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Suppression of microRNA168 enhances salt tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
BMC Plant Biology, 2022 Background Rice is a salt-sensitive crop. Complex gene regulatory cascades are likely involved in salinity stress in rice roots. microRNA168 (miR168) is a conserved miRNA among different plant species.
Jiong Wan +13 more
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Root Characteristics for Maize with the Highest Grain Yield Potential of 22.5 Mg ha−1 in China
Agriculture, 2023 In maize (Zea mays L.), rational root structure promotes high grain yield under dense sowing conditions. This study was conducted at Qitai Farm in Xinjiang, China, in 2019 and 2021. A traditional wide and narrow row planting method was adopted, with wide
Long Zhang +10 more
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Improved feeding and forages at a crossroads: Farming systems approaches for sustainable livestock development in East Africa [PDF]
, 2020 Dairy development provides substantial potential economic opportunities for smallholder farmers in East Africa, but productivity is constrained by the scarcity of quantity and quality feed.
Groot, Jeroen C.J. +5 more
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A Short Review on the Development of Salt Tolerant Cultivars in Rice [PDF]
, 2016 Rice is staple food for half of the world. With a population of almost 9.6 billion by the year 2050, there is a dire need of developing techniques to improve the crop plants, not only in terms of better yield but also to withstand harsh environmental ...
Jahan, N. (Nusrat) +3 more
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Nature’s pulse power: legumes, food security and climate change [PDF]
, 2017 Global food security requires a major re-focusing of plant sciences, crop improvement and production agronomy towards grain legumes (pulse crops) over coming decades, with intensive research and development to identify climate-resilient species and ...
Considine, MJ, Foyer, CH, Siddique, KHM
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Open Agriculture, 2020 A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of neem (Azadirachta indica A. JUSS) and garlic (Allium sativum L.) against Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) disease of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.).
Chotangui Asafor Henry +4 more
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Ecological genomics of Chinese wheat improvement: implications in breeding for adaptation
BMC Plant Biology, 2020 Background China has diverse wheat varieties that adapt to very different environments divided into ten agro-ecological zones. A better understanding of genomic differences and patterns of selection among agro-ecological zones could provide useful ...
Jie Guo +7 more
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Managing Soil Quality: Challenges in Modern Agriculture [PDF]
, 2004 Soil quality is a concept that allows soil functions to be related to specific purposes. Previous books on soil quality have emphasized descriptive aspects, by focusing on e.g. soil quality indicators, indexing, and minimum data sets.
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BMC Plant Biology, 2022 Background Heterosis is widely used in many crops and is important for global food safety, and maize is one of the most successful crops to take advantage of heterosis. Gene expression patterns control the development of the maize ear, but the mechanisms
Xia Shi +10 more
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A Mixed Data-Based Deep Neural Network to Estimate Leaf Area Index in Wheat Breeding Trials [PDF]
, 2020 Remote and non-destructive estimation of leaf area index (LAI) has been a challenge in the last few decades as the direct and indirect methods available are laborious and time-consuming.
Apolo Apolo, Orly Enrique +3 more
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