Incarvillea Juss. using multi-model median ensemble species distribution models

Santosh Kumar Rana, Hum Kala Rana, Dong Luo, Hang Sun • Ecological Indicators (2021)

Global climate change threatens the range and resilience of species in the major biodiversity, particularly those in mountain regions. As the climatic conditions at high altitudes becomes suitable for colonization, many alpine plants experi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107127

Investing in traditional medicine: leveraging evidence and innovative research to strengthen the fight against malaria in Nigeria

Francisca Ogochukwu Onukansi, Collins Chibueze Anokwuru, Stanley Chinedu Eneh, Goodness Ogeyi Odey et al. • Malaria Journal (2025)

Abstract Traditional medicine (TM) has been a cornerstone of healthcare across various cultures, especially in Africa, where it has played an integral role in the management of diseases such as malaria. Despite the popularity and historical...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12936-025-05359-w

Assessment of the Nutritional and Medicinal Potential of Tubers from Hairy Stork’s-Bill (<i>Erodium crassifolium</i> L ’Hér), a Wild Plant Species Inhabiting Arid Southeast Mediterranean Regions

Shabtai Cohen, Hinanit Koltai, Gopinath Selvaraj, Moran Mazuz et al. • Plants (2020)

Emerging needs for diversifying human diet and to explore novel therapeutic procedures have led to increasing attempts to retrieve traditional nourishments and recruit beneficial wild plant species. Species of the genus Erodium (Geraniaceae...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/plants9091069

The StABI5-<i>StCAT1</i> Module Regulates Potato Resistance to Early Blight Through the ROS Signaling Pathway

Bingbing Li, Mengxiang Shi, Yunjing Zhang, Xin Liu et al. • Biology (2026)

Potato early blight is a fungal disease caused by Alternaria solani that seriously affects potato production. Catalase (CAT), an important antioxidant enzyme in plants, regulates the basal immune response to necrotrophic pathogens by decomp...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biology15151250