Interestingly, leaf width is often used as an indirect selection tool for embryo size, a trait that is consistently associated with seedling vigor and water use efficiency in the cereals (Condon et al. 2004).
Bourdier et al. (2016) discovered that a negative relationship between tree size heterogeneity and productivity could result from lower light interception and use efficiency in the case of an enhanced stand structure.
Experimental data from two maize varieties (Zea mays L). grown under four concentrations of nitrogen (N) and three concentrations of phosphorus (P) in the 2008 major and minor seasons at two sites in Ejura, Ghana, were used to assess the influence of P and N on the yield, nutrient uptake and use efficiency in the forest-savannah transition zone of Ghana.
From the above study it was concluded that normal or early sowing of the Pusa Jai Kisan or Pusa Bold cultivar may be practiced for achieving higher seed yield, radiation and water use efficiency in the semi arid environment of north and north-western part of India.
Consequently, the detection of QTL involved in photosynthesis and water use efficiency in the context of drought response is a first attempt to understand the genetic basis regulating the expression of these traits.
In light of these concerns, there is a need to improve P use efficiency in agriculture, to minimize the need for P fertilizer application.
Inorganic pyrophosphatase (TM00024044) was observed to be upregulated in the LRZ after 8 days in the LP solution, which could improve the phosphorus use efficiency in cells.
Low water use efficiency in irrigated agriculture, therefore, exacerbates the water scarcity problem.
This article develops a model that simulates a voluntary program to increase the land use efficiency in production of biofuels.
Introgression of BKL on chromosome 6 from O. nivara improved photosynthetic water use efficiency in the genetic background of IR24.
Improving the fertilizer-nitrogen use efficiency in the rice crop is an important issue in China and the world.
