Purpose: Drought will be one of the most important questions in the future. The easiest and natural way to drought recovery is to popularize the use of materials that will increase the water holding capacity of soils. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of hazelnut husk applying in...

Global warming is expected to have serious effects on nature and society. The agricultural. forestry. and fishing industries have faced challenges with the increasing frequency of abnormal climate events. such as Bonding and drought. These climate changes. along with soil degradation. have caused...

Water deficit is a decisive challenge that tremendously affects maize physiological functions and productivity. Hence, it is crucial to ameliorate its tolerance to drought stress, in particular under abrupt climate change and a growing population. The present study aimed to explore the influence of ...

Effects of water and nitrogen management were investigated in this study. In an attempt to determine the water use efficiency and nitrogen use efficiency for various water management scenarios over a range of nitrogen levels, two water management treatments (free surface drainage system and...

Sap-flow (SF) measurements provide unique and valuable data for studying plant water relations and crop water use. In this study we utilize new developments in heat pulse theory, low-cost electronics, and 3D-printing to fabricate, calibrate, and field test an affordable research-grade sap flow...

The incorporation of trees on traditional agricultural land has the potential for providing beneficial conditions for understory crops by altering the microclimate. Under these assumptions, we conducted a study on maize productivity intercropped in a 14-year-old walnut orchard by measuring growth...

Recent global warming has increased the risk of heat stress which may adversely affect crop productivity worldwide. Higher temperature during reproductive stage is one of major constraint that adversely affects grain filling and seed setting in spring maize (Zea mays L.) The purpose of this study...

The grass tribe Andropogoneae (Poaceae-Panicoideae) includes several important crops such as maize, sugarcane, and sorghum, and dominates the tropical grasslands of the world. We present here a plastome phylogeny of the tribe with the largest sample of genera to date (about 73%), including 65 newly ...

Water availability affects nutrient absorption and transport in plants, which is a limiting factor for production of annual crops in crop- livestock-forest integration system. Thus, the objective of the present work was to evaluate the effects of hydrogel rates combined with topdressing in a...

Performance prediction of potential crosses plays a significant role in plant breeding, which aims to produce new crop varieties that have higher yields, require fewer resources, and are more adaptable to the changing environments. In the 2020 Syngenta crop challenge, Syngenta challenged...