Present study concerns one of the basic causes for cracking of sweet cherry fruits as a result of increased rainfall, and this amount is different for different soils. The study was done for the soils at the experimental orachard of the Institute of Agriculture - Kyustendil, Bulgaria, which are Chromic Luvisolssoils with acidity pH = 4.5-6.0. This soil is rich of the clay mineral montmorrilonite. As a result of extreme rainfalls the soil in the studied experimental field, the clay mineral montmorillonite starts to separate sodium Na, The area is rich also of chloritized slates which enriched the soil of chlorite Cl as the result is - salinization of the soil, enriching of NaCl.The amounts of precipitation needed for soil salinization, which causes damages - ckracking of cherry fruits. As a result of the present study, the critical amount of precipitations, causing damages - cracking on sweet cherry fruits is estimated on about 28 l/m2. With these amounts of precipitation, a deterioration in the quality of the crop can be expected and even with forecast amounts of precipitation, it can be counteracted by adding of agricultural gypsum(the mineral gypsum) to the soil, according to the cited reference. In 2024, because of the high precipitations level, the salinity of the soil was very high in NaCl and this was the cause for which the harvest of sweet cherries was lost as many cherry trees died.

State of the problem. In the article, it is justified that the provision of a green economy based on environmentalization, modernization, innovation and new technologies in the production and processing of agricultural products leads to a radical improvement of production, protection of natural capital and ecosystem services, and reduction of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. It was noted that the regulation of agricultural production systems in the country requires the expansion of agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, contribute to the protection of ecosystems, adaptation to climate change, extreme weather events, droughts, and floods. Research object. It is the production, processing, consumption and export of agricultural products of Azerbaijan. The purpose of the study is to promote the production of ecologically clean and export-important consumer products in Azerbaijan and the stimulation of its export. Introducing the country to the world with branded products, attracting foreign investments to this field, increasing the population's interest in the agricultural field, and attracting innovative technology to the field are also considered important. It is the determination of the damage caused by the impact on the agricultural sector and nature due to the degradation of the growing environmental components. Minimizing losses at this stage and optimizing the development of the agro-industrial complex is one of the main factors. Methodology. Generalization, historical, statistical, systematic analysis and comparison methods were used in the preparation of the article. Scientific novelty of the research. Implementation of the production and processing of ecologically clean agro-industrial products that do not harm human health and the environment, regular monitoring of the ecological condition of the soil, and the provision of increasing the production and assortment of ecologically clean export-oriented food and light industrial products. Research results. In the article, it is explained that the development of the green economy in Azerbaijan is an integral part of the state policy, and it occupies an important place in the state administration, on the example of export-oriented food and light industrial products. It is noted that the sustainability of the development of the green economy acts as a criterion for the production of competitive products of the state, which contributes positively to the provision of people's vital needs.

The JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) mission by ESA aims to explore the emergence of habitable worlds around gas giants and the Jupiter system as an archetype of gas giants. MAJIS (Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer) is the visible to near-infrared imaging spectrometer onboard JUICE which will characterize the surfaces and exospheres of the icy moons and perform monitoring of the Jupiter atmosphere. The launch is scheduled for 2023 with the first MAJIS observations inside the Jovian system occurring more than 8 years later. The MAJIS optical head is equipped with two Teledyne H1RG detectors, one for each of the two spectrometer channels (VIS-NIR and IR). This paper describes the characterization of the VIS-NIR Focal Plane Unit. These detectors will be operated in a non-standard way, allowing near/full-frame retrieval over short integration times (<< 1 sec) while maintaining good noise performance. After a quick description of the characterization strategy that was designed to evaluate the performances of the VIS-NIR detector according to the MAJIS operational specifications, the paper will address the data analyses and the main results of the characterization campaign. The major performance parameters such as dark current, linearity, noise, quantum efficiency, and operability will be presented and compared with the requirements.

We develop an analytical model of the Alfven wings generated by the interaction between a moon's ionosphere and its sub-Alfvenic magnetospheric environment. Our approach takes into account a realistic representation of the ionospheric Pedersen conductance profile that typically reaches a local minimum above the moon's poles and maximizes along the bundle of magnetospheric field lines tangential to the surface. By solving the equation for the electrostatic potential, we obtain expressions for various quantities characterizing the interaction, such as the number flux and energy deposition of magnetospheric plasma onto the surface, the spatial distribution of currents within the Alfven wings and associated magnetic field perturbations, as well as the Poynting flux transmitted along the wings. Our major findings are: (a) Deflection of the magnetospheric plasma around the Alfven wings can reduce the number flux onto the surface by several orders of magnitude. However, the Alfvenic interaction alone does not alter the qualitative shape of the bullseye-like precipitation pattern formed without the plasma interaction. (b) Due to the deflection of the upstream plasma, the energy deposition onto the moon's exosphere achieves its minimum near the ramside apex and maximizes along the flanks of the interaction region. (c) Even when the ionospheric conductance profile is continuous, the currents along the Alfven wings exhibit several sharp jumps. These discontinuities generate spikes in the magnetic field that are still observable at large distances to the moon. (d) The magnitude and direction of the wing-aligned currents are determined by the slope of the ionospheric conductance profile.

Evidence of life beyond Earth may be closer than we think, given that the forthcoming missions to the jovian system will be equipped with instruments capable of probing Europa's icy surface for possible biosignatures, including chemical biomarkers, despite the strong radiation environment. Geochemical biomarkers may also exist beyond Europa on icy moons of the gas giants. Sulfur is proposed as a reliable geochemical biomarker for approved and forthcoming missions to the outer solar system. Key Words: JUICE missionClipper missionGeochemical biomarkersEuropaMoons of the ice giantsGeochemistryMass spectrometry. Astrobiology 17, 958-961.

Neutral Ion Mass spectrometer (NIM) is one of the instruments in the Particle Environmental Package (PEP) designed for the JUICE mission of ESA to the Jupiter system. NIM, equipped with a sensitive MCP ion detector, will conduct detailed measurements of the chemical composition of Jovian icy moons exospheres. To achieve high sensitivity of the instrument, radiation effects due to the high radiation background (high-energy electrons and protons) around Jupiter have to be minimised. We investigate the performance of an Al-Ta-Al composite stack as a potential shielding against high-energy electrons. Experiments were performed at the PiM1 beam line of the High Intensity Proton Accelerator Facilities located at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland. The facility delivers a particle beam containing e(-), mu(-) and pi(-) with momentum from 17.5 to 345 MeV/c (Hajdas et al., 2014). The measurements of the radiation environment generated during the interaction of primary particles with the Al-Ta-Al material were conducted with dedicated beam diagnostic methods and with the NIM MCP detector. In parallel, modelling studies using GEANT4 and GRAS suites were performed to identify products of the interaction and predict ultimate fluxes and particle rates at the MCP detector. Combination of experiment and modelling studies yields detailed characterisation of the radiation fields produced by the interaction of the incident e with the shielding material in the range of the beam momentum from 17.5 to 345 MeV/c. We derived the effective MCP detection efficiency to primary and secondary radiation and effective shielding transmission coefficients to incident high-energy electron beam in the range of applied beam momenta. This study shows that the applied shielding attenuates efficiently high-energy electrons. Nevertheless, owing to nearly linear increase of the bremsstrahlung production rate with incident beam energy, above 130 MeV their detection rates measured by the MCP detector compares to the MCP rate of the incident electron beam. We define key performance parameters for the shielding and show direction of its improvements by introducing additional layer of material to attenuate gamma-rays and reduce the MCP sensitivity to the penetrating radiation. The experiments also verify the predictions by modelling tools used currently for optimisation of shielding against high-energy particles. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.