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Oat—an alternative crop under waterlogging stress? [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionWaterlogging is one vast environmental constraint that limits crop growth and yield worldwide. Most major crop species are very sensitive to waterlogging, leading to enormous yield losses every year.
Britta Pitann, Karl H. Mühling
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Exploring the hidden treasure in arid regions: pseudocereals as sustainable, climate-resilient crops for food security [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceAgricultural productivity needs to grow in a sustainable way to eradicate hunger and malnutrition, as outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs). The demand for healthy, nutritious food is expected to rise by 50% between 2012 and 2050
Ramya Manoharan +6 more
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Emerging Trends in Alternative and Sustainable Crop Production [PDF]
PlantsThe last few decades have seen the evolution of crop systems management studies from the traditional production-based agronomy domain, not only as a way of addressing the challenges of contemporary agriculture but also as a result of the complexity of ...
Dimitrios Bilalis +2 more
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Crop Insurance Valuation under Alternative Yield Distributions [PDF]
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2004 Considerable disagreement exists about the most appropriate characterization of farm‐level yield distributions. Yet, the economic importance of alternative yield distribution specifications on crop insurance valuation has not been well documented.
Bruce J. Sherrick +3 more
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Crop Management Practices and Labor Inputs for Hop Production in Florida
EDIS, 2021 The booming craft beer industry, rising prices of hops, and demand for locally-produced ingredients have recently increased interest in local hop production among growers and brewers.
Shinsuke Agehara +6 more
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Crop receipts as alternative financial instruments [PDF]
Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2022 The aim of the paper is to provide insights into the lending against crop receipts mechanism. Crop receipts emerged as promising financial instruments creating an additional type of collateral for agricultural producers that pledge their future ...
Kovačević Vlado +2 more
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How to Install Twines in a Hopyard
EDIS, 2021 Because of the rapidly growing craft beer industry and rising hop prices, the potential of hops as an alternative crop is currently being investigated at the UF/IFAS GCREC.
Shinsuke Agehara +1 more
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Pollutants, 2021 Industrial hemp cultivation has the potential to be an environmentally friendly and highly sustainable crop and it can fit well in crop rotation practices to increase soil fertility.
Antonio Satriani +2 more
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Finger Lime: An Alternative Crop with Great Potential in South Florida
EDIS, 2018 Cylindrical Australian finger limes (Microcitrus australasica) taste like a combination of lemon, lime, and grapefruit, come in a rainbow of colors, and have a texture like caviar.
Aditya Singh +4 more
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How to Determine the Optimum Time to Harvest Hops
EDIS, 2022 This article explains how to determine the optimum time to harvest hops. It is part of a series that examines the challenges and opportunities of hop production in Florida based on research at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (UF ...
Shinsuke Agehara +4 more
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