Developing naturally stress-resistant crops for a sustainable agriculture

H Zhang, Y Li, JK Zhu - Nature plants, 2018 - nature.com
A major problem facing humanity is that our numbers are growing but the availability of land
and fresh water for agriculture is not. This problem is being exacerbated by climate change …

Integrating genomics and genome editing for orphan crop improvement: a bridge between orphan crops and modern agriculture system

H Yaqoob, A Tariq, BA Bhat, KA Bhat, IB Nehvi… - GM Crops & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Domestication of orphan crops could be explored by editing their genomes. Genome editing
has a lot of promise for enhancing agricultural output, and there is a lot of interest in …

Chenopodium quinoa—an Indian perspective

A Bhargava, S Shukla, D Ohri - Industrial crops and products, 2006 - Elsevier
Chenopodium quinoa Willd. is a pseudocereal that has been cultivated in the Andean
region for thousands of years. It is an annual broad-leaved plant, 1–2m tall with deep …

Key ecosystem services and ecological intensification of agriculture in the tropical high-Andean Puna as affected by land-use and climate changes

JL Rolando, C Turin, DA Ramírez, V Mares… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
High-altitude ecosystems shelter important reserves of biodiversity, water provision and soil
organic carbon (SOC) stocks. Climate change, agricultural encroachment, overgrazing, and …

The situation for quinoa and its production in southern Bolivia: from economic success to environmental disaster

SE Jacobsen - Journal of agronomy and crop science, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In Bolivia, one of the world's most important centres of plant domestication, there is growing
awareness of the value of native Andean crops, both for domestic consumption and for …

Simulating yield response of quinoa to water availability with AquaCrop

S Geerts, D Raes, M Garcia, R Miranda… - Agronomy …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The modeling of yield response to water is expected to play an increasingly important role in
the optimization of crop water productivity (WP) in agriculture. During 3 yr (2004–2007), field …

Introducing deficit irrigation to stabilize yields of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)

S Geerts, D Raes, M Garcia, J Vacher… - European journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Agriculture needs to increase its production with a small amount of available fresh water.
Deficit irrigation (DI) is now widely been investigated as one of the solutions for this problem …

[图书][B] Organic production and use of alternative crops

F Bavec, M Bavec - 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
Merging coverage of two increasingly popular and quickly growing food trends, Organic
Production and Use of Alternative Crops provides an overview of the basic principles of …

Worldwide development of agronomic management practices for quinoa cultivation: a systematic review

N Taaime, S Rafik, K El Mejahed, A Oukarroum… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Wild.) is a drought and salinity-tolerant crop that originated in
the Andes over 7000 years ago. It is adapted to different agroecological areas and can be …

Challenges and perspectives for integrating quinoa into the agri-food system

I Afzal, MZU Haq, S Ahmed, A Hirich, D Bazile - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Quinoa is a highly nutritious and abiotic stress-tolerant crop that can be used to ensure food
security for the rapidly growing world population under changing climate conditions. Various …