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Climate Change and Agricultural Ecosystem Management in Dry Areas

The 2nd International Workshop on Ecological Assessment and Management with the theme ‘Climate change and agricultural ecosystem management in dry areas’, was held in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, from 20 to 25 July 2010. This Research Front presents selected papers addressing crop improvement and production.

Published 07 July 2011

Climate change in south-west Australia and north-west China: challenges and opportunities for crop production

Neil C. Turner , Nicholas Molyneux , Sen Yang , You-Cai Xiong , Kadambot H. M. Siddique

Crop and Pasture Science 62 (6) pp.445 - 456

Published 07 July 2011

Vertical distribution profiles and temporal growth patterns of roots in selected oilseeds, pulses and spring wheat

Yantai Gan , Liping Liu , Herb Cutforth , Xiaoyu Wang , Greg Ford

Crop and Pasture Science 62 (6) pp.457 - 466

Published 07 July 2011

Wheat and white lupin differ in root proliferation and phosphorus use efficiency under heterogeneous soil P supply

Qifu Ma , Zed Rengel , Kadambot H. M. Siddique

Crop and Pasture Science 62 (6) pp.467 - 473

Published 07 July 2011

Optical sensing estimation of leaf nitrogen concentration in maize across a range of water-stress levels

Tong-Chao Wang , B. L. Ma , You-Cai Xiong , M. Farrukh Saleem , Feng-Min Li

Crop and Pasture Science 62 (6) pp.474 - 480

Published 07 July 2011

An early transient water deficit reduces flower number and pod production but increases seed size in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

X.-W. Fang , N. C. Turner , F.-M. Li , K. H. M. Siddique

Crop and Pasture Science 62 (6) pp.481 - 487

Published 07 July 2011

Expression of the DREB1A gene in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik. subsp. culinaris) transformed with the Agrobacterium system

Fateh Khatib , Antonios Makris , Kasuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki , Shiv Kumar , Ashtuosh Sarker , William Erskine , Michael Baum

Crop and Pasture Science 62 (6) pp.488 - 495

Published 07 July 2011

C : N ratios and carbon distribution profile across rooting zones in oilseed and pulse crops

Y. T. Gan , B. C. Liang , L. P. Liu , X. Y. Wang , C. L. McDonald

Crop and Pasture Science 62 (6) pp.496 - 503