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Wenjun Li, Bingrong Wu, Bao Hu, Yanan Wan, Jichuan Wang and Mengmeng Jia
In recent years, severe hailstorms have caused damage to cotton leaves and stalks. In order to identify the effects of cotton leaf damage on its dry matter accumulation, protective enzyme activity and yield in different periods, in this experiment, diffe...
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Caitlin Looney, Astrid Wingler, Daniel Donaghy and Michael Egan
Autumn grazing management aims to accumulate herbage for defoliation prior to a decrease in growth rates for the extension of the grazing season. The current study investigated the impact of building different target herbage masses (THMs) in autumn and i...
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Junduo Wang, Zeliang Zhang, Nala Zhang, Yajun Liang, Zhaolong Gong, Junhao Wang, Allah Ditta, Zhiwei Sang, Xueyuan Li and Juyun Zheng
Cotton mechanized harvesting is the development direction of cotton production. The rapid development of mechanized cotton harvesting in Xinjiang has significantly increased the efficiency of cotton harvesting and reduced the harvesting cost. However, in...
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Jyoti Neupane, Joe Mari Maja, Gilbert Miller, Michael Marshall, Matthew Cutulle and Jun Luo
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is an important industrial crop. It is a perennial crop and has indeterminate growth habit, however, in most parts of the United States, it is grown as an annual crop with the application of growth regulators. Defoliation i...
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Vesna Kandic, Jasna Savic, Dragana Rancic and Dejan Dodig
Post-anthesis drought affects wheat production worldwide, primarily through the limitation of grain filling. The enhanced remobilization of stem reserves induced by drought can provide considerable carbon sources for grain filling. The aim of this study,...
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Siti Nurul Afiah Mohd Johari, Siti Khairunniza-Bejo, Abdul Rashid Mohamed Shariff, Nur Azuan Husin, Mohamed Mazmira Mohd Masri and Noorhazwani Kamarudin
Due to its rapid reproduction rate and brief life cycle, the most well-known oil palm pest, Metisa plana (Lepidoptera: Psychidae), also known as the bagworm, can spread to epidemic proportions. The outbreak can significantly reduce oil palm yield by resu...
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Getrude Okutoyi Alworah, Joshua Ondura Ogendo, Joseph Juma Mafurah, Elijah Kathurima Gichuru, Douglas Watuku Miano and Otieno Oliver Okumu
Fusarium bark disease (FBD) of coffee caused by Fusarium stilboides Steyaert has been associated with yield losses and tree death in coffee-growing countries, including Kenya. Varietal resistance is of utmost importance in managing the disease, and the c...
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Kornelia Kucharska, Anna Mazurkiewicz, Dorota Tumialis, Lidia Florczak, Barbara Zajdel and Iwona Skrzecz
The larvae of ermine moths from the Yponomeutidae family (Lepidoptera) feed on a range of species and varieties of fruit and ornamental trees. Some species of this family pose a serious threat to the environment, mainly because of the significant defolia...
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Ana Mucalo, Katarina Luk?ic, Irena Budic-Leto and Goran Zdunic
Defoliation and cluster thinning are useful canopy management techniques to modulate grapevine carbon distribution and microclimate. Both techniques are directed to achieve the proper balance between fruit and foliage, and to maximize production of well-...
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Xiaoxia Zhang, Pengzhi Lin and Xinping Chen
Mangroves provide many ecosystem services, including coastal protection against storm surges and waves. As an adaptive method for coastal defense, mangroves were widely restored and planted in tropical and subtropical regions, such as the coastal regions...
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