Pub Date : 2020-12-25DOI: 10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.11
F. Hoque, S. Afrin, A. Akter, Moriom Khatun, Tahrima Haque Beg, T. Afrin, Karma Yoezer
The research was conducted to explore the technical efficiency of the cauliflower production in Savar and Keraniganj Upazila of Dhaka district, Bangladesh by applying the stochastic production frontier approach. Primary data were collected from 120 households cultivating the cauliflower following the face to face interview by using a structured questionnaire. The estimated results revealed that the mean technical efficiency was 85 % which implies that the household cultivating the cauliflower can increase the revenue by 15 % at given level of resources. Lastly, the inefficiency model suggested that the seedlings of improved varieties, more access to market information, and better training and extension service can minimize the farm level inefficiency. Key word: Cauliflower, technical efficiency, farmer, agriculture, Bangladesh
{"title":"Measuring technical efficiency of the cauliflower cultivation in Bangladesh: A case study on Dhaka district","authors":"F. Hoque, S. Afrin, A. Akter, Moriom Khatun, Tahrima Haque Beg, T. Afrin, Karma Yoezer","doi":"10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.11","url":null,"abstract":"The research was conducted to explore the technical efficiency of the cauliflower production in Savar and Keraniganj Upazila of Dhaka district, Bangladesh by applying the stochastic production frontier approach. Primary data were collected from 120 households cultivating the cauliflower following the face to face interview by using a structured questionnaire. The estimated results revealed that the mean technical efficiency was 85 % which implies that the household cultivating the cauliflower can increase the revenue by 15 % at given level of resources. Lastly, the inefficiency model suggested that the seedlings of improved varieties, more access to market information, and better training and extension service can minimize the farm level inefficiency. Key word: Cauliflower, technical efficiency, farmer, agriculture, Bangladesh","PeriodicalId":15010,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Horticulture Lucknow","volume":"27 1","pages":"54-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87435028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-25DOI: 10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.06
Leslie H. Hoy, Leslie R. Brown, Richard M. Hendrick, Alan S. Barrett
About 27 % of available water in South Africa is utilised in the urban environment. Estimates for South Africa place ornamental landscape water use as high as 50 % of urban water use. South Africa’s average annual rainfall is approximately 495 mm. Rainfall patterns are erratic with periodic droughts of anticipated increased frequency. Ornamental landscapes require additional watering to minimise impacts of dry periods. These landscapes are often overrather than under-watered. One method of reducing urban ornamental landscape water use is to group plants according to predefined hydrozones to optimise water use through improved site maintenance, landscape design and irrigation application. Currently no extensive researched database of commonly grown ornamental landscape plants linked to hydrozones exists for South Africa. To produce such a plant database, an analysis determining the hydrozone rating of plants sold in South African nurseries was undertaken. The result of this study is a database of plant species suitable for ornamental landscape hydrozones (high, medium, low and very low water requirements) and linked to a plant factor. This provides South African Green Industries Council members, especially landscapers with a database to assist in selecting the most appropriate plants for each hydrozone for their ornamental landscapes and gardens. The database will support South African ornamental landscape water use models.
{"title":"Determining a landscape plant database matched to hydrozones for South Africa","authors":"Leslie H. Hoy, Leslie R. Brown, Richard M. Hendrick, Alan S. Barrett","doi":"10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.06","url":null,"abstract":"About 27 % of available water in South Africa is utilised in the urban environment. Estimates for South Africa place ornamental landscape water use as high as 50 % of urban water use. South Africa’s average annual rainfall is approximately 495 mm. Rainfall patterns are erratic with periodic droughts of anticipated increased frequency. Ornamental landscapes require additional watering to minimise impacts of dry periods. These landscapes are often overrather than under-watered. One method of reducing urban ornamental landscape water use is to group plants according to predefined hydrozones to optimise water use through improved site maintenance, landscape design and irrigation application. Currently no extensive researched database of commonly grown ornamental landscape plants linked to hydrozones exists for South Africa. To produce such a plant database, an analysis determining the hydrozone rating of plants sold in South African nurseries was undertaken. The result of this study is a database of plant species suitable for ornamental landscape hydrozones (high, medium, low and very low water requirements) and linked to a plant factor. This provides South African Green Industries Council members, especially landscapers with a database to assist in selecting the most appropriate plants for each hydrozone for their ornamental landscapes and gardens. The database will support South African ornamental landscape water use models.","PeriodicalId":15010,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Horticulture Lucknow","volume":"25 1","pages":"28-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86150633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-25DOI: 10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.10
P. Sahu, I. Naruka, R. Shaktawat, A. Haldar
An experiment was conducted at Horticulture Experimental Farm, College of Horticulture, Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh, India) to study the effect of different levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium on growth and yield of Isabgol (Plantago ovata Forsk) using randomized block design with 3 replications. There were 9 treatments in the experiment viz., 30:15:10 kg NPK ha-1, 30:15:20 kg NPK ha-1, 30:30:10 kg NPK ha-1, 30:30:20 kg NPK ha-1, 60:15:10 kg NPK ha-1, 60:15:20 kg NPK ha-1, 60:30:10 kg NPK ha-1, 60:30:20 kg NPK ha-1 and absolute control. Results revealed that application of 60:30:20 kg NPK ha -1 gave significantly higher value of growth, and yield attributes and economics as compared to other treatments.
本试验采用随机区组设计，采用3个重复，在印度中央邦曼达索尔园艺学院园艺实验农场，研究了不同水平氮、磷、钾对车前草生长和产量的影响。试验设30:15:10 kg NPK ha-1、30:15:20 kg NPK ha-1、30:30:10 kg NPK ha-1、30:30:20 kg NPK ha-1、60:15:10 kg NPK ha-1、60:15:20 kg NPK ha-1、60:30:10 kg NPK ha-1、60:30:20 kg NPK ha-1和绝对对照9个处理。结果表明，与其他处理相比，施用60:30:20 kg氮磷钾ha -1具有更高的生长价值、产量属性和经济效益。
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Pub Date : 2020-12-25DOI: 10.37855/JAH.2020.V22I03.36
M. Mutimawurugo, J. Ogweno, J. Muhinyuza, I. Wagara
Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum Smith is the most severe potato disease in Rwanda because there is no known pesticide for it and cultural control methods seem almost impossible to implement. Therefore, use of plant extracts with antibacterial activities which are locally available, economically affordable and environmental friendly could be an alternative in the management of the disease. This research focused on in vitro screening of the antibacterial activity of methanol, water and chloroform extracts of ten local plant materials against the pathogen. From this screening, methanol and water extracts of three promising plant species, i.e., tobacco, wild marigold and garlic were also used for determination of minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC). The results showed higher inhibition zone of methanol extracts (16.85 mm) against bacteria followed by water (14.42 mm) and chloroform (14.19 mm) extracts. All ten plant extracts inhibited the growth of the pathogen. Higher antibacterial activity was found in tobacco, wild marigold and garlic extracts (19.61, 18.56, and 18.3 mm inhibition zones, respectively). Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of methanol extracts from tobacco and wild marigold was 6.25 mg mL-1 whereas, garlic methanol extract was 12.5 mg mL-1. Furthermore, MIC of water extract was 12.5 mg/mL-1 in all three plant species. The findings revealed that tobacco, garlic and wild marigold extracts are the best in the control of potato bacterial wilt. Moreover, methanol extracts are the most efficient in management of potato bacterial wilt in comparison to water and chloroform extracts.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-25DOI: 10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.15
A. Dutta, S. Majee
Garden pea is one of the most popular winter vegetables in India and the south Chhotanagpur plateau of eastern India is well-known for its quality production. However, indiscriminate uses of different agrochemicals in the production cycle of the crop reduces its quality. Besides, the high cost concerning chemical farming is practically out of reach to the small and marginal farmers of the eastern Indian plateau. In this context, low-cost involving alternative approach of organic farming that has the potential to produce quality yield is gaining popularity. The experiment consisted of seven commonly cultivated garden pea varieties of the region, namely, V1:GS-10, V2: HAEP-1, V3: HAEP-2, V4: Swarna Mukti, V5: Swarna Amar, V6: Azad Pea-3 and V7: Azad Pea-1 grown through the application of three organic liquid manures viz. T1: Shasyagavya (10 %); T2: Sanjeevani (10 %); T3: Enriched Sanjeevani (10 %) and including control (T4 ) where no liquid formulation was applied during rabi growing season of two consecutive years (2017-18 and 2018-19) by adopting Factorial RBD experimental design. Different growth, yield, and quality attributing characters of the crop were studied and found to be significant under different treatments. Results revealed that V5 is the best-performing variety in terms of green pod yield (19.55t ha-1). However, when treatment and varietal interactions were taken into consideration, T3V6 was the best combination with green pod yield of 23.10 t ha-1. Quality attributes like TSS, starch, protein and ascorbic acid content of green peas were significantly better independently under different treatments than control. From the findings, it may be concluded that Swarna Amar and Azad Pea3 were highly responsive to organic liquid manure especially ‘Enriched Sanjeevani’ in terms of their growth, yield and quality traits expressions in the south Chhotanagpur plateau of eastern India.
园豌豆是印度最受欢迎的冬季蔬菜之一，印度东部的南乔塔纳格普尔高原以其优质产品而闻名。然而，在作物的生产周期中不加选择地使用不同的农用化学品会降低其质量。此外，化学耕作的高成本对于东印度高原的小农和边缘农民来说几乎是遥不可及的。在这种情况下，低成本涉及有机农业的替代方法，有可能产生高质量的产量越来越受欢迎。试验选用该地区常用的7个园豌豆品种V1:GS-10、V2: HAEP-1、V3: HAEP-2、V4: Swarna Mukti、V5: Swarna Amar、V6: Azad pea -3和V7: Azad pea -1，分别施用三种有机液体肥料，即T1:沙沙加夫雅(10%);T2: Sanjeevani (10%);T3:采用因子RBD试验设计，连续两年(2017-18和2018-19)rabi生长季节，添加10%的Sanjeevani，并包括对照(T4)，不使用液体配方。研究了不同处理下的生长性状、产量性状和品质性状的差异。结果表明，V5是绿荚产量最高的品种(19.55t hm -1)。然而，当考虑处理和品种相互作用时，T3V6是最佳组合，绿荚产量为23.10 t ha-1。青豆TSS、淀粉、蛋白质和抗坏血酸含量等品质指标在不同处理下均显著高于对照。综上所述，在印度东部的Chhotanagpur高原南部，Swarna Amar和Azad Pea3在生长、产量和品质性状表达方面对有机液体肥料具有高度响应，特别是“富集的Sanjeevani”。
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Pub Date : 2020-12-25DOI: 10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.08
K. N. Svara, B. A. Harsojuwono, I. Gunam
Arak is one of traditional Balinese drink that has alcohol content used as a potential raw material in making bioethanol. The aim of this research was to study the influence of adsorbent-arak ratio and distillation period on the characteristics of bioethanol and to identify the right method to produce bioethanol with the best characteristics using distillation-adsorptive purification method. This research used completely randomized design with factorial experiment. The first factor was adsorbent-arak ratio, i.e., 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4. The second factor was the distillation period, i.e., 1, 2, 3 h. Each factor was grouped into two groups based on the two times of arak production so that there were 18 experimental units. The data was analysed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and means were compared by Duncan’s multiple range test. The result showed that the ratio of adsorbent-arak and distillation period had a significant effect on ethanol content, density, specific gravity, API gravity, and heating value. The combination of 1:3 adsorbent-arak ratio and one-hour distillation period produced the best characteristic viz., ethanol content 91.86 %, density 0.83 kg/L, specific gravity 0.81, API gravity 42.31, and heating value 11081.9 kcal/kg.
{"title":"Influence of adsorbent-arak ratio and distillation period in bioethanol purification process using Balinese liquor as a raw material","authors":"K. N. Svara, B. A. Harsojuwono, I. Gunam","doi":"10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.08","url":null,"abstract":"Arak is one of traditional Balinese drink that has alcohol content used as a potential raw material in making bioethanol. The aim of this research was to study the influence of adsorbent-arak ratio and distillation period on the characteristics of bioethanol and to identify the right method to produce bioethanol with the best characteristics using distillation-adsorptive purification method. This research used completely randomized design with factorial experiment. The first factor was adsorbent-arak ratio, i.e., 1:2, 1:3 and 1:4. The second factor was the distillation period, i.e., 1, 2, 3 h. Each factor was grouped into two groups based on the two times of arak production so that there were 18 experimental units. The data was analysed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and means were compared by Duncan’s multiple range test. The result showed that the ratio of adsorbent-arak and distillation period had a significant effect on ethanol content, density, specific gravity, API gravity, and heating value. The combination of 1:3 adsorbent-arak ratio and one-hour distillation period produced the best characteristic viz., ethanol content 91.86 %, density 0.83 kg/L, specific gravity 0.81, API gravity 42.31, and heating value 11081.9 kcal/kg.","PeriodicalId":15010,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Horticulture Lucknow","volume":"27 1","pages":"42-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72803621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-25DOI: 10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.09
A. Thamizharasan, Aishwarya Mohan, S. Gajalakshmi
The soil is a natural dynamic body with properties derived from combined effects of climate and biotic activity. It is a porous medium made up of minerals, water, chemicals, organic matter, and micro-organisms which supports plant growth and development. On the other side, the leaf litter from the plants upon decomposition release nutrients and helps in nutrient recycling. In nature, leaf litter is processed by soil organisms of which earthworms are one of the major contributors in nutrient cycling. In the present study, an attempt has been made to study the nutrient dynamics while vermicomposting neem leaf litter employing two epigeic earthworm species, Eisenia fetida and Eudrilus eugeniae. In addition, an assessment has been made on the presence and quantification of the nitrogen (N2) fixing bacteria during the vermicomposting of leaf litter. From this study, it was found that the nutrients were higher in the earthworm worked leaf litter than the control. It was also found that the nutrients were higher on the 30th day from the start of the vermicomposting process, and tend to reduce by the 60th day with further fall on the 90th day.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-25DOI: 10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.18
S. Singh, T. S. Chahal
A study was conducted at Punjab Agricultural University, Fruit Research Station, Jallowal-Lesriwal, Jalandhar to evaluate nursery performance of different exotic rootstocks and their budding compatibility with Kinnow mandarin. The seeds of exotic rootstocks: Swingle citrumelo, Rich 16-6, Rubidoux trifoliate (RTF), US-852, Benton citrange, Troyer citrange, Kuharsuke citrange, C-35 citrange, X-639, Carrizo citrange, Gou Tou, Shin Chu Sha, Rangpur Lime, Volkameriana lemon and Rough lemon were sown in protrays and later transplanted in poly-bags under protected conditions. The results of the experiment revealed that maximum plant height and stem thickness were recorded in C-35 citrange and Swingle citrumelo, respectively. The number of leaves/plant was highest in X-639. Volkameriana lemon and Benton citrange had the longest and thickest roots at the buddable stage, respectively. Fresh and dry root weight was maximum in Rangpur lime rootstock. Kinnow mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) was budded on all the rootstocks under study and the highest budding success was recorded in Rough lemon, followed by Volkameriana lemon, Rangpur lime and Kuharsuke citrange. It was concluded that Volkameriana lemon, Kuharsuke citrange and Rangpur lime can also be explored as potential rootstocks along with Rough lemon for raising the nursery of Kinnow mandarin under protected conditions in Punjab. However, their long-term effects on fruit yield and quality, as well as stionic compatibility, should be carefully considered before making any commercial recommendations.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-25DOI: 10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.03
A. Monicka, T. Pandiarajan, S. Ganapathy
Grading of the coconuts adds value to the product and gives better economic return to the farmers as grading reduces the ambiguity in pricing. The aim of the study was to identify the suitable parameters for grading dehusked coconut. In this study, major diameter, minor diameter, length, weight of nut, shell, copra, kernel and water, thickness of shell and kernel were considered. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed to achieve the least possible number of parameters which govern an original variation in the dehusked coconut. From the PCA results, two plots viz., score plot and loading plot were obtained for three different size ranges of dehusked coconut (80-90, 91-100 and 101-110 mm diameter). The loading plot revealed that, the weight of nut and weight of kernel were the important variables in all the ranges of sizes of dehusked coconut. Score plot was helpful to find the variation between the weights of nut in each size range of dehusked coconuts. Therefore, the present study concluded that the dehusked coconut can be graded by size as well as weight which may fetch more profit to the coconut producers rather than grading manually by size alone.
{"title":"Determination of key parameters for grading dehusked coconut using principal component analysis","authors":"A. Monicka, T. Pandiarajan, S. Ganapathy","doi":"10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37855/JAH.2021.V23I01.03","url":null,"abstract":"Grading of the coconuts adds value to the product and gives better economic return to the farmers as grading reduces the ambiguity in pricing. The aim of the study was to identify the suitable parameters for grading dehusked coconut. In this study, major diameter, minor diameter, length, weight of nut, shell, copra, kernel and water, thickness of shell and kernel were considered. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed to achieve the least possible number of parameters which govern an original variation in the dehusked coconut. From the PCA results, two plots viz., score plot and loading plot were obtained for three different size ranges of dehusked coconut (80-90, 91-100 and 101-110 mm diameter). The loading plot revealed that, the weight of nut and weight of kernel were the important variables in all the ranges of sizes of dehusked coconut. Score plot was helpful to find the variation between the weights of nut in each size range of dehusked coconuts. Therefore, the present study concluded that the dehusked coconut can be graded by size as well as weight which may fetch more profit to the coconut producers rather than grading manually by size alone.","PeriodicalId":15010,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Horticulture Lucknow","volume":"104 1","pages":"15-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79204177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-12-25DOI: 10.37855/JAH.2020.V22I03.37
M. Hossain, O. Gony
Strawberry is a promising small fruit crop in Bangladesh. Farmers are giving priority to grow this short duration fruit in their field due to early fruiting and high market demand. The main obstacle is shortage of quality planting materials during planting time. Moreover, plants produced from tissue culture techniques are very costly, as a result many of interested growers are unable to cultivate strawberry. Therefore, this study was undertaken to find out the impact of indole butyric acid (IBA) on root induction in strawberry daughter plants. Four concentrations of IBA (0, 100, 200 and 300 ppm) were applied at the base of newly born daughter plants of strawberry and inserted them in a polybag (10 ×5 cm) with loamy soil for rooting. Thereafter, rooting performance of daughter plants was checked at 10, 15, 20 and 25 days after application (DAA) of IBA. The experiment was conducted following randomized complete block design with three replications. Results showed that different concentrations of IBA exhibited differently on root and shoot development of newly grown strawberry plants. All the studied parameters were significantly influenced by IBA solutions except root length of plants. Among the concentrations, 100 and 200 ppm IBA showed successful results in respect of all traits studied while 300 ppm IBA performed better in fresh weight of leaves of new plants. However, it can be concluded that grower can use 100 and/or 200 ppm IBA solution at the base of newly grown daughter plants to expedite rooting and shoot development of strawberry plants.
{"title":"Influence of indole butyric acid on root induction in daughter plants of strawberry","authors":"M. Hossain, O. Gony","doi":"10.37855/JAH.2020.V22I03.37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37855/JAH.2020.V22I03.37","url":null,"abstract":"Strawberry is a promising small fruit crop in Bangladesh. Farmers are giving priority to grow this short duration fruit in their field due to early fruiting and high market demand. The main obstacle is shortage of quality planting materials during planting time. Moreover, plants produced from tissue culture techniques are very costly, as a result many of interested growers are unable to cultivate strawberry. Therefore, this study was undertaken to find out the impact of indole butyric acid (IBA) on root induction in strawberry daughter plants. Four concentrations of IBA (0, 100, 200 and 300 ppm) were applied at the base of newly born daughter plants of strawberry and inserted them in a polybag (10 ×5 cm) with loamy soil for rooting. Thereafter, rooting performance of daughter plants was checked at 10, 15, 20 and 25 days after application (DAA) of IBA. The experiment was conducted following randomized complete block design with three replications. Results showed that different concentrations of IBA exhibited differently on root and shoot development of newly grown strawberry plants. All the studied parameters were significantly influenced by IBA solutions except root length of plants. Among the concentrations, 100 and 200 ppm IBA showed successful results in respect of all traits studied while 300 ppm IBA performed better in fresh weight of leaves of new plants. However, it can be concluded that grower can use 100 and/or 200 ppm IBA solution at the base of newly grown daughter plants to expedite rooting and shoot development of strawberry plants.","PeriodicalId":15010,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Horticulture Lucknow","volume":"71 1","pages":"209-214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86392773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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