Agrophotovoltaic systems: applications, challenges, and opportunities. A review

A Weselek, A Ehmann, S Zikeli, I Lewandowski… - Agronomy for …, 2019 - Springer
The expansion of renewable energies aims at meeting the global energy demand while
replacing fossil fuels. However, it requires large areas of land. At the same time, food …

A meta‐analysis of plant responses to light intensity for 70 traits ranging from molecules to whole plant performance

H Poorter, Ü Niinemets, N Ntagkas… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
By means of meta‐analyses we determined how 70 traits related to plant anatomy,
morphology, chemistry, physiology, growth and reproduction are affected by daily light …

Root traits explain rhizosphere fungal community composition among temperate grassland plant species

CJ Sweeney, FT de Vries, BE van Dongen… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While it is known that interactions between plants and soil fungi drive many essential
ecosystem functions, considerable uncertainty exists over the drivers of fungal community …

Shedding light on shade: ecological perspectives of understorey plant life

F Valladares, L Laanisto, Ü Niinemets… - Plant Ecology & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Shade, in ecological sense, is not merely a lack of light, but a multi-faceted phenomenon
that creates new and complex settings for community and ecosystem dynamics. Tolerating …

Photovoltaic panels have altered grassland plant biodiversity and soil microbial diversity

Z Bai, A Jia, Z Bai, S Qu, M Zhang, L Kong… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Human concerns about fossil fuel depletion, energy security and environmental
degradation have driven the rapid development of solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation …

Exploring the use of cellulose nanocrystal as surface-washing agent for oiled shoreline cleanup

Z Chen, C An, J Yin, E Owens, K Lee, K Zhang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface-washing agents are an option to enhance the removal of oil spilled or stranded on
shorelines. The use of nanocellulose-based nanofluid as a surface-washing agent was …

Responses of legumes and grasses to non-, moderate, and dense shade in Missouri, USA. I. Forage yield and its species-level plasticity

K Pang, JW Van Sambeek, NE Navarrete-Tindall… - Agroforestry …, 2019 - Springer
Annual screenings of forage grasses and legumes for shade tolerance were conducted from
1996 to 2001 in the outdoor Shade Tolerance Screening Laboratory at the Horticulture and …

Shading effects in agrivoltaic systems can make the difference in boosting food security in climate change

T Semeraro, A Scarano, LM Curci, A Leggieri… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) systems play an important role in the sustainable energy transition, but
their impact on food security is ambiguous due to the shift in land use from agriculture to …

Plant facilitation and phylogenetics

A Valiente-Banuet, M Verdú - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The relationship between facilitation and evolutionary ecology is poorly understood. We
review five issues elucidating how the phylogenetic relatedness of species provides insight …

Physiological responses to light explain competition and facilitation in a tree diversity experiment

S Kothari, RA Montgomery… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecologists often invoke interspecific facilitation to help explain positive biodiversity–
ecosystem function relationships in plant communities, but seldom test how it occurs. One …