Winter Fertilisation

Hyperspectral Data Analysis of N-fertilisation Effects on Winter Wheat: a Case Study of Huimin County, North China Plain

High nitrogen fertiliser applications are very common in many densely populated areas as in the North China Plain (NCP). A still growing population and an ongoing economic progress enforce that process. Remote sensing methods can help to optimize the N-management for diagnosing crop N status on a field and regional level. For that purpose, spectral and agronomic data were collected during the v...

Efficiency of grain production of winter wheat as affected by N fertilisation under particular consideration of single culm sink size

Grain yield and yield components of winter wheat were recorded during 2-year field trials in Southern Bavaria, Germany. The impact of single ear sink size on the efficiency of grain production was studied in plants differing in single ear weight. While total grain yield showed only slight differences between N fertiliser treatments, significant variations were detected in harvest index and N ha...

A model-based constraint on CO2 fertilisation

We derive a constraint on the strength of CO2 fertilisation of the terrestrial biosphere through a “top-down” approach, calibrating Earth system model parameters constrained by the post-industrial increase of atmospheric CO2 concentration. We derive a probabilistic prediction for the globally averaged strength of CO2 fertilisation in nature, for the period 1850 to 2000 AD, implicitly net of oth...

Molecular aspects of avian oogenesis and fertilisation.

In this paper, we summarise studies which have been carried out on the metabolism of nucleic acids (maternal RNA, DNA, nucleolytic enzymes) in avian oocytes and embryos (Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica ) within the last 10 years in the Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The accumulation of maternal RNA in the quail oocyte during oogenesis is ...

Carbon Dioxide Fertilisation and Climate Change Policy