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Open AccessDetermining the footprint of breeding in the seed microbiome of a perennial cereal
Seed endophytes have a significant impact on plant health and fitness. They can be inherited and passed on to the next plant generation. However, the impact of breeding on their composition in seeds is less un...
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Open AccessSource of SARS-CoV-2 infection: results from a series of 584,846 cases in France from October 2020 to August 2022
We aimed to study the source of infection for recently SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals from October 2020 to August 2022 in France.
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Open AccessHydrogenic spin-valley states of the bromine donor in 2H-MoTe2
In semiconductors, the identification of do** atomic elements allowing to encode a qubit within spin states is of intense interest for quantum technologies. In transition metal dichalcogenides semiconductors...
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Contribution of cacao agroforestry versus mono-crop** systems for enhanced sustainability. A review with a focus on yield
The demand for cocoa has increased over the past years following the growth of cocoa-based products linked to the rise in living standard in highly populated countries. Cacao industry is therefore currently fa...
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A farmer-oriented method for co-designing groundwater-friendly farm management
French and EU policies have been only partially successful in promoting the restoration of groundwater quality. The currently proposed measures are scientifically valid but ineffective in encouraging farmers t...
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Sustainable crop** systems that balance agricultural productivity and ecological integrity are urgently needed. Overreliance on soil tillage and herbicides to manage weeds has resulted in a number of major e...
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Supporting and regulating ecosystem services in cacao agroforestry systems
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Open AccessSuperconducting parity effect across the Anderson limit
How small can superconductors be? For isolated nanoparticles subject to quantum size effects, P.W. Anderson in 1959 conjectured that superconductivity could only exist when the electronic level spacing δ is small...
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Organic farmers’ motivations and challenges for adopting conservation agriculture in Europe
Conservation agriculture and organic farming are considered as promising sustainable agricultural system for producing food, while minimizing environmental impacts. Despite an increasing number of experimental...
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Open AccessShallow non-inversion tillage in organic farming maintains crop yields and increases soil C stocks: a meta-analysis
Reduced tillage is increasingly promoted to improve sustainability and productivity of agricultural systems. Nonetheless, adoption of reduced tillage by organic farmers has been slow due to concerns about nutr...
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Wheat yield and quality as influenced by reduced tillage in organic farming
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Contribution of relay intercrop** with legume cover crops on nitrogen dynamics in organic grain systems
Nitrogen (N) management is a key issue in livestock-free organic grain systems. Relay intercrop** with a legume cover crop can be a useful technique for improving N availability when two cash crops are grown...
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Managing nutrient in organic farming system: reliance on livestock production for nutrient management of arable farmland
Organic agriculture is a production system which relies on ecosystem management and ecological processes rather than on the external flow of agricultural inputs. The development of the organic sector has induc...
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Disentangling the drivers of fertilising material inflows in organic farming
Organic farming systems are often nutrient-limited. Moreover, even if organic guidelines emphasize the reliance on ecological processes and recycling, the trend towards farm specialisation induces an increased...
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Evidence for weed quantity as the major information gathered by organic farmers for weed management
The present major agricultural issues are to feed the world and reduce negative environmental impacts. To this end, organic farming appears as a promising solution. However organic farming has several drawback...
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Organic Bread Wheat Production and Market in Europe
This chapter is a first attempt to analyse bottlenecks and challenges of European organic bread wheat sector involving technical, political and market issues. From 2000, the organic grain market has largely in...
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Factors limiting the grain protein content of organic winter wheat in south-eastern France: a mixed-model approach
Organic agriculture could achieve the objectives of sustainable agriculture by banning the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. However, organic crops generally show lower performances than conventiona...
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Methodological Progress in On-Farm Regional Agronomic Diagnosis: A Review
The development of sustainable crop** systems is a key priority for agronomists and crop scientists. A first step involves understanding the relationship between crop** system performance and farmers’ prac...
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Methodological progress in on-farm regional agronomic diagnosis. A review
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