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Aging: A Natural and Beneficial Part of Life
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5809
a highly individualized experience and age-related changes occur at different rates for different people. ... The functional status between individuals of the same chronological age can be surprisingly different. ... can even lead to serious health consequences. Examples include a greater risk of developing ...
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Using Soil to Remove Pollutants From Wastewater
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-745
neighbors have been sickened with waterborne diseases from contaminated wells. Soil is the best medium to ... good contact between soil and effluent, and some are not permeable enough to allow for the movement of ... environment. Ohio has wonderfully diverse soil resources. Most of Ohio’s soils are best suited for growing food ...
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Fiber Fills You Up, Fills your Wallet, and Fuels Your Health
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5583
stools, can help lower cholesterol, and slows down the absorption of sugar. High fiber diets are thought ... health problems such as diabetes or hypertension. High fiber meals have fewer calories, are affordable, ... a gel-like substance that binds to fats which helps lower blood cholesterol levels. Soluble fiber also slows ...
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The Biology of Soil Compaction
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/SAG-10
flourishing bacteria populations that thrive on high oxygen levels in the soil and the release of nutrients in ... impact on bare soil and natural gravity combine to compact soils. Low organic matter levels make the soil ... binds microaggregates and macroaggregates in the soil. Low organic matter levels make the soil more ...
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Powdery Mildew of Wheat
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/plpath-cer-11
mild weather during April and May. Mild temperatures, high relative humidity and dense stands of wheat ... growth, especially between the stem elongation and heading growth stages. However, in most years, wheat ... not require free water on the plant surfaces, but high relative humidity (near 100 percent) favors ...
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Shiitake Mushroom Production: Steps to Cultivation and Considerations for Production
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-0039
variations between strains as high as 65-fold. For most individuals, growing shiitake mushrooms will be ... over $27 million from 2021 to 2022, which is up $3 million from 2019 to 2020. These mushrooms are high ... from inexpensive homemade products to high-tech equipment that costs thousands of dollars. However, ...
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Northern Corn Leaf Blight
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/plpath-cer-10
severely diseased well after silking. During wet weather yield losses may be as high as 30-50% if the ... all commercial dent corn production fields. Select hybrids with high levels of partial resistance in ... as small chlorotic lesions. A compatible interaction between Ht genes and races of the pathogen ...
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New Nozzles for Spray Drift Reduction
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-523
It started nearly 50 years ago with the invention of pesticides. Problems associated with drift have ... safety reasons. It should be reduced to minimum levels because: It results in inefficient use of ... losses and to ensure the desired level of control, Losses and/or costly litigation may result if ...
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Crimson Clover as a Cover Crop in Ohio
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0129
Preferred soil pH: 5.5–7.0 Table 1. Rating the traits of cover crop crimson clover. Heat tolerance Good ... efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/#/state/OH/documents/section=4&folder=-6. Performance Dry matter = 3,500–5,500 lb. per acre, per year. Biomass quantity is highly dependent ... on planting/termination dates and precipitation. Total nitrogen (N) = 70–150 lb. of N per acre (not ...
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Household Well Water Testing
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-314
issue, in addition to the annual tests, check the level of the metals listed below before purchasing ... corrosive water: lead copper pH corrosion index hardness Testing for Suspected Contamination Testing ... the owner is responsible for water testing and treatment. While water tests are not required, to ...