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Holistic systems analyses accelerate progress towards Sustainable Development Goals
Food systems innovations — including strategic adoption of crop and livestock breeding technologies, land-use optimization and food waste inhibitors — diminish the need to import protein and avoid greenhouse g...
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Open AccessGermination responses of Lens Culiunaris L. seeds to osmotic potentials at cardinal temperatures using hydrothermal time model
Lentil is a significant legume that are consumed as a staple food and have a significant economic impact around the world. The purpose of the present research on lentil was to assess the hydrothermal time mode...
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Open AccessIrrigation with Artificial Intelligence: Problems, Premises, Promises
Protagonists allege that artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising contemporaneous mindscapes. Here, we authoritatively review the status quo of AI and machine learning application in irrigated agriculture,...
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Open AccessSalicylic acid and Tocopherol improve wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Physio-biochemical and agronomic features grown in deep sowing stress: a way forward towards sustainable production
The rate of germination and other physiological characteristics of seeds that are germinating are impacted by deep sowing. Based on the results of earlier studies, conclusions were drawn that deep sowing alter...
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Open AccessUnveiling the antioxidant capacity of fermented foods and food microorganisms: a focus on cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria, which are photosynthetic prokaryotes, have gained attention in recent years for their potential health benefits. One notable property of cyanobacteria is their high antioxidant capacity, which h...
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Modulation of maize growth, yield and soil enzymes activities by introducing wheat straw mulching and tillage practices
Tillage and mulching are two agricultural practices that play a crucial role in improving crop growth. Tillage involves mechanical manipulation of the soil, which helps improve soil aeration, drainage, and roo...
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Open AccessBiochar as sustainable input for nodulation, yield and quality of mung bean
To reduce dependency on synthetic fertilizers in response to the escalating costs of fertilizers and environmental limitations, it is imperative to enhance crop productivity and soil fertility sustainably. Thi...
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Root architecture traits and genotypic responses of wheat at seedling stage to water-deficit stress
This study was aimed to identify genotypic differences in shoot growth rate and root architecture traits in response to water-deficit stress at early growth stages of wheat seedling, and to quantify relationsh...
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Key drivers of phosphorus use efficiency (PUE) in a dryland crop** system
Increasing phosphorus (P) fertiliser use efficiency (PUE) is essential for addressing global nutrition security, food production costs, and environmental pollution. However, a myriad of soil × climate × crop ×...
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Genetic progress battles climate variability: drivers of soybean yield gains in China from 2006 to 2020
While improvement of soybean productivity under a changing climate will be integral to ensuring sustainable food security, the relative importance of genetic progress attributed to historical yield gains remai...
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Open AccessCarbon, cash, cattle and the climate crisis
While society increasingly demands emissions abatement from the livestock sector, farmers are concurrently being forced to adapt to an existential climate crisis. Here, we examine how stacking together multipl...
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Beneficial elements: New Players in improving nutrient use efficiency and abiotic stress tolerance
Plant requires seventeen essential mineral elements for proper growth and functioning classified as macro and micro-nutrients. Apart from these, cerium (Ce), cobalt (Co), iodine (I), aluminum (Al), selenium (S...
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Open AccessSilver lining to a climate crisis in multiple prospects for alleviating crop waterlogging under future climates
Extreme weather events threaten food security, yet global assessments of impacts caused by crop waterlogging are rare. Here we first develop a paradigm that distils common stress patterns across environments, ...
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Open AccessBiostimulants alleviate water deficit stress and enhance essential oil productivity: a case study with savory
Water deficit stress exposure frequently constrains plant and agri-food production globally. Biostimulants (BSs) can be considered a new tool in mitigating water deficit stress. This study aimed to understand ...
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Open AccessTowards an integrated phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen cycling model for topographically diverse grasslands
Contemporary science on how livestock influence nutrient cycling in grazing systems is limited, particularly in topographically complex (i.e., slopes and aspects) hill country landscapes. Prominent slope and a...
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Open AccessWhole farm planning raises profit despite burgeoning climate crisis
The climate crisis challenges farmer livelihoods as increasingly frequent extreme weather events impact the quantum and consistency of crop production. Here, we develop a novel paradigm to raise whole farm pro...
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Open AccessSoil properties resulting in superior maize yields upon climate warming
The impacts of global climate warming on maize yield vary regionally. However, less is known about how soil modulates regionally specific impacts and soil properties that are able to alleviate adverse impacts ...
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Open AccessComparative efficacy of phosphorous supplements with phosphate solubilizing bacteria for optimizing wheat yield in calcareous soils
Phosphorus (P) deficiency is the main hurdle in achieving sustainable crop production ps especially in calcareous soils. Using bio-fertilizers like phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) could be a useful appro...
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Biosynthetic pathways of triterpenoids and strategies to improve their Biosynthetic Efficiency
“Triterpenoids” can be considered natural products derived from the cyclization of squalene, yielding 3-deoxytriterpenes (hydrocarbons) or 3-hydroxytriterpenes. Triterpenoids are metabolites of these two class...
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Open AccessDesigning high-yielding wheat crops under late sowing: a case study in southern China
Crop** of rice and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in rotation contiguously in the same field is a fundamental pillar of double-crop** systems in southern China. Yields of such crop** systems are increasingly ...