World cereal nitrogen use efficiency trends: review and current knowledge

P Omara, L Aula, F Oyebiyi… - Agrosystems …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas Cereal N use efficiency was estimated at 35, 41, 30, and 21% for the world, the
United States, China, and India, respectively. There was a trend for increased N fertilizer …

By‐plant prediction of corn forage biomass and nitrogen uptake at various growth stages using remote sensing and plant height

KW Freeman, K Girma, DB Arnall, RW Mullen… - Agronomy …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
As research intensifies on develo** precision agricultural practices for corn (Zea mays L.)
production, an important component will be to identify the scale at which these practices …

Development of crop cultivars by honeycomb breeding

VA Fasoula, IS Tokatlidis - Agronomy for sustainable development, 2012 - Springer
The ability of agriculture to adapt to environmental changes and to address main issues of
food quality and environment protection is a fundamental factor in achieving sustainability …

Characterizing spatiotemporal patterns of crop phenology across North America during 2000–2016 using satellite imagery and agricultural survey data

Y Yang, W Ren, B Tao, L Ji, L Liang, AC Ruane… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Crop phenology represents an integrative indicator of climate change and plays a vital role
in terrestrial carbon dynamics and sustainable agricultural development. However …

Coupling time to silking with plant growth rate in maize

L Borrás, ME Westgate, JP Astini, L Echarte - Field Crops Research, 2007 - Elsevier
In maize (Zea mays L.), progress towards pistillate flower maturity (silking) is highly
dependent upon the environmental conditions around flowering. Under conditions that …

Long‐term corn and soybean response to crop rotation and tillage

AJ Sindelar, MR Schmer, VL **, BJ Wienhold… - Agronomy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term experiments are essential to understand how crop rotation and tillage practices
affect corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] production and its resiliency …

Factors influencing the adoption of improved cultivars: a case of peach farmers in Pakistan

A Ullah, D Khan, S Zheng, U Ali - Ciência Rural, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
This study aimed to investigate factors influencing the adoption of improved cultivars (ICs) in
peach production in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. A total of 270 respondents …

Evaluating maize phenotypic variance, heritability, and yield relationships at multiple biological scales across agronomically relevant environments

SL Tucker, FG Dohleman, D Grapov… - Plant, cell & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A challenge to improve an integrative phenotype, like yield, is the interaction between the
broad range of possible molecular and physiological traits that contribute to yield and the …

Crop adaptation to density to optimise grain yield: breeding implications

IS Tokatlidis - Euphytica, 2017 - Springer
Competition between crop plants, due to resource limitation, is at the root of a considerable
yield limitation, a major problem that future agriculture is faced with. Due to inter-plant …

Combining spatial and temporal corn silage yield variability for management zone development

TP Kharel, A Maresma, KJ Czymmek… - Agronomy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Precision agriculture requires an understanding of yield variability. The objectives of this
study were to (i) document the temporal and spatial variability of corn (Zea mays L.) silage …