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Professor Bill Davies

Professor Emeritus, Distinguished Professor

  1. Published

    Using the plant's stress signalling system to increase water use efficiency in irrigation.

    Davies, W. J., Wilkinson, S. & Thompson, D. S., 1999, Proceedings of the 14th Dalhlia Greidinger conference. p. 251-266 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  2. Published

    Adaption of roots to drought

    Davies, W. J. & Bacon, M. A., 2003, Root ecology. de Kroon, H. & Visser, E. J. W. (eds.). 168 ed. Springer Verlag, p. 173-192 20 p. (Ecological Studies).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  3. Published

    Manipulation of growth of horticultural crops under environmental stress

    Davies, B., Thompson, DS. & Taylor, J., 1998, Proceedings of the HRI Conference: Genetic and Environmental Manipulation of Horticultural Crops. Cockshull, K., Gray, D., Seymour, GB. & Thomas, B. (eds.). p. 157-174 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  4. Published

    Reaping the Benefits: Science and the sustainable intensification of global agriculture

    Davies, B., Baulcombe, D., Crute, I., Dunwell, J., Gale, M., Jones, J., Pretty, J., Sutherland, W. & Toulmin, C., 2009, London: Royal Society. 86 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  5. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Achieving more crop per drop

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

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  8. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Is stomatal sensitivity to air humidity related to habitat of origin?

    Dilkes, N. B., Kerstiens, G. & Davies, W. J., 2001, Proceedings of the new phytologist symposium. p. 4

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  13. Published

    The relationship between leaf growth and ABA accumulation in the grass leaf elongation zone.

    Dodd, I. C. & Davies, W. J., 09/1996, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 19, 9, p. 1047-1056 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Chemical regulation of gas exchange and growth of plants in drying soil in the field.

    Dodd, I. C., Stikic, R. & Davies, W. J., 10/1996, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 47, 10, p. 1475-1490 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Measuring sap flow in “two root-one shoot” grafted plants to model shoot xylem ABA concentration during partial rootzone drying.

    Dodd, I. C., Davies, W. J. & Egea, G., 30/11/2009, In: Acta Horticulturae. 846

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Partial phenotypic reversion of ABA-deficient flacca tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) scions by a wild-type rootstock: normalising shoot ethylene relations promotes leaf area but does not diminish whole plant transpiration rate.

    Dodd, I. C., Theobald, J. C., Richer, S. K. & Davies, W. J., 10/2009, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 60, 14, p. 4029-4039 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Accounting for sap flow from different parts of the root system improves the prediction of xylem ABA concentration in plants grown with heterogeneous soil moisture.

    Dodd, I. C., Egea, G. & Davies, W. J., 11/2008, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 59, 15, p. 4083-4093 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Abscisic acid signalling when soil moisture is heterogeneous: decreased photoperiod sap flow from drying roots limits abscisic acid export to the shoots

    Dodd, I. C., Egea, G. & Davies, W. J., 09/2008, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 31, 9, p. 1263-1274 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Manipulation of soil : plant signalling networks to limit water use and sustain plant productivity during deficit irrigation – a review.

    Dodd, I. C., Davies, W. J., Belimov, A. A. & Safronova, V. I., 2008, In: Acta Horticulturae. 792, p. 233-239 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Alternation of wet and dry sides during partial rootzone drying irrigation alters root-to-shoot signalling of abscisic acid.

    Dodd, I. C., Theobald, J. C., Bacon, M. A. & Davies, W. J., 2006, In: Functional Plant Biology. 33, 12, p. 1081-1089 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Measuring Sap Flow in "Two Root-One Shoot" Grafted Plants to Model Shoot Xylem ABA Concentration during Partial Rootzone Drying

    Dodd, I. C., Davies, W. J. & Egea, G., 2009, Proceedings of the VIIth International Workshop on Sap Flow: Seville, Spain October 21-24, 2008 . Fernandez, E. & DiazEspejo, A. (eds.). Leuven: International Society for Horticultural Science, p. 277-283 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  22. Published

    Stomatal closure in flooded tomato plants involves abscisic acid and a chemically unidentified anti-transpirant in xylem sap.

    Else, M. A., Tiekstra, A. E., Croker, S. J., Davies, W. J. & Jackson, M. B., 09/1996, In: Plant Physiology. 112, 1, p. 239-247 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    A Negative Hydraulic Message from Oxygen-Deficient Roots of Tomato Plants? (Influence of Soil Flooding on Leaf Water Potential, Leaf Expansion, and Synchrony between Stomatal Conductance and Root Hydraulic Conductivity).

    Else, M. A., Davies, W. J., Malone, M. & Jackson, M. B., 1995, In: Plant Physiology. 109, 3, p. 1017-1024 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  24. Published

    Export of Abscisic Acid, 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid, Phosphate, and Nitrate from Roots to Shoots of Flooded Tomato Plants (Accounting for Effects of Xylem Sap Flow Rate on Concentration and Delivery).

    Else, M. A., Hall, K. C., Arnold, G. M., Davies, W. J. & Jackson, M. B., 02/1995, In: Plant Physiology. 107, 2, p. 377-384 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  25. Published

    Concentrations of abscisic acid and other solutes in xylem sap from root systems of tomato and castor-oil plants are distorted by wounding and variable sap flow rates.

    Else, M. A., Davies, W. J., Whitford, P. N., Hall, K. C. & Jackson, M. B., 1994, In: Journal of Experimental Botany. 45, 3, p. 317-324 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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