The modern agriculture system based on open-field crops requires a lot of energy and resources in terms soil, water, chemicals. Vertical farming (VF) systems could be viable alternative for some types cultivation that are receiving interest thanks to their high modularity, optimized water nutrients use, LEDs employment as an energy-efficient light source. However, VF design installation expensi...

Farmers are increasing the use of fertilizers in chestnut, only cash crop produced mountainous areas northeastern Portugal. This calls for more studies to guide them towards a ecological intensification. The effects three controlled-release fertilizers, two that release nutrients over months (BoskGrow 20:05:20_3m, Exactyon 18:05:13_3m) and one six (Exactyon 18:05:12_6m), an organic amendment au...

Excess urea fertilizer application to the agricultural fields causes severe environmental deterioration. Researchers actively seek safer alternatives, such as nanoparticles with unique properties, reduce chemical inputs without compromising output. In present study, three variants─hydroxyapatite–urea, magnesium-doped hydroxyapatite–urea, and zinc-doped hydroxyapatite–urea nanohybrids─have been ...

Controlled-release fertilizers are interesting alternatives to current commercial chemical fertilizers, which present a higher nutrient release rate, and can negatively impact the ecosystem. In this work, two urea controlled-release fertilizer types were manufactured from carnauba wax (CW), granulated (U), natural sodium bentonite (Bent-R Bent-Na, respectively). first type, mechanochemical meth...

-brain levels of HCP varied between 0-442 and 1-204 nmol[g (0-18 and 0 49 ig/g).4 So myelinopathy in case 2 was probably attributable to HCP, despite the absence of clinical signs of toxicity. The trace level in case 1 suggests that myelinopathy was unrelated to HCP, for other causes of infantile spongioform myelinopathy are known, though none has been identified in small premature infants. Nev...