The development of the DNDC plant growth sub-model and the application of DNDC in agriculture: a review

Y Zhang, H Niu - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Plant growth plays an important role in regulating soil C and N as well as water regimes and
can therefore influence soil biochemical or geochemical processes. A sub-model was built …

Enabling a sustainable and prosperous future through science and innovation in the bioeconomy at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

SF Sarkar, JS Poon, E Lepage, L Bilecki, B Girard - New biotechnology, 2018 - Elsevier
Science and innovation are important components underpinning the agricultural and agri-
food system in Canada. Canada's vast geographical area presents diverse, regionally …

Combined controlled-released nitrogen fertilizers and deep placement effects of N leaching, rice yield and N recovery in machine-transplanted rice

J Ke, R He, P Hou, C Ding, Y Ding, S Wang… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the Taihu region of China, overuse of chemical nitrogen (N) fertilizer is often associated
with low nitrogen recovery (NRE) and leads to serious groundwater pollution caused by N …

Comparisons between CMIP5 and CMIP6 models: Simulations of climate indices influencing food security, infrastructure resilience, and human health in Canada

SC Bourdeau‐Goulet, E Hassanzadeh - Earth's Future, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The warming climate can considerably affect socioeconomic activities and environmental
health conditions in Canada. Climate models play a key role in evaluating the impact of …

Long‐term trends in corn yields and soil carbon under diversified crop rotations

M Jarecki, B Grant, W Smith, B Deen… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural practices such as including perennial alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), winter wheat
(Triticum aestivum L.), or red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) in corn (Zea mays L.) rotations …

Regional crop gross primary productivity and yield estimation using fused landsat-MODIS data

M He, JS Kimball, MP Maneta, BD Maxwell, A Moreno… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Accurate crop yield assessments using satellite remote sensing-based methods are of
interest for regional monitoring and the design of policies that promote agricultural resiliency …

Decomposition of technical efficiency in agricultural production in Africa into transient and persistent technical efficiency under heterogeneous technologies

PK Adom, S Adams - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
The agricultural sector remains a cornerstone to Africa's economic transformation and the
achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the sector's …

Near-surface biases in ERA5 over the Canadian Prairies

AK Betts, DZ Chan, RL Desjardins - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We quantify the biases in the diurnal cycle of air temperature in ERA5, using hourly climate
station data for four stations in Saskatchewan, Canada. Compared with ERA-Interim, the …

Optimizing strategies to reduce the future carbon footprint of maize under changing climate

Q Wu, Y He, CA Madramootoo, Z Qi, L Xue… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many countries have set ambitious goals to achieve carbon neutrality around 2050. In this
context food production systems are of interest, as they contribute one-third of global …

Modelling adaptation strategies to reduce adverse impacts of climate change on maize cropping system in Northeast China

R Jiang, W He, L He, JY Yang, B Qian, W Zhou… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Maize (Zea mays L.) production in Northeast China is vulnerable to climate change. Thus,
exploring future adaptation measures for maize is crucial to developing sustainable …