Timing leaf senescence: A generalized additive models for location, scale and shape approach
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Stenotrophomonas sp. SRS1 promotes growth of Arabidopsis and tomato plants under salt stress conditions
Aims Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) support plant growth by alleviating plant stresses, among which those triggered by saline soils. We isolated Stenotrophomonas sp. SRS1 from salt-resistant Carex distans (distant sedge) roots to understand how this growth promotion was enabled and whether an active contribution of the bacteria and/or ...
Physiological, biochemical and morphological tolerance mechanisms of faba bean (Vicia fabaL.) to the combined stress of ...
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Water deficit and phosphorus (P) deficiency are among the most severe factors limiting agricultural productivity. In this study, two contrasting faba bean (Vicia faba L.) varieties for their response to water deficit were used to identify some agro-physiological and biochemical traits involved in the tolerance mechanisms to combined water deficit a...
Weather Shocks and Migration Intentions in Western Africa : Insights from a Multilevel Analysis
We use a multilevel approach to investigate whether a general and robust relationship between weather shocks and (internal and international) migration intentions can be uncovered in Western African countries. We combine individual survey data with measures of localized weather shocks for thirteen countries over the 2008-2016 period. A meta-analysi...
Variation in Onset of Leaf Unfolding and Wood Formation in a Central African Tropical Tree Species
...Published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
A diversity of phenological strategies has been reported for tropical tree species. Defoliation and seasonal dormancy of cambial activity inform us on how trees cope with water stress during the dry season, or maximize the use of resources during the rainy season. Here, we study the matching between leaf phenology (unfolding and shedding) and cambi...
Geophysical delineation of freshwater-saline water interfaces in coastal area of Southwest Bangladesh
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Insufficiency of potable water is acute in southwest (SW) coastal areas of Bangladesh. The local population ignores the depth to saltwater/freshwater interface causing many unsuccessful waters wells drilling. In this context, a combined use of borehole logs, geophysical well logs, vertical electrical soundings (VES), electrical resistivity tomograp...
Hourly potential evapotranspiration at 0.1° resolution for the global land surface from 1981-present
Published in Scientific Data
Measurement(s) evapotranspirationTechnology Type(s)computational modeling techniqueFactor Type(s)temporal intervalSample Characteristic - Environmentclimate system • hydrological processSample Characteristic - Locationglobal Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.15060387
Assessing vegetation stability to climate variability in Central Asia.
Published in Journal of environmental management
The dramatic climate change has far-reaching impacts on vegetation in drylands such as Central Asia. Recent attempts to assess vegetation stability to short-term climate variability often account solely for vegetation sensitivity or resilience but ignore the composite effects of these two indicators. Meanwhile, our understanding of the vegetation s...
Root engineering in maize by increasing cytokinin degradation causes enhanced root growth and leaf mineral enrichment.
Published in Plant molecular biology
Root-specific expression of a cytokinin-degrading CKX gene in maize roots causes formation of a larger root system leading to higher element content in shoot organs. The size and architecture of the root system is functionally relevant for the access to water and soil nutrients. A great number of mostly unknown genes are involved in regulating root...
Vegetation responses to climate extremes recorded by remotely sensed atmospheric formaldehyde
Accurate monitoring of vegetation stress is required for better modelling and forecasting of primary production, in a world where heatwaves and droughts are expected to become increasingly prevalent. Variability in formaldehyde (HCHO) concentrations in the troposphere is dominated by local emissions of short-lived biogenic (BVOC) and pyrogenic vola...
