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Improving Water Use Efficiency of Wheat Crop Varieties in the North China Plain: Review and Analysis

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2013
The North China Plain (NCP), one of the most important agricultural regions in China, is facing a major water-resource crisis evoked by excessive exploitation of groundwater.
Xu-rong MEI, Xiu-li ZHONG, Vadez Vincent, Xiao-ying LIU   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coordination of Foliar and Wood Anatomical Traits Contributes to Tropical Tree Distributions and Productivity along the Malay-Thai Peninsula [PDF]

, 2009
Drought is a critical factor in plant species distributions. Much research points to its relevance even in moist tropical regions. Recent studies have begun to elucidate mechanisms underlying the distributions of tropical tree species with respect to ...
Baltzer, Jennifer L., Bunyavejchewin, Sarayudh, Davies, Stuart J., Grégoire, Dorothea M., Noor, N. Supardi M.   +4 more
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Smaller, faster stomata: scaling of stomatal size, rate of response, and stomatal conductance [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Botany, 2013
Maximum and minimum stomatal conductance, as well as stomatal size and rate of response, are known to vary widely across plant species, but the functional relationship between these static and dynamic stomatal properties is unknown. The objective of this study was to test three hypotheses: (i) operating stomatal conductance under standard conditions (g
Drake, Paul, Froend, Raymond H, Franks, Peter   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A Bespoke Programmable Interpenetrating Elastomer Network Composite Laryngeal Stent for Expedited Paediatric Laryngotracheal Reconstruction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A programmable interpenetrating double‐network architecture, created via 3D‐TIPS printing and resin infusion, synergistically combines thermoplastic and thermosetting elastomers to balance structural rigidity and surface softness—crucial for paediatric laryngeal stents.
Elizabeth F. Maughan, Lei Wu, Dong Zhang, Linxiao Wu, Graca Ferreira Vaz Pinto Mendes, Wanqiao J. Tu, Heping Ma, Toby J. Proctor, Colin R. Butler, Thomas Kjærgaard, Mark W. Lowdell, Martin A. Birchall, Robert E. Hynds, Richard Hewitt, Wenhui Song   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Bio-Based Stomatal Blockers Inhibit Rapeseed Growth?

International Journal of Plant Biology
Stomatal blockers are hydrophobic polymers applied to leaves to physically block stomatal pores and restrict gas exchange, and which have potential as plant growth regulators to retard growth.
Michele Faralli, Minuka Weerasinghe, Gee-Sian Leung, Ray Marriott, Melville Miles, James M. Monaghan, Peter Kettlewell   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leaf Gas Exchange and Photosystem II Fluorescence Responses to CO₂ Cycling

Plants, 2023
Experimental systems to simulate future elevated CO2 conditions in the field often have large, rapid fluctuations in CO2. To examine possible impacts of such fluctuations on photosynthesis, the intact leaves of the field-grown plants of five species were
James Bunce
doaj   +1 more source

Maize open-pollinated populations physiological improvement: validating tools for drought response participatory selection [PDF]

, 2019
Participatory selection—exploiting specific adaptation traits to target environments—helps to guarantees yield stability in a changing climate, in particular under low-input or organic production.
Araus, Aslam, Bänziger, Cendrero-Mateo, Daniela Santos, Duarte Pintado, Emanuel Ferreira, Farqujar, Hallauer, J. Miguel Costa, Jones, Jones, Kummerlen, M. Catarina Bicho, Mara L. Alves, Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, Mendes-Moreira, Monneveux, Pedro Mendes-Moreira, Prasanna, Ritchie, Strasser, Susana S. Araújo, Susana T. Leitão, Vaz Patto, Weltzien   +25 more
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Functional Materials for Environmental Energy Harvesting in Smart Agriculture via Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores functional and responsive materials for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) in sustainable smart agriculture. It examines how particulate contamination and dirt affect charge transfer and efficiency. Environmental challenges and strategies to enhance durability and responsiveness are outlined, including active functional layers ...
Rafael R. A. Silva, Giulio Fatti, Emanuel Carlos, Guilherme Ferreira, Sumita Goswami, Suman Nandy, Luiz H. C. Mattoso, Elvira Fortunato, Caio G. Otoni, Rodrigo Martins   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon-water balance and patchy stomatal conductance

Oecologia, 1999
Stomata govern carbon-water balance by simultaneously controlling photosynthesis (A) and transpiration (E). It is unclear how patchy stomatal conductance influences this control. Cowan and Farquhar showed that for a given water supply available during a fixed time interval, carbon gain is maximized by a pattern of stomatal behavior that keeps the ...
Buckley, Thomas, Mott, K A, Farquhar, Graham   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Microneedle‐Based Biofertilizer Delivery Improves Plant Growth Through Microbiome Engineering

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This figure shows how microneedles are used to deliver biofertilizers to enhance plant growth through microbial migration, metabolic reprogramming, and changes in plant endogenous microbiome. Abstract This study presents a microneedle‐based system for the delivery of rhizospheric biofertilizers into plant tissues to enhance growth.
Zhicheng Le, Sevugan Mayalagu, Cheng‐Yen Chen, Raktim Bhattacharya, Abhishek Gupta, Jingyuan Li, Zhi Wei Norman Teo, Yufeng Shou, Arya Gopinath MP, Danni Zhong, Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew, Hao Yu, Naweed I. Naqvi, Sanjay Swarup, Andy Tay   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source