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He T, Yin Q, Li X. Effects of Antibiotics on the DAMO Process and Microbes in Cattle Manure. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 58:3883-3894. [PMID: 38347804 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (DAMO) can mitigate methane emissions; however, this process has not been studied in cattle manure, an important source of methane emissions in animal agriculture. The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of DAMO microbes in cattle manure and examine the impacts of veterinary antibiotics on the DAMO process in cattle manure. Results show that DAMO archaea and bacteria consistently occur at high concentrations in beef cattle manure. During the long-term operation of a sequencing batch reactor seeded with beef cattle manure, the DAMO activities intensified, and DAMO microbial biomass increased. Exposure to chlortetracycline at initial concentrations up to 5000 μg L-1 did not inhibit DAMO activities or affect the concentrations of the 16S rRNA gene and functional genes of DAMO microbes. In contrast, exposure to tylosin at initial concentrations of 50 and 500 μg L-1 increased the activities of the DAMO microbes. An initial concentration of 5000 μg L-1 TYL almost entirely halted DAMO activities and reduced the concentrations of DAMO microbes. These results show the occurrence of DAMO microbes in cattle manure and reveal that elevated concentrations of dissolved antibiotics could inhibit the DAMO process, potentially affecting net methane emissions from cattle manure.
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- Ting He
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
- Institute of Chemistry, Henan Academy of Sciences, Zheng Zhou 450002, Henan, P. R. China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, United States
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Kirmizakis P, Hinojosa-Prieto HR, Bilias F, Soupios P. Integrated environmental characterization and assessment of an exposed historic manure repository. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 872:162184. [PMID: 36775178 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Historic manure stockpiled (active from 1935 through 2018) in a repository mound approximately 15 m high with a 31,415.93 m2 footprint was sampled from various depths at six locations in an environmental assessment framework. The manure samples were analyzed for nutrient content to investigate potential application as a soil amendment to local fields in combination with biowaste disposal regulations. Results indicate that manure can be used as a soil amendment; however, different crops and land conditions require specific nutrients, and application must be determined accordingly. Likewise, the manure analysis did not indicate any negative issues that would disallow land application as a disposal option. In addition to limiting environmental soil boring into the manure repository, two-dimensional geophysical electrical resistivity imaging was performed to characterize and quantify the deposited manure. Based on those efforts, the material volume within the site's manure repository was calculated to be 611,942.354 cubic meters (m3). Finally, based on the geophysical results and the historical information about the manure's deposited volume in the study area, an estimation of the released landfill gases and its expected produced energy is presented.
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- Panagiotis Kirmizakis
- Department of Geosciences, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
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- Soil Science Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece.
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- Department of Geosciences, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
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Singh U, Algren M, Schoeneberger C, Lavallais C, O’Connell MG, Oke D, Liang C, Das S, Salas SD, Dunn JB. Technological avenues and market mechanisms to accelerate methane and nitrous oxide emissions reductions. iScience 2022; 25:105661. [PMID: 36567716 PMCID: PMC9772851 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Strategies targeting methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions are critical to meeting global climate targets. Existing literature estimates the emissions of these gases from specific sectors, but this knowledge must be synthesized to prioritize and incentivize CH4 and N2O mitigation. Accordingly, we review emissions sources and mitigation strategies in all key sectors (fuel extraction and combustion, landfilling, agriculture, wastewater treatment, and chemical industry) and the role of carbon markets in reducing emissions. The most accessible reduction opportunities are in the hydrocarbon extraction and waste sectors, where half (>3 Gt-CO2e/year) of the emissions in these sectors could be mitigated at no net cost. In total, 60% of CH4 emissions can be mitigated at less than $50/t-CO2. Expanding the scope of carbon markets to include these emissions could provide cost-effective decarbonization through 2050. We provide recommendations for carbon markets to improve emissions reductions and set prices to appropriately incentivize mitigation.
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- Udayan Singh
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA,Corresponding author
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Beauchemin KA, Ungerfeld EM, Abdalla AL, Alvarez C, Arndt C, Becquet P, Benchaar C, Berndt A, Mauricio RM, McAllister TA, Oyhantçabal W, Salami SA, Shalloo L, Sun Y, Tricarico J, Uwizeye A, De Camillis C, Bernoux M, Robinson T, Kebreab E. Invited review: Current enteric methane mitigation options. J Dairy Sci 2022; 105:9297-9326. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-22091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Fang C, Zhou L, Liu Y, Xiong J, Su Y, Lan Z, Han L, Huang G. Effect of micro-aerobic conditions based on semipermeable membrane-covered on greenhouse gas emissions and bacterial community during dairy manure storage at industrial scale. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 299:118879. [PMID: 35081462 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study evaluated the greenhouse gas emissions of solid dairy manure storage with the micro-aerobic group (MA; oxygen concentration <5%) and control group (CK; oxygen concentration <1%), and explained the difference in greenhouse gas emissions by exploring bacterial community succession. The results showed that the MA remained the micro-aerobic conditions, which the maximum and average oxygen concentrations were 4.1% and 1.9%, respectively; while the average oxygen concentrations of the CK without intervention management was 0.5%. Compared with the CK, carbon dioxide and methane emissions in MA were reduced by 78.68% and 99.97%, respectively, and nitrous oxide emission was increased by almost three times with a small absolute loss, but total greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 91.23%. BugBase analysis showed that the relative abundance of aerobic bacteria in CK decreased to 0.73% on day 30, while that in MA increased to 6.56%. Genus MBA03 was significantly different between the two groups (p < 0.05) and was significantly positively correlated with carbon dioxide and methane emissions (p < 0.05). A structural equation model also revealed that the oxygen concentration and MBA03 of the MA had significant direct effects on methane emission rate (p < 0.001). The research results could provide theoretical basis and measures for directional regulation of greenhouse gas emission reduction during dairy manure storage.
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- Chen Fang
- Engineering Laboratory for AgroBiomass Recycling & Valorizing, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Modern Agricultural Engineering Key Laboratory at Universities of Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, 843300, China
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- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Engineering Laboratory for AgroBiomass Recycling & Valorizing, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Engineering Laboratory for AgroBiomass Recycling & Valorizing, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Engineering Laboratory for AgroBiomass Recycling & Valorizing, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Engineering Laboratory for AgroBiomass Recycling & Valorizing, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Engineering Laboratory for AgroBiomass Recycling & Valorizing, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China.
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Romero CM, Redman AAPH, Owens J, Terry SA, Ribeiro GO, Gorzelak MA, Oldenburg TBP, Hazendonk P, Larney FJ, Hao X, Okine E, McAllister TA. Effects of feeding a pine-based biochar to beef cattle on subsequent manure nutrients, organic matter composition and greenhouse gas emissions. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 812:152267. [PMID: 34902397 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Biochar in ruminant diets is being assessed as a method for simultaneously improving animal production and reducing enteric CH4 emissions, but little is known about subsequent biochar-manure interactions post-excretion. We examined chemical properties, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and organic matter (OM) composition during farm scale stockpiling (SP) or composting (CP) of manure from cattle that either received a pine-based biochar in their diet (BM) or did not (RM). Manure piles were monitored hourly for temperature and weekly for top surface CO2, N2O and CH4 fluxes over 90 d in a semiarid location near Lethbridge, AB, Canada. Results indicate that cumulative CO2, N2O and CH4 emissions were not affected by biochar, implying that BM was as labile as RM. The pH, total C (TC), NO3-N and Olsen P were also not influenced by biochar, although it was observed that NH4-N and OM extractability were both 13% lower in BM than RM. Solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) showed that biochar increased stockpile/compost aromaticity, yet it did not alter the bulk C speciation of manure OM. Further analysis by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) revealed that dissolved OM was enriched by strongly reduced chemical constituents, with BM providing more humic-like OM precursors than RM. Inclusion of a pine-based biochar in cattle diets to generate BM is consistent with current trends in the circular economy, "closing the loop" in agricultural supply chains by returning C-rich organic amendments to croplands. Stockpiling/composting the resulting BM, however, may not provide a clear advantage over directly mixing low levels of biochar with manure. Further research is required to validate BM as a tool to reduce the C footprint of livestock waste management.
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- Carlos M Romero
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, 5403-1st Ave. S., Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, 5403-1st Ave. S., Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, 5403-1st Ave. S., Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, 5403-1st Ave. S., Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, 5403-1st Ave. S., Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Petroleum Reservoir Group, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, 5403-1st Ave. S., Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, 5403-1st Ave. S., Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, 5403-1st Ave. S., Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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Yu G, Beauchemin KA, Dong R. A Review of 3-Nitrooxypropanol for Enteric Methane Mitigation from Ruminant Livestock. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:3540. [PMID: 34944313 PMCID: PMC8697901 DOI: 10.3390/ani11123540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Methane (CH4) from enteric fermentation accounts for 3 to 5% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to climate change. Cost-effective strategies are needed to reduce feed energy losses as enteric CH4 while improving ruminant production efficiency. Mitigation strategies need to be environmentally friendly, easily adopted by producers and accepted by consumers. However, few sustainable CH4 mitigation approaches are available. Recent studies show that the chemically synthesized CH4 inhibitor 3-nitrooxypropanol is one of the most effective approaches for enteric CH4 abatement. 3-nitrooxypropanol specifically targets the methyl-coenzyme M reductase and inhibits the final catalytic step in methanogenesis in rumen archaea. Providing 3-nitrooxypropanol to dairy and beef cattle in research studies has consistently decreased enteric CH4 production by 30% on average, with reductions as high as 82% in some cases. Efficacy is positively related to 3-NOP dose and negatively affected by neutral detergent fiber concentration of the diet, with greater responses in dairy compared with beef cattle when compared at the same dose. This review collates the current literature on 3-nitrooxypropanol and examines the overall findings of meta-analyses and individual studies to provide a synthesis of science-based information on the use of 3-nitrooxypropanol for CH4 abatement. The intent is to help guide commercial adoption at the farm level in the future. There is a significant body of peer-reviewed scientific literature to indicate that 3-nitrooxypropanol is effective and safe when incorporated into total mixed rations, but further research is required to fully understand the long-term effects and the interactions with other CH4 mitigating compounds.
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- Guanghui Yu
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao 266109, China;
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada;
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, No. 700 Changcheng Road, Chengyang District, Qingdao 266109, China;
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Owens J, Hao X, Thomas BW, Stoeckli J, Soden C, Acharya S, Lupwayi N. Effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol manure fertilizer on soil health and hydraulic properties. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2021; 50:1452-1463. [PMID: 34331709 DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Supplementing beef cattle with 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP) decreases enteric methane production, but it is unknown if fertilizing soil with 3-NOP manure influences soil health. We measured soil health indicators 2 yr after manure application to a bromegrass (Bromus L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) mixed crop. Treatments were: composted conventional manure (without supplements); stockpiled conventional manure; composted manure from cattle supplemented with 3-NOP; stockpiled 3-NOP manure; composted manure from cattle supplemented with 3-NOP and monensin (3-NOP+Mon), a supplement that improves digestion; stockpiled 3-NOP+Mon manure; inorganic fertilizer (150 kg N ha-1 and 50 kg P ha-1 ); and an unamended control. Select chemical (K+ , Mg2+ , Mn+ , Zn+ , pH, and Olsen-P), biological (soil organic matter, active C, respiration, and extractable protein), physical (wet aggregate stability, bulk density, total porosity, and macro-, meso-, and micro-porosity), and hydraulic (saturation, field capacity, wilting point, water holding capacity, and hydraulic conductivity) variables were measured. The inclusion of monensin decreased soil Zn+ concentrations by 70% in stockpiled 3-NOP+Mon compared with stockpiled conventional manure. Active C and protein in composted conventional manure were 37 and 92% higher compared with stockpiled manure, respectively, but did not vary between 3-NOP treatments. 3-Nitrooxypropanol did not significantly alter other soil health indicators. Our results suggest that composted and stockpiled 3-NOP manure can be used as a nutrient source for forage crops without requiring changes to current manure management because it has minimal influence on soil health.
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- Jennifer Owens
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz Research and Development Centre, Agassiz, BC, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz Research and Development Centre, Agassiz, BC, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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