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The Effect of Different Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Soil and Crop Nutrient Concentrations by Thomas, Cathy L., Acquah, Gifty E., Whitmore, Andrew P., McGrath, Steve P., Haefele, Stephan M.

“…At present, organic fertilizers are not widely used in intensive arable agriculture, and not much is known about their effects on crop nutrition. In a field…”
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Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) calibration for analysis of nutrient concentrations and trace element contaminants in fertilisers by Acquah, Gifty E, Hernandez-Allica, Javier, Thomas, Cathy L, Dunham, Sarah J, Towett, Erick K, Drake, Lee B, Shepherd, Keith D, McGrath, Steve P, Haefele, Stephan M

“…With the increasing popularity of local blending of fertilisers, the fertiliser industry faces issues regarding quality control and fertiliser adulteration…”
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Comprehensive nutrient analysis in agricultural organic amendments through non-destructive assays using machine learning by Towett, Erick K, Drake, Lee B, Acquah, Gifty E, Haefele, Stephan M, McGrath, Steve P, Shepherd, Keith D

“…Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) and Diffuse Reflectance Fourier Transformed Mid-Infrared (DRIFT-MIR) spectroscopy are rapid and cost-effective analytical…”
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Chemometric modeling of thermogravimetric data for the compositional analysis of forest biomass by Acquah, Gifty E, Via, Brian K, Fasina, Oladiran O, Adhikari, Sushil, Billor, Nedret, Eckhardt, Lori G

“…The objective of this study was to investigated the use of chemometric modeling of thermogravimetric (TG) data as an alternative approach to estimate the…”
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Identifying Plant Part Composition of Forest Logging Residue Using Infrared Spectral Data and Linear Discriminant Analysis by Acquah, Gifty E, Via, Brian K, Billor, Nedret, Fasina, Oladiran O, Eckhardt, Lori G

“…As new markets, technologies and economies evolve in the low carbon bioeconomy, forest logging residue, a largely untapped renewable resource will play a vital…”
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Combining Variable Selection and Multiple Linear Regression for Soil Organic Matter and Total Nitrogen Estimation by DRIFT-MIR Spectroscopy by Li, Hong, Wang, Junwei, Zhang, Jixiong, Liu, Tongqing, Acquah, Gifty E., Yuan, Huimin

“…The successful estimation of soil organic matter (SOM) and soil total nitrogen (TN) contents with mid-infrared (MIR) reflectance spectroscopy depends on…”
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Rapid Quantitative Analysis of Forest Biomass Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Partial Least Squares Regression by Eckhardt, Lori G., Fasina, O. O., Via, Brian K., Acquah, Gifty E.

“…Fourier transform infrared reflectance (FTIR) spectroscopy has been used to predict properties of forest logging residue, a very heterogeneous feedstock…”
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High Throughput Screening of Elite Loblolly Pine Families for Chemical and Bioenergy Traits with Near Infrared Spectroscopy by Gifty E. Acquah, Brian K. Via, Tom Gallagher, Nedret Billor, Oladiran O. Fasina, Lori G. Eckhardt

“…Pinus taeda L. (loblolly pine) dominates 13.4 million ha of US southeastern forests and contributes over $30 billion to the economy of the region. The species…”
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Spectral variable selection for estimation of soil organic carbon content using mid‐infrared spectroscopy by Wang, Junwei, Liu, Tongqing, Zhang, Jixiong, Yuan, Huimin, Acquah, Gifty E.

“…The non‐destructive and rapid estimation of soil total carbon (SOC) content with mid‐infrared spectroscopy (MIR, 4000–400 cm−1) will play a vital role in…”
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African soil properties and nutrients mapped at 30 m spatial resolution using two-scale ensemble machine learning by Hengl, Tomislav, Miller, Matthew A. E., Križan, Josip, Shepherd, Keith D., Sila, Andrew, Kilibarda, Milan, Antonijević, Ognjen, Glušica, Luka, Dobermann, Achim, Haefele, Stephan M., McGrath, Steve P., Acquah, Gifty E., Collinson, Jamie, Parente, Leandro, Sheykhmousa, Mohammadreza, Saito, Kazuki, Johnson, Jean-Martial, Chamberlin, Jordan, Silatsa, Francis B. T., Yemefack, Martin, Wendt, John, MacMillan, Robert A., Wheeler, Ichsani, Crouch, Jonathan

“…Soil property and class maps for the continent of Africa were so far only available at very generalised scales, with many countries not mapped at all. Thanks…”
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Estimating the Basic Density and Mechanical Properties of Elite Loblolly Pine Families with Near Infrared Spectroscopy by Acquah, Gifty E, Essien, Charles, Via, Brian K, Billor, Nedret, Eckhardt, Lori G

“…Abstract Near infrared spectroscopy coupled with partial least squares regression was utilized as a high throughput tool in assessing the density, modulus of…”
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Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa by von Fromm, Sophie F., Hoyt, Alison M., Lange, Markus, Acquah, Gifty E., Aynekulu, Ermias, Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw, Haefele, Stephan M., McGrath, Steve P., Shepherd, Keith D., Sila, Andrew M., Six, Johan, Towett, Erick K., Trumbore, Susan E., Vågen, Tor-G., Weullow, Elvis, Winowiecki, Leigh A., Doetterl, Sebastian

“…Soil organic carbon (SOC) stabilization and destabilization has been studied intensively. Yet, the factors which control SOC content across scales remain…”
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Portable X-ray fluorescence by Acquah, Gifty E, Hernandez-Allica, Javier, Thomas, Cathy L, Dunham, Sarah J, Towett, Erick K, Drake, Lee B, Shepherd, Keith D, McGrath, Steve P, Haefele, Stephan M

“…With the increasing popularity of local blending of fertilisers, the fertiliser industry faces issues regarding quality control and fertiliser adulteration…”
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Non-Destructive Prediction of the Properties of Forest Biomass for Chemical and Bioenergy Applications Using near Infrared Spectroscopy by Acquah, Gifty E., Via, Brian K., Fasina, Oladiran O., Eckhardt, Lori G.

“…Forest biomass will play a key role as a feedstock for bioproducts as the bioeconomy develops. Rapid assessment of this heterogeneous resource will help…”
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Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) calibration for analysis of nutrient concentrations and trace element contaminants in fertilisers by Gifty E. Acquah, Javier Hernandez-Allica, Cathy L. Thomas, Sarah J. Dunham, Erick K. Towett, Lee B. Drake, Keith D. Shepherd, Steve P. McGrath, Stephan M. Haefele

“…With the increasing popularity of local blending of fertilisers, the fertiliser industry faces issues regarding quality control and fertiliser adulteration…”
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Rapid quantitative analysis of forest biomass using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and partial least squares regression by Acquah, Gifty E, Via, Brian K, Fasina, Oladiran O, Eckhardt, Lori G

“…Fourier transform infrared reflectance (FTIR) spectroscopy has been used to predict properties of forest logging residue, a very heterogeneous feedstock…”
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