Penny A C Hundleby,Wendy A Harwood
Penny A C Hundleby
New plant breeding technologies, such as genome editing, are enabling new crop varieties to be developed far quicker and with greater precision and scope than achievable using conventional methods. These advances could help farmers address ...
João Paulo Pennacchi,Elizabete Carmo-Silva,P John Andralojc et al.
João Paulo Pennacchi et al.
Ensuring food security in a changing climate is a major contemporary challenge and requires development of climate-resilient crops that perform well under variable environments. The hypothesis that yield stability in suboptimal conditions i...
Root imaging showing comparisons in root distribution and ontogeny in novel Festulolium populations and closely related perennial ryegrass varieties [0.03%]
根系图像分析比较意大利festulolium新种和多年生黑麦草品种的根系分布及发生学特征
Mike W Humphreys,John H Doonan,Roger Boyle et al.
Mike W Humphreys et al.
The incorporation of new sophisticated phenotyping technologies within a crop improvement program allows for a plant breeding strategy that can include selections for major root traits previously inaccessible due to the challenges in their ...
Framework for life cycle assessment of livestock production systems to account for the nutritional quality of final products [0.03%]
一种框架：评估畜牧业系统生命周期中最终产品的营养质量
Graham A McAuliffe,Taro Takahashi,Michael R F Lee
Graham A McAuliffe
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is widely regarded as a useful tool for comparing the environmental impacts of multiple livestock production systems. While LCA results are typically communicated in the form of environmental burdens per mass uni...
Toward improving photosynthesis in cassava: Characterizing photosynthetic limitations in four current African cultivars [0.03%]
提高木薯光合作用的研究：非洲四种主要栽培品种的光合作用限制因素分析
Amanda P De Souza,Stephen P Long
Amanda P De Souza
Despite the vast importance of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) for smallholder farmers in Africa, yields per unit land area have not increased over the past 55 years. Genetic engineering or breeding for increased photosynthetic efficienc...
Construction of a network describing asparagine metabolism in plants and its application to the identification of genes affecting asparagine metabolism in wheat under drought and nutritional stress [0.03%]
用于识别干旱和营养胁迫下影响小麦天冬酰胺代谢基因的天冬酰胺代谢植物网络构建及应用
Tanya Y Curtis,Valeria Bo,Allan Tucker et al.
Tanya Y Curtis et al.
A detailed network describing asparagine metabolism in plants was constructed using published data from Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) maize (Zea mays), wheat (Triticum aestivum), pea (Pisum sativum), soybean (Glycine max), lupin (Lupus...
Finding the right connection: what makes a successful decision support system? [0.03%]
寻找正确的联系——什么样的决策支持系统才能取得成功？
David C Rose,Toby J A Bruce
David C Rose
Farmers require evidence-based guidance to make optimal decisions, enabling them to reduce costs by increasing the efficiency of input use. We discuss how decision support systems could be improved and made more useful for the farmer.
Biomass and elemental concentrations of 22 rice cultivars grown under alternate wetting and drying conditions at three field sites in Bangladesh [0.03%]
在孟加拉国三个地点的间歇灌溉条件下栽培的22种稻米品种的生物量和元素浓度
Gareth J Norton,Anthony J Travis,John M C Danku et al.
Gareth J Norton et al.
As the global population grows, demand on food production will also rise. For rice, one limiting factor effecting production could be availability of fresh water, hence adoption of techniques that decrease water usage while maintaining or i...
Genetically engineered bananas resistant to Xanthomonas wilt disease and nematodes [0.03%]
抗枯萎病和线虫转基因香蕉
Leena Tripathi,Howard Atkinson,Hugh Roderick et al.
Leena Tripathi et al.
Banana is an important staple food crop feeding more than 100 million Africans, but is subject to severe productivity constraints due to a range of pests and diseases. Banana Xanthomonas wilt caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum ...
Short rotation plantations policy history in Europe: lessons from the past and recommendations for the future [0.03%]
欧洲短期轮作人工林政策史：过去的经验与未来的建议
Kevin N Lindegaard,Paul W R Adams,Martin Holley et al.
Kevin N Lindegaard et al.
Short rotation plantations (SRPs) are fast-growing trees (such as willow (Salix spp.), poplar (Populus spp.) and Eucalyptus) grown closely together and harvested in periods of 2-20 years. There are around 50,000 hectares of SRPs in Europe, ...