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
Most climate change scenarios predict a significant increase in the frequency of high intensity rainfall events especially in the dry areas, which will increase runoff and soil erosion. Understanding the factors that control soil erosion is crucial to recommending appropriate measures to protect ...
Ziadat, Feras M.
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Taimeh AY
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[Effect of rainfall intensity, slope, land use and antecedent soil moisture on soil erosion in an arid environment]
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Effect of rainfall intensity, slope, land use and antecedent soil moisture on soil erosion in an arid environment
There is growing urgency for integration and coordination of global environmental and ecological data and indicators required to respond to the ‘grand challenges’ the planet is facing, including climate change and biodiversity decline. A consistent stratification of land into relatively homogenou...
Metzger MJ
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Brus DJ
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Bunce RGH
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Carey J
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Gonçalves, J.
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Honrado JP
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Jongman RHG
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Trabucco, Antonio
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Zomer, Robert J.
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[Environmental stratifications as the basis for national, European and global ecological monitoring]
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Environmental stratifications as the basis for national, European and global ecological monitoring
In Africa, hydro-meteorological disasters (HMDs) have hit with increasing frequency and magnitude in recent years, with detrimental impacts on local livelihoods. African countries display a patchwork of national policies and institutional frameworks to address these rising HMDs. This paper examin...
Tall, Arame
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Patt AG
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Fritz, Steffen
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[Reducing vulnerability to hydro-meteorological extremes in Africa. A qualitative assessment of national climate disaster management policies: accounting for heterogeneity]
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Reducing vulnerability to hydro-meteorological extremes in Africa. A qualitative assessment of national climate disaster management policies: accounting for heterogeneity
High altitude upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) production systems are expected to benefit from climate change induced increase in temperatures. The potential yield of rice genotypes is governed by the thermal environment experienced during crop development phases when yield components are determined...
Shrestha, S.
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Asch, F.
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Brueck H
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Giese M
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Dusserre, J.
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Ramanantsoanirina A
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[Phenological responses of upland rice grown along an altitudinal gradient]
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Phenological responses of upland rice grown along an altitudinal gradient
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
We investigated the spatiotemporal variability of drought incidence in Pakistan during 1960–2007 by calculating Standardized Precipitation Index fields for 3-, 6- and 12-month scales using gridded precipitation data. Principal component analysis revealed that droughts are wide-spread and often oc...
Xie H
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Ringler, Claudia
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Zhu, T.
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Waqas A
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[Droughts in Pakistan: A spatiotemporal variability analysis using the standardized precipitation index]
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Droughts in Pakistan: A spatiotemporal variability analysis using the standardized precipitation index
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
The dominant mode of coupled variability over the South Atlantic Ocean is known as “South Atlantic Dipole” (SAD) and is characterized by a dipole in sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies with centers over the tropical and the extratropical South Atlantic. Previous studies have shown that variat...
Bombardi RJ
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Carvalho, Leila M. V.
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Jones, C.
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Reboita MS
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[Precipitation over eastern South America and the South Atlantic Sea surface temperature during neutral ENSO period]
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Precipitation over eastern South America and the South Atlantic Sea surface temperature during neutral ENSO period
Rice spikelets become sterile when exposed to high temperatures during flowering. Recent experimental studies have shown that transpirational cooling and flowering time (within the day) are important factors determining sterility. Extrapolation of the results from these experimental studies to ot...
Oort, Pepijn A.J. van
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Saito, Kazuki
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Zwart, Sander J.
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Shrestha, S.
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[A simple model for simulating heat induced sterility in rice as a function of flowering time and transpirational cooling]
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A simple model for simulating heat induced sterility in rice as a function of flowering time and transpirational cooling