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Drought Stress and the Need for Drought Stress Sensing in a World of Global Climate Change

open access: yes, 2012
Water scarcity imposes huge reductions in crop yield and is one of the greatest limitations to crop expansion outside present-day agricultural areas. Because the scenarios for global environmental change suggest a future increase in aridity and in the frequency of extreme events in many areas of the earth (Schar, 2006), maintaining crop yields under ...
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Morpho-Physiological Response Of Grass Feed Drought Stress On The Inoculated AMF(Arbuscula mycorrhiza fungi).

open access: yes, 2011
Rumput merupakan makanan utama ternak ruminansia yang diperlukan untuk keperluan produksi, reproduksi maupun kelangsungan hidup. Kualitas, kuantitas dan kontinuitas pakan ternak merupakan aspek penting dalam rangka menjaga kesetabilan produktivitas ...
Nahak T.B., Oktovianus R.
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Activation of the antioxidant system and transduction of the mediated by exogenous calcium improve drought resistance in tobacco

open access: yesPlant Stress
Drought stress is one of the most important stresses in plants. The important role of calcium signal as a second messenger in alleviating drought stress is still unclear.
Yanhui Che   +5 more
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Income Contingent Loans for Drought Relief: Delivering better outcomes for farmers and taxpayers [PDF]

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Australia’s National Drought Policy is considered to be one of the most advanced in the world, recognising as it does the reality of climate and focusing on adapting farm management to climatic uncertainty rather than simply subsidising agriculture in ...
Linda C. Botterill, Bruce Chapman
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Effect of 24-epibrassinolide on drought stress-induced changes in Chorispora bungeana

open access: yes, 2012
Brassinosteroids (BRs) have been proposed to increase the resistance of plants to drought stress. The effect of foliar application of 0.1 μM 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) on chlorophyll (Chl) content, photosystem 2 (PS 2) photochemistry, membrane permeability,
Y. J. Liu   +5 more
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Adaptive Responses to Progressive Drought Stress in Two Populus cathayana Populations

open access: yes, 2008
The young, vegetatively propagated cuttings of Populus cathayana Rehder were exposed to a progressive drought stress for 12 weeks in a greenhouse to characterize the physiological and biochemical basis of drought adaptation in woody plants.
Xiao, XW, Chinese Acad Sci, Chengdu Inst Biol, POB 416, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China.   +3 more
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Physiological Response of Macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia) Seedlings to Drought Stress

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Guizhou Province is one of the regions in China where macadamia is cultivated. The area is characterized by prominent karst landforms, with uneven distribution of precipitation and utilizable water resources, which poses significant challenges to ...
Xinghao Tu   +5 more
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Coping with Drought in Rice Farming in Asia: Insights from a Cross-Country Comparative Study

open access: yes
Drought is a major constraint affecting rice production especially in rainfed areas of Asia. Despite its importance in rice growing areas, the magnitude of economic losses arising from drought, its impact on farm households and farmers' drought coping ...
Prapertchob, Preeda   +7 more
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Adaptive Responses to Progressive Drought Stress in Two Poplar Species Originating from Different Altitudes

open access: yes, 2010
Cuttings of Populus kangdingensis C. Wang et Tung and Populus cathayana Rehder, originating from high and low altitudes in the eastern Himalaya, respectively, were examined during one growing season in a greenhouse to determine the effects of progressive
Yang, Fan   +2 more
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Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province gathers together papers written by researchers based in Port Sudan working on nutrition and the measurement of drought and drought recovery in Red Sea Province, Sudan.

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