The fingerprints of climate warming on cereal crops phenology and adaptation options

Z Fatima, M Ahmed, M Hussain, G Abbas, S Ul-Allah… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Growth and development of cereal crops are linked to weather, day length and growing
degree-days (GDDs) which make them responsive to the specific environments in specific …

Alternate wetting and drying: A water-saving and ecofriendly rice production system

M Ishfaq, M Farooq, U Zulfiqar, S Hussain… - Agricultural Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global warming and declining water resources are threatening the sustainability of rice
production and global food security. Conventional continuously flooded system (CF) of rice …

Adoption and economics of alternate wetting and drying water management for irrigated lowland rice

RM Lampayan, RM Rejesus, GR Singleton… - Field Crops …, 2015 - Elsevier
To counteract the increasing unavailability of water for agriculture, the International Rice
Research Institute (IRRI) and its national agricultural research and extension system …

A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application on rice yield and nitrogen use efficiency in paddy fields: A meta-analysis

Y Liu, H Li, T Hu, A Mahmoud, J Li, R Zhu, X Jiao… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Applying biochar to paddy fields is a helpful approach that potentially increases rice
production and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) to ensure food security and protect the …

Alternate wetting and drying irrigation and controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer in late-season rice. Effects on dry matter accumulation, yield, water and nitrogen use

Y Ye, X Liang, Y Chen, J Liu, J Gu, R Guo, L Li - Field Crops Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation has been widely adopted to replace
continuous flooding (CF) irrigation for saving water and increasing water productivity in …

Rhizosheath: An adaptive root trait to improve plant tolerance to phosphorus and water deficits?

MM Aslam, JK Karanja, IC Dodd… - Plant, Cell & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Drought and nutrient limitations adversely affect crop yields, with below‐ground traits
enhancing crop production in these resource‐poor environments. This review explores the …

Organic matter and water management strategies to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice paddies in Vietnam

A Pandey, DQ Vu, TPL Bui, TLA Mai, LS Jensen… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2014 - Elsevier
The reduction of CH 4 and N 2 O emissions from rice paddies is of utmost importance in
minimizing the impact of rice production on global warming. A field experiment was therefore …

Plastic film mulching stimulates soil wet-dry alternation and stomatal behavior to improve maize yield and resource use efficiency in a semi-arid region

X Zhang, L Yang, X Xue, M Kamran, I Ahmad… - Field Crops …, 2019 - Elsevier
The mechanism of plastic film mulching combined with ridge-furrow construction to stimulate
the soil water variation and then to promote the photosynthesis and resource utilization of …

Alternate wetting and drying in high yielding direct-seeded rice systems accomplishes multiple environmental and agronomic objectives

GT LaHue, RL Chaney, MA Adviento-Borbe… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2016 - Elsevier
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivation is critically important for global food security, yet it also
represents a significant fraction of agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and water …

Modern rice technologies and productivity in the Philippines: disentangling technology from managerial gaps

R Villano, B Bravo‐Ureta, D Solís… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Using cross‐sectional farm‐level data from 3,164 rice‐farming households in the
Philippines, we measure the impact of modern rice technologies on farm productivity while …