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Energy catch crop production in double cropping systems is a good adaptation strategy for French farmers.

Taxon: energy catch crope2
Outcome: good adaptation strategye2

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“energy catch crop production in double cropping system seem to be a good adaptation strategy for French farmers but has to be improved to decrease the high yield variability”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 621–794

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Optimisation of French Energy Cover Crop Production in Double Cropping Systems for On-farm Biogas Use

Marsac, S.; Quod, C.; Leveau, V.; et al. ETA Florence 2019. doi:10.5071/27theubce2019-1ao.4.5

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The authors recommend locating fertilizer nitrogen in ridges of plastic mulched ridge-furrow systems.

Taxon: MaizeZea mayst0
Outcome: localized N application – into the ridgese0

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“appropriately localized N application – into the ridges, and management strategies should be designed for Plastic to maximize N use efficiency by crops, decrease N gas losses”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1735–1909

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“Maize grain yield”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 682–699

Title

Fate and transport of urea-N in a rain-fed ridge-furrow crop system with plastic mulch

Sheng Guo; Rui Jiang; Hongchao Qu; et al. Soil and Tillage Research 2018. doi:10.1016/j.still.2018.10.022

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Intervention effect Plastic ridge-furrow mulching increased maize grain yield by 9.7% relative to an open flat system.
Intervention effect Plastic ridge-furrow mulching increased net economic benefit by 8.5% relative to an open flat system.
Intervention effect Plastic ridge-furrow mulching increased total maize plant 15N uptake by 72.5% relative to the open system.
Observation Most maize-absorbed 15N was allocated to grain.
Intervention effect Applied urea-N losses were 54.5% lower under plastic mulching than in the open system.
Intervention effect Residual 15N recovery in 0–120 cm soil was 42.7% of applied 15N under plastic mulching versus 26.8% under the open system.
Observation Nitrogen moved laterally from furrow to ridge and ridge to furrow in the mulched system.
Observation Ridges supplied 96.5% of total fertilizer nitrogen uptake in the plastic system, versus 3.5% from furrows.
Observation Furrows contributed 78.6% of nitrogen losses in the plastic system, versus 21.4% from ridges.
Mechanism Ammonia volatilization was probably the main nitrogen loss pathway in furrows.

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The authors recommend an extendable pollen sprinkler for target-specific date palm pollination to increase pollination efficiency.

Taxon: Date palmsPhoenix dactyliferae1
Outcome: pollination efficiencye2

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“Date palms require pollen transfer from male to female palms”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–69

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“The study recommends the use of a novel design of extendable pollen sprinkler for target-specific pollination in order to increase pollination efficiency and decrease DPP waste”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1208–1384

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Maximizing Date Palm Yield: Automatic Extension Sprinklers for Enhanced Aerial Pollination

V J Rehna; Sreenivas Naik; Abid Siddique; et al. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2024. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1401/1/012011

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Method / resource The spraying mechanism is claimed to overcome the drawbacks of aerial pollination and increase pollination effectiveness of date palms.

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Attack by Saissetia oleae in some olive cultivars indicates damage to the photosynthetic apparatus.

Taxon: Olea europaeaOlea europaeat0
Treatment: attacked by S. oleaee7
Interactor: S. oleaeSaissetia oleaee7pest
Outcome: damages to the photosynthetic apparatuse7

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“Olea europaea”
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“The increase of initial fluorescence, reduction of maximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem II/maximum fluorescence, and electron transport rate in some cultivars of O. europaea attacked by S. oleae indicate damages to the photosynthetic apparatus, resulting in a possible decrease in growth and yield of the plants.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1563–1889

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Physiological Aspects of Olea europaea (Oleaceae) Attacked by Saissetia oleae (Hemiptera: Coccidae)

Marinalva Martins dos Santos; Letícia Alves Carvalho Reis; Evander Alves Ferreira; et al. Florida Entomologist 2022. doi:10.1653/024.105.0305

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The authors infer that intensifying inputs would not raise and may even lower farmers' agricultural profits and net incomes.

Taxon: crope0
Treatment: intensifying inputse0
Outcome: farmers' agricultural profits and net incomese0

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“efforts to increase crop yield by intensifying inputs would not increase but may even decrease farmers' agricultural profits and net incomes”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1388–1528

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Integrated Production Functions for Main Crop Fields in Pontieba, Southwestern Burkina Faso: Empirical Estimations for Efficiency Assessment and Further Integrated Modelling

B. A. Thiombiano; Le, Quang Bao MELSpace (ICARDA (The International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas)) 2016. doi:10.13140/rg.2.2.24432.05123

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The authors propose defoliation as a drought-management practice, subject to field testing.

Outcome: defoliation could be an important management practicee0
Qualifier: this needs to be tested under field conditionse0

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“Under anticipated drought stress, defoliation could be an important management practice to reduce drought-induced yield decrease, but this needs to be tested under field conditions”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1694–1874

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EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF DEFOLIATION ON GROWTH AND PRODUCTION OF WATER-STRESSED MAIZE AND COTTON PLANTS

Z. YANG; D. J. MIDMORE Experimental Agriculture 2004. doi:10.1017/s0014479703001534

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Intervention effect Under ample water, 33% defoliation twice reduced maize grain yield by 16%.
Intervention effect Under ample water, one 67% defoliation did not significantly affect maize yield.
Intervention effect Under water stress, 33% defoliation increased maize grain yield by 13.5% versus non-defoliated plants.
Intervention effect Under water stress, 67% defoliation increased maize grain yield by 25% versus non-defoliated plants.
Intervention effect Under ample water, 33% defoliation reduced cotton seed and lint yield by 28%.
Intervention effect Under ample water, 67% defoliation reduced cotton seed and lint yield by 37%.
Intervention effect Defoliated cotton lost fewer fruiting forms under water stress than non-defoliated cotton.
Intervention effect Under water stress, 67% defoliation doubled cotton harvestable product versus non-defoliated controls.
Observation Non-defoliated cotton had a second flowering flush and compensatory fruit set after water stress.
Intervention effect Defoliated cotton showed less compensatory fruit set and boll harvest after water stress.
Intervention effect Defoliation significantly reduced maize water use.
Intervention effect Defoliation significantly reduced cotton water use.
Mechanism The authors attribute defoliated plants’ yield advantage during water stress to improved water status, photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance.

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The developed N fertiliser regression formulae were presented as useful for choosing proso millet N rates.

Taxon: proso milletPanicum miliaceume0
Outcome: useful information about the N fertiliser ratee0

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“The N fertiliser regression formulae developed in the study would provide useful information about the N fertiliser rate of proso millet.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1129–1266

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Nitrogen deficiency induced a decrease in grain yield related to photosynthetic characteristics, carbon–nitrogen balance and nitrogen use efficiency in proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)

Xiangwei Gong; Jing Li; Hongchi Ma; et al. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 2019. doi:10.1080/03650340.2019.1619077

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Intervention effect Nitrogen deficiency decreased net photosynthesis rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate in proso millet flag leaves.
Intervention effect Nitrogen deficiency decreased chlorophyll content in proso millet flag leaves.
Intervention effect Nitrogen deficiency increased intercellular CO2 concentration in proso millet flag leaves.
Intervention effect Nitrogen deficiency negatively regulated proso millet carbon–nitrogen balance.
Intervention effect Nitrogen deficiency increased the C/N ratio in proso millet.
Intervention effect Nitrogen deficiency reduced total N, soluble protein and soluble sugar contents in proso millet.
Intervention effect Nitrogen deficiency resulted in high starch content in proso millet.
Intervention effect Lower available N significantly reduced proso millet N uptake and utilisation.
Association Proso millet grain yield correlated positively with photosynthetic characteristics.
Association Proso millet grain yield correlated positively with N use efficiency.
Association Proso millet grain yield correlated negatively with the C/N ratio.
Intervention effect N0 yielded less than N150 in both years.
Intervention effect N60 yielded less than N150 in both years.
Intervention effect N105 yielded less than N150 in both years.

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The authors infer that chickpea inhibition may partly result from impaired root physiology.

Taxon: chickpeaCicer arietinume2
Outcome: number of nodules per plante1
Qualifier: physiological malfunctioning of rootse0

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“assumed to result at least partially from physiological malfunctioning of roots as reflected by a drastic and significant decrease (p = 0.05) in tissue water concentration”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 611–782

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“number of nodules per plant”
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“grain yield of chickpea”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 388–411

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Mixed cropping effects on growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and chickpea (Cicer arietenum L.).

S. Gill; Muhammad Abid; Farooq Azam http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/41(3)/PJB41(3)1029.pdf 2009

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Intervention effect Mixed cropping reduced chickpea root proliferation to about one third of sole cropping.
Intervention effect Mixed cropping reduced chickpea total biomass to about one third of sole cropping.
Intervention effect Mixed cropping reduced chickpea grain yield to about one third of sole cropping.
Intervention effect Mixed cropping inhibited chickpea nodule number per plant.
Intervention effect Chickpea tissue water concentration decreased significantly in mixture.
Observation Chickpea root-shoot ratio decreased sharply with maximal root damage at maturity.
Intervention effect Individual chickpea nodules weighed significantly more in mixture.
Intervention effect Wheat biomass yield increased by over 100% with chickpea as a companion crop.
Intervention effect Wheat 100-grain weight decreased significantly in mixture.
Intervention effect Wheat harvest index was unaffected in mixture.
Intervention effect Wheat flag-leaf greenness was unaffected in mixture.

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A ridge-furrow ratio of 40:71 cm is recommended in normal years to reduce GHG emissions while sustaining winter wheat productivity.

Taxon: Winter WheatTriticum aestivumt0
Treatment: a ridge–furrow ratio of 40:71 cm in normal yearse7
Outcome: reduce GHG emissionse7

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“Therefore, conventional flat planting in wet years and a ridge–furrow ratio of 40:71 cm in normal years can reduce GHG emissions, sustaining crop productivity, and promote the sustainable development of agriculture and the environment”
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“Increase Winter Wheat Yield”
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Title

Optimized Ridge–Furrow Ratio to Decrease Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Increase Winter Wheat Yield in Dry Semi-Humid Areas

Xiaoli Liu; Yandong Wang; Xiaolong Ren; et al. Agronomy 2022. doi:10.3390/agronomy12081815

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Intervention effect Ridge-furrow planting raised furrow soil temperature compared with flat planting.
Intervention effect Ridge-furrow planting promoted soil moisture in the furrows during the vegetative period compared with flat planting.
Association Soil temperature of the furrows slightly increased with furrow width.
Association Soil moisture obviously decreased under the three RF practices.
Intervention effect In a wet year, FP significantly increased winter wheat yield by 43.6% compared with RF.
Intervention effect In a normal year, RF gave higher winter wheat yield than FP, the opposite of the wet year.
Intervention effect RF40 significantly increased yield by 13.9% compared with RF60.
Intervention effect RF80 significantly increased yield by 17.2% compared with RF60.
Intervention effect All RF treatments increased the flux of N2O and CO2 emissions compared with FP.
Intervention effect All RF treatments reduced CH4 absorption compared with FP.
Intervention effect RF with 40:40 cm ridge-furrow ratio increased GWP by 99.6% compared with FP.
Intervention effect RF with 40:60 cm ridge-furrow ratio increased GWP by 53.4% compared with FP.
Intervention effect RF with 40:80 cm ridge-furrow ratio increased GWP by 31.3% compared with FP.
Intervention effect RF with 40:40 cm ridge-furrow ratio increased GHGI by 55.8% compared with FP.
Intervention effect RF with 40:60 cm ridge-furrow ratio increased GHGI by 45.3% compared with FP.
Intervention effect RF with 40:80 cm ridge-furrow ratio increased GHGI by 0.7% compared with FP.
Recommendation Conventional flat planting in wet years is recommended to reduce GHG emissions while sustaining winter wheat productivity.

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Wheat yields in southeastern Australia are projected to decline by 70% by the late twenty-first century

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivume2
Outcome: wheat yieldse2
Direction: declinee2
Value: 70%e2
Setting: southeastern Australiae2

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“By the late twenty-first century, MMM growing season precipitation in southeastern Australia is projected to decrease by 15%, temperatures are projected to increase by 2.8°–4.5°C, and wheat yields are projected to decline by 70%”
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How Climate Change Affects Extremes in Maize and Wheat Yield in Two Cropping Regions

Caroline C. Ummenhofer; Hong Xu; Tracy E. Twine; et al. Journal of Climate 2015. doi:10.1175/jcli-d-13-00326.1

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