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Plant Sciences
Uchechukwu Paschal Chukwudi, Funso Raphael Kutu, Sydney Mavengahama
Summary: This study found that under heat stress conditions, varieties WE5323 and ZM1523 amended with poultry manure performed the best in terms of grain yield, while heat stress significantly reduced growth and yield attributes of maize. Grain number, grain weight, and cob weight were identified as important yield attributes in maize production and should be considered in maize breeding programs.
Editorial Material
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Flavio Lehner, Ed Hawkins, Rowan Sutton, Angeline G. Pendergrass, Frances C. Moore
Summary: Combining new constraints on socio-economic trajectories and climate system's response to emissions can significantly reduce projection uncertainties, providing more accurate information for regional climate adaptation decisions.
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Agronomy
Xiaowei Wang, Xiaoyu Li, Jiatong Gu, Wenqi Shi, Haigen Zhao, Chen Sun, Songcai You
Summary: This study used in situ maize-phenology data from three different sources to establish a maize-phenology data set, including nine phenological stages and phenological stage maps. The relationship between each phenological stage and date, longitude, latitude, and altitude was revealed using multiple stepwise regression and the spatial variation of each phenological stage was explored using ArcGIS. The validated data set can be used for various purposes, including real-time warning and prediction of maize-related meteorological hazards.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Helen Teshome, Kindie Tesfaye, Nigussie Dechassa, Tamado Tana, Matthew Huber
Summary: The study in eastern Ethiopia found that the majority of smallholder maize farmers perceive climate change and have adopted adaptation strategies like adjusting planting dates and using improved maize varieties. Barriers to climate change adaptation include low educational level, land scarcity, large family sizes, age, lack of access to irrigation water, credit, and extension services. Policy efforts should focus on supporting farmers in adapting to climate change and addressing these barriers to enhance maize productivity in the region.
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Environmental Sciences
Jitendra Singh, Moetasim Ashfaq, Christopher B. Skinner, Weston B. Anderson, Vimal Mishra, Deepti Singh
Summary: Spatially compounding extremes pose substantial threats to globally interconnected socio-economic systems. Multiple simulations have shown that compound droughts will increase in frequency and severity in the coming decades, with North America and the Amazon region at higher risk.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022)
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Engineering, Environmental
Fabo Chen, Jian Gao, Wenbo Li, Ping Fang
Summary: The study found that seed coating with zinc significantly reduces boron accumulation and toxicity in maize, and coating with boron, zinc, and boron+zinc leads to alterations in the expression of specific genes, with some co-modulated genes primarily encoding stress resistance- and membrane-related proteins.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Marina Baldissera Pacchetti, Suraje Dessai, David A. Stainforth, Seamus Bradley
Summary: This paper assesses the quality of regional climate information for climate adaptation decision-making, using the UK Climate Projections 2018 as an example. The assessment revealed issues of lack of transparency and lower quality in probabilistic projections compared to global projections.
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Plant Sciences
Hongfei Ji, Guoping Yang, Xiu Zhang, Qiumei Zhong, Yuxi Qi, Kaihua Wu, Tingting Shen
Summary: Soil salinization is a global environmental problem that affects agricultural productivity. Recent research has found that histidine plays a crucial role in reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS) and improving plant tolerance to salt stress. This study investigated the regulatory effects of histidine on the root system of maize under salt stress. The results showed that histidine can ameliorate the adverse effects of salt stress on maize root growth by reducing the accumulation of ROS and increasing the activity of antioxidant enzymes. Transcriptome analysis revealed that histidine treatment enriched DEGs involved in plant hormone signaling, glycolysis, and nitrogen metabolism pathways, further enhancing the salt tolerance of maize roots.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Miroslaw Wyszkowski, Marzena S. Brodowska
Summary: This study found that potassium and nitrogen fertilizers have significant impacts on the trace element content of maize, with potassium fertilizer increasing multiple element contents and nitrogen fertilizer primarily increasing manganese and iron contents while decreasing others.
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Environmental Sciences
Xingmin Shao, Yongqiang Zhang, Changming Liu, Francis H. S. Chiew, Jing Tian, Ning Ma, Xuanze Zhang
Summary: Accurately estimating actual evapotranspiration (ET) is a challenge in hydrological and energy flux balance studies. This research evaluates 10 global ET products and identifies the optimal ET products using three indirect evaluation methods. The results show that these methods are successful in filtering out poorer ET products, but their ability to identify better ET products is slightly degraded. The AA fusion product, which combines outputs from multiple products, performs well in many basins.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2022)
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Evolutionary Biology
Garrett M. Janzen, Maria Rocio Aguilar-Rangel, Carolina Cintora-Martinez, Karla Azucena Blocher-Juarez, Eric Gonzalez-Segovia, Anthony J. Studer, Daniel E. Runcie, Sherry A. Flint-Garcia, Ruben Rellan-alvarez, Ruairidh J. H. Sawers, Matthew B. Hufford
Summary: This study investigated the local adaptation of maize landraces by performing a reciprocal transplant experiment across different elevations in Mexico. The results showed that maize landraces have higher fitness when grown at their native elevation, and Mexican landraces have higher fitness than South American landraces when grown in Mexican sites. Furthermore, traits related to highland adaptation showed stronger correlations in the highland site.
EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
(2022)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Yunqiang Zhang, Jianyu Liu, Kehua Jiang, Yu Duan, Yiling Zhang, Xue Qiu, Yanhua Fan, Jianguo Zhu, Yongnan Xu
Summary: In this study, new lignans and known components were isolated from Zea mays, and their abilities to inhibit kidney tubular cell injury were evaluated. The results indicated that Zea mays roots have potential medicinal properties for nephrolithiasis and can be valuable resources for pharmaceutical research.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Min Xu, Xiaomin Tian, Tingting Ku, Guangyuan Wang, Enying Zhang
Summary: Lysine malonylation is an important post-translational modification that plays a regulatory role in maize. The study provided a comprehensive survey of the malonylome in maize, revealing its essential regulatory role in photosynthesis and carbon fixation.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Aldona Placzek, Barbara Patorczyk-Pytlik
Summary: The study found that the addition of selenium to the soil can increase the biomass yield of selenium-sensitive maize varieties, while significantly reducing the yield of selenium-resistant varieties, with selenium content and uptake increasing with the selenium dose. In terms of crop quality for animal nutrition, the optimal selenium content can be reached under a lower selenium dose, but higher treatments may lead to excessive selenium accumulation.
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Plant Sciences
Xue Feng, Quan Meng, Jianbin Zeng, Qian Yu, Dengan Xu, Xuehuan Dai, Lei Ge, Wujun Ma, Wenxing Liu
Summary: In this study, a total of 60 SnRK genes were discovered in maize and classified into three subfamilies. Gene structure analysis showed that the ZmSnRK gene family had undergone purifying selection. The expression profiles of ZmSnRKs exhibited significant differences in various tissues and abiotic stresses. Additionally, ZmPP2Cs that interact with ZmSnRK proteins and miRNAs that target ZmSnRKs were identified.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
A. Rodriguez, M. Ruiz-Ramos, T. Palosuo, T. R. Carter, S. Fronzek, I. J. Lorite, R. Ferrise, N. Pirttioja, M. Bindi, P. Baranowski, S. Buis, D. Cammarano, Y. Chen, B. Dumont, F. Ewert, T. Gaiser, P. Hlavinka, H. Hoffmann, J. G. Hohn, F. Jurecka, K. C. Kersebaum, J. Krzyszczak, M. Lana, A. Mechiche-Alami, J. Minet, M. Montesino, C. Nendel, J. R. Porter, F. Ruget, M. A. Semenov, Z. Steinmetz, P. Stratonovitch, I. Supit, F. Tao, M. Trnka, A. de Wit, R. P. Roetter
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2019)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Helena Kahiluoto, Janne Kaseva, Jan Balek, Jorgen E. Olesen, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Anne Gobin, Kurt Christian Kersebaum, Jozef Takac, Francoise Ruget, Roberto Ferrise, Pavol Bezak, Gemma Capellades, Camilla Dibari, Hanna Makinen, Claas Nendel, Domenico Ventrella, Alfredo Rodriguez, Marco Bindi, Mirek Trnka
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2019)
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Helena Kahiluoto, Janne Kaseva, Jorgen E. Olesen, Kurt Christian Kersebaum, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Anne Gobin, Jozef Takac, Francoise Ruget, Roberto Ferrise, Jan Balek, Pavol Bezak, Gemma Capellades, Camilla Dibari, Hanna Makinen, Claas Nendel, Domenico Ventrella, Alfredo Rodriguez, Marco Bindi, Mirek Trnka
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Miroslav Trnka, Song Feng, Mikhail A. Semenov, Jorgen E. Olesen, Kurt Christian Kersebaum, Reimund P. Roetter, Daniela Semeradova, Karel Klem, Wei Huang, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Petr Hlavinka, Jan Meitner, Jan Balek, Petr Havlik, Ulf Buntgen
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
R. P. Kipling, C. F. E. Topp, A. Bannink, D. J. Bartley, I. Blanco-Penedo, R. Cortignani, A. del Prado, G. Dono, P. Faverdin, A. -I. Graux, N. J. Hutchings, L. Lauwers, S. Ozkan Gulzari, P. Reidsma, S. Rolinski, M. Ruiz-Ramos, D. L. Sandars, R. Sandor, M. Schoenhart, G. Seddaiu, J. van Middelkoop, S. Shrestha, I. Weindl, V. Eory
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
(2019)
Article
Agronomy
Inigo Gomara, Gianni Bellocchi, Raphael Martin, Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2020)
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Agronomy
Fulu Tao, Taru Palosuo, Reimund P. Roetter, Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Diaz-Ambrona, M. Ines Minguez, Mikhail A. Semenov, Kurt Christian Kersebaum, Davide Cammarano, Xenia Specka, Claas Nendel, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Frank Ewert, Gloria Padovan, Roberto Ferrise, Pierre Martre, Lucia Rodriguez, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Thomas Gaiser, Jukka G. Hohn, Tapio Salo, Camilla Dibari, Alan H. Schulman
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2020)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Alfredo Rodriguez, David Perez-Lopez, Ana Centeno, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos
Summary: The study indicates that global warming may lead to a reduction in winter chill, potentially negatively impacting fruit tree crops in peninsular Spain and the Balearic Islands in the future. Choosing tree varieties with low chilling requirements can ensure the viability of fruit crops in these regions in the face of decreasing winter chill.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ernesto Sanz, Antonio Saa-Requejo, Carlos H. Diaz-Ambrona, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Alfredo Rodriguez, Eva Iglesias, Paloma Esteve, Barbara Soriano, Ana M. Tarquis
Summary: This study examined the relationship between NDVI and temperature, precipitation, and Aridity Index in four different arid rangeland areas in southeast Spain. The research found a strong correlation between NDVI and temperature, with differences in results depending on the temporal and spatial resolution used.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Ioanna Mouratiadou, Catharina Latka, Floor van der Hilst, Christoph Mueller, Regine Berges, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Frank Ewert, Babacar Faye, Thomas Heckelei, Munir Hoffmann, Heikki Lehtonen, Ignacio Jesus Lorite, Claas Nendel, Taru Palosuo, Alfredo Rodriguez, Reimund Paul Roetter, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Tommaso Stella, Heidi Webber, Birka Wicke
Summary: Sustainable intensification of agriculture is a promising strategy to enhance the capacity of the agricultural sector to meet growing demands sustainably. An approach combining a newly developed metrics framework with agricultural systems modelling allows for the ex-ante evaluation of SI options. This approach can help in decision making and assessing trade-offs related to SI across different dimensions.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tommaso Stella, Heidi Webber, Jorgen E. Olesen, Alex C. Ruane, Stefan Fronzek, Simone Bregaglio, Sravya Mamidanna, Marco Bindi, Brian Collins, Babacar Faye, Roberto Ferrise, Nandor Fodor, Clara Gabaldon-Leal, Mohamed Jabloun, Kurt-Christian Kersebaum, Jon Lizaso, Ignacio J. Lorite, Loic Manceau, Pierre Martre, Claas Nendel, Alfredo Rodriguez, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Mikhail A. Semenov, Pierre Stratonovitch, Frank Ewert
Summary: This study utilizes the relative distribution method to assess the risk of yield failure due to heat and drought stress under climate change for rainfed wheat and grain maize in Europe. Results show that climate change leads to shorter return periods of yield failures for maize, with a shift towards lower values in the yield distribution and a reduced frequency of high yields. Conversely, for wheat, yield failures are projected to become less frequent under future scenarios, with a shift towards higher values in the yield distribution and an increase in the frequency of extreme yields.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Eva Pohankova, Petr Hlavinka, Kurt-Christian Kersebaum, Alfredo Rodriguez, Jan Balek, Martin Bednarik, Martin Dubrovsky, Anne Gobin, Gerrit Hoogenboom, Marco Moriondo, Claas Nendel, Jorgen E. E. Olesen, Reimund Paul Roetter, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Vakhtang Shelia, Tommaso Stella, Munir Paul Hoffmann, Jozef Takac, Josef Eitzinger, Camilla Dibari, Roberto Ferrise, Monika Blahova, Miroslav Trnka
Summary: Crop rotation, fertilization, and residue management have an impact on water balance and crop production. Simulations show that using cover crops, applying manure, and retaining crop residue can increase crop yields under future climate conditions. However, this also leads to higher evapotranspiration, which may affect soil water balance and groundwater replenishment.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Jin Zhao, Marco Bindi, Josef Eitzinger, Roberto Ferrise, Zinta Gaile, Anne Gobin, Annelie Holzkamper, Kurt-Christian Kersebaum, Jerzy Kozyra, Zita Kriauciuniene, Evelin Loit, Pavol Nejedlik, Claas Nendel, Ulo Niinemets, Taru Palosuo, Pirjo Peltonen-Sainio, Vera Potopova, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Pytrik Reidsma, Bert Rijk, Mirek Trnka, Martin K. van Ittersum, Jorgen E. Olesen
Summary: This study assessed the adaptive measures to climate change effects on cropping systems in Europe by distributing questionnaires to experts from 15 European countries. The results showed that farmers in northern Europe mainly adjusted the timing of field operations and introduced new crops and cultivars, while farmers in central and southern Europe focused on changing water and soil management and adopting drought-tolerant cultivars.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ernesto Sanz, Juan Jose Martin Sotoca, Antonio Saa-Requejo, Carlos H. Diaz-Ambrona, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos, Alfredo Rodriguez, Ana M. Tarquis
Summary: Rangeland ecosystems are essential for ecosystem services and human livelihoods. This study demonstrates the importance of using detrended fluctuation analysis to calculate the Hurst exponent in vegetation time series for improved rangeland classification. The results highlight the usefulness of this approach for studying rangeland dynamics and management.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Alfredo Rodriguez, David Perez-Lopez, Enrique Sanchez, Ana Centeno, Inigo Gomara, Alessandro Dosio, Margarita Ruiz-Ramos
NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
(2019)