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Nature Outlook: Agriculture and Drought Sept 2013
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A Supplement from Nature about how drought affects agriculture (Free Access).
"Climate change means the coming decades are likely to bring more frequent episodes of severe drought, with potentially devastating impact on the world's ability to feed a growing population. We therefore need a sustainable…
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Nature Comment Aug 2015 "Water and climate: Recognize anthropogenic drought"
Education, Review ArticlesCalifornia's current extreme drought must be a lesson for managing water in a warmer, more densely populated world, say Amir AghaKouchak and colleagues.
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From East Asia to South Asia, via Mexico: How One Gene Changed the Course of History (CIMMYT blog)
Education, Review ArticlesIn 1935, Japanese scientist Gonjoro Inazuka crossed a semi-dwarf Japanese wheat landrace with two American varieties resulting in an improved variety, known as Norin 10. Norin 10 derived varieties eventually ended up in the hands of Norman Borlaug, beginning one of the most extraordinary agricultural…
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Intensification of phosphorus cycling in China since the 1600s (PNAS 2016)
Education, Review ArticlesUseful article for Plant Nutrition lessons - how P use has changed over the past 400 years in China.
"The biogeochemical cycle of phosphorus (P) has been massively altered in China, challenging its food security and causing eutrophication of freshwaters. This study shows, for the first time to our knowledge,…
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Holding Their Ground (The Scientist, Feb 2016)
Education, Review ArticlesUseful article for Plant Pathology lessons - an in-depth look at our current understanding of plant-pathogen interactions, including interviews from leaders in the field.
"Just like animals, plants have to fight off pathogens looking for an unsuspecting cell to prey on. Unlike animals, however, plants…
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Environmental Control of Root System Biology (Annu Rev Plant Biology 2016)
Education, Review ArticlesUseful for Plant Development and Plant Physiology lessons. By Ruben Rellan-Alvarez, Guillaume Lobet, and Jose R. Dinneny
An Open Access review article from Annual Reviews in Plant Biology, describing current research and models for root development.
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The plant root system traverses…