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Crop landrace conservation, status, challenges and motivations in Great Britain

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Recent agricultural intensification has led to the widespread replacement of genetically diverse crop landraces with high‐yielding but genetically uniform modern cultivars, reducing the adaptive resilience of farming systems. In the United Kingdom, where large‐scale agriculture dominates, landraces require urgent conservation action.
Gabrielle Clarke, Joana Magos Brehm, Michael Ambrose, Abigail Cooke, Eve Eunson, Henry Creissen, Nigel Maxted   +6 more
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Seasonal root growth and dry matter partitioning in perennial wheat

Plant Production Science
Perennial wheats produced grain for up to 4 years in southern Australia, but quantitative data are lacking on dry matter (DM) allocation above- and below-ground over regrowth cycles. This paper examines performance of 4 perennial wheats (147235a [235a], 147280b [280b], OK7211542 [OK72] and 11,955), a perennial grass (148055 [055]), and a replanted ...
Jesmin Aktar, J. Sergio Moroni, Mark R. Norton, Len J. Wade   +3 more
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The functional role of ants in no‐till cropping systems

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Ants provide valuable ecosystem services in tropical agriculture, but their roles in temperate row crops remain poorly understood. Conservation practices such as no‐till farming and cover cropping support ant communities that contribute to pest suppression, weed seed removal, and soil quality, which can increase crop productivity.
Adegboyega O. Fajemisin, Andrew V. Suarez, John F. Tooker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robotics for Crop Pollination: Recent Advances and Future Direction

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is great interest in alternative pollination strategies for crop production in the face of climate change and perennial threats to the traditional pollination mechanisms. This review explores the potential of robotic pollination as a promising solution to these challenges affecting crop fertilization, agricultural sustainability, and ...
Ranjan Sapkota, Matthew D. Whiting, Dawood Ahmed, Manoj Karkee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home range shifts and habitat selection across life‐history stages in grey partridges

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Understanding how birds use space throughout the year is essential for effective conservation planning, even in resident species. We investigated seasonal space use in a Central European population of grey partridges Perdix perdix, a rapidly declining residential farmland bird.
Amelie Laux, Kathrin Mayer, Eckhard Gottschalk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutritional and quality characteristics expressed in 31 perennial wheat breeding lines

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 2009
AbstractSoil erosion due to annual cropping on highly erodible farmland is a major ecological concern in the wheat growing regions of Washington State. In response to requests from farmers, the winter wheat breeding program at Washington State University has been developing perennial wheat selected from crosses between wild wheatgrass species and ...
Kevin M. Murphy, Lori A. Hoagland, Philip G. Reeves, Byung-Kee Baik, Stephen S. Jones   +4 more
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Fallow Fields, Falling Incomes: The CAP 2023–2027 Framework in the Italian Cereal Sector Champs en jachère, revenus en baisse : Le cadre de la PAC pour 2023–2027 dans le secteur céréalier italien Brachliegende Felder, sinkende Einkommen: Die GAP 2023–2027 im italienischen Getreidesektor

EuroChoices, EarlyView.
Summary Analysis of recent Eurostat data shows a progressive decline in EU cereal production. While cultivated acreage has contracted steadily since 2013, the most severe output reduction occurred during 2022–2024, driving a surge in import volumes. This is mirrored in Italy, exposing systemic vulnerabilities within high‐value agri‐food supply chains ...
Emanuele Spada, Fabian Capitanio, Giacomo Falcone, Giovanni Gulisano, Anna Irene De Luca   +4 more
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Responses of Soil Arthropod Communities to Varying Shading Levels in Agriphotovoltaic Systems

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Soil fauna was primarily influenced by crop type and season rather than AgriPhotovoltaic (APV) panels. Elevated panels increased soil temperature and soil organic matter in early wheat stages, while shading enhanced soil moisture for tomatoes, benefiting moisture‐sensitive taxa.
Cristina Menta, Aldo Dal Prà, Jasmine Scartozzi, Federico Gavinelli, Giuseppe Concheri, Piergiorgio Stevanato, Gabriele Testa, Giancarlo Ghidesi, Sara Remelli   +8 more
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The dual crisis: Climate change simultaneously drives pollinator decline and pest outbreaks

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Climate change acts as an asymmetric ecological filter, favouring r‐selected pest traits (rapid reproduction, generalism) while disadvantaging K‐selected pollinators. For every 1°C of warming, bee species richness declines ~25% since the 1990s, while pest‐induced crop losses increase by 10%–25%. A network‐centric approach integrating climate‐responsive
Diriba Fufa Serdo
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Winter resistance of winter wheat plants depending on the predecessors of perennial legume

Collected Works of Uman National University of Horticulture, 2020
The article is devoted to solving the problem of increasing the winter hardiness of winter wheat crops when it is grown after the predecessors of six types of perennial legumes. The features of the passage of the growth and development phases of winter wheat plants in the autumn, depending on the predecessors, are shown. The dynamics of plant height in
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