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Assessing plant water status: Part 1 – Classical methods

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract As a result of the changing climate, water scarcity poses a significant threat to crop and pasture production. Although soil water content can indicate drought, its measurements often provide limited spatial resolution and are weakly correlated with plant water status, producing misleading drought assessments.
Naila Farooq, Tasawer Abbas, Bo Zhang, Bastian Leander Franzisky, Jochen Taiber, Martin Koch, Christoph‐Martin Geilfus, Ian C Dodd   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two new endemic species of Portulaca (Portulacaceae) from the Brazilian Pampa grasslands

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Portulaca L. is a monophyletic, cosmopolitan genus of succulent plants comprising ca 153 species, with particularly high diversity in xerophytic ecosystems in tropical and subtropical regions. Based on morphological evidence, we describe and illustrate two new species from the Brazilian Pampa, Portulaca guaritensis and Portulaca guenoa.
José Roberto Ferraz, Bárbara Pinheiro Moreira, João Marcelo Alvarenga Braga, Leonardo Paz Deble   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metabolomics of related C3 and C4 Flaveria species indicate differences in the operation of photorespiration under fluctuating light

Plant Direct
C3 photosynthesis can be complemented with a C4 carbon concentrating mechanism (CCM) to minimize photorespiratory losses. C4 photosynthesis is often more efficient than C3 under steady‐state conditions.
Xinyu Fu, Urte Schlüter, Kaila Smith, Andreas P. M. Weber, Berkley J. Walker   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gene and genome duplications and the origin of C4 photosynthesis: Birth of a trait in the Cleomaceae

Current Plant Biology, 2014
C4 photosynthesis is a trait that has evolved in 66 independent plant lineages and increases the efficiency of carbon fixation. The shift from C3 to C4 photosynthesis requires substantial changes to genes and gene functions effecting phenotypic ...
Erik van den Bergh, Canan Külahoglu, Andrea Bräutigam, Julian M. Hibberd, Andreas P.M. Weber, Xin-Guang Zhu, M. Eric Schranz   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing Ammonia Emission during Food Waste Composting and Enhancing Compost Quality Using Different Additives

ChemistryOpen, EarlyView.
This research successfully reduces the ammonia emission by 45% and achieves good quality compost using additives (lactic acid or acetic acid) and bulking agents (mature compost or sawdust). The study supports Sustainable Development Goals 12 and 13 by promoting waste‐to‐resource option.
Hafiz Muhammad Sarfraz, Abdul Ghafoor, Shoaib Ahmad, Muhammad Farhan, Khadija Zahra, Amina Kanwal, Qaiser Farid Khan, Abdulrahman Alasmari, Muhammad Afzaal, Muhammad Munir, Shafaqat Ali   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weeds in a changing climate: Competitors or service plants?

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Reducing herbicide use and preparing agroecosystems for climate change are two top priorities on the global policy agenda. Here, we explore whether these two challenges can be tackled simultaneously. While weeds are generally considered a threat to crop production, we show that weeds can help overcome climate change challenges in agroecosystems ...
Marie J. Zwetsloot, Marie‐Charlotte Bopp, Lammert Bastiaans, Elena Kazakou, Aurélie Metay, Gabriel Y. K. Moinet, Karim Barkaoui, Guillaume Fried, Léo Garcia, Merel Hofmeijer, Martine van der Ploeg, Maria Stefania Przybylska, Gerlinde B. De Deyn   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Photosynthesis of C3 and C4 Species in Response to Increased CO2 Concentration and Drought Stress

Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2005
Photosynthetic gas exchange in response to increased carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) and drought stress of two C3 (wheat and kale) and two C4 species (Echinochloa crusgallii and Amaranthus caudatus) were analysed.
HAMIM
doaj   +3 more sources

Nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications for the sotol plant (Asparagaceae, Convallarioideae): A review

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios, Antonio Martínez Ruiz, Marisela Calderón Jurado, Ramón Saúl Luján Aguirre, Juan Luis Jacobo Cuellar, Oscar Sariñana‐Aldaco, María Teresa Martínez Damián, Oscar Cruz Alvarez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adapting weed management in rice to changing climates [PDF]

, 2011
This paper provides some of the scientific background on how projected environmental conditions could affect weeds and weed management in rice in Africa.
Meinke, H.B., Rodenburg, J.
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Gene turnover in the common ancestor of all C4 grasses

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Understanding how plants evolve more efficient photosynthesis is important in a warming world where improving crop productivity and resilience is a global priority. By generating the first reference genomes for an early‐diverging group of grasses called the Aristidoideae, we were able to reconstruct the genetic makeup of the last common ancestor of all
Lara Pereira, Ahmed S. Alenazi, Sahr Mian, Ilia J. Leitch, Pascal‐Antoine Christin, Colin P. Osborne, Luke T. Dunning   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source