Agronomy  

Isabelle Quilleré, Céline Dargel-Graffin, Peter J. Lea and Bertrand Hirel

The impact of nitrogen (N)-limiting conditions after silking on kernel yield (KY)-related traits and whole plant N management was investigated using fifteen maize lines representative of plant genetic diversity in Europe and America. A large level of gene... see more

Wen-Qing Zhang and Janusz J. Zwiazek

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Jesús Santillano-Cázares, Cristina Ruiz-Alvarado, Alejandro M. García-López, Isabel Escobosa-García, Víctor Cárdenas-Salazar, Antonio Morales-Maza and Fidel Núñez-Ramírez

Under a global warming scenario, it is important to adopt practices that favor soil water conservation, such as plant intercropping systems and the use of plastic mulching. The objective of this study was to determine how microenvironment, morphology, pro... see more

Romina A. Vlaic, Andru?a E. Mure?an, Crina C. Mure?an, Georgiana S. Petru?, Vlad Mure?an and Sevastita Muste

Individual sugars were analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) in plum juice samples obtained from “Stanley”, “Vânat de Italia”, and “Tuleu Gras”. The samples were harvested from the inside and p... see more

Chengxiang Song, Wei Li, Zhenyu Wang, Xiaoyu Pei, Yangai Liu, Zhongying Ren, Kunlun He, Fei Zhang, Kuan Sun, Xiaojian Zhou, Xiongfeng Ma and Daigang Yang

Cotton is one of the most important economic crops worldwide. As the global demands rising, cotton yield improvement is the most important goal of cotton breeding. Hybrids have great potential for increasing yield, however, the genetic mechanism of hybrid... see more

Jesús Santillano-Cázares, Fidel Núñez-Ramírez, Cristina Ruíz-Alvarado, María Elena Cárdenas-Castañeda and Iván Ortiz-Monasterio

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Marta Aranguren, Ana Aizpurua, Ander Castellón, Gerardo Besga and Nerea Villar

A better understanding of the capacity of soils to supply nitrogen (N) to wheat can enhance fertilizer recommendations. The aim of this study was to assess the soil mineral N (Nmin) dynamics throughout the wheat growing season in crucial stages for the pl... see more

Peng Ning, Yunfeng Peng and Felix B. Fritschi

Maize grain yield is considered to be highly associated with ear and leaf carbohydrate dynamics during the critical period bracketing silking and during the fast grain filling phase. However, a full understanding of how differences in N availability/plant... see more

Patrick Materatski, Carla Varanda, Teresa Carvalho, António Bento Dias, M. Doroteia Campos, Fernando Rei and Maria do Rosário Félix

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Pradeep Wagle and Prasanna H. Gowda

Adoption of better management practices is crucial to lessen the impact of anthropogenic disturbances on tallgrass prairie systems that contribute heavily for livestock production in several states of the United States. This article reviews the impacts of... see more

Potchanee Pairochteerakul, Darunee Jothityangkoon, Danupol Ketthaisong, Sakunkan Simla, Kamol Lertrat and Bhalang Suriharn

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Wenxuan Guo

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Anon Janket, Nimitr Vorasoot, Banyong Toomsan, Wanwipa Kaewpradit, Poramate Banterng, Thawan Kesmala, Piyada Theerakulpisut and Sanun Jogloy

The information on genotypic responses to the seasonal variation in the starch content, starch yield, and starch quality of cassava is limited. The objective of this research was to investigate the seasonal variation of starch characteristics of three cas... see more

Klaudia Goriewa-Duba, Adrian Duba, Urszula Wachowska and Marian Wiwart

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Catherine A. Lindell, Melissa B. Hannay and Benjamin C. Hawes

Bird damage to fruit is a long-standing challenge for growers that imposes significant costs because of yield losses and grower efforts to manage birds. We measured bird damage in ‘Bluecrop’ blueberry fields and Pinot noir vineyards in 2012&nd... see more

Falko Stockmann, Ernst Albrecht Weber, Benjamin Mast, Pat Schreiter, Nikolaus Merkt, Wilhelm Claupein and Simone Graeff-Hönninger

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Jie Liu, Jumei Li, Yibing Ma, Yuehui Jia and Qiong Liang

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Hirak Banerjee, Krishnendu Ray, Sudarshan Kumar Dutta, Kaushik Majumdar, Talatam Satyanarayana and Jagadish Timsina

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Matthew Reynolds, Martin Kropff, Jose Crossa, Jawoo Koo, Gideon Kruseman, Anabel Molero Milan, Jessica Rutkoski, Urs Schulthess, Balwinder-Singh, Kai Sonder, Henri Tonnang and Vincent Vadez

Crop modelling has the potential to contribute to global food and nutrition security. This paper briefly examines the history of crop modelling by international crop research centres of the CGIAR (formerly Consultative Group on International Agricultural ... see more

Yue Han, Dengjie Luo, Babar Usman, Gul Nawaz, Neng Zhao, Fang Liu and Rongbai Li

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Tchister Morrel EBISSA, Bo Yang, Yuanqing Guan, Bingchang Tan, Peizhen Chen, Lili Wang, Richard Odongo Magwanga and Xiangqun Zheng

A field experiment was conducted in Ninghe, Tianjin, China, using the 15N isotope method to determine the fate of N sources, application effect of organic fertilizer on the growth of rice plant organs, N uptake by rice, and N use efficiency. The experimen... see more

Isabel Luisa Castillejo-González

This study sought to verify whether remote sensing offers the ability to efficiently delineate olive tree canopies using QuickBird (QB) satellite imagery. This paper compares four classification algorithms performed in pixel- and object-based analyses. To... see more

Nyasha E. Chiuta and Charles S. Mutengwa

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Marcos Yanniccari, Carolina Istilart, Daniel Giménez and Ana Castro

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Elizabeth A. Worrall, Aflaq Hamid, Karishma T. Mody, Neena Mitter and Hanu R. Pappu

Each year, 20%–40% of crops are lost due to plant pests and pathogens. Existing plant disease management relies predominantly on toxic pesticides that are potentially harmful to humans and the environment. Nanotechnology can offer advantages to pest... see more

Falko Stockmann, Ernst Albrecht Weber, Pat Schreiter, Nikolaus Merkt, Wilhelm Claupein and Simone Graeff-Hönninger

In a two-year field trial, the effect of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) fertilization was investigated on grain yield, grain quality parameters, formation of acrylamide (AA), and the precursor free asparagine (Asn) in organically and conventionally produced ... see more

Valdevan Rosendo dos Santos, Amin Soltangheisi, Henrique Coutinho Junqueira Franco, Oriel Kolln, André Cesar Vitti, Carlos Tadeu dos Santos Dias and Paulo Sergio Pavinato

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Shoaib Ahmed, Muhammad Ali Raza, Tao Zhou, Sajad Hussain, Muhammad Hayder Bin Khalid, Lingyang Feng, Allah Wasaya, Nasir Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Weigou Liu and Wenyu Yang

Soybean production under maize–soybean relay-intercropping system (MSICS) is vulnerable to shading. A study was initiated to investigate the effects of three sowing-times: ST1, 90; ST2, 70; and ST3, 50 days of co-growth period and two phosphorus-rat... see more

Ji-ying Sun, Ju-lin Gao, Xiao-fang Yu, Jian Liu, Zhi-jun Su, Ye Feng and Dong Wang

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Yubo Sun, Huaxing Bi, Huasen Xu, Hangqi Duan, Ruidong Peng and Jingjing Wang

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