Due to global climate change, Korea is facing severe droughts that affect the planting and
early vegetative periods of upland crops. Soybean and adzuki bean are important legume …

Fractal dimension (FD), estimated by box-counting, is a metric used to characterize plant
anatomical complexity or space-filling characteristic for a variety of purposes. The vast …

Root systems of woody plants generally display a strong relationship between the cross-
sectional area or cross-sectional diameter (CSD) of a root and the dry weight of biomass …

Willows plantations development could be an alternative for hydro-halomorphic soils but it is
limited by combined stress salinity+ hypoxia (main stressor under waterlogging conditions) …

Most nature-inspired algorithms simulate intelligent behaviors of animals and insects that
can move spontaneously and independently. As another species of biology, the survival …

Most nature‐inspired algorithms simulate intelligent behaviors of animals and insects that
can move spontaneously and independently. The survival wisdom of plants, as another …

Reductions in sediment delivery to coastal marshes increase their vulnerability to relative
sea-level rise. Sediment pulses from storm events and commercial dredge-spray operations …

Recently Korea has severe drought during sowing and early vegetative period of sesame
cultivation. Sesame is an important oilseed crop in Korea, so it is important to understand …

Jatropha curcas L. is a biofuel crop that has not lived up to expectations due to a
combination of hype and disappointment and biophysical factors. This PhD thesis is based …

Recently Korea has severe drought during sowing and early vegetative period of soybean
and adzuki bean cultivation. Soybean and adzuki bean are an important legume crops in …