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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The dynamics of xylem sap pH under drought: a universal response in herbs?

Gloser, V., Korovetska, H., Martin-Vertedor, A. I., Hájíčková, M., Prokop, Z., Wilkinson, S. & Davies, W. J., 12/2016, In: Plant and Soil. 409, 1-2, p. 259-272 14 p.

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Building the new international science of the agriculture–food–water–environment nexus in China and the world

Zhu, X., Parry, M., Lu, Y., Heard, M., Ying, G., Vaughan, S., Shen, J., Jenkins, A., Wang, Y., Lacorte, S., Ouyang, T., Salcedo, F. P., Niu, J., Quinton, J., Luo, C., Zhang, F., Zhang, G., Davies, W., Jones, K. & Tyfield, D., 1/11/2016, In: Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 2, 11, 7 p., e01249.

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Gravimetric phenotyping of whole plant transpiration responses to atmospheric vapour pressure deficit identifies genotypic variation in water use efficiency

Ryan, A., Dodd, I. C., Rothwell, S. A., Jones, R. J. G., Tardieu, F., Draye, X. & Davies, W. J., 10/2016, In: Plant Science. 251, p. 101-109 9 p.

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How can we improve crop genotypes to increase stress resilience and productivity in a future climate? a new crop screening method based on productivity and resistance to abiotic stress

Thiry, A., Chavez Dulanto, P. N., Reynolds, M. P. & Davies, W. J., 10/2016, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 67, 19, p. 5593-5603 11 p.

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The climate benefits of high-sugar grassland may be compromised by ozone pollution

Hewitt, D., Mills, G., Hayes, F. & Davies, W. J., 15/09/2016, In: Science of the Total Environment. 565, p. 95-104 10 p.

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Foliar abscisic acid-to-ethylene accumulation and response regulate shoot growth sensitivity to mild drought in wheat

Valluru, R., Davies, W. J., Reynolds, M. & Dodd, I. C., 18/04/2016, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 7, 13 p., 461.

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Carbon isotope discrimination shows a higher water use efficiency under alternate partial root-zone irrigation of field-grown tomato

Wei, Z., Du, T., Zhang, J., Xu, S., Cambre, P. & Davies, W. J., 02/2016, In: Agricultural Water Management. 165, p. 33-43 11 p.

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Increased soil phosphorus availability induced by faba bean root exudation stimulates root growth and phosphorus uptake in neighbouring maize

Zhang, D., Zhang, C., Tang, X., Li, H., Zhang, F., Rengel, Z., Whalley, W. R., Davies, W. J. & Shen, J., 01/2016, In: New Phytologist. 209, 2, p. 823-831 9 p.

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N-fixation in legumes: an assessment of the potential threat posed by ozone pollution

Hewitt, D., Mills, G. E., Hayes, F., Coyle, M., Wilkinson, S. & Davies, W. J., 01/2016, In: Environmental Pollution. 208, Part B, p. 909-918 10 p.

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Ozone impacts on vegetation in a nitrogen enriched and changing climate

Mills, G., Harmens, H., Wagg, S., Sharps, K., Hayes, F., Fowler, D., Sutton, M. & Davies, W. J., 01/2016, In: Environmental Pollution. 208, Part B, p. 898-908 11 p.

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Achieving more crop per drop

Davies, W. J. & Bennett, M. J., 4/08/2015, In: Nature Plants. 1, 15118.

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Rhizobacteria that produce auxins and contain 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase decrease amino acid concentrations in the rhizosphere and improve growth and yield of well-watered and water-limited potato (Solanum tuberosum)

Belimov, A. A., Dodd, I. C., Safronova, V. I., Shaposhnikov, A. I., Azarova, T. S., Makarova, N. M., Davies, W. J. & Tikhonovich, I. A., 07/2015, In: Annals of Applied Biology. 167, 1, p. 11-25 15 p.

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The cadmium-tolerant pea (Pisum sativum L.) mutant SGECd(t) is more sensitive to mercury: assessing plant water relations

Belimov, A. A., Dodd, I. C., Safronova, V. I., Malkov, N. V., Davies, W. J. & Tikhonovich, I. A., 04/2015, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 66, 8, p. 2359-2369 11 p.

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Combining the [ABA] and net photosynthesis-based model equations of stomatal conductance

Huntingford, C., Smith, D. M., Davies, W. J., Falk, R., Sitch, S. & Mercado, L. M., 24/03/2015, In: Ecological Modelling. 300, p. 81-88 8 p.

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Highlighting the threat from current and near-future ozone pollution to clover in pasture

Hewitt, D., Mills, G. E., Hayes, F., Wilkinson, S. & Davies, W. J., 06/2014, In: Environmental Pollution. 189, p. 111-117 7 p.

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Exploiting plant drought stress biology to increase resource use efficiency and yield of crops under water scarcity

Davies, W. J., 03/2014, In: Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology. 26, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.

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Abscisic acid metabolizing rhizobacteria decrease ABA concentrations in planta and alter plant growth

Belimov, A. A., Dodd, I. C., Safronova, V. I., Dumova, V. A., Shaposhnikov, A. I., Ladatko, A. G. & Davies, W. J., 01/2014, In: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 74, p. 84-91 8 p.

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Isoprene emission protects photosynthesis but reduces plant productivity during drought in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants

Ryan, A., Hewitt, C. N., Purnell, A., Possell, M., Vickers, C., Mullineaux, P., Davies, B. & Dodd, I., 01/2014, In: New Phytologist. 201, 1, p. 205-216 12 p.

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Ethylene limits abscisic acid- or soil drying-induced stomatal closure in aged wheat leaves

Chen, L., Dodd, I. C., Davies, W. J. & Wilkinson, S., 10/2013, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 36, 10, p. 1850-1859 10 p.

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The rhizobacterium Variovorax paradoxus 5C-2, containing ACC deaminase, promotes growth and development of Arabidopsis thaliana via an ethylene-dependent pathway

Chen, L., Dodd, I. C., Theobald, J. C., Belimov, A. A. & Davies, W. J., 04/2013, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 64, 6, p. 1565-1573 9 p.

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Genotypic variation in the ability of wheat roots to penetrate wax layers

Whalley, W. R., Dodd, I. C., Watts, C. W., Webster, C. P., Phillips, A. L., Andralojc, J., White, R. P., Davies, W. J. & Parry, M. A. J., 03/2013, In: Plant and Soil. 364, 1-2, p. 171-179 9 p.

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Perception of soundscapes: an interdisciplinary approach

Davies, W. J., Adams, M. D., Bruce, N. S., Cain, R., Carlyle, A., Cusack, P., Hall, D. A., Hume, K. I., Irwin, A., Jennings, P., Marselle, M., Plack, C. J. & Poxon, J., 02/2013, In: Applied Acoustics. 74, 2, p. 224-231 8 p.

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Multiple impacts of the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Variovorax paradoxus 5C-2 on nutrient and ABA relations of Pisum sativum

Jiang, F., Chen, L., Belimov, A. A., Shaposhnikov, A. I., Gong, F., Meng, X., Hartung, W., Jeschke, D. W., Davies, W. J. & Dodd, I. C., 11/2012, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 63, 18, p. 6421-6430 10 p.

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Improving crop productivity and resource use efficiency to ensure food security and environmental quality in China

Fan, M., Shen, J., Yuan, L., Jiang, R., Chen, X., Davies, W. J. & Zhang, F., 2012, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 63, 1, p. 13-24 12 p.

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The effect of competition from neighbours on stomatal conductance in lettuce and tomato plants

Vysotskaya, L., Wilkinson, S., Davies, W. J., Arkhipova, T. & Kudoyarova, G., 05/2011, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 34, 5, p. 729-737 9 p.

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