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Mulching Increases Water Use Efficiency, Production and Profitability in Forage Cactus–Maize Intercropping Systems

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the growth, forage production, soil water balance, water indices, biological efficiency and competitive capacity of forage cactus and maize in monoculture and intercropping, with or without mulch. The experiment was conducted in Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil, using the cactus clone ‘Orelha de Elefante Mexicana’ (OEM ...
Kaique Renan da Silva Salvador, Mário Adriano Ávila Queiroz, Cleber Pereira Alves, José Edson Florentino de Morais, Carlos André Alves de Souza, Agda Raiany Mota dos Santos, Ênio Gomes Flôr Souza, Jose Madson da Silva, Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates, Randerson Cavalcante Silva, Adriano do Nascimento Simões, Hugo Rafael Bentzen Santos, Luciana Sandra Bastos de Souza, Thieres George Freire da Silva   +13 more
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Sustainable Vegetable Production

, 2017
Presentation on sustainable production systems discussing host resistance, spray thresholds, biological controls and physical and cultural controls.
McDonald, Mary Ruth, Tesfaedrias, Michael, Foster, Jennifer, Van Dyk, Dennis, Tayviah, Selasi, Abd-Elmagid, Ahmed, Parker, Monica, Boland, Greg, Paibomesai, Marion, Vander Kooi, Kevin   +9 more
openaire   +1 more source

Yield, Evapotranspiration, Production Functions, Crop Coefficients, Water Productivity and Soil‐Water Extraction of Three Watermelon Varieties

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While watermelon is an important commodity in the United States and worldwide, some of the fundamental watermelon productivity indices (crop evapotranspiration [ETc], transpiration [Tr], evaporation [E], ET‐yield production functions [ETYPF], basal crop coefficients [Kcb], crop water productivity [CWP], soil‐water extraction [SWE]) have not ...
Suat Irmak
wiley   +1 more source

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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Farmer‐Led Strategies for Water Conservation in the Urmia Lake Basin, Iran

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the urgent issues of water scarcity and limited farmer livelihoods in the Urmia Lake basin. To address these challenges, we apply the Governance, Autonomy, Integration, and Needs orientation (GAIN) methodology. Our participatory approach revealed that farmers prioritised actionable measures for water management, yield ...
Sina Besharat, Kamran Zeinalzadeh, Behzad Hessari, Ahmad Alijanpour, Azizeh Alizadeh Berdouki, Farideh Feghhenabi, Esmaeil Rezaei‐Chiyaneh, Hamid Hassanpour, Morteza Molaei, Mohammad Hossein Behroozi, Masoumeh Shadan, Mohamad Kouhani, Bizhan Golzari, Neda Khanmohammadi, Shanay Farazkhah, Ramin Hamidi Khasraqi, Hamed Abasalinezhad, Mahsa Mirdashtvan, Hamed Sabzchi‐Dehkharghani, Aziz Elbehri, Moritz von Cossel   +20 more
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Air temperature optima of vegetation productivity across global biomes. [PDF]

Nat Ecol Evol, 2019
Huang M, Piao S, Ciais P, Peñuelas J, Wang X, Keenan TF, Peng S, Berry JA, Wang K, Mao J, Alkama R, Cescatti A, Cuntz M, De Deurwaerder H, Gao M, He Y, Liu Y, Luo Y, Myneni RB, Niu S, Shi X, Yuan W, Verbeeck H, Wang T, Wu J, Janssens IA.   +25 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Wild Animal Suffering Is Not Intractable: A Precautionary Approach to Compassionate Intervention

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wild animals suffer due to human activity, yet natural factors contribute far more significantly to their suffering. In light of this, some propose that we have a pro tanto obligation to intervene in ecosystems to improve wild animal welfare.
Tristan Katz
wiley   +1 more source

Two decades of agricultural drought impacts: remote sensing insights into vegetation productivity and phenological change in semi-arid Botswana. [PDF]

Environ Monit Assess
Akinyemi FO, Graw V.
europepmc   +1 more source

A dual cohort analysis of parenting practices, attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms, anger, and emotion dysregulation in middle childhood: Findings from a UK and Zurich sample

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background In middle childhood (ages 6–12), children with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms often experience emotion dysregulation (ED), anger, and social difficulties, including peer problems and maladaptive conflict resolution.
Evelyn Mary‐Ann Antony, Nadin Beckmann, Steve Higgins   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Significant sensitivity of global vegetation productivity to terrestrial surface wind speed changes. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Wu H, Fu C, Zhang L, Mekonnen ZA, Zhu Q, Yu K, Ciais P, Chen J, Wang D, Wu H, Yang G.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source