{"title":"A PLATFORM TO AID SELECT THE OPTIMAL TOOL TO DESIGN GUIDE RNAS","authors":"","doi":"10.15302/j-fase-2022479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15302/j-fase-2022479","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12565,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67329866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Hauggaard-Nielsen, S. Lund, Ane Kirstine Aare, C. Watson, L. Bedoussac, J. Aubertot, Iman Raj Chongtham, N. Bellostas, C. Topp, P. Hohmann, E. S. Jensen, Maureen Stadel, B. Pinel, E. Justes
{"title":"TRANSLATING THE MULTIACTOR APPROACH TO RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE USING A WORKSHOP APPROACH FOCUSING ON SPECIES MIXTURES","authors":"H. Hauggaard-Nielsen, S. Lund, Ane Kirstine Aare, C. Watson, L. Bedoussac, J. Aubertot, Iman Raj Chongtham, N. Bellostas, C. Topp, P. Hohmann, E. S. Jensen, Maureen Stadel, B. Pinel, E. Justes","doi":"10.15302/j-fase-2021416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15302/j-fase-2021416","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12565,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44165350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Justes, L. Bedoussac, C. Dordas, Ela Frak, G. Louarn, S. Boudsocq, E. Journet, A. Lithourgidis, C. Pankou, Chaochun Zhang, G. Carlsson, E. S. Jensen, C. Watson, Long Li
{"title":"THE 4 C APPROACH AS A WAY TO UNDERSTAND SPECIES INTERACTIONS DETERMINING INTERCROPPING PRODUCTIVITY","authors":"E. Justes, L. Bedoussac, C. Dordas, Ela Frak, G. Louarn, S. Boudsocq, E. Journet, A. Lithourgidis, C. Pankou, Chaochun Zhang, G. Carlsson, E. S. Jensen, C. Watson, Long Li","doi":"10.15302/j-fase-2021414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15302/j-fase-2021414","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12565,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2021-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42335328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tao Lu, Jiazhi Lu, M. Qi, Zhouping Sun, Yu-feng Liu, Tianlai Li
{"title":"PROTECTIVE ROLES OF D1 PROTEIN TURNOVER AND THE XANTHOPHYLL CYCLE IN TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM) UNDER SUB-HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH LIGHT STRESS","authors":"Tao Lu, Jiazhi Lu, M. Qi, Zhouping Sun, Yu-feng Liu, Tianlai Li","doi":"10.15302/j-fase-2021383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15302/j-fase-2021383","url":null,"abstract":"D1 protein turnover and the xanthophyll cycle (XC) are important photoprotective mechanisms in plants that operate under adverse conditions. Here, streptomycin sulfate (SM) and dithiothreitol (DTT) were used in tomato plants as inhibitors of D1 protein turnover and XC to elucidate their photoprotective impacts under sub-high temperature and high light conditions (HH, 35°C, 1000 µmol·m − 2 ·s − 1 ). SM and DTT treatments significantly reduced the net photosynthetic rate, apparent quantum efficiency, maximum photochemical efficiency, and potential activity of photosystem II, leading to photoinhibition and a decline in plant biomass under HH. The increase in reactive oxygen species levels resulted in thylakoid membrane lipid peroxidation. In addition, there were increased non-photochemical quenching and decreased chlorophyll pigments in SM and DTT application, causing an inhibition of D1 protein production at both transcriptional and translational levels. Overall, inhibition of D1 turnover caused greater photoinhibition than XC inhibition. Additionally, the recovery levels of most photosynthesis indicators in DTT-treated plants were higher than in SM-treated plants. These findings support the view that D1 turnover has a more important role than XC in photoprotection in tomato under HH conditions.","PeriodicalId":12565,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2021-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42292764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Messéan, L. Viguier, Lise Paresys, J. Aubertot, S. Canali, P. Iannetta, E. Justes, A. Karley, Beatrix Keillor, L. Kemper, F. Muel, B. Pancino, D. Stilmant, C. Watson, H. Willer, R. Zornoza
{"title":"ENABLING CROP DIVERSIFICATION TO SUPPORT TRANSITIONS TOWARD MORE SUSTAINABLE EUROPEAN AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS","authors":"A. Messéan, L. Viguier, Lise Paresys, J. Aubertot, S. Canali, P. Iannetta, E. Justes, A. Karley, Beatrix Keillor, L. Kemper, F. Muel, B. Pancino, D. Stilmant, C. Watson, H. Willer, R. Zornoza","doi":"10.15302/j-fase-2021406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15302/j-fase-2021406","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12565,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2021-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44128763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Schut, Emily C. Cooledge, M. Moraine, G. V. D. Ven, Davey L. Jones, D. Chadwick
{"title":"REINTEGRATION OF CROP-LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS IN EUROPE: AN OVERVIEW","authors":"A. Schut, Emily C. Cooledge, M. Moraine, G. V. D. Ven, Davey L. Jones, D. Chadwick","doi":"10.15302/J-FASE-2020373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2020373","url":null,"abstract":"Ongoing specialization of crop and livestock systems provides socioeconomic benefits to the farmer but has led to greater externalization of environmental costs when compared to mixed farming systems. Better integration of crop and livestock systems offers great potential to rebalance the economic and environmental trade-offs in both systems. The aims of this study were to analyze changes in farm structure and review and evaluate the potential for reintegrating specialized intensive crop and livestock systems, with specific emphasis on identifying the co-benefits and barriers to reintegration. Historically, animals were essential to recycle nutrients in the farming system but this became less important with the availability of synthetic fertilisers. Although mixed farm systems can be economically attractive, benefits of scale combined with socio-economic factors have resulted in on-farm and regional specialization with negative environmental impacts. Reintegration is therefore needed to reduce nutrient surpluses at farm, regional and national levels, and to improve soil quality in intensive cropping systems. Reintegration offers practical and cost-effective options to widen crop rotations and promotes the use of organic inputs and associated benefits, reducing dependency on synthetic fertilisers, biocides and manure processing costs. Circular agriculture goes beyond manure management and requires adaptation of both food production and consumption patterns, matching local capacity to produce with food demand. Consequently, feed transport, greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient surpluses and nutrient losses to the environment can be reduced. It is concluded that reintegration of specialized farms within a region can provide benefits to farmers but may also lead to further intensification of land use. New approaches within a food system context offer alternatives for reintegration, but require strong policy incentives which show clear, tangible and lasting benefits for farmers, the environment and the wider community.","PeriodicalId":12565,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43056473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yifei Ma, Ling Zhang, Z. Bai, R. Jiang, Y. Hou, Lin Ma
{"title":"NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY AND LOSSES OF INDUSTRIAL FARMS AND MIXED SMALLHOLDINGS: LESSONS FROM THE NORTH CHINA PLAIN","authors":"Yifei Ma, Ling Zhang, Z. Bai, R. Jiang, Y. Hou, Lin Ma","doi":"10.15302/J-FASE-2020371","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2020371","url":null,"abstract":"The proportion of industrial livestock in China has increased over the past 30 years, which increases animal performance but causes the decoupling of crop and livestock production. Here, we aimed to quantify nutrient flows, nutrient use efficiency, and nutrient losses in different livestock systems in the North China Plain based on the NUFER-farm model. Activity data were collected by face-to-face surveys on pig and dairy (41 livestock farms) during 2016–2018. The two systems included industrial farms and mixed smallholdings. In mixed smallholdings, 4.0% and 9.6% of pig and dairy feed dry matter (DM) were derived from household farmland, but 4.8% and 9.3% of manure DM recycled to household farmland. Nutrient use efficiency in industrial farms was higher than in mixed smallholdings at animal level, herd level, and system level. To produce 1 kg N and P in animal products, nutrient losses in industrial pig farms (2.0 kg N and 1.3 kg P) were lower than in mixed pig smallholdings, nutrient losses in industrial dairy farms (2.7 kg N and 2.2 kg P) were slightly higher than in mixed","PeriodicalId":12565,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42981407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daan Verstand, T. Vellinga, Krijn J. Poppe, P. D. Wolf
{"title":"MANURE AND METROPOLES---A GLOBAL FRAMEWORK FOR NUTRIENT CYCLING IN FOOD SYSTEMS","authors":"Daan Verstand, T. Vellinga, Krijn J. Poppe, P. D. Wolf","doi":"10.15302/j-fase-2020364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15302/j-fase-2020364","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12565,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41346375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EXPLORING THE RECYCLING OF MANURE FROM URBAN LIVESTOCK FARMS: A CASE STUDY IN ETHIOPIA","authors":"S. Tadesse, O. Oenema, C. Beek, F. L. Ocho","doi":"10.15302/J-FASE-2020375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FASE-2020375","url":null,"abstract":"Urban population growth is driving the expansion of urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in developing countries. UPA is providing nutritious food to residents but the manures produced by UPA livestock farms and other wastes are not properly recycled. This paper explores the effects of four scenarios: (1) a reference scenario (business as usual), (2) increased urbanization, (3) UPA intensi fi cation, and (4) improved technology, on food-protein self-suf fi ciency, manure nitrogen (N) recycling and balances for four","PeriodicalId":12565,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2021-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41443212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}