The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment at R. J. Cook Agronomy Farm.

Dryland agriculture in the Inland Pacific Northwest is challenged in part by rising input costs for seed, fertilizer, and agrichemicals; threats to water quality and soil health, including soil erosion, organic matter decline, acidification, compaction, and nutrient imbalances; lack of cropping system diversity; herbicide resistance; and air quality concerns from atmospheric emissions of particulate matter and greenhouse gases. Technological advances such as rapid data acquisition, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and robotics have helped fuel innovation and discovery but have also further complicated agricultural decision-making and research. Meeting these challenges has promoted interest in (1) supporting long-term research that enables assessment of ecosystem service trade-offs and advances sustainable and regenerative approaches to agriculture, and (2) developing coproduction research approaches that actively engage decision-makers and accelerate innovation.

Suitable Methods of Inoculation and Quantification of Fusarium Root Rot in Lentil.

Lentil ( L. subsp. ) is an important grain legume grown worldwide.

Phenotypic and Genetic Characterization of the Lentil Single Plant-Derived Core Collection for Resistance to Root Rot Caused by .

Lentil () is a pulse crop grown for its amino acid profile, moderate drought tolerance, and ability to fix nitrogen. As the global demand for lentils expands and new production regions emerge so too have the complement of diseases that reduce yield, including the root rot complex. Although the predominant causal pathogen varies based on growing region, is often found to be an important contributor to disease.

[The shortening of the duration of pregnancy due to smoking and associated costs for perinatal health care in Germany].

Background: As about 20 % of pregnant women smoke, 137,000 of the 685,795 neonates delivered in Germany in 2005 have been affected by smoking during pregnancy. Caring for neonates born prematurely because of smoking results in additional costs. We have attempted to estimate these costs.

Height and weight in Germany, evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel, 2002.

This paper examines the socio-economic variation in height and weight using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Results reinforce previous research insofar as height is associated with socio-economic differences. For example, a low maternal schooling level or a lower position in the income distribution is negatively correlated with the height of West Germans.