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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
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Fungal Diversity in Field Mold-Damaged Soybean Fruits and Pathogenicity Identification Based on High-Throughput rDNA Sequencing

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Continuous rain and an abnormally wet climate during harvest can easily lead to soybean plants being damaged by field mold (FM), which can reduce seed yield and quality. However, to date, the underlying pathogen and its resistance mechanism have remained
Jiang Liu, Jiang Liu, Jiang Liu, Jun-cai Deng, Jun-cai Deng, Cai-qiong Yang, Cai-qiong Yang, Ni Huang, Xiao-li Chang, Xiao-li Chang, Xiao-li Chang, Jing Zhang, Feng Yang, Feng Yang, Wei-guo Liu, Wei-guo Liu, Wei-guo Liu, Xiao-chun Wang, Xiao-chun Wang, Tai-wen Yong, Tai-wen Yong, Jun-bo Du, Jun-bo Du, Jun-bo Du, Kai Shu, Kai Shu, Kai Shu, Wen-yu Yang, Wen-yu Yang   +28 more
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Synergistic effects of maize defoliation and common bean relay cropping in Western Ethiopia

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Maize defoliation is practiced to enhance crop management by improving light penetration, nutrient allocation, controlling weeds, and providing supplementary feeds for livestock. A rapid decline in soil fertility and low crop yields associated with maize‐based monocropping has prompted the recent introduction of maize common bean ...
Alemayehu Dabesa, Feyera Takele, Zerihun Abebe   +2 more
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Effect of saline irrigation on Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze grown on different soil types under greenhouse conditions

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Climate change and population growth are major challenges for sustainable food production, particularly in regions affected by water scarcity and soil salinization. In this context, halophytes represent promising candidates as alternative and sustainable food crops for salt‐affected areas.
Giulia Atzori, Michele Petrillo, Giulia Mozzo, Simone Bernardi, Stefania Caparrotta, Nadia Bazihizina, Stefano Mancuso, Elisa Masi   +7 more
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Soybean plants enhance growth through metabolic regulation under heterogeneous drought stress

Agricultural Water Management
Heterogeneous drought stress (HED) is prevalent in drought-resistant practices such as deficit irrigation, root zone irrigation and strip intercropping. The mechanisms and improvement of crop drought resistance under HED are not fully understood.
Cheng Zhou, Nishbah Mughal, Xiaowen Zhang, Jianhua Chen, Noman Shoaib, Xiaochun Wang, Taiwen Yong, Feng Yang, Weiguo Liu, Xiaoling Wu, Yushan Wu, Jinya Guo, Wenyu Yang, Jing Zhang, Jiang Liu   +14 more
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Effect of rhizobium inoculation on rhizosphere phosphorous dynamics and fertilised phosphorous use efficiency in a maize–pigeon pea intercropping system in weathered tropical soil

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 2023
Introduction Low phosphorus (P) use efficiency (PUE) of fertiliser is a critical problem in sustainable crop production, especially in strongly weathered tropical soils with a high P‐fixation capacity.
Saki Yamamoto, Shin Okazaki, Nakei D. Monica, Naoko Ohkama‐Ohtsu, Haruo Tanaka, Soh Sugihara   +5 more
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Progress and perspective on intercropping patterns in tea plantations

Beverage Plant Research, 2022
Intercropping, as one of the complex ecological cultivations, is an important tea plantation pattern. Compared to sole-cropping tea plantations, intercropping can improve the above- and below-ground environment, which is beneficial to tea plant growth ...
Xiaogang Lei, Ting Wang, Bin Yang, Yu Duan, Lin Zhou, Zhongwei Zou, Yuanchun Ma, Xujun Zhu, Wanping Fang   +8 more
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Intercropping

, 2017
Intercropping is an agricultural practice whereby at least two species are cropped together during a significant period of their growth.Intercropping aims at using more efficiently the available resources by promoting complementarity between species in order to increase the products’ production on a given surface of land and quality (e.g.
Bedoussac, Laurent, Journet, Etienne-Pascal   +1 more
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Is quinoa‐farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an Andean grain crop introduced as a novel crop to many parts of the world in recent years. Recognized for nutritious seeds and high abiotic stress tolerance, it has been promoted as an element of climate‐resilient agriculture, particularly in marginal environments.
Anna Tabea Mengen, Damir Esenaliev, Jakhongir Babadjanov, Lukas John, Sandra M. Schmöckel, Botir Khaitov   +5 more
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Characterization of fatty acid desaturase gene family in Glycine max and their expression patterns in seeds after Fusarium fujikuroi infection

Frontiers in Plant Science
BackgroundThe family of membrane-bound fatty acid desaturase (FAD) genes play a vital role in plant growth, development, and stress responses. The seed-borne pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi causes seed decay disease during pre-harvest and post-harvest stages
Xinyuan Li, Maira Munir, Weiying Zeng, Zudong Sun, Xiaoli Chang, Wenyu Yang   +5 more
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