An update on polyethylene and biodegradable plastic mulch films and their impact on the environment

H Somanathan, R Sathasivam, S Sivaram… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Many ways are being developed in the realm of agriculture to increase crop yield while
inflicting minimal damage to the soil and environment. One among them is the application of …

Improving pulse crops as a source of protein, starch and micronutrients

GHJ Robinson, J Balk, C Domoney - Nutrition bulletin, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pulse crops have been known for a long time to have beneficial nutritional profiles for
human diets but have been neglected in terms of cultivation, consumption and scientific …

Physio-biochemical and agronomic responses of faba beans to exogenously applied nano-silicon under drought stress conditions

ESM Desoky, E Mansour, ESEA El-Sobky… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nano-silicon application is an efficient novel approach to mitigate the deleterious impacts of
drought stress on field crops, which is expected to increase owing to climate change …

Vicia faba peel extracts bearing fatty acids moieties as a cost-effective and green corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in marine water: computational and electrochemical …

KA Abdelshafeek, WE Abdallah, WM Elsayed… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The goal of this research is to determine what chemicals are present in two different extracts
(hexane and acetone) of Vicia faba (family Fabaceae, VF) peels and evaluate their …

Nutritive value of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) as a feedstuff resource in livestock nutrition: A review

Z Meng, Q Liu, Y Zhang, J Chen, Z Sun… - Food Science & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The review evaluates faba bean (Vicia faba L.; FB) seeds relative to their nutritional
composition, their content of antinutritional factors, and their impact on animal performance …

Effective control against broadleaf weed species provided by biodegradable PBAT/PLA mulch film embedded with the herbicide 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid …

H Khan, S Kaur, TC Baldwin, I Radecka… - ACS sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biodegradable mulches are considered a promising alternative to polyethylene-based,
nonbiodegradable mulch for sustainable agriculture. In the present study, a bioactive 2 …

Legume-Rhizobium Strain Specificity Enhances Nutrition and Nitrogen Fixation in Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.)

BB Allito, N Ewusi-Mensah, V Logah - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study reports the effectiveness of some selected rhizobium strains in enhancing
nitrogen fixation and nutrient uptake in Vicia faba L. Multi-location field experiments were …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring Osborne fractionation and laboratory/pilot scale technologies (conventional extraction, ultrasound-assisted extraction, high-pressure processing …

RS Das, X Zhu, S Hannon, E Mullins, S Alves… - Innovative Food Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study explores Osborne fractionation of proteins of Vicia faba L. variety′ Lynx', the
extraction of protein by laboratory scale technologies (conventional extraction (CE) …

Modelling land suitability to evaluate the potential for irrigated agriculture in the Nile region in Sudan

AS Kau, R Gramlich, H Sewilam - Sustainable Water Resources …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Nile River serves as a central source of water for around 487 million people.
Agriculture in the riparian states largely depends on the Nile's water supply due to irrigation …

Reconsidering the economic and nutritional importance of faba bean in Ethiopian context

B Merga, MC Egigu, M Wakgari - Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is not only an important cash crop but also is considered as a
promising crop, which adapts to climate change hence feed future generations. Its high …