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The options by context approach: a paradigm shift in agronomy
Innovation in agronomy by large numbers of smallholder farmers will need to accelerate if global commitments to end hunger are to be achieved in the face of major climate and other global change that are both caused by, ...
A Short-Cut Approach for Breeding Pigeonpea Hybrids With Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
Lack of stability associated with low productivity have remained key production constraints in pigeonpea for decades.
In this paper, efforts have been made to address these two issues together by breeding high yielding ...
Bringing experts judgments and local knowledge into yield gap assessments: The Sub-Saharan Africa potato case
Potato farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) produce on average 12 % of the potential yield and 24 Mg ha-1 less than yields obtained in experimental stations as evidenced by this study, that implemented an innovative ...
Overgrazing decreases soil organic carbon stocks the most under dry climates and low soil pH: A meta-analysis shows
Grasslands occupy about 40% of the world’s land surface and store approximately 10% of the global soil
organic carbon (SOC) stock. This SOC pool, in which a larger proportion is held in the topsoil (0–0.3 m), is
strongly ...
Influence of CO2 and Temperature on Metabolism and Development of Helicoverpa armigera (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera)
Climate change will have a major bearing on survival and development of insects as a result of increase in CO2 and temperature. Therefore, we studied the direct effects of CO2 and temperature on larval development and ...
The genome sequences of Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis, the diploid ancestors of cultivated peanut
Cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea) is an allotetraploid with closely related subgenomes of a total size of ~2.7 Gb. This makes the
assembly of chromosomal pseudomolecules very challenging. As a foundation to understanding ...