Grasses and the resource availability hypothesis: the importance of silica-based defences [PDF]
, 2007 The resource availability hypothesis (RAH) predicts that allocation of resources to anti-herbivore defences differs between species according to their growth rate.
Ennos, Roland A. +2 more
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Impact of Organic Acids and Biological Treatments in Foliar Nutrition on Tomato and Pepper Plants
Horticulturae, 2023 As a result of global warming related to the development of industry and agriculture, the proportion of atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased, and temperatures have risen to unprecedented levels. As a result, heat stress, aridity, and salinity in soil has increased, leading to significant research focused on soil deterioration and reduced ...
Mohunnad Massimi +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Drought severely affects the growth and yield of soybean plants especially during the flowering period. To investigate the effect of 2-oxoglutarate (2OG) in combination with foliar nitrogen (N) at flowering stage on drought resistance and seed yield of ...
Zhijia Gai +10 more
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Response of Hops to Algae-Based and Nutrient-Rich Foliar Sprays
Agriculture, 2021 Over recent years, some hopyards of northeast Portugal have presented poorly developed plants and reduced productivity. In this study, an attempt was made to improve the homogeneity of hop fields and restore their productivity by using plant ...
Sandra Afonso +2 more
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Boron application in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) seed production [PDF]
, 2015 peer-reviewedThis work is part of the research project TR-31016, funded by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia.A field trial with four red clover cultivars was established on acid soil in order to evaluate the effect
Bokan, Nikola +5 more
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Long-term trends of changes in pine and oak foliar nitrogen metabolism in response to chronic nitrogen amendments at Harvard Forest, MA [PDF]
, 2015 We evaluated the long-term (1995–2008) trends in foliar and sapwood metabolism, soil solution chemistry and tree mortality rates in response to chronic nitrogen (N) additions to pine and hardwood stands at the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research
Long, Stephanie +4 more
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Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization on Monoterpenes of Jack Pine Seedlings and Weight Gain of Jack Pine Budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Nine-month old jack pine (Pinus banksiana) seedlings were grown in a greenhouse under four nitrogen fertilization regimes. Levels of total nitrogen and five monoterpenes in new foliage were measured. Fertilization resulted in four significantly different
Kulman, Herbert M +2 more
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Influences of Chemical and Spraying Organic Fertilizers (Humic acid) on Consumptive Use, Growth and Yield of Onion (Allium Cepa L.) [PDF]
Al-Qadisiyah Journal For Agriculture Sciences, 2017 This field study is conducted during the growing season of 2012-2013 in the experimental farm- Department of Horticulture/ College of Agriculture- University of Baghdad to investigate the influences of chemical and spraying organic fertilizers on the ...
Amaar D. Iyda
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Fungicides and the grapevine wood mycobiome: a case study on Tracheomycotic Ascomycete Phaemoniella chlamydospora reveals potential for two novel control strategies [PDF]
, 2019 Original ResearchPhaeomoniella chlamydospora is a tracheomycotic fungus that colonizes the xylem of grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.), causing wood discoloration, brown wood streaking, gummosis, and wood necrosis, which negatively affect the overall ...
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Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2017 Among the different integrated approaches for management of Fusarium wilt and their effect on growth and yield parameters of tomato revealed that soil application of FYM @ 100gm/pot + Neem cake @ 100gm/pot + seedling treatment with bio-formulation of ...
Kishan Lal +5 more
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