Crop production
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Crop Production under Drought and Heat Stress: Plant Responses and Management Options Open
Abiotic stresses are one of the major constraints to crop production and food security worldwide. The situation has aggravated due to the drastic and rapid changes in global climate. Heat and drought are undoubtedly the two most important …
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A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production Open
Biodiversity benefits pollination, pest control, and crop productivity but suffers from land-use intensification.
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Harnessing rhizosphere microbiomes for drought-resilient crop production Open
Root-associated microbes can improve plant growth, and they offer the potential to increase crop resilience to future drought. Although our understanding of the complex feedbacks between plant and microbial responses to drought is advancin…
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Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms: Promising Approach as Biofertilizers Open
Phosphorus (P) is a macronutrient required for the proper functioning of plants. Because P plays a vital role in every aspect of plant growth and development, deficiencies can reduce plant growth and development. Though soil possesses tota…
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ToLeD: Tomato Leaf Disease Detection using Convolution Neural Network Open
Tomato is the most popular crop in the world and in every kitchen, it is found in different forms irrespective of the cuisine. After potato and sweet potato, it is the crop which is cultivated worldwide. India ranked 2 in the production of…
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Tomato crop disease classification using pre-trained deep learning algorithm Open
The wide scale prevalence of diseases in tomato crop affects the production quality and quantity. In order to counteract the problem early diagnosis of diseases using a fast reliable nondestructive method will benefit the farmers. In this …
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Perspectives and Challenges of Microbial Application for Crop Improvement Open
Global population increases and climate change pose a challenge to worldwide crop production. There is a need to intensify agricultural production in a sustainable manner and to find solutions to combat abiotic stress, pathogens, and pests…
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Feeding the world: improving photosynthetic efficiency for sustainable crop production Open
A number of recent studies have provided strong support demonstrating that improving the photosynthetic processes through genetic engineering can provide an avenue to improve yield potential. The major focus of this review is on improvemen…
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Biodiversity of key-stone phylotypes determines crop production in a 4-decade fertilization experiment Open
Cropping systems have fertilized soils for decades with undetermined consequences for the productivity and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. One of the critical unknowns is the role of soil biodiversity in controlling crop production …
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Impact of extreme weather conditions on European crop production in 2018 Open
Extreme weather increases the risk of large-scale crop failure. The mechanisms involved are complex and intertwined, hence undermining the identification of simple adaptation levers to help improve the resilience of agricultural production…
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Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health Open
Global food production faces challenges in balancing the need for increased yields with environmental sustainability. This study presents a six-year field experiment in the North China Plain, demonstrating the benefits of diversifying trad…
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Abiotic Stress in Crop Production Open
The vast majority of agricultural land undergoes abiotic stress that can significantly reduce agricultural yields. Understanding the mechanisms of plant defenses against stresses and putting this knowledge into practice is, therefore, an i…
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Biochar production and applications in soil fertility and carbon sequestration – a sustainable solution to crop-residue burning in India Open
A sustainable solution to crop residues burning by converting residues into biochars is provided.
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Root Exudates: Mechanistic Insight of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Sustainable Crop Production Open
The breaking silence between the plant roots and microorganisms in the rhizosphere affects plant growth and physiology by impacting biochemical, molecular, nutritional, and edaphic factors. The components of the root exudates are associate…
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Digging Deeper for Agricultural Resources, the Value of Deep Rooting Open
In the quest for sustainable intensification of crop production, we discuss the option of extending the root depth of crops to increase the volume of soil exploited by their root systems. We discuss the evidence that deeper rooting can be …
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Challenges and opportunities in remote sensing-based crop monitoring: a review Open
Building a more resilient food system for sustainable development and reducing uncertainty in global food markets both require concurrent and near-real-time and reliable crop information for decision making. Satellite-driven crop monitorin…
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The importance of long‐term experiments in agriculture: their management to ensure continued crop production and soil fertility; the Rothamsted experience Open
Summary Long‐term field experiments that test a range of treatments and are intended to assess the sustainability of crop production, and thus food security, must be managed actively to identify any treatment that is failing to maintain or…
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Phosphate‐solubilising microorganisms for improved crop productivity: a critical assessment Open
Summary Phosphate‐solubilising microorganisms (PSM) are often reported to have positive effects on crop productivity through enhanced phosphorus (P) nutrition. Our aim was to evaluate the validity of this concept. Most studies that report …
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Synchronous crop failures and climate-forced production variability Open
ENSO, the IOD, TAV, and NAO all affect crop production variance, but only ENSO can force globally synchronous crop failures.
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Application of Precision Agriculture Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production and Environmental Sustainability: A Systematic Review Open
Precision agriculture technologies (PATs) transform crop production by enabling more sustainable and efficient agricultural practices. These technologies utilize data‐driven approaches to optimize the management of crops, soil, and resourc…
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Global Spatially-Disaggregated Crop Production Statistics Data for 2010 Version 2.0 Open
Using a variety of inputs, IFPRI's Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) uses a cross-entropy approach to make plausible estimates of crop distribution within disaggregated units. Moving the data from coarser units such as countries a…
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Climate change adaptation and mitigation in smallholder crop–livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa: a call for integrated impact assessments Open
African mixed crop–livestock systems are vulnerable to climate change and need to adapt in order to improve productivity and sustain people’s livelihoods. These smallholder systems are characterized by high greenhouse gas emission rates, b…
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Magnetic Field (MF) Applications in Plants: An Overview Open
Crop yield can be raised by establishment of adequate plant stand using seeds with high germination ratio and vigor. Various pre-sowing treatments are adopted to achieve this objective. One of these approaches is the exposure of seeds to a…
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Global income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2014 Open
This paper estimates the value of using genetically modified (GM) crop technology in agriculture at the farm level. It follows and updates earlier annual studies which examined impacts on yields, key variable costs of production, direct fa…
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Plant Biostimulants: A Categorical Review, Their Implications for Row Crop Production, and Relation to Soil Health Indicators Open
Plant biostimulants are specialty products used to increase crop production and are quickly becoming common in the agricultural seed and chemical marketplace. Unlike traditional crop inputs, such as fertilizers or pesticides, biostimulants…
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Remote Control of Greenhouse Vegetable Production with Artificial Intelligence—Greenhouse Climate, Irrigation, and Crop Production Open
The global population is increasing rapidly, together with the demand for healthy fresh food. The greenhouse industry can play an important role, but encounters difficulties finding skilled staff to manage crop production. Artificial intel…
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More uneven distributions overturn benefits of higher precipitation for crop yields Open
Climate change is expected to lead to more uneven temporal distributions of precipitation, but the impacts on human systems are little studied. Most existing, statistically based agricultural climate change impact projections only account …
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Greenhouse gas emissions from different crop production and management practices in South Africa Open
Application of synthetic (N) fertiliser (such as urea) and incorporation of crop residues into soil result in nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Similarly, application of urea and lime to the soil results in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Gre…
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Nanotechnology-based controlled release of sustainable fertilizers. A review Open
The rising population is increasing food demand, yet actual crop production is limited by the poor efficiency of classical fertilizers. In particular, only about 40–60% of fertilizer nitrogen, 15–20% of phosphorus and 50–60% of potassium a…
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Emergence of robust precipitation changes across crop production areas in the 21st century Open
A warming climate will affect regional precipitation and hence food supply. However, only a few regions around the world are currently undergoing precipitation changes that can be attributed to climate change. Knowing when such changes are…