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Strategies towards evaluation beyond scientific impact
(Librello, 2015)
Various research fields, like organic agricultural research, are dedicated to solving real-world problems and contributing to sustainable development. Therefore, systems research and the application of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches are increasingly endorsed. However, research performance depends not only on self-conception, but also on framework conditions of the scientific system, which are not always of benefit to such research fields. Recently, science and its framework conditions have been ...
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Heavy Metals and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Leaf Litter Designated for Combustion
(2017-03-03)
Vast amounts of leaf litter have to be disposed of by city administrations. This biomass has the potential for energy conversion, but contamination with pollutants can adversely affect this usage. We investigated leaf litter samples from the city of Kassel by analyzing their heavy metal and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations. Leaf samples were indeed contaminated with heavy metals and PAHs and contamination was influenced by provenience and collection technique. A simple cleaning system of washing ...
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High-Quality Solid Fuel Production from Leaf Litter of Urban Street Trees
(2016-11-30)
Leaf litter is a growing concern for cities. Due to adherent dirt such biomass is rarely utilized nowadays but may constitute a renewable energy source for communities or private households. Leaf litter from main roads, residential areas and city centres collected by the vacuum technique or the sweeper technique was sampled and analysed for ash content and chemical composition. Ash content of leaf litter collected by the sweeping technique was higher (21.6%–40.1% dry matter, DM) than in material collected by the ...
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Fusion of Ultrasonic and Spectral Sensor Data for Improving the Estimation of Biomass in Grasslands with Heterogeneous Sward Structure
(2017-01-21)
An accurate estimation of biomass is needed to understand the spatio-temporal changes of forage resources in pasture ecosystems and to support grazing management decisions. A timely evaluation of biomass is challenging, as it requires efficient means such as technical sensing methods to assess numerous data and create continuous maps. In order to calibrate ultrasonic and spectral sensors, a field experiment with heterogeneous pastures continuously stocked by cows at three grazing intensities was conducted. Sensor ...
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Effect of different types of soil conditioners (plant-derived composts and animal manure) and application methods on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of tomatoes and selected soil parameters
(2018)
World population prospect has increased the need for food production, therefore ensuring the sustainable production of food has been of interest to researchers of agricultural sciences, as well as politicians, due to high demands by consumers in various countries in the world.
In this dissertation, we have investigated the effect of different types of composts, from residual biomass (household compost (HC), Spent mushroom compost (SMC) and Vermicompost (VC)), on different characteristics of plant and soil in organic ...
Dissertation
Development of Maize Post-harvest Loss Reduction Mechanism Owing to Mycotoxin-producing Fungi Contamination Along Agro-ecology and Supply Chain in Southwestern Ethiopia
(2018)
Kurzfassung In vielen ländlichen Gebieten Äthiopiens ist Mais mit seinem hohen Kalorienwert das vorherrschende Grundnahrungsmittel und zudem für die Landwirte eine wichtige Einkommensquelle. Hohe Nachernteverluste sind jedoch ein landesweites Problem, allerdings gibt es hierzu kaum belastbare Daten, die die Ausarbeitung einer Reduzierungsstrategie erlauben würden. Insbesondere gilt das für die Verluste durch Pilzbefall und die daraus folgende Mykotoxinbelastung, wie dies häufig in den heißen und feuchten Klimabereichen ...
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The ‘forma specialis’ issue in Fusarium: A case study in Fusarium solani f. sp. pisi
(2018-01-19)
The Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) has been studied intensively but its association with legumes, particularly under European agro-climatic conditions, is still poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated phylogenetic relationships and aggressiveness of 79 isolates of the FSSC collected from pea, subterranean clover, white clover and winter vetch grown under diverse agro-climatic and soil conditions within Temperate and Mediterranean Europe. The isolates were characterized by sequencing tef1 and ...
Dissertation
Untersuchung und Darstellung der Qualitätsveränderung von Agrarprodukten während der Trocknung
(2018)
Das Ziel der Arbeit war es optimale Trocknungsprozesse für verschiedene Agrarprodukte zu finden. Dazu wurden die Qualitätskriterien frischer und getrockneter Agrarprodukte analysiert und die Veränderungen durch die unterschiedlichen Trocknungsparameter, wie Luftgeschwindigkeit, Taupunkttemperatur, Trocknungstemperatur und –zeit dargestellt. In einer Literaturrecherche wurden sowohl die Faktoren für die Nachernteverluste und deren Höhe in Industrie- sowie Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländer untersucht. Zudem sind die ...
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Socio-economic characterisation of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) growers and date value chains in Pakistan
(Biomed Central, 2016-08-02)
Increasing food production to feed its rapidly growing population is a major policy goal of Pakistan. The production of traditional staples such as rice (Oryza sativa L.) and bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has been intensified in many regions, but not in remote, drought-ridden areas. In these arid, marginal environments dates and their by-products are an option to complement staples given their high nutritive value and storability. To fill knowledge gaps about the role of date palm in the household (HH) income ...
Dissertation
Use of organic wastes of Agave processing for bioenergy production
(2018)
Der organische Reststoff, welcher bei der Verarbeitung der Agave S. anfällt (Mezcal-Schlempe), ist aufgrund der hohen Anteile an organischer Substanz, anorganischen Salzen und anderer Inhaltstoffe ein umweltschädlicher Rückstand, der nicht ohne Vorbehandlung in Gewässer oder Böden gelangen darf, ggf. aber für die Bioenergieerzeugung genutzt werden könnte. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurde daher unter Laborbedingungen die Eignung dafür durch drei Versuche zur anaeroben Vergärung und zwei zu mikrobiellen Brennstoffzellen ...