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Progress in joint application of crop models and hydrological models

Agricultural Water Management
Climate change has led to extreme weather events and food security issues, which have become urgent global problems. Crop models and hydrological models play important roles in analyzing these issues, but crop models have limitations in large-scale ...
Yang You, Yakun Wang, Xiaodong Fan, Qin Dai, Guang Yang, Wene Wang, Dianyu Chen, Xiaotao Hu   +7 more
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Efeito do extrato aquoso do algodão de seda (Calotropis procera Aiton) sobre a eficiência reprodutiva do carrapato bovino Effect of aqueous extract of silk cotton (Calotropis procera Ait. R.Br.) on the reproductive performance of Rhipicephalus microplus

Revista Brasileira de Plantas Medicinais, 2012
O carrapato Rhipicephalus microplus é um dos principais parasitos dos rebanhos bovinos. Diferentes grupos de carrapaticidas sintéticos têm sido empregados para o controle desse ácaro, contudo, o uso constante desses produtos tem selecionado populações ...
S.F Lázaro, L.D Fonseca, R.C Fernandes, J.S Tolentino, E.R Martins, E.R. Duarte   +5 more
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Rainwater Harvesting for Agricultural Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Research [PDF]

, 2019
Within a context of scarce water resources for agriculture, rainwater harvesting constitutes a promising alternative that has been studied by different disciplines in recent years.
Aznar Sánchez, José Ángel, Batlles delaFuente, Ana, Fidelibus, Maria Dolores, Velasco Muñoz, Juan Francisco   +3 more
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Challenges and limitations of introducing pigeonpea as a new crop into smallholder farming systems through farmer‐to‐farmer education in Zambia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Legume plants offer generous benefits for both the planet and people by supporting sustainable farming, food and feed systems through their ability to symbiotically fix atmospheric nitrogen. While grain legumes are cultivated and consumed globally, their adoption, market development, and integration into cropping systems vary.
Hamid Khazaei, Sebastian Scott, Jarkko K. Niemi   +2 more
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Ridge-Furrow Planting with Nitrogen Application Enhanced Rainfed Maize Yield and Water Productivity by Improving Leaf Photosynthetic Capacity

Agronomy
Leaf photosynthesis plays an important role in maize growth and yield components due to its involvement in dry matter partitioning and organ formation. Nevertheless, how varying planting patterns affect maize leaf photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence
Zhenlin Lai, Hao Kong, Mahmood Hemat, Zhenqi Liao, Shengzhao Pei, Han Wang, Zhijun Li, Junliang Fan   +7 more
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Granivoría de la Torcaza Común (Zenaida auriculata) y su rol en la dispersión de semillas en bosques semiáridos del centro de Argentina [PDF]

, 2017
La Torcaza Común (Zenaida auriculata) es una de las aves granívoras más abundantes de la región Neotropical, y ha sido declarada plaga en varias regiones del sur de Sudamérica.
Costan, Andrea Silvina, Sarasola, José Hernán   +1 more
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Leaf heat tolerance in a native Californian shrub responds in expected and unexpected ways to differences in range, season, and sunlight exposure

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Earth's ecosystems are experiencing wide‐ranging impacts from global climate change, including increased average and extreme temperatures. These temperature shifts can drastically affect plant physiology, threatening the future of even common plant species. Here, we focus on photosynthetic function in a native Southern California shrub species.
Anna K. M. Bowen, Helen Holmlund, Anna L. Jacobsen, R. Brandon Pratt, Christine Scoffoni, Ishan Ashford, Olivia Plumb, Casey Wisely, Gretchen North   +8 more
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Spectral purification improves monitoring accuracy of the comprehensive growth evaluation index for film-mulched winter wheat

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
In order to further improve the utility of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote-sensing for quickly and accurately monitoring the growth of winter wheat under film mulching, this study examined the treatments of ridge mulching, ridge–furrow full mulching,
Zhikai Cheng, Xiaobo Gu, Yadan Du, Zhihui Zhou, Wenlong Li, Xiaobo Zheng, Wenjing Cai, Tian Chang   +7 more
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Detection and mapping of hydrothermally altered rocks in the vicinity of the comstock lode, Virginia Range, Nevada, using enhanced LANDSAT images [PDF]

The author has identified the following significant results. LANDSAT images enhanced by the band-ratioing method can be used for reconnaissance alteration mapping in moderately heavily vegetated semiarid terrain as well as in sparsely vegetated to ...
Abrams, M. J., Ashley, R. P., Goetz, A. F. H., Rowan, L. C.   +3 more
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The impact of soil and vegetation management on ecosystem services in european almond orchards [PDF]

, 2018
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Leijster, V.
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