[HTML][HTML] Cereal yield gaps across Europe

R Schils, JE Olesen, KC Kersebaum, B Rijk… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Europe accounts for around 20% of the global cereal production and is a net exporter of ca.
15% of that production. Increasing global demand for cereals justifies questions as to where …

The effects of biochar, compost and their mixture and nitrogen fertilizer on yield and nitrogen use efficiency of barley grown on a Nitisol in the highlands of Ethiopia

G Agegnehu, PN Nelson, MI Bird - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
The effects of organic amendments and nitrogen (N) fertilizer on yield and N use efficiency of
barley were investigated on a Nitisol of the central Ethiopian highlands in 2014. The …

Effects of biochar and nitrogen fertilizer on soil physicochemical properties, nitrogen use efficiency and upland rice (Oryza sativa) yield grown on an Alfisol in …

S Oladele, A Adeyemo, M Awodun, A Ajayi… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Biochar and inorganic fertilizer when co-applied have been reported to increase
crop yield and enhance soil fertility. However, studies on this complementary effect on soil …

Native rhizospheric and endophytic fungi as sustainable sources of plant growth promoting traits to improve wheat growth under low nitrogen input

AH Mohamed, FH Abd El-Megeed, NM Hassanein… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wheat crops require effective nitrogen fertilization to produce high yields. Only half of
chemical N2 fertilizers are absorbed into plants while the rest remains in the soil, causing …

Improving winter wheat photosynthesis, nitrogen use efficiency, and yield by optimizing nitrogen fertilization

MS Kubar, KS Alshallash, MA Asghar, M Feng, A Raza… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wheat is the third most producing crop in China after maize and rice. In order to enhance the
nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and grain yield of winter wheat, a two-year field experiment …

Multi-trait ensemble genomic prediction and simulations of recurrent selection highlight importance of complex trait genetic architecture for long-term genetic gains in …

N Fradgley, KA Gardner, AR Bentley, P Howell… - in silico …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cereal crop breeders have achieved considerable genetic gain in genetically complex traits,
such as grain yield, while maintaining genetic diversity. However, focus on selection for yield …

Influence of grain quality, semolinas and baker's yeast on bread made from old landraces and modern genotypes of Sicilian durum wheat

P Ruisi, R Ingraffia, V Urso, D Giambalvo… - Food Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Several studies showed that products made with ancient wheat genotypes have beneficial
health properties compared to those obtained with modern wheat varieties, even though the …

Nitrogen fertilizer deep placement for increased grain yield and nitrogen recovery efficiency in rice grown in subtropical China

M Wu, G Li, W Li, J Liu, M Liu, C Jiang, Z Li - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Field plot experiments were conducted over 3 years (from April 2014 to November 2016) in
a double-rice (Oryza sativa L.) crop** system in subtropical China to evaluate the effects …

Disentangling the effect of nitrogen input and weed control on crop–weed competition suggests a potential agronomic trap in conventional farming

A Berquer, V Bretagnolle, O Martin, S Gaba - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Weeds are commonly assumed to induce yield loss because of resource competition.
However, there is growing empirical evidence that the picture is much more complex …

Monitoring of wheat lactic acid bacteria from the field until the first step of dough fermentation

A Alfonzo, C Miceli, A Nasca, E Franciosi… - Food …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present work was carried out to retrieve the origin of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in
sourdough. To this purpose, wheat LAB were monitored from ear harvest until the first step of …