Ngā hua rapu - "water use efficiency"

The North China Plain (NCP), one of the most important agricultural regions in China, is facing a major water-resource crisis evoked by excessive exploitation of groundwater. To reduce water use while maintaining high crop production level, improving variety water use efficiency (WUE) is an urgent n...

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For a comprehensive understanding of carrot drought tolerance, studying nutrient homeostasis alongside physiochemical modifications, especially under different drought intensities and nutrient supplements is essential. In this work, the effect of soil ammonium nitrate and foliar potassium humate app...

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Water shortage has threatened sustainable development of agriculture globally as well as in the North China Plain (NCP). Irrigation, as the most effective way to increase food production in dry land, may not be readily available in the situation of drought. One of the alternatives is to supply plant...

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To reveal photosynthetic characteristics and biomass yield is important for evaluating introduced species adaptation to local environments. A field experiment was conducted over three consecutive years (2011–2013) to evaluate photosynthetic characteristics, soil water content, aboveground biomass ac...

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The research aims to determine the response of the Maize crop to irrigation with salt water during the growth stages, and to study the accumulation of salts in the soil, the degree of their interaction, and the efficiency of water use. Three types of irrigation water with salt concentrations (1.5, 4...

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Intercropping has the advantages of improving the canopy environment and enhancing the productivity of farmland. However, the responses of photosynthetic physiological characteristics, canopy structure and yield to different water and fertilizer measures need to be further clarified. The study took...

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An improved straw mulching model may be a sustainable agricultural production technology due to its improvements in soil water and the fertilizer environment by the recycling of waste straw resources. A four-year field experiment was conducted in a randomized block design on the Loess Plateau of nor...

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This study aimed to investigate the differences in shoot and root traits, and water use and water use efficiency (WUE) in drought tolerant (DT) maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids under full and deficit irrigated conditions. A two-year greenhouse study was conducted with four hybrids (one conventional hybri...

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Ecosystem water use efficiency (WUE) is a key indicator of the coupled water-carbon cycle. Understanding the cumulative and lagged effects of drought on global ecosystem WUE is crucial for assessing and responding to hydroclimatic disturbances. However, the spatial patterns and mechanisms of drought...

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Drought is an important abiotic stress limiting wheat production worldwide. Hence there is a critical need to develop wheat varieties with improved performance under drought. Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase is a central regulator that integrates diverse nutrient, energy, hormone, and environmental...

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Water is one of the main factors for the production of vegetable crops due to its crucial role in the absorption and transport of nutrients, temperature regulation and some physiological processes, including photosynthesis. Considering the growing needs of a growing population for food and nutrients...

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The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of applying different amounts of water and nitrogen on yield, fruit quality, water use efficiency (WUE), irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of drip-irrigated greenhouse tomatoes in northwestern China. Th...

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The effects of tradition irrigation, dropping irrigation, alternation irrigation and fixed irrigation on the growth, yield and water use efficiency of cucumber in sunlight greenhouse were analyzed. Results showed that the effects of four irrigation methods on plant height, stem diameter, leaf number...

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Wildfires are increasing in risk and prevalence. The most destructive wildfires in decades in Australia occurred in 2019–2020. However, there is still a challenge in developing effective models to understand the likelihood of wildfire spread (susceptibility) and pre‐fire vegetation conditions. The r...

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The Northeast Plain is the largest maize production area in China, and drip irrigation has recently been proposed to cope with the effects of frequent droughts and to improve water use efficiency (WUE). In order to develop an efficient and environmentally friendly irrigation system, drip irrigation...

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With increasing water shortage resources and extravagant nitrogen application, there is an urgent need to optimize irrigation regimes and nitrogen management for winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the North China Plain (NCP). A 4-year field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of thre...

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The semi-arid area in middle of Ningxia has suffered from dry climate, which causes intensive evaporation of soil and low yield of potato. Therefore, a field study was conducted to determine the effects of super absorbent dosage on water status of dryland soil, growth and yield of potato, and water...

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Water is a key limiting factor in agriculture. Water resource shortages have become a serious threat to global food security. The development of water-saving irrigation techniques based on crop requirements is an important strategy to resolve water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions. In this stu...

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Abstract Water use efficiency (WUE, the ratio of gross primary productivity to evapotranspiration (ET)) is a robust indicator of ecosystem response to climate change, with soil moisture serving as a crucial determinant. Soil moisture varies across soil layers due to ET and soil structure, thereby di...

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Straw mulching allows for effective water storage in dryland wheat production. Finding a suitable straw mulching model that facilitates wheat growth was the objective of this study. A 2-year field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of two straw mulching patterns (FM, full coverage w...

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