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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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West Texas A&M University - (Canyon, Texas, United States)

# overview
Develop a competitive and extramurally funded research program in the area of crop water use, water use efficiency, and abiotic and biotic stress resistance in major field crops in the Texas High Plains. The overall goal of my research program is to provide selection tools for breeders and geneticists and management tools for agronomists and producers, through better understanding the physiological mechanisms of crop performance under stress conditions. The major research focuses include understanding physiological and molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance, identifying plant traits conferring to stress tolerance, understanding the interactions of abiotic and biotic stresses, evaluating and developing field phenotyping tools, and developing management strategies under stress conditions. Advise graduate student research.

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Spring Wheat, Triticum Aestivum L. 'mcneal"

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Root Hydraulic Conductivity (sorghum Vulgare Pers.)

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Remobilization Of Pre-anthesis Dry Mass And Nitrogen

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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3002 Agriculture, Land And Farm Management

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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West Texas A&M University - (Canyon, Texas, United States)

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Shaanxi Normal University - (Xi'an, China)

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University of Nebraska System - (Lincoln, Nebraska, United States)

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Chinese Academy of Sciences - (Beijing, Beijing, China)

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Asymmetric Ridge-Furrow and Film Cover Improves Plant Morphological Traits and Light Utilization in Rain-Fed Maize

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Alternative planting geometries reduce production risk in corn and sorghum in water-limited environments

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Biomass composition of perennial grasses for biofuel production in North Dakota, USA

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Evaluation of three irrigation application systems for watermelon production in the Texas High Plains

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Yield Determination and Water-Use Efficiency of Wheat under Water-Limited Conditions in the US Southern High Plains

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Predicting leaf appearance in field-grown winter wheat: evaluating linear and non-linear models

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Establishment and Yield of Perennial Grass Monocultures and Binary Mixtures for Bioenergy in North Dakota

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Thermal imaging to evaluate wheat genotypes under dryland conditions

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Soil water cycle and crop water use efficiency after long-term nitrogen fertilization in Loess Plateau

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Wheat Curl Mite Resistance in Hard Winter Wheat in the US Great Plains

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Morphological and Physiological Responses of St. Augustine Grass Cultivars to Different Levels of Soil Moisture

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Winter wheat response to climate change under irrigated and dryland conditions in the US southern High Plains

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Potential climate change adaptation strategies for winter wheat production in the Texas High Plains

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Late sowing with high seeding rate increases wheat water use efficiency under deficit irrigation

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Effect of nitrogen supply on stay-green sorghum in differing post-flowering water regimes.

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Genotypic variation of gas exchange parameters and carbon isotope discrimination in winter wheat

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Spring maize yield, soil water use and water use efficiency under plastic film and straw mulches in the Loess Plateau.

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Transpiration efficiency of corn hybrids at different growth stages

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Growing Corn in Clumps Reduces Canopy Temperature and Improves Microclimate

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Application of DSSAT-CERES-Wheat model to simulate winter wheat response to irrigation management in the Texas High Plains

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Cooler Canopy Contributes to Higher Yield and Drought Tolerance in New Wheat Cultivars

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Evaluation of the AquaCrop model for simulating yield response of winter wheat to water on the southern Loess Plateau of China (vol 68, pg 821, 2013)

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Canopy temperature depression at grain filling correlates to winter wheat yield in the US Southern High Plains

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Yield determination of maize hybrids under limited irrigation

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Remobilization of water soluble carbohydrates in non-leaf organs and contribution to grain yield in winter wheat under reduced irrigation

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Yield and water use of drought-tolerant maize hybrids in a semiarid environment

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spring wheat seed size and seeding rate effects on Avena fatua interference, economic returns and economic thresholds

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Yield variation among closely-related wheat lines under water stress is related to root length.

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Influence of soil water status and atmospheric vapor pressure deficit on leaf gas exchange in field-grown winter wheat

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Root growth and water uptake in winter wheat under deficit irrigation

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Evaluation of the AquaCrop model for simulating yield response of winter wheat to water on the southern Loess Plateau of China.

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Developing KASP Markers on a Major Stripe Rust Resistance QTL in a Popular Wheat TAM 111 Using 90K Array and Genotyping-by-Sequencing SNPs

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Effects of spring wheat seed size and reduced rates of tralkoxydim on wild oat control, wheat yield, and economic returns

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AN AUTOMATED CALCULATION OF PLANT ROOT DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS BASED ON ROOT LENGTH DENSITY DATA

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Shoot and root traits in drought tolerant maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids

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Experimental study of leaf wax n-alkane response in winter wheat cultivars to drought conditions

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Spectral Reflectance Models for Characterizing Winter Wheat Genotypes

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Use of NDVI for characterizing winter wheat response to water stress in a semi-arid environment

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Effect of nitrogen on root and shoot relations and gas exchange in winter wheat

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Cotton photosynthetic productivity enhancement through uniform row-spacing with optimal plant density in Xinjiang, China.

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'TAM 114' Wheat, Excellent Bread-Making Quality Hard Red Winter Wheat Cultivar Adapted to the Southern High Plains

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Hydraulic conductivity of soil-bentonite backfill comprised of SHMP-amended Ca-bentonite to Cr(VI)-impacted groundwater.

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Yield determination in winter wheat under different water regimes

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Spring wheat seed size and seeding rate affect wild oat demographics

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Physiological Responses of Hard Red Winter Wheat to Infection by Wheat streak mosaic virus.

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Physiological responses to water stress and yield of winter wheat cultivars differing in drought tolerance

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Radiation-Use Efficiency, Biomass Production, and Grain Yield in Two Maize Hybrids Differing in Drought Tolerance

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Planting Date and Hybrid Affect Sugarcane Aphid Infestation, Yield, and Water Use Efficiency in Dryland Grain Sorghum

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Validation of Chromosomal Locations of 90K Array Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in US Wheat

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Corn response to later than traditional planting dates in the Texas High Plains

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Root morphological traits of winter wheat under contrasting environments

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Effects of sucrose and ammonium nitrate on phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase activities in wheat ears

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Improving predictions of developmental stages in winter wheat: a modified Wang and Engel model

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Effect of source–sink manipulation on accumulation of micronutrients and protein in wheat grains

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Soil water extraction, water use, and grain yield by drought-tolerant maize on the Texas High Plains

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Deficit irrigation maintains maize yield through improved soil water extraction and stable canopy radiation interception

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Improving water management in winter wheat

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Microsatellite Markers Reveal a Predominant Sugarcane Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Clone is Found on Sorghum in Seven States and One Territory of the USA

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High-fidelity continuum modeling predicts avian voiced sound production.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Grain sorghum transpiration efficiency at different growth stages

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Corn production under restricted irrigation in the Texas High Plains

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Evaluating Leaf Wax and Bulk Leaf Carbon Isotope Surrogates for Water Use Efficiency and Grain Yield in Winter Wheat

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Interactive effects of elevated CO2 and drought on photosynthetic capacity and PSII performance in maize

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More Recent Wheat Cultivars Extract More Water from Greater Soil Profile Depths to Increase Yield in the Texas High Plains

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Mapping and KASP marker development for wheat curl mite resistance in "TAM 112" wheat using linkage and association analysis

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Assessing Soil and Water Assessment Tool Plant Stress Algorithms Using Full and Deficit Irrigation Treatments

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Soil Compaction and Maize Root Distribution under Subsoiling Tillage in a Wheat-Maize Double Cropping System

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Modeling Cotton Lint Yield and Water Use Efficiency Responses to Irrigation Scheduling Using Cotton2K

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Climate change effect on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yields in the US Great Plains

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Mapping of quantitative trait loci for grain yield and its components in a US popular winter wheat TAM 111 using 90K SNPs.

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Compensatory mechanisms associated with the effect of spring wheat seed size on wild oat competition

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Grain Yield and Water Use Efficiency in Extremely-Late Sown Winter Wheat Cultivars under Two Irrigation Regimes in the North China Plain.

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Molecular Markers Linked to Important Genes in Hard Winter Wheat

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Yield, Quality, and Spectral Reflectance Responses of Cotton under Subsurface Drip Irrigation

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Canopy temperature, yield, and harvest index of corn as affected by planting geometry in a semi-arid environment

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Development and Validation of KASP Markers for Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Resistance Gene Wsm2

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Genotypic Variation of Osmotic Adjustment, Water-use and Transpiration Efficiency among Closely Related Wheat Lines

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Predicting leaf appearance in field-grown winter wheat: evaluating linear and non-linear models

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Saturated Genetic Mapping of Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Resistance Gene Wsm2 in Wheat

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Effects of Date Palm Waste Compost Application on Root Proteome Changes of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).

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Predicting phenological development in winter wheat

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Evaluation of Surface Drip Irrigation Systems Focusing on Water-use Efficiency in High-value Vegetable Production in the Semi-arid, Windy Region of the Texas High Plains

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Biomass production, water and nitrogen use efficiency in photoperiod-sensitive sorghum in the Texas High Plains

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Grain yield, evapotranspiration, and water-use efficiency of maize hybrids differing in drought tolerance

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Middle portion of the wheat culm remobilizes more carbon reserve to grains under drought

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Adaptation to a Warming-Drying Trend Through Cropping System Adjustment over Three Decades: A Case Study in the Northern Agro-Pastural Ecotone of China

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Effects of phosphorus nutrient on the hydraulic conductivity of sorghum (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) seedling roots under water deficiency (Retracted Article. See vol 49, pg 127, 2007)

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Using aerial imagery and digital photography to monitor growth and yield in winter wheat

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Effect of Source-Sink Manipulation on Photosynthetic Characteristics of Flag Leaf and the Remobilization of Dry Mass and Nitrogen in Vegetative Organs of Wheat

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Water Use and Grain Yield in Drought-Tolerant Corn in the Texas High Plains

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Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) Control and Grain Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Injury with Pyrasulfotole plus Bromoxynil and Tank Mixtures

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Development of Brassica oleracea-nigra monosomic alien addition lines: genotypic, cytological and morphological analyses.

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Genetic dissection of end-use quality traits in two widely adapted wheat cultivars 'TAM 111' and 'TAM 112'

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Multisite evaluation of an improved SWAT irrigation scheduling algorithm for corn (Zea mays L.) production in the US Southern Great Plains

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Changes of stomatal parameters of four typical species in the Loess Plateau of China over the last century

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Electrospinnability of Poly Lactic-co-glycolic Acid (PLGA): the Role of Solvent Type and Solvent Composition.

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Physiology and transcriptomics of water-deficit stress responses in wheat cultivars TAM 111 and TAM 112.

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Identification of a quantitative trait locus for resistance to Sitodiplosis mosellana (Gehin), the orange wheat blossom midge, in spring wheat

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Introduction: Water, soil, crops, and people in a changing climate: the agronomic legacy of Dr. BA Stewart

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Development and validation of KASP markers for the greenbug resistance gene Gb7 and the Hessian fly resistance gene H32 in wheat.

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Dry matter and nitrogen accumulation and remobilization in wheat as affected by genotype and irrigation

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Spring wheat seed size and seeding rate effects on yield loss due to wild oat (Avena fatua) interference

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Salinity effects on perennial, warm-season (C4) grass germination adapted to the northern Great Plains

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Date Palm Waste Compost Application Increases Soil Microbial Community Diversity in a Cropping Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Field.

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SIMULATING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND YIELD RESPONSE OF SELECTED CORN VARIETIES UNDER FULL AND LIMITED IRRIGATION IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS USING DSSAT-CERES-MAIZE

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

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Manipulating plant geometry to improve microclimate, grain yield, and harvest index in grain sorghum.

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Physiological mechanisms contributing to the increased water-use efficiency in winter wheat under deficit irrigation.

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Incorporating a chronology response into the prediction of leaf appearance rate in winter wheat.

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Effect of foliar fungicide application timing on corn yield across different water regimes

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Improving Water Use and Stress Tolerance in Major Crops in the Texas High Plains

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Food, Feed, Fuel, and Fiber: Security Under a Changing Climate

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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West Texas A&M University - (Canyon, Texas, United States)

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences