The development of endophyte inoculants for agricultural crops has been bedevilled by the twin problems of a lack of reliability and consistency, with a consequent lack of belief among end users in the efficacy of such treatments. We have developed a successful research pipeline for the production of a reliable, consistent and environmentally targeted fungal endophyte seed-delivered inoculant f...

the performance of different yield loss models from an exponential family was evaluated in safflower-redroot pigweed systems in two field experiments conducted during 2007 and 2008 growing seasons at the research field of agricultural college of shiraz university, iran. the yield loss of safflower was recorded as relative yield loss in experimental plots laid out in split plot design with three...

The scarcity of water compared with the abundance of land constitutes the main drawback within agricultural production. Besides the improvement of irrigation techniques a task of primary importance is solving the problem of intra-seasonal irrigation scheduling under limited seasonal water supply. An efficient scheduling algorithm has to take into account the crops’ response to water stress at d...

The recent Crop Intensification Program represents a great opportunity for Rwanda to guarantee food security and strengthen the country`s agricultural productivity. However overwhelming evidence is arising that a sustained growth path will be preserved over time only if the production process incorporates sustainability issues. Through qualitative interviews, a quantitative analysis and finding...

— It is widely agreed that smallholder-led agricultural growth would contribute most to improved food security and reduced poverty. Yet, how to achieve broader and more sustainable access by smallholder farmers to productivity-enhancing inputs for food crop production remains a largely unsolved riddle. In light of the great institutional diversity across cotton sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa, th...

In order to integrate web with crop growth simulation and decision-making support system, the field experiment of different basal levels was carried out in experiment area of Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2005 adopting 4 cultivars such as “Wuyungeng 7”, “Yangdao 6”, “Yueyou 948” and “Nangeng 41”, which mainly were used in collecting cultivar parameters and updating database of the...

The farmer requires detailed information on crop stress conditions in order to manage the crop growth. This information may be acquired by low granular satellite images to coarsely identify areas of interest within the field followed by ground measurements carried out by robotic surveying platforms for plant identification and segmentation. A novel concept for creating rational behaviors of sur...

Multitemporal measurements gathered by EMISAR over the Foulum (Jutland) test site and AirSAR over the Wageningen test site provide an unrivalled opportunity to examine the factors affecting classification of northern European agricultural crops using both polarimetric and multitemporal information. Data analysis, guided by physical principles, has been used to investigate those polarimetric fea...

Three-quarters of leading global food crops rely on animal pollination. With both managed and wild pollinators declining, is there reason for concern? Researchers are beginning to pin down the possible long-term risks.

Low temperature during reproductive stage of spring wheat causes sterility of pollen grains and reduced yield. Field experiment was conducted during the winter season in the farm of Indian Agricultural Research Institute with wheat crop to study the effect of temperature on phenology and pollen sterility of spring wheat crop. Lower mean temperature during the crop growth period led to enhanced ...