Sustainable Plasticulture in Chinese Agriculture: a Review of Challenges and Routes to Achieving Long-term Food and Ecosecurity

Cusworth, S., Davies, B., McAinsh, M., Stevens, C. & Wang, W., 31/03/2024, In: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (FASE). 11, 1, p. 155-168 14 p.

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Developing a new agenda for increased food and climate security

Davies, W. J., 8/03/2024, In: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. 11, 1, p. 35-54 20 p.

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Isolating higher yielding and more stable rice genotypes in stress environments: fine-tuning a selection method using production and resilience score indices

Thiry, A., Davies, W. J. & Dodd, I. C., 8/03/2024, In: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. 11, 1, p. 169-185 17 p.

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A nationwide assessment of microplastic abundance in agricultural soils: The influence of plastic crop covers within the United Kingdom

Cusworth, S. J., Davies, W. J., McAinsh, M. R. & Stevens, C. J., 1/03/2024, In: Plants, People, Planet. 6, 2, p. 304-314 10 p.

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Irrigation expansion has kept pace with the CO2 fertilization effect on vegetation growth in a typical arid region

Lu, X., Zhang, L., Davies, W. J., Zou, M., Niu, J., Chen, J., Ding, R., Li, S. & Kang, S., 26/02/2024, In: Environmental Sciences Europe. 36, 1, 40.

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Agricultural fertilisers contribute substantially to microplastic concentrations in UK soils

Cusworth, S. J., Davies, W. J., McAinsh, M. R., Gregory, A. S., Storkey, J. & Stevens, C. J., 2/01/2024, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 5, 1, 7.

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Sustainable production of healthy, affordable food in the UK: The pros and cons of plasticulture

Cusworth, S., Davies, B., McAinsh, M. & Stevens, C., 30/11/2022, In: Food and Energy Security. 11, 4, p. 1-21 21 p.

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Rhizosphere bacteria containing ACC deaminase decrease root ethylene emission and improve maize root growth with localized nutrient supply

Jin, K., Li, H., Li, X., Li, H., Dodd, I. C., Belimov, A. A., Davies, W. J. & Shen, J., 31/05/2021, In: Food and Energy Security. 10, 2, p. 275-284 10 p.

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Drought and re-watering modify ethylene production and sensitivity, and are associated with coffee anthesis

Almeida Lima, A., Santos Silva, I., Lopez, M. E., Cardon, C. H., Caldeira, C. F., Lima, R. R., Davies, B. & Dodd, I., 1/01/2021, In: Environmental and Experimental Botany. 181, 13 p., 104289.

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Neighbouring plants modify maize root foraging for phosphorus: coupling nutrients and neighbours for improved nutrient-use efficiency

Zhang, D., Lyu, Y., Li, H., Tang, X., Hu, R., Rengel, Z., Zhang, F., Whalley, W. R., Davies, W. J., Cahill, J. F. & Shen, J., 1/04/2020, In: New Phytologist. 226, 1, p. 244-253 10 p.

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Agriculture green development: A model for China and the world

Shen, J., Zhu, Q., Jiao, X., Ying, H., Wang, H., Wen, X., Xu, W., Li, T., Cong, W., Liu, X., Hou, Y., Cui, Z., Oenema, O., Davies, W. J. & Zhang, F., 2/03/2020, In: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. 7, 1, p. 5-13 9 p.

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Can crop science really help us to produce more better quality food while reducing the world-wide environmental footprint of agriculture?

Davies, W. J., Ward, S. E. & Wilson, A., 2/03/2020, In: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. 7, 1, p. 27-44 17 p., 9299.

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Reducing the environmental footprint of food and farming with agriculture green development

Davies, W. J. & Shen, J., 2/03/2020, In: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering. 7, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.

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Elevated [CO2] alleviates the impacts of water deficit on xylem anatomy and hydraulic properties of maize stems

Liu, J., Kang, S., Davies, W. J. & Ding, R., 1/03/2020, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 43, 3, p. 563-578 16 p.

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Raising awareness about food security using a massive open online course

Stevens, C., Whittle, R., Davies, B. & Taylor, J., 1/03/2020, In: Plants, People, Planet. 2, 2, p. 140-143 4 p.

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Responses of water accumulation and solute metabolism in tomato fruit to water scarcity and implications for main fruit quality variables

Hou, X., Zhang, W., Du, T., Kang, S. & Davies, W. J., 7/02/2020, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 71, 4, p. 1249-1264 16 p.

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Sustainable bioenergy for climate mitigation: developing drought-tolerant trees and grasses

Taylor, G., Donnison, I. S., Murphy-Bokern, D., Morgante, M., Bogeat-Triboulot, M-B., Bhalerao, R., Hertzberg, M., Polle, A., Harfouche, A., Alasia, F., Petoussi, V., Trebbi, D., Schwarz, K., Keurentjes, J. J. B., Centritto, M., Genty, B., Flexas, J., Grill, E., Salvi, S. & Davies, W. J., 29/10/2019, In: Annals of Botany. 124, 4, p. 513-520 8 p.

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Ozone pollution will compromise efforts to increase global wheat production

Mills, G., Sharps, K., Simpson, D., Pleijel, H., Broberg, M., Uddling, J., Jaramillo, F., Davies, W. J., Dentener, F. J., Van den Berg, M., Agrawal, M., Agrawal, S. B., Ainsworth, E. A., Büker, P., Emberson, L., Feng, Z., Harmens, H., Hayes, F., Kobayashi, K., Paoletti, E., & 1 othersVan Dingenen, R., 08/2018, In: Global Change Biology. 24, 8, p. 3560-3574 15 p.

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Stomatal and growth responses to hydraulic and chemical changes induced by progressive soil drying.

Li, X., Wilkinson, S., Shen, J., Forde, B. G. & Davies, W. J., 16/12/2017, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 68, 21-22, p. 5883-5894 12 p.

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Six years old and growing strongly

Parry, M. A. J., Davies, W. J. & Azevedo, R., 11/2017, In: Food and Energy Security. 6, 4, p. 1-2 2 p., e00124.

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The Biphasic Root Growth Response to Abscisic Acid in Arabidopsis Involves Interaction with Ethylene and Auxin Signalling Pathways

Li, X., Chen, L., Forde, B. G. & Davies, W. J., 25/08/2017, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 8, 12 p., 1493.

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Improving global integration of crop research: Field laboratories in realistic crop environments are needed

Reynolds, M. P., Braun, H. J., Cavalieri, A. J., Chapotin, S., Davies, W. J., Ellul, P., Feuillet, C., Govaerts, B., Kropff, M. J., Lucas, H., Nelson, J., Powell, W., Quilligan, E., Rosegrant, M. W., Singh, R. P., Sonder, K., Tang, H., Visscher, S. & Wang, R., 28/07/2017, In: Science. 357, 6349, p. 359-360 2 p.

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Applying 'drought' to potted plants by maintaining suboptimal soil moisture improves plant water relations

Puertolas Simon, J., Larsen, E. K., Davies, W. J. & Dodd, I. C., 1/04/2017, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 68, 9, p. 2413-2424 12 p.

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Phenotypic and genome-wide association analysis of spike ethylene in diverse wheat genotypes under heat stress

Valluru, R., Reynolds, M. P., Davies, W. J. & Sukumaran, S., 04/2017, In: New Phytologist. 214, 1, p. 271-283 13 p.

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Stress resilience in crop plants: strategic thinking to address local food production problems

Davies, W. J. & Ribaut, J-M., 30/03/2017, In: Food and Energy Security. 6, 1, p. 12-18 7 p.

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