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Dehydrins in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) and their expression related to drought stress response [PDF]

, 2014
Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) is an important commercial species throughout its Atlantic distribution. With the anticipated increase in desiccation of its habitat as a result of climate change, the selection of genotypes with increased survival and ...
Johnsen, Øystein, Majada, J.P. (Juan), Velasco-Conde, Tania, Yakovlev, Igor   +3 more
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From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing the Energy Trilemma: The Role of Entrepreneurship, Regulation, and Climate Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability has become increasingly challenging as economies pursue low‐carbon growth amid climate risk and persistent disparities in access to modern energy. Although entrepreneurship is widely recognized as a driver of innovation, its role in addressing the energy trilemma ...
Kingsley Imandojemu, Aliyu Akorede Rufai, Felix Orole, Romanus Osabohien   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drought resistance cotton genotypes evaluation with multi-year & multi-site study

Agricultural Water Management
To determine the agronomic traits closely related to the drought resistance of cotton, and the universal genotypes for drought resistance in cotton. The experiment was conducted in Alaer, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous and Dunhuang, Gansu Province between ...
Jinglin Li, Shaodong Liu, Ruihua Liu, Huijuan Ma, Qian Shen, Siping Zhang, Changwei Ge, Chaoyou Pang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review of the processes and effects of droughts and summer floods in rivers and threats due to climate change on current adaptive strategies [PDF]

, 2012
Europe is expected to experience a greater frequency of floods and droughts as precipitation and evapotranspiration patterns are modified by climate change in future.
Baker, Roger, Dunbar, Michael, Edwards, Francois K., Laize, Cedric   +3 more
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Greens in Regulation: Biodiversity Strategy Implementation Across the Golf Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although much of the business and biodiversity literature focuses on extractive industries, we turn our attention to the golf industry. Golf courses occupy millions of acres globally, yet biodiversity strategy implementation across the golf industry remains understudied.
Jordan P. Howell, Jordan Moore
wiley   +1 more source

A practical UAV-assisted workflow for high-throughput screening of drought-resistant rice

Agricultural Water Management
Rice is the main food for half of the global population, but drought is one of the main abiotic stresses affecting rice yield. Therefore, breeding rice varieties with enhanced drought resistance is an essential strategy to ensure food security. Varieties
Xin Wang, Huilin Cheng, Jingyi Fang, Xiaoyan Xi, Wei Zhang, Yansong Chua, Zhichun Xu, Yunyu Chen, Huixiu Wang, Qinyang Zhou, Tiansheng Zhu, Luis A.J. Mur, Liang Chen, Qiaojun Lou   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring plant tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses [PDF]

, 2007
Plants are exposed to many stress factors, such as drought, high salinity or pathogens, which reduce the yield of the cultivated plants or affect the quality of the harvested products. Arabidopsis thaliana was used as a model plant to study the responses
Karim, Sazzad
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Does Climate Risk Affect Employment Decisions? International Evidence

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of climate risk on corporate employment decisions. Using a large sample from 41 countries, we find a positive association between climate risk and underinvestment in labor, notably manifesting as excessive employee layoffs.
Claude Francoeur, Faten Lakhal, Hamza Nizar, Zvi Singer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcriptome analysis and characteristics of drought resistance related genes in four varieties of foxtail millet [Setaria italica]

Heliyon
Foxtail millet [Setaria italica] plays a crucial role as a multigrain crop in agricultural production. However, due to future extreme weather conditions, drought remains the main abiotic stress that limits foxtail millet yield, it is highly significant ...
Xiling Chang, Shuangxing Zhang, Changyu Cao, Jianfei Zhou, Xiaoxing Wang, Dingguo Zhang, Jishan Xiang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source