18 articles in this issue
Koffi Djaman, Michael O’Neill, Curtis Owen, Daniel Smeal, Margaret West, Dallen Begay, Samuel Allen, Komlan Koudahe, Suat Irmak and Kevin Lombard
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Jinita Sthapit Kandel, Meng Huang, Zhiwu Zhang, Daniel Z. Skinner and Deven R. See
João P. Pennacchi, Elizabete Carmo-Silva, P. John Andralojc, David Feuerhelm, Stephen J. Powers and Martin A. J. Parry
Improving crop yields arises as a solution to ensure food security in the future scenarios of a growing world population, changes in food consumption patterns, climate change, and limitations on resources allocated to agriculture. Defining traits that can... see more
Nurmalasari Darsono, Novita Niswatun Azizah, Kiky Mey Putranty, Natalia Tri Astuti, Hardian Susilo Addy, Win Darmanto and Bambang Sugiharto
Grazia Disciglio, Antonia Carlucci, Annalisa Tarantino, Marcella Michela Giuliani, Anna Gagliardi, Laura Frabboni, Angela Libutti, Maria Luisa Raimondo, Francesco Lops and Giuseppe Gatta
Liang Gong, Ke Lin, Tao Wang, Chengliang Liu, Zheng Yuan, Dabing Zhang and Jun Hong
Koffi Djaman, Michael O’Neill, Curtis Owen, Daniel Smeal, Margaret West, Dallen Begay, Sangamesh V. Angadi, Komlan Koudahe, Samuel Allen and Kevin Lombard
Canola is a cash crop produced for its highly-valued seed, and as a protein source for animal feed. While winter canola is produced mainly in the high plains, it is expanding to new environments, and is greatly incorporated into crop systems with advantag... see more
Francisco L. Santos
Reports on the annual effects of deficit irrigation regimes on olive trees are critical in shedding light on their impacts on water use, yield, and water productivity in distinct olive growing climate regions of the world. From the account of a four-year ... see more
Pedro Alexander Infante, Ken Moore, Charlie Hurburgh, Paul Scott, Sotirios Archontoulis, Andrew Lenssen and Shui-zhang Fei
Armando Rosario-Lebron, Alan W. Leslie, Guihua Chen and Cerruti R. R. Hooks
Julián Cuevas, Virginia Pinillos, Mercedes Pérez-Macías, Francisca Alonso, Mónica González and Juan José Hueso
To determine if water-stressed trees need more time and heat to mature their fruits, we compared chronological and thermal time from bloom to harvest among control fully-irrigated ‘Algerie’ loquat trees and trees suffering prior-to-bloom defic... see more
Fang Xin, Jing Zhao, Yueting Zhou, Guobin Wang, Xiaoqiang Han, Wei Fu, Jizhong Deng and Yubin Lan
Plant protection unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) consist of light and small UAVs with pesticide spraying equipment. The advantage of UAVs is using low-volume spray technology to replace the traditional large-volume mass locomotive spray technology. Defoli... see more
Liliane Ngoune Tandzi, Charles Shelton Mutengwa, Eddy Léonard Mangaptche Ngonkeu and Vernon Gracen
Yashvir S. Chauhan and Rex Williams
Germán Tortosa, Salvador González-Gordo, Carmelo Ruiz, Eulogio J. Bedmar and José M. Palma
“Alperujo” compost was evaluated as an organic fertiliser for pepper growth under greenhouse conditions. Even though the total nitrogen applied was similar, plants only grown with composts experienced a development decline as compared to those... see more
Ian J. Tetlow
Starch is a water-insoluble polyglucan synthesized inside the plastids of plant tissues to provide a store of carbohydrate. Starch harvested from plant storage organs has probably represented the major source of calories for the human diet since before th... see more
Wanwei Hou, Xiaojuan Zhang, Qingbiao Yan, Ping Li, Weichao Sha, Yingying Tian and Yujiao Liu
Fulvia Rizza, Liliana Vasilescu, Franz-W. Badeck, Caterina Morcia, Renzo Alberici, Alexandru Bude, Eliana Alionte, Eugen Petcu, Marina Baronchelli, Nadia Faccini, Donata Pagani and Valeria Terzi
Within temperate climates the frequency and severity of high and low temperature stresses vary with continentality. The current study reports on the assessment of the performance of 49 barley cultivars across four environments. The cultivars stem from 50 ... see more