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Effects of water supply on partitioning of dry matter between roots and shoots in Lolium perenne.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Gales, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

When perennial ryegrass plants were subjected to 1 cycle of soil drying, to repeated cycles of drying, or when they were grown in dry soils, the RGR o...

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Enhancing understanding of ecosystem multifunctionality in mountain regions.

Published online: 02 Oct 2023

Authors: Simion, H. & Giombini, V. & Tasser, E. & Marsoner, T. & Vigl, L. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Mountain landscapes that are managed to provide several ecosystem services (ES) have the potential to sustain high levels of biodiversity while also m...

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Enabling regulatory frameworks for contract farming.

Published online: 31 Oct 2018

Authors: Viinikainen, T. & Caro, C. B.

Content type: Bulletin

FAO's previous contribution to the development of contract farming saw the publication in 2015 of the UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Contract Farmin...

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Small scale heterogeneity in a semi-arid North American grassland. II. Cattle grazing of simulated urine patches.

Published online: 06 Jun 1992

Authors: Jaramillo, V. J. & Detling, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of simulated urine deposition on the selectivity and intensity of cattle grazing on Agropyron smithii [Elymus smithii] tillers were studie...

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Portable rainfall simulator and plot unit for use in field studies of infiltration, runoff and erosion.

Published online: 22 May 1970

Authors: Costin, A. B. & Gilmour, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The equipment described uses 6 in. wide mild-steel plates for top and jointed side-sections to form a 10 × 6 ft plot with an angle-iron collecting dra...

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Root and shoot interactions between barley and field beans when intercropped.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Martin, M. P. L. D. & Snaydon, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Barley and Vicia faba were grown alone and with either their roots or their shoots, or both roots and shoots, intermixed. The N supply, total plant de...

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Tillering responses to enrichment of red light beneath the canopy in a humid natural grassland.

Published online: 11 Jun 1985

Authors: Deregibus, V. A. & Sanchez, R. A. & Casal, J. J. & Trlica, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Paspalum dilatatum and Sporobolus indicus plants growing in dense humid natural grassland were illuminated basally with red light by use of light-emit...

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Growth characteristics of grass and legume cultivars and their potential for land reclamation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1980

Authors: Elias, C. O. & Chadwick, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Significant differences in relative growth rate were found among cultivars of Festuca rubra and Agrostis tenuis grown under nonlimiting nutrient suppl...

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The use of water by cotton crops in Abyan, South Arabia.

Published online: 31 Dec 1966

Authors: Rijks, D. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Cotton was grown with 15, 45, 60 and 90 cm of irrigation water, applied before sowing. After irrigation there were 10, 28, 45 and 60 cm of available w...

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Modelling the interaction of cotton and the cotton boll weevil. I. A comparison of growth and development of cotton varieties.

Published online: 07 Dec 1991

Authors: Gutierrez, A. P. & Santos, W. J. dos & Villacorta, A. & Pizzamiglio, M. A. & Ellis, C. K. & Carvalho, L. H. & Stone, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Varietal growth characteristics affect yield and the ability of cotton plants to avoid and/or compensate for herbivore damage, in particular by the cu...

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