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Agronomy, Volume 10, Issue 4

April 2020 - 162 articles

Cover Story: The growing difficulties in finding good-quality water have led to the compelling necessity of identifying sustainable ways to use saline water, limiting its negative effect on crop yield and quality. The exogenous supplementation of plant growth regulators, such as gibberellic acid (GA3), can be effective in increasing plant growth and vigor, thus helping plants to better cope with salt stress. The supplementation of 10−6 M GA3 through the nutrient solution allowed plants to substantially counterbalance salt stress by enhancing various morphological and physiological traits and is recommended for hydroponic cultivation of leaf lettuce and rocket when difficulties in finding water of good quality lead to the necessity of identifying sustainable ways to use saline water (up to 20 mM NaCl).View this paper.
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Articles (162)

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,825 Views
12 Pages

Exploring Innovation Adoption Behavior for Sustainable Development: The Case of Hungarian Food Sector

  • József Tóth,
  • Giuseppina Migliore,
  • Jeremiás Máté Balogh and
  • Giuseppina Rizzo

24 April 2020

Innovation plays a key role in the success and sustainable development of businesses. The innovation process derives from the combination of personal skills and company resources that influence food company managers in their choices on innovation (th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,251 Views
26 Pages

A Comparison of Moment-Independent and Variance-Based Global Sensitivity Analysis Approaches for Wheat Yield Estimation with the Aquacrop-OS Model

  • Deepak Upreti,
  • Stefano Pignatti,
  • Simone Pascucci,
  • Massimo Tolomio,
  • Zhenhai Li,
  • Wenjiang Huang and
  • Raffaele Casa

24 April 2020

The present work reports the global sensitivity analysis of the Aquacrop Open Source (AOS) model, which is the open-source version of the original Aquacrop model developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Analysis for identifying the m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,608 Views
12 Pages

24 April 2020

Timorex Gold based on the essential tea tree oil (TTO) derived from the Australian tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) plant has demonstrated high efficacy and a strong curative activity against black Sigatoka in banana and controlled it in stages...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,269 Views
11 Pages

24 April 2020

Water stress is the main abiotic factor that limits soybean grain yield. We investigated eight soybean cultivars under well-watered (WW) and terminal drought stress (TDS) conditions to determine the traits associated with water saving and the relatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,160 Views
19 Pages

Main Motivational Factors of Farmers Adopting Precision Farming in Hungary

  • Péter Balogh,
  • Ágnes Bujdos,
  • Ibolya Czibere,
  • László Fodor,
  • Zoltán Gabnai,
  • Imre Kovách,
  • János Nagy and
  • Attila Bai

24 April 2020

The basic question of our research is what crop-producing farmers know about PF (precision farming), and how economic value and social factors motivate the acceptance and implementation of PF. We conducted a cross-sectional survey, using standardized...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,864 Views
15 Pages

The Role of Deep Roots in Sorghum Yield Production under Drought Conditions

  • Xiaofei Chen,
  • Qi Wu,
  • Yue Gao,
  • Jiao Zhang,
  • Yitao Wang,
  • Ruidong Zhang,
  • Yufei Zhou,
  • Muji Xiao,
  • Wenjuan Xu and
  • Ruidong Huang

24 April 2020

Root function plays a vital role in maintaining crop production. However, the role of deep roots in yield production and their effects on photosynthetic performance in sorghum remain unclear. This study aimed to provide theoretical supports for estab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
18,181 Views
19 Pages

The Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide on Plant Growth, Mineral Accumulation, as Well as Biological and Chemical Properties of Ficus deltoidea

  • Nik Nurnaeimah,
  • Nashriyah Mat,
  • Khamsah Suryati Mohd,
  • Noor Afiza Badaluddin,
  • Nornasuha Yusoff,
  • Mohammad Hailmi Sajili,
  • Khairil Mahmud,
  • Ahmad Faris Mohd Adnan and
  • Mohammad Moneruzzaman Khandaker

23 April 2020

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is defined as a reactive oxygen species (ROS), able to cause damage to a variety of cellular structures. On the other hand, recent work has demonstrated that H2O2 can also act as a potent signaling molecule that mediates vari...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,952 Views
16 Pages

23 April 2020

Ridge–furrow cultivation with plastic film mulching has been widely used for many years to increase crop yields in semiarid regions. The long-term effects of plastic mulching on crop yield and soil water balance need to be seriously considered...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,412 Views
13 Pages

Characterization of the Transverse Distribution of Fertilizer in Coffee Plantations

  • Alan Delon Andrade,
  • Gabriel Araújo e Silva Ferraz,
  • Murilo Machado de Barros,
  • Rafael De Oliveira Faria,
  • Fábio Moreira da Silva,
  • Daniele Sarri and
  • Marco Vieri

23 April 2020

Considering the impact of fertilizers on coffee production costs, the search for greater efficiency in the use of these inputs has an important role. Accordingly, the aim of the present study is to evaluate the transverse distribution of fertilizer b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,122 Views
19 Pages

23 April 2020

The complex formation of grain yield (GY) is related to multiple dry matter (DM) traits; however, due to their time-consuming determination, they are not readily accessible. In winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), both agronomic treatments and genoty...

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