Drought affected rice areas are predicted to double by the end of this century, demanding greater tolerance in widely adapted mega-varieties. Progress on incorporating better drought tolerance has been slow due to lack of appropriate phenotyping protocols. Furthermore, existing protocols do not c...
Jagadish, Krishna S.V.
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Cairns, Jill E.
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Kumar, Arvind
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Somayanda, Impa M.
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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[Does susceptibility to heat stress confound screening for drought tolerance in rice?]
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Does susceptibility to heat stress confound screening for drought tolerance in rice?
Post-rainy sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) production underpins the livelihood of millions in the semiarid tropics, where the crop is affected by drought. Drought scenarios have been classified and quantified using crop simulation. In this report, variation in traits that hypothetically con...
Kholová, Jana
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Murugesan, Tharanya
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Kaliamoorthy S
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Malayee S
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Baddam R
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Hammer, Graeme L.
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McLean G
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Deshpande, S.
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Hash, C.T.
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Vadez, Vincent
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[Modelling the effect of plant water use traits on yield and stay-green expression in sorghum]
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Modelling the effect of plant water use traits on yield and stay-green expression in sorghum
During the post-rainy (rabi) season in India around 3 million tonnes of sorghum grain is produced from 5.7 million ha of cropping. This underpins the livelihood of about 5 million households. Severe drought is common as the crop grown in these areas relies largely on soil moisture stored during t...
Kholová, Jana
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McLean G
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Vadez, Vincent
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Hammer, Graeme L.
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[Drought stress characterization of post-rainy season (rabi) sorghum in India]
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Drought stress characterization of post-rainy season (rabi) sorghum in India
In many parts of India intensive cultivation of safflower on Vertisols appears to have aggravated the problem of Fusarium wilt in safflower due to the soil borne fungus, Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht f. sp. carthami Klisiwiez and Houstan (FOC). In a long-term field experiment at Patancheru, India, ...
Nageswara Rao V
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Sastry RK
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Meinke H
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Parsons, D.
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Rego TJ
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Rathore A
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[Cropping systems strategy for effective management of Fusarium wilt in safflower]
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Cropping systems strategy for effective management of Fusarium wilt in safflower
Crop growth simulation models are a useful tool to assess the impact of environment, crop management, genetics and breeding strategies, as well as climate change and variability on growth and yield. Any crop science experiment that measures key physiological processes, tests these productive proc...
Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Vadez, Vincent
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Jagadish, Krishna S.V.
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Vara Prasad PV
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Zaman-Allah, M.A.
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[Crop science experiments designed to inform crop modeling]
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Crop science experiments designed to inform crop modeling
In future climates, rice crops will be frequently exposed to water deficit and heat stress at the most sensitive flowering stage, causing spikelet sterility and yield losses. Water deficit alone and in combination with heat stress significantly reduced peduncle elongation, trapping 32% and 55% of...
Jagadish, Krishna S.V.
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Muthurajan R
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Rang ZW
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Malo R
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Heuer S
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Bennett, J.
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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[Spikelet proteomic response to combined water deficit and heat stress in rice]
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Spikelet proteomic response to combined water deficit and heat stress in rice
Farmers in semi-arid Zimbabwe prioritise climate variability as their major agricultural productivity-reducing problem. This paper raises the importance of considering local farmers perceptions on climate risk, as this greatly influences on-farm investments and decision-making in agricultural ma...
Moyo M
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Mvumi BM
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Kunzekweguta, M.
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Mazvimavi K
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Dorward, P.
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[Farmer perceptions on climate change and variability in semi-arid Zimbabwe in relation to climatology evidence]
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Farmer perceptions on climate change and variability in semi-arid Zimbabwe in relation to climatology evidence
Impact of dynamic land use and land cover changes on the livelihood of local communities and ecosystem services is a major concern. This is particularly evident in most dryland agricultural systems in South Asia. We study land use/land cover (LULC) changes over the last two decades in a watershed...
Ahmed, I.M.
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Gumma, Murali K.
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Kumar, S.
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Rafi, I.M.
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Haileslassie, Amare
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[Land use and agricultural change dynamics in SAT watersheds of southern India]
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Land use and agricultural change dynamics in SAT watersheds of southern India
Nutrient limitation is a major constraint in crop production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Here, we propose a generic and simple equilibrium model to estimate minimum input requirements of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium for target yields in cereal crops under highly efficient management. The m...
Berge, Hein F.M. ten
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Hijbeek, Renske
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Loon, Marloes P. van
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Rurinda, Jairos
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Tesfaye, Kinde
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Zingore, Shamie
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Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Heerwaarden, Joost van
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Brentrup, Frank
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Schröder, Jaap J.
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Boogaard, Hendrik L.
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Groot, Hugo L.E. de
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Ittersum, Martin K. van
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[Maize crop nutrient input requirements for food security in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Maize crop nutrient input requirements for food security in sub-Saharan Africa
This book provides a comprehensive presentation of the realization of improved rainfed agriculture yield in semi-arid and dry land areas. The incentive of watershed programs is to increase the return on investment with over 20% for 65% of the projects that are currently underperforming. Besides t...
Craufurd, Peter Q.
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Jagadish, Krishna S.V.
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Padgham, J.
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[Impacts of climate change on rainfed agriculture and adaptation strategies to improve livelihoods]
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Impacts of climate change on rainfed agriculture and adaptation strategies to improve livelihoods