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Cultivar mixtures increase crop yields and temporal yield stability globally. A meta-analysis Agron. Sustain. Dev. (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Tiantian Huang, Thomas F. Döring, Xiaoru Zhao, Jacob Weiner, Pengfei Dang, Maoxue Zhang, Miaomiao Zhang, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Bernhard Schmid, Xiaoliang Qin
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Factors influencing the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices for rice cultivation in Southeast Asia: a review Agron. Sustain. Dev. (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Sheng-Han-Erin Chang, Emmanuel O. Benjamin, Johannes Sauer
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Thresholds and prediction models to support the sustainable management of herbivorous insects in wheat. A review Agron. Sustain. Dev. (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Daniel J. Leybourne, Kate E. Storer, Abigail Marshall, Nasamu Musa, Samuel Telling, Laurie Abel, Sacha White, Steve Ellis, Po Yang, Pete M. Berry
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Case study analysis of innovative producers toward sustainable integrated crop-livestock systems: trajectory, achievements, and thought process Agron. Sustain. Dev. (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Fernanda Gomes Moojen, Julie Ryschawy, J. D. Wulfhorst, David W. Archer, Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho, John R. Hendrickson
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APSIM-based modeling approach to understand sorghum production environments in Mali Agron. Sustain. Dev. (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Madina Diancoumba, Jana Kholová, Myriam Adam, Mahamoudou Famanta, Benoît Clerget, Pierre C. S. Traore, Eva Weltzien, Michel Vacksmann, Greg McLean, Graeme L. Hammer, Erik J. van Oosterom, Vincent Vadez
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Seasonal climate forecast-an important tool in managing the risk of extreme weather events in Australia's wheat industry Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Qunying Luo, Li Wen, Tim Cowan, Dale Schilling
This study aims to investigate the benefits of using the Australian Community Climate and Earth-System Simulator-Seasonal Version 2 (ACCESS-S2), a state-of-the-art seasonal climate forecast (SCF) system, to improve contingent decision-making in the Australian wheat industry. Six locations in eastern Australia, three cultivars with varying maturities, and 17 times of sowing (TOS) were considered. Seasonal
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Adopting agronomic strategies to enhance the adaptation of global rice production to future climate change: a meta-analysis Agron. Sustain. Dev. (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Saiya Li, Feng Wu, Qing Zhou, Yali Zhang
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APSIM’s origins and the forces shaping its first 30 years of evolution: A review and reflections Agron. Sustain. Dev. (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Brian Anthony Keating
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Coupled soil moisture management and alginate oligosaccharide strategies enhance citrus orchard production, water and potassium use efficiency by improving the rhizosphere soil environment Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Zhiming Li, Songpo Duan, Xin Ouyang, Shijie Song, Diwen Chen, Xianting Fan, Hanqing Ding, Hong Shen
Optimizing soil water and fertilizer management can benefit crop production and soil environment. Alginate oligosaccharides (AOS) are natural biostimulants with fertilizer efficiency- and growth-promoting functions. However, there are few application strategies of AOS in citrus production, especially in combination with water and fertilizer regulations. In this paper, a two-year field trial was conducted
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How do farmers adapt to water scarcity? Evidence from field experiments Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 John Asprilla-Echeverria
This research is about how farmers adapt to water scarcity. Using experimental economics methods, field experiments were carried out in a region exposed to severe water scarcity in Colombia. Willingness of water users to cooperate in conforming to extraction caps, as a means of adapting to water availability declination was calculated. Two information treatment groups were implemented in order to assess
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Cotton lands induced cooling effect on land surface temperature in Xinjiang, China Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Jie Dong, Zhouye Pang, Shangrong Lin, Xiuhong Zhang, Zhenglan Xie, Peiyang Ren, Xiao Zhang, Wenping Yuan
In recent years, there has been a dramatic expansion of the cotton planting area in northwest China, largely relying on agricultural irrigation. Irrigation, by altering biophysical factors, affects the energy budget and generates feedback to the local climate. However, the spatial and seasonal patterns of the cooling effects caused by cotton irrigation have been rarely investigated in detail. In this
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Photoperiod associated late flowering reaction norm: Dissecting loci and genomic-enviromic associated prediction in maize Field Crops Res. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Alper Adak, Seth C. Murray, José I. Varela, Valentina Infante, Jennifer Wilker, Claudia Irene Calderón, Nithya Subramanian, Natalia de Leon, Jianming Yu, Matthew A. Stull, Marcel Brun, Joshua Hill, Charles D. Johnson, Oscar Riera-Lizarazu, William L. Rooney, Hongbin Zhang
Tropical maize lines are known to have extended flowering times when grown in northern temperate environments, a response largely due to the prolonged day length. This adaptation challenge is referred to as Photoperiod Associated Late Flowering (PALF) and poses a significant barrier to using tropical maize genetics in temperate agricultural settings. This study aims to (i) investigate the genomic and
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Enhancing cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) productivity and quality with magnetized ionized water and Bacillus subtilis intervention under film-mulched drip irrigation in saline soil in Xinjiang Field Crops Res. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Zhanbo Jiang, Quanjiu Wang, Songrui Ning, Xiaoqin Hu, Zhaoxin Song
Soil salinity stress and limited nutrient availability significantly impede crop production. Addressing these challenges, the activation of irrigation water and soil enhancement strategies have proven increasingly effective in improving crop production in saline soils. In particular, magnetized ionized water technology has been shown to augment the leaching of soil salinity, while has been applied
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How does increasing planting density affect nitrogen use efficiency of maize: A global meta-analysis Field Crops Res. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Hui Shao, Xuebing Wu, Haihang Chi, Fengbo Zhu, Junhui Liu, Jiahui Duan, Wenjun Shi, Yi Xu, Guohua Mi
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How future changes in irrigation water supply and demand affect water security in a Mediterranean catchment Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 J.P.C. Eekhout, I. Delsman, J.E.M. Baartman, M. van Eupen, C. van Haren, S. Contreras, J. Martínez-López, J. de Vente
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Efficient absorption of green light by the canopy of a monoculture coniferous forest Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Huixing Kang, Jiayin Han, Xihan Mu, Jin Chen, Leiming Zhang, Yanhong Tang
Leaves absorb red and blue light more efficiently than green light. Within a spatially heterogeneous canopy, both the sieve effect and the detour effect contribute to an increase in the absorption of green light relative to that of red and blue light. Such an increase in the relative absorption of green light tends to be intensified with increasing canopy depth. Consequently, the absorption of green
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Irrigation scheduling in sand-layered farmland: Evaluation of water and salinity dynamics in the soil by SALTMED-1D model under mulched maize production in Hetao Irrigation District, China Eur. J. Agron. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Zhuangzhuang Feng, Qingfeng Miao, Haibin Shi, Xianyue Li, Jianwen Yan, José Manuel Gonçalves, Liping Dai, Weiying Feng
Issues of water scarcity and uneven spatiotemporal distribution are becoming increasingly prominent in arid and semi-arid regions. As the largest single head system irrigation district in Asia, the Hetao Irrigation District in Inner Mongolia has a widespread distribution of farmland with sand layers along the Yellow River. However, timely and appropriate irrigation reliability rate is low; hence, assessing
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Assessment for aerodynamic and canopy resistances in simulating latent heat flux of Venlo-type greenhouse tomato Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Ping Yi, Hao Liu, Shengxing Liu, Yang Han, Xianbo Zhang, Guang Yang, Chunting Wang, Abdoul Kader, Xiaoman Qiang, Jinglei Wang
An accurate and dynamic evaluation of the latent heat flux () of greenhouse crops is imperative for advancing precision irrigation. Previous studies used the Penman-Monteith model to evaluate and treated the canopy as a holistic leaf, overlooking the discrepancies in structure and microclimate across canopy vertical sections. This study divided the canopy into a shaded and a sunlit layer in line with
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Spatio-temporal evaluation of drought adaptation in wheat revealed NDVI and MTSI as powerful tools for selecting tolerant genotypes Field Crops Res. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 S. Srinatha Reddy, G Mahendra Singh, Uttam Kumar, Pradeep Bhati, Manish Vishwakarma, Sudhir Navathe, K.J. Yashavanthakumar, Vinod K. Mishra, Sandeep Sharma, Arun K. Joshi
Water is one of the major limiting factors for wheat production. Mult-environmental evaluation is necessary to identify stable drought tolerant wheat genotypes. To identify stable drought tolerant wheat genotypes and reliable phenotypic and/or spectral markers for drought tolerance. One hundred ninety-six diverse wheat genotypes were evaluated at three different locations in India for two years (E1
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TSP-yolo-based deep learning method for monitoring cabbage seedling emergence Eur. J. Agron. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Xin Chen, Teng Liu, Kang Han, Xiaojun Jin, Jinxu Wang, Xiaotong Kong, Jialin Yu
Real-time monitoring of seedling emergence is vital for vegetable crop management and yield estimation. Traditionally, crop seedling emergence monitoring relies on low-efficient and time-consuming manual counting. To address this issue, this research proposed an efficient, fast, and real-time cabbage seedling counting method (combining the improved YOLOv8n, tracking algorithm, and image processing)
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Field and simulation studies on yield, water and nitrogen dynamics and use efficiency in rice-wheat crops in sequence Field Crops Res. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 T. Jyolsna, B.B. Vashisht, Manish Yadav, Ramandeep Kaur, S.K. Jalota
The dominant rice-wheat cropping system in the Indo-Gangetic plain faces challenges of water depletion and nitrogen pollution of groundwater as well as declining productivity caused by over irrigation and nitrogen fertilization by the farmers. To appreciate the apt use of irrigation water and nitrogen fertilizer in rice and wheat crops it is essential to explore the water and nitrogen balances as well
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The concepts and quantification of yield gap using boundary lines. A review Field Crops Res. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 C. Miti, A.E. Milne, K.E. Giller, R.M. Lark
The potential yield of crops is not usually realised on farms creating yield gaps. Methods are needed to diagnose yield gaps and to select interventions. One method is the boundary line model in which the upper bound of a plot of yield against a potentially limiting factor is viewed as the most efficient response to that factor and anything below it has a yield gap caused by inefficiency of other factors
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Hydrogels for agronomical application: from soil characteristics to crop growth: a review Agron. Sustain. Dev. (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Ilaria Piccoli, Carlo Camarotto, Andrea Squartini, Matteo Longo, Silvia Gross, Michele Maggini, Miguel Lorenzo Cabrera, Francesco Morari
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Skill of rice yields forecasting over Mainland Southeast Asia using the ECMWF SEAS5 ensemble prediction system and the WOFOST crop model Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Ubolya Wanthanaporn, Iwan Supit, Winai Chaowiwat, Ronald W.A. Hutjes
This study evaluates the potential use of European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) ensemble prediction system-5 (SEAS5) to force the WOrld FOod Studies crop model (WOFOST) for predicting rice production in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA). The assessment covers a 30-year period (1985–2014) by comparing yield using the SEAS5 weather data with benchmark yield simulation based on reference
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Evapotranspiration, carbon dynamics and water use efficiency in a drip-irrigated olive orchard in arid coastal western South America Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Richard Tito, Rudi Cruz, Alex Nina, Fabian Limonchi, Beisit L. Puma-Vilca, Norma Salinas, Eric G. Cosio
The primary climatic characteristic of olive cultivation in Peru is the coastal desert environment with moderate temperatures, minimal precipitation, and high atmospheric water content during the winter season. This report presents a comprehensive study on water and carbon fluxes in a drip-irrigated olive orchard in Pisco Province, Peru, addressing the current lack of information on olive physiology
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Yield response and water productivity of soybean (Glycine max L.) to deficit irrigation and sowing time in south-eastern Australia Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Ketema Zeleke, Claas Nendel
The aim of this study was to investigate irrigation strategies and sowing dates that would maximise soybean yield and water productivity. It is based on field experiments conducted during two seasons and simulation modelling. Irrigation treatments were 33%, 66%, 66% plus 100% during pod development and pod-fill stages, and 100% of crop evapotranspiration (ET). In the first season experiment, cvs. Bidgee
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Reducing bias on soil surface CO2 flux emission measurements: Case study on a mature oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantation on tropical peatland in Southeast Asia Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Mohd Hadi Akbar Basri, Jon McCalmont, Lip Khoon Kho, Iain P. Hartley, Yit Arn Teh, Elisa Rumpang, Caroline Signori-Müller, Tim Hill
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Surface-layer turbulence associated with a fast spreading grass fire Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Shiyuan Zhong, Melissa Gonzalez-Fuentes, Craig B. Clements, Xindi Bian, Warren E. Heilman, Joseph J. Charney, Mario M. Valero, Adam K. Kochanski, Michael T. Kiefer
A wildland fire experiment was conducted on a 40-ha tall grass prairie in Texas to study fire-atmosphere interactions. The experiment coincided with a Red Flag Warning, signifying specific weather conditions associated with an elevated risk of wildfire ignition and rapid spread. This provided a rare opportunity to observe wildland fire behavior and its impact on atmospheric flows under conditions deliberately
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Micrometeorological estimation of wet canopy evaporation from a cloud forest in central Taiwan Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Taro Nakai, Yen-Jen Lai
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Revealing fine-scale variability in boreal forest temperatures using a mechanistic microclimate model Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Joonas Kolstela, Tuomas Aakala, Ilya Maclean, Pekka Niittynen, Julia Kemppinen, Miska Luoto, Tuuli Rissanen, Vilna Tyystjärvi, Hilppa Gregow, Olli Vapalahti, Juha Aalto
Fine-scale temperatures are important drivers of ecosystem functions and biodiversity in boreal forests. However, accounting for large thermal variability has been difficult due to the coarse spatiotemporal resolution of climate data that is commonly applied in studies of biodiversity and forest health. Here, we use a mechanistic microclimate model and geospatial environmental and weather data to reveal
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Supporting decision-making in agricultural water management under data scarcity using global datasets – chances, limits and potential improvements Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Benjamin Kayatz, Gabriele Baroni, Jon Hillier, Stefan Lüdtke, Dirk Freese, Martin Wattenbach
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Biophysical control of daytime and nighttime soil respiration during growing and non-growing seasons in a temperate deciduous forest Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Yajing Han, Gangsheng Wang, Daifeng Xiang, Shuhao Zhou, Lihua Xiong
Accurate prediction of soil respiration (Rs) under climate change requires a comprehensive understanding of the dominant factors. However, the combined effects of multiple biophysical factors on long-term Rs remain uncertain due to the paucity of direct observations. Here, we developed a new method termed PLSR-lag, which integrates time lags and nonlinearity between variables into the Projection to
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Smaller conifers are more resilient to drought Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 J. Julio Camarero, Manuel Pizarro, David S. Gernandt, Antonio Gazol
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Fates and controlling factors of nitrogen fertilizers in relation to grain yield after the application season in wheat cropping systems: A meta-analysis of 15N field trials Field Crops Res. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Shuang Lei, Mengzhen Zhao, Hui Zhu, Mengjie Xia, Zhujun Chen, Jianbin Zhou
Understanding the fate and controlling factors of nitrogen (N) fertilizer after the application season of N fertilizer added in a cropping system is key for improving crop yield and N use efficiency (NUE) and reducing its loss. However, it remains unclear about the fates and controlling factors of N fertilizers after the application season in wheat cropping systems in relation to grain yield. The aim
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Long-term evaluation of pasture production, seasonality, and variability: An application of the DairyMod pasture model for three tropical species Eur. J. Agron. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 J.M.P. Jayasinghe, Keith G. Pembleton, Daniel J. Donaghy, Thiagarajah Ramilan, David G. Barber
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Challenges and opportunities for increasing the use of low-risk plant protection products in sustainable production. A review Agron. Sustain. Dev. (IF 7.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Åsa Lankinen, Johanna Witzell, Kristin Aleklett, Sara Furenhed, Kristina Karlsson Green, Meike Latz, Erland Liljeroth, Rebecca Larsson, Klara Löfkvist, Johan Meijer, Audrius Menkis, Velemir Ninkovic, Åke Olson, Laura Grenville-Briggs
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Comparative metabolomics analysis of tolerant and sensitive genotypes of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) seedlings under drought stress Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Ximin Zhi, Xiaohua Bian, Jinlong Yu, Xiaolu Xiao, Bo Duan, Fangyuan Huang, Zhan Jiang, Guangsheng Zhou, Ni Ma
Drought stress is a major abiotic stress that poses serious threats to the yield and quality of rapeseed. Understanding the mechanisms underlying the drought tolerance of rapeseed is of great importance for the breeding of drought-resistant rapeseed varieties. Here, we compared the phenotypic characteristics, photosynthetic physiology, specific metabolites and related metabolic pathways between the
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Surface-atmosphere energy exchanges and their effects on surface climate and atmospheric boundary layer characteristics in the forest-tundra ecotone in northwestern Canada Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Vincent Graveline, Manuel Helbig, Gabriel Hould Gosselin, Haley Alcock, Matteo Detto, Branden Walker, Philip Marsh, Oliver Sonnentag
The circumpolar forest-tundra ecotone is experiencing rapid changes in vegetation composition and structure. Collectively, these changes modify surface-atmosphere energy exchanges and thus characteristics of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). Here, we characterize differences in bulk surface properties and resulting energy balance components using multi-year eddy covariance and supporting measurements
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Compiling an hourly gridded dataset for surface air temperature at 50-m resolution using radiative cooling scale and numerical weather prediction model outputs Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Hideki Ueyama
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Contrasted reaction norms of wheat yield in pure vs mixed stands explained by tillering plasticities and shade avoidance Field Crops Res. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Meije Gawinowski, Jérôme Enjalbert, Paul-Henry Cournède, Timothée Flutre
Mixing cultivars is an agroecological practice of crop diversification, increasingly used for cereals. The yield of such cereal mixtures is higher on average than the mean yield of their components in pure stands, but with a large variance. The drivers of this variance are plant-plant interactions leading to different plant phenotypes in pure and mixed stands, i.e phenotypic plasticity. The objectives
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Research priorities to leverage smart digital technologies for sustainable crop production Eur. J. Agron. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Hugo Storm, Sabine Julia Seidel, Lasse Klingbeil, Frank Ewert, Harry Vereecken, Wulf Amelung, Sven Behnke, Maren Bennewitz, Jan Börner, Thomas Döring, Juergen Gall, Anne-Katrin Mahlein, Chris McCool, Uwe Rascher, Stefan Wrobel, Andrea Schnepf, Cyrill Stachniss, Heiner Kuhlmann
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Modelling the impacts of climate change on the sustainability of rainfed and irrigated maize in Pakistan Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Shahzad Hussain Dahri, Irfan Ahmed Shaikh, Mashooque Ali Talpur, Munir Ahmed Mangrio, Zakir Hussain Dahri, Gerrit Hoogenboom, Jerry W. Knox
Maize is a globally significant food crop but its future sustainability under rainfed conditions is at risk due to climate change and increased climate uncertainty. In Pakistan most maize is rainfed but there is increasing interest in the role of supplemental irrigation to reduce the vulnerability of crop yields to future drought and climate risks. Using a crop model (DSSAT CERES-Maize) with downscaled
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Optimizing seasonally variable photosynthetic parameters based on joint carbon and water flux constraints Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Jiye Leng, Jing M. Chen, Wenyu Li, Xiangzhong Luo, Cheryl Rogers, Holly Croft, Xinyao Xie, Ralf M. Staebler
Terrestrial biosphere models (TBMs) often adopt the Farquhar biochemical model coupled with the Ball-Berry stomatal conductance () model to simulate ecosystem carbon and water fluxes. The parameters , representing the sensitivity of to the photosynthetic rate, and , representing the leaf photosynthetic capacity, are two pivotal parameters but the two main sources of uncertainties in TBM simulations
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Effectiveness of heat tolerance rice cultivars in preserving grain appearance quality under high temperatures in Japan – A meta-analysis Field Crops Res. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Hitomi Wakatsuki, Takahiro Takimoto, Yasushi Ishigooka, Motoki Nishimori, Mototaka Sakata, Naoya Saida, Kosuke Akagi, David Makowski, Toshihiro Hasegawa
Climate change, particularly rising temperatures, negatively affects rice grain quality, increasing chalky grain percentage (CG) and hampering rice grade and price. Heat-tolerant cultivars have been bred and released since the 2000 s, but the effectiveness of heat tolerance in reducing the occurrence of CG has yet to be quantified. This study aimed to measure the effectiveness of breeding for better
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Sequential submergence and drought induce yield loss in rice by affecting redox homeostasis and source-to-sink sugar transport Field Crops Res. (IF 5.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Santosh Kumar, Sahana Basu, A.K. Choudhary, Shashi Shekhar, J.S. Mishra, Sanjeev Kumar, Kumari Shubha, Rachana Dubey, Surajit Mondal, S.K. Dwivedi, N. Bhakta, Rakesh Kumar, Sujoy Sarkar, Srustidhar Dhamudia, Sunny Kumari, Anup Das, Arvind Kumar, Gautam Kumar
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A tale of two eras: assessing the impact of breeding programs on historical and modern German wheat cultivars under distinct management Eur. J. Agron. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei, Katharina Hey, Christiane Münter, Hubert Hüging, Thomas Gaiser, Stefan Siebert
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Performances of different yield-detrending methods in assessing the impacts of agricultural drought and flooding: A case study in the middle-and-lower reach of the Yangtze River, China Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Huayue Meng, Long Qian
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Biological factor controls the variations in water use efficiency of an alpine meadow during the growing season in a permafrost region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Zhaoyong Hu, Genxu Wang, Xiangyang Sun, Kewei Huang, Chunlin Song, Yang Li, Shouqin Sun, Juying Sun, Shan Lin
The alpine meadow located in permafrost is crucial for ecosystem services of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), which is experiencing precipitation changes in most areas. Water use efficiency () can quantify the inextricable link between carbon assimilation and water loss in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the temporal variations in and its driving factors across different precipitation years still
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Noise-induced errors in heat pulse-based sap flow measurement methods Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Spandan Sogala Balaram, Venkatraman Srinivasan
Heat-pulse (HP) methods based on Marshall’s theory have been widely used in sapflow meters to measure plant water uptake since the 1950s. Some of the popular HP methods include (i) the compensation heat pulse (CHP) method, (ii) the T-max method, and (iii) the heat ratio (HR) method. Most other sap flow methods use some variations of these basic methods. Although all these methods are based on the same
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Fire-spotting modelling in operational wildfire simulators based on Cellular Automata: A comparison study Agric. For. Meteorol. (IF 6.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Marcos López-De-Castro, Andrea Trucchia, Umberto Morra di Cella, Paolo Fiorucci, Antonio Cardillo, Gianni Pagnini
One crucial mechanism in the spread of wildfires is the so-called fire-spotting: a random phenomenon that occurs when embers are transported over large distances. Fire-spotting speeds up the rate of spread and starts new ignitions that can jeopardise firefighting operations. Unfortunately, operational fire-spread simulators may not account for spotting events, thus overlooking the harmful consequences
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Effects of post-flowering drought and supplemental irrigation on grain yield and agro-phenological traits in durum wheat Eur. J. Agron. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Reza Mohammadi
Water deficit and unbalanced distribution rainfall in the Mediterranean rainfed regions are major problems threatening agricultural sustainability, especially durum wheat ( L. var. ) production. This study aimed to investigate the effects of drought and supplemental irrigation in post-flowering stage on traits performance of durum wheat trials and to identify traits that significantly contribute to
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Optimization of chickpea irrigation in a semi-arid climate based on morpho-physiological parameters Eur. J. Agron. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Asaf Avneri, Zvi Peleg, David J. Bonfil, Roy Sadeh, Omer Perach, Ittai Herrmann, Shahal Abbo, Ran N. Lati
While the world population is steadily growing, the demand for plant-based protein in general, and chickpea in particular, is rising. Heatwaves and terminal droughts are the main environmental constraints on chickpea production worldwide. Thus, developing better irrigation management for the chickpea agro-system can promote higher and more sustainable yields. Strategic supplemental irrigation can dramatically
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Responses of leaf nitrogen status and leaf area index to water and nitrogen application and their relationship with apple orchard productivity Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Guangzhao Sun, Shuaihong Chen, Shaowu Zhang, Shaomin Chen, Jie Liu, Qiong He, Tiantian Hu, Fucang Zhang
Formulating warning signals for canopy growth status at different stages are an effective way to dynamically regulate the water and fertilizer management based on the relationship between growth information and orchard productivity. In the study, the response of leaf nitrogen content (LNC), leaf area index (LAI), fruit yield, quality and water and nitrogen use efficiency to irrigation levels and nitrogen
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Assessing irrigation impact on water quality conditions: A case study in the River Noguera Ribagorçana (NE Spain) Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Víctor Altés, Miquel Pascual, Maria José Escorihuela, Josep Maria Villar
The need to feed an increasing population while limiting the environmental impact of agriculture is currently one of the greatest challenges relating to the food chain. One of the key factors involved in doing this is irrigation, which has a downstream impact that can be minimised if nutrient and water management are efficiently undertaken. The objective of this study was to determine which irrigation
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Socioeconomic impact of agricultural water reallocation policies in the Upper Litani Basin (Lebanon): a remote sensing and microeconomic ensemble forecasting approach Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Francesco Sapino, Rim Hazimeh, C. Dionisio Pérez-Blanco, Hadi H. Jaafar
The integration of remote sensing and socio-economic data is crucial for policy making in regions suffering from water scarcity and climate change. We present a framework that combines remotely sensed estimates of biomass and water use from FAO’s Water Productivity Open-access portal (WaPOR) (V2) with an ensemble of calibrated mathematical programming models to assess the impact of water reallocations
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Comprehensive assessment of drought vulnerability and resilience over North and West Africa during 1980–2100 Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Malak Henchiri, Jiahua Zhang, Shuaishuai Li, Bouajila Essifi, Kalisa Wilson
The dynamic interplay between socioeconomic development and climate change has brought about significant changes in drought vulnerability within the African socioeconomic system. However, there is a prevailing lack of understanding about how these changes will manifest in an increasingly globalized economy under global warming. To address this knowledge gap, this study used various climatic, geographical
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Driving soil N2O emissions under nitrogen application by soil environmental factor changes in garlic-maize rotation systems Eur. J. Agron. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Dan Liu, Chi Ma, Yang Liu, Qin Mo, Wei Lin, Wenjing Li, Hui Li, Baoping Yang, Ruixia Ding, Altyn Shayakhmetoya, Xudong Zhang, Qingfang Han
In multiple cropping systems, optimizing nitrogen (N) input can mitigate NO emissions and sustain agricultural productivity in frequently disturbed environments. Nonetheless, there remains a notable gap in understanding the role of soil environment in the N application process. Hence, a three-annual field experiment spanning six growth seasons from 2019 to 2022 was conducted to assess the impacts of
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Modelling of tropical pasture growth using DairyMod: Model parameterisation and validation across multiple environments Eur. J. Agron. (IF 5.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 J.M.P. Jayasinghe, Keith G. Pembleton, David G. Barber, Daniel J. Donaghy, Thiagarajah Ramilan
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A novel hybrid model combined with ensemble embedded feature selection method for estimating reference evapotranspiration in the North China Plain Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Hanmi Zhou, Linshuang Ma, Xiaoli Niu, Youzhen Xiang, Jiageng Chen, Yumin Su, Jichen Li, Sibo Lu, Cheng Chen, Qi Wu
The reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is a key parameter in achieving sustainable use of agricultural water resources. To accurately acquire ETo under limited conditions, this study combined the northern goshawk optimization algorithm (NGO) with the extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) model to propose a novel NGO-XGBoost model. The performance of this model was evaluated using meteorological data
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Development of a new rotational irrigation model in an arid basin based on ecological zoning and sluice regulation Agric. Water Manag. (IF 6.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Mengyi Li, Mingjiang Deng, Hongbo Ling, Jia Xu
Precise and efficient allocation of existing water resources is of great significance to protect and restore desert riparian forests in inland river basins. However, the lack of detailed ecological zoning in most basins hinders the optimization of the current ecological sluice regulation scheme, leading to low effectiveness in vegetation restoration and water resources management. To address this problem