Producing more food per unit of water has never been as important as it is at present, and the demand for water by economic sectors other than agriculture will necessarily put a great deal of pressure on a dwindling resource, leading to a call for increases in the productivity of water in agricul...
Vadez, Vincent
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Kholová, Jana
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Medina S
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Kakkera A
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Anderberg H
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[Transpiration efficiency: New insight into an old story]
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Transpiration efficiency: New insight into an old story
In semi-arid regions, particularly in the Sahel, water and high-temperature stress are serious constraints for groundnut production. Understanding of combined effects of heat and drought on physiological traits, yield and its attributes is of special significance for improving groundnut productiv...
Hamidou, F.
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Halilou, O.
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Vadez, Vincent
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[Assessment of groundnut under combined heat and drought stress]
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Assessment of groundnut under combined heat and drought stress
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
Plant phenology is a critical component of crop adaptation, especially under environmental conditions that don’t allow crop growth for unlimited periods. In chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), which faces terminal drought and increasing temperature at the end of its growing season, it is widely consid...
Vadez, Vincent
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Soltani A
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Sinclair, Thomas R.
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[Crop simulation analysis of phenological adaptation of chickpea to different latitudes of India]
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Crop simulation analysis of phenological adaptation of chickpea to different latitudes of India
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
Water deficit is the main yield-limiting factor across the Asian and African semiarid tropics and a basic consideration when developing crop cultivars for water-limited conditions is to ensure that crop water demand matches season water supply. Conventional breeding has contributed to the develop...
Vadez, Vincent
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Kholová, Jana
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Zaman-Allah, M.A.
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Belko, N.
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[Water: the most important ‘molecular’ component of water stress tolerance research]
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Water: the most important ‘molecular’ component of water stress tolerance research