Het Grote Waterboek
Droogte op Koeien & Kansen-bedrijven in 2018 : Praktijkervaringen
Evaluation of Socio-Economic Factors that Determine Adoption of Climate Compatible Freshwater Supply Measures at Farm Le...
The availability of freshwater resources in soil and groundwater bodies in the southwestern part of The Netherlands is expected to decrease during the agricultural growing season because of an expected increase of freshwater demands and a changing climate. This expected shortage of fresh water might negatively affect agricultural production. To cop...
Understanding the productivity of cassava in West Africa
Drought stress and sub-optimal soil fertility management are major constraints to crop production in general and to cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in particular in the rain-fed cropping systems in West Africa. Cassava is an important source of calories for millions of smallholder households in sub-Sahara Africa. The prime aim of this research w...
The role of strigolactones and the fungal microbiome in rice during drought adaptation
Rice is the most important food crop in the world, feeding over half the world’s population. However, rice water use efficiency, defined by units of yield produced per unit of water used, is the lowest of all crops. The aim of this thesis was to study the effect of plant hormones and the root microbiome on drought tolerance in rice. The new plant h...
Hydrological drought and wildfire in the humid tropics
Drought is a recurrent hazard, which has happened throughout human history, and it is anticipated to become more severe in multiple regions across the world. Drought occurs in all climate regimes from humid to dry and from hot to cold. Drought is often viewed through its impact on environment and society, including wildfire, which is the topic of t...
Exploring the genetics underlying the responses to consecutive combinations of biotic stresses and drought in Arabidopsi...
Plants growing in natural environments are exposed to a broad range of biotic (pathogen attack, insect herbivory, etc.) and abiotic factors (drought, extreme temperatures, UV radiation, salinity, etc.) that are known to cause stress symptoms in many species (Pareek et al., 2010; Robert-Seilaniantz et al., 2010). Biotic and abiotic stress-inducing d...
De Wageningen Lowland Runoff Simulator (WALRUS): een snel neerslag-afvoermodel speciaal voor laaglandstroomgebieden
De Wageningen Lowland Runoff Simulator (WALRUS) is een nieuw neerslag-afvoermodel dat het gat moet vullen tussen complexe, ruimtelijk gedistribueerde modellen die vaak gebruikt worden in laaglandstroomgebieden en simpele, ruimtelijk geïntegreerde, parametrische modellen die voornamelijk zijn ontwikkeld voor hellende stroomgebieden. WALRUS houdt exp...
African elephant in a cleft stick : choosing between starving or dying from thirst in arid savanna
Elephant population studies have become important especially because of the long standing perception that high elephant densities have negative impact on vegetation and other wildlife species. Thus, in areas of high elephant density, managers attempt to re-distribute them or keep their numbers low through provision of water, translocation or cullin...
Goede grond voor een duurzaam watersysteem : verdere verkenningen in de relatie tussen agrarisch bodembeheer, bodemkwali...
Een optimale bodemkwaliteit draagt bij aan de wateropgaven en een betere opbrengst van landbouwgewassen. In de praktijk zijn veel landbouwbodems in meer of mindere mate verdicht, zijn de condities voor bodemleven niet gunstig, is het organisch stofgehalte niet optimaal en de beworteling beperkt. De laatste jaren zijn daarom projecten opgezet waarin...
