October 2023

Association of Bacillus subtilis 34 and soil conditioner for promoting growth in okra plants

Spatial and temporal distribution of water resources is uneven in arid and semiarid regions, consequently affecting the growth and production of vegetables, mainly when combined with high temperatures. Therefore, improving water use efficiency is an urgent issue for growing crops in regions with such characteristics. The use of cellulose-based water retainer polymers combined with growth-promoting rhizobacteria can...

Author(s): Maria Josiane Martins, Regina Cassia Ferreira Ribeiro, Renato Martins Alves, Carlos Augusto Rodrigues Matrangolo, Lorena Gracielly de Almeida Souza, Adelica Aparecida Xavier, Silvanio Rodrigues dos Santos, Isabelle Carolyne Cardoso Batista, Isabela Oliveira Santos, Dayane Isabelle Chaves Neves, Edson Hiydu Mizobutsi and Helena Souza Nascimento Santos  

October 2023

An evaluation of the performance of imputation methods for missing meteorological data in Burkina Faso and Senegal

Addressing data incompleteness issues is crucial for reliable climate studies, especially in regions like Africa that commonly experience data gaps. This study aims to evaluate the performance of five imputation methods (knn, ppca, mice, imputeTS, and missForest) on meteorological data from stations in Burkina Faso and Senegal. The imputed data is compared with ERA5 reanalysis data to validate its accuracy. Temperature,...

Author(s): Semou Diouf, Abdoulaye Deme, El Hadji Deme, Papa Fall and Ibrahima Diouf