Agriculture and biodiversity: a review

N Dudley, S Alexander - Biodiversity, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Agriculture is the largest contributor to biodiversity loss with expanding impacts due to
changing consumption patterns and growing populations. Agriculture destroys biodiversity …

Development of Renewable Energy Technologies in rural areas of Pakistan

MY Raza, M Wasim, MS Sarwar - Energy Sources, Part A …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In the twenty-first century, renewable energy and power technologies have become an
important part of development. Pakistan has good potential in renewable energy sources …

A step to clean energy-Sustainability in energy system management in an emerging economy context

SK Mangla, S Luthra, S Jakhar, S Gandhi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to high consumption of energy, its associated concerns such as energy security and
demand, wastage of resources, and material-energy recovery are leading to the importance …

Cropland expansion outweighs the monetary effect of declining natural vegetation on ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa

AA Fenta, A Tsunekawa, N Haregeweyn, M Tsubo… - Ecosystem Services, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in land cover and land degradation alter natural ecosystems, thereby
affecting the services these ecosystems provide. However, there have been few attempts to …

Sources and priming of soil N2O and CO2 production: Nitrogen and simulated exudate additions

EJ Daly, G Hernandez-Ramirez - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Identifying the sources of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) production from
soil is central to enhancing the understanding and prediction of these emissions to the …

Advances in mechanisms of drought tolerance in crops, with emphasis on barley

A Kebede, MS Kang, E Bekele - Advances in agronomy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), droughts have significant
economic, environmental, and social impacts, both direct and indirect. All field crops are …

Maize landraces and adaptation to climate change in Mexico

J Hellin, MR Bellon, SJ Hearne - Journal of Crop Improvement, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Mexico is the primary center of origin and diversity for maize (Zea mays L.). Farmers grow
the crop largely under rain-fed conditions. Mexico is at considerable risk from climate …

Sustainable assessment in energy planning and management in Indian perspective

S Luthra, SK Mangla, RK Kharb - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Currently, energy systems are not fully sustainable due to the heavy power demands
provoked by high population and increasing level of the living standard and economic …

In‐field molecular diagnosis of plant pathogens: recent trends and future perspectives

A Donoso, S Valenzuela - Plant pathology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate management practices in crop health and food safety are critical, especially
regarding the detection of plant pathogens in the early stages of a disease. To date, specific …

Genotypic variability for drought tolerance-related morpho-physiological traits among indigenous rice landraces of Jeypore tract of Odisha, India

SS Mishra, PK Behera, D Panda - Journal of Crop Improvement, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Assessment of genotypic variability in germplasm under different water stress conditions is
one of the most challenging objectives in crop breeding programs. We evaluated responses …