EFFECTS OF ETHANOL EXTRACTS OF ORIGANUM VULGARE AND THYMUS VULGARIS ON THE MYCOTOXIN CONCENTRATIONS AND THE HYGIENIC QUALITY OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.) SILAGE

Effects of Ethanol Extracts of Origanum vulgare and Thymus vulgaris on the Mycotoxin Concentrations and the Hygienic Quality of Maize (Zea mays L.) Silage

The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) extracts to decrease mycotoxin contents and improve the hygienic quality of maize (Zea mays L.) silage.Under laboratory conditions, maize silage samples were fermented with oregano (OE), thyme (TE), oregano and thyme mixture (MIX), and

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The Impact of Land Transfers on the Adoption of New Varieties: Evidence from Micro-Survey Data in Shaanxi Province, China

Land transfers play a vital role in determining the level of farm machinery service and variety selection by scattered land reduction and contiguous land enhancement, which are also conducive to poverty alleviation and welfare utilization.Based on the micro-survey data of 898 kiwifruit growers in Shaanxi Province, this paper analyzed the effect of

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Benefits of extra begging fail to compensate for immunological costs in southern shrike (Lanius meridionalis) nestlings.

Theoretical models aimed at explaining the evolution of leather Keychain honest, informative begging signals employed by nestling birds to solicit food from their parents, require that dishonest signalers incur a net viability cost in order to prevent runaway escalation of signal intensity over evolutionary time.Previous attempts to determine such

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