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Enhancing spring green‐up of warm‐season turfgrasses through late‐winter scalping

Crop, Forage &Turfgrass Management, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract Rapid spring green‐up of warm‐season turfgrasses in the transition zone is often desired to improve early‐season turfgrass quality, thereby increasing the acceptance of these species in arid and semi‐arid climates. This study evaluated the effects of late winter scalping on spring green‐up speed in 41 cultivars of bermudagrass (Cynodon spp ...
Matteo Serena, Marco Schiavon, Ciro Velasco Cruz, Bernd Leinauer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alterations in plant architecture and physiology allow maize to sustain yield after early defoliation

Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment
Maize (Zea mays L.) tolerance to early defoliation is shaped by genotype‐specific physiological and morphological responses. Defoliation disrupts the source–sink balance, altering carbon allocation and plant development.
Danielle deOliveira, Daniele Maria Marques, Yago Afonso Castro, Paulo César Magalhães, Émerson Borghi, Decio Karam, Plinio Rodrigues dos Santos Filho, Amanda A. Cardoso, Thiago Corrêa deSouza   +8 more
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Screening bermudagrass genotypes for improved forage production

Crop, Forage &Turfgrass Management, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract Cynodon is a diverse genus of great economic importance to the southeastern United States. However, the bermudagrass stem maggot (BSM; Atherigona reversura Villeneuve) is threatening bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) throughout the region. Long‐term solutions require the development and release of BSM‐tolerant bermudagrass genotypes.
Lisa L. Baxter, Justin C. Burt, William F. Anderson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustained Livestock Grazing Enhances Soil Organic Carbon Storage in Sub‐Arctic Grassland

Global Change Biology Communications, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 2026.
We studied long‐term effects of grazing cessation on 34 grassland and heathland sites in Iceland. Grazing cessation was associated with lower SOC, nitrogen and root carbon in the top 10 cm of soil providing evidence for enhanced SOC in grazed land, showing that grazing is a climate change mitigation strategy.
Christian Klopsch, Anna Gudrun Thorhallsdottir, Rene van der Wal, Richard D. Bardgett, Björn Thorsteinsson, Aslaug Geirsdottir   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defoliation reconsidered?

, 2015
Since the 1980s defoliation (often assessed by means of crown transparency) is the most used indicator of tree condition adopted in Europe. It has been criticized for its subjectivity and scarce relation with meaningful endpoints. Here we collated the results of three different studies carried out in France and Italy to investigate the relationship ...
Ferretti, M., Calderisi, M., Gottardini, Elena, Nicolas, M.   +3 more
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Reducing Costs and Optimizing the Timing of Agronomic Inputs for Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in North Carolina.

, 2009
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) grown in North Carolina requires intensive management for achieving optimal yields in an early-season environment. Recent increases in production costs require cotton producers to adopt practices that allow yield potential
Collins, Guy David
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Citizen Science and Environmental DNA Reveals Site of an Invasive Paropsisterna beata (Newman) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Population in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 53, Issue 4, December 2026.
More than a decade after being declared eradicated, a population of the Australian blessed leaf beetle Paropsisterna beata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) was located in New Zealand in 2026. The pest has been found and photographed three times by citizen scientists approximately 25 km north of the original Wellington infestation and reported on iNaturalist.
Toni M. Withers, Andrew R. Pugh, Darryl Herron, Dean Satchell, Shaun Wilkinson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple ortho‐mosaicking software pipelines produce comparable imagery‐derived wheat phenotypes

The Plant Phenome Journal, Volume 9, Issue 1, December 2026.
Abstract Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) equipped with multispectral and RGB sensors offer valuable data for monitoring crop health and assessing disease severity. However, the wide range of available photogrammetric software complicates software selection for high‐throughput plant phenotyping.
Sanju Shrestha, Phillip D. Alderman, Grishma Ojha, Brett F. Carver   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing and deploying an unmanned aerial system–based phenotyping program for maturity to support soybean breeding

The Plant Phenome Journal, Volume 9, Issue 1, December 2026.
Abstract Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] varieties are categorized into different relative maturity groups (MGs) that correspond to the approximate region that the variety is best adapted. Maturity is an important trait that growers consider when deciding which varieties to plant and for breeders as a covariate to compare genotypes.
Nathaniel Burner, Leonardo M. Bastos, Zenglu Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Mechanical Defoliation and Pinching Applications on Plant Growth and Root System Analysis with Machine Learning in Boxwoods

BioResources
The effects of mechanical defoliation and pinching (1 cm tip cutting) on Buxus plant growth, nutrient mobilization, and root architecture were determined.
Ömer Sari
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