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2014

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Full-Text Articles in Agronomy and Crop Sciences

The Biophysical Link Between Climate, Water, And Vegetation In Bioenergy Agro-Ecosystems, Andy Vanloocke, Justin E. Bagley, Sarah C. Davis, Mir Zaman Hussain, Jesse Miller, Stephen W. Nesbitt, Carl J. Bernacchi Nov 2014

The Biophysical Link Between Climate, Water, And Vegetation In Bioenergy Agro-Ecosystems, Andy Vanloocke, Justin E. Bagley, Sarah C. Davis, Mir Zaman Hussain, Jesse Miller, Stephen W. Nesbitt, Carl J. Bernacchi

Andy VanLoocke

Land use change for bioenergy feedstocks is likely to intensify as energy demand rises simultaneously with increased pressure to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. Initial assessments of the impact of adopting bioenergy crops as a significant energy source have largely focused on the potential for bioenergy agroecosystems to provide global-scale climate regulating ecosystem services via biogeochemical processes. Such as those processes associated with carbon uptake, conversion, and storage that have the potential to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). However, the expansion of bioenergy crops can also lead to direct biophysical impacts on climate through water regulating services. Perturbations of processes …

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Intsormil, Mamourou Diourté, Elvis A. Heinrichs Mar 2014

Intsormil, Mamourou Diourté, Elvis A. Heinrichs

Elvis A. Heinrichs

INTSORMIL est géré par l’Université de Nebraska-Lincoln qui joue le rôle de chef de file d’un accord de coopération liant l’USAID à des associés pour cinq ans. La vision globale d’INTSORMIL consiste à améliorer la sécurité alimentaire, accroître les revenus agricoles et améliorer l’activité économique dans les pays à grande production des sorgho/mil en Afrique et en Amérique centrale (carte ci-contre).

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Crop Management Technologies Approved/Recommended To Farmers By Intsormil Supported Nars Programs 2006-2012, Elvis A. Heinrichs Mar 2014

Crop Management Technologies Approved/Recommended To Farmers By Intsormil Supported Nars Programs 2006-2012, Elvis A. Heinrichs

Elvis A. Heinrichs

Table listing year, crop (sorghum or pearl millet), country, technology approved/ recommended for release to farmers (sowing rate, spacing, fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, tied ridges etc.), and comments regarding crop management technologies approved/recommended to farmers by INTSORMIL-supported NARS programs, 2006-2012. Countries included are: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Uganda, Zambia, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

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Lincoln South Rotary Program, February 2010 [Lincoln, Nebraska, Usa]: Global Food Security--Intsormil, Elvis Heinrichs Mar 2014

Lincoln South Rotary Program, February 2010 [Lincoln, Nebraska, Usa]: Global Food Security--Intsormil, Elvis Heinrichs

Elvis A. Heinrichs

Short Heinrichs spoke to the Lincoln South Rotary Club in February 2010 about global food security. What is food security? The availability of food and access to it. Many countries have food available but the population has no access to it. Heinrichs gave the group some sobering statistics regarding hunger in the world. Nine hundred forty-seven million people in the world are undernourished. One hundred forty-six billion kids under age 5 are underweight. One in seven people are hungry, and one in six people do not have safe drinking water. Ten million kids die each year from hunger related causes. …

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Nuevas Variedades De Sorgo “Bmr” En America Central Y Haiti, René Clará Valencia, Bill Rooney, Elvis Heinrichs, Ostilio Portillo Mar 2014

Nuevas Variedades De Sorgo “Bmr” En America Central Y Haiti, René Clará Valencia, Bill Rooney, Elvis Heinrichs, Ostilio Portillo

Elvis A. Heinrichs

Objectivos Identificar las mejores variedades “bmr” para las condiciones de cada país. Reproducir y transferir semilla de las mejores variedades en cantidades suficientes para ponerlas accesibles a todos los agricultores. Demostrar que estas nuevas variedades “bmr” son más nutritivas que las tradicionales y capaces de producir más alimentos para la población. Generalizar el uso de estas variedades para poder fortalecer la seguridad alimentaria de los países participantes.

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Sweet Sorghum As A Bioenergy Crop: Literature Review, Teshome Regassa Dec 2013

Sweet Sorghum As A Bioenergy Crop: Literature Review, Teshome Regassa

Teshome H. Regassa

No abstract provided.

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Registration Of ‘Mattern’ Waxy (Amylose-Free) Winter Wheat, P S. Baenziger, R A. Graybosch, D K. Santra, T Regassa, Y Jin, S Wegulo, G Bai, P S. Amand, X Chen, B Seabourn, F Dowell, R Bowden, D M. Marshall Dec 2013

Registration Of ‘Mattern’ Waxy (Amylose-Free) Winter Wheat, P S. Baenziger, R A. Graybosch, D K. Santra, T Regassa, Y Jin, S Wegulo, G Bai, P S. Amand, X Chen, B Seabourn, F Dowell, R Bowden, D M. Marshall

Teshome H. Regassa

‘Mattern’ (Reg. No. CV-1092, PI 665947) hard winter waxy wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was developed cooperatively by the USDA–ARS and the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station and released in 2012. Mattern has red grain color and waxy (amylose-free) endosperm starch. It was released primarily for its unique end-use quality attributes and for grain yield competitive with currently grown Nebraskaadapted cultivars. The waxy starch is conditioned by the presence of three naturally occurring mutations that eliminate production of the enzyme granule-bound starch synthase. Granule-bound starch synthase synthesizes amylose in typical wheats and other cereal crops. Mattern was tested experimentally as NX04Y2107 and …

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