Satellite-based evapotranspiration and crop coefficient for irrigated sorghum in the Gezira scheme, Sudan M. A. Bashir, T. Hata, A. W. Abdelhadi, H. Tanakamaru, and A. Tada Dept. of Food Systems and Field Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe 657–8501, Japan Agricultural Research Corporation, PO Box 126, Wad Medani, Sudan Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe U...

* Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (M. Fang). 1537-5110/$ – see front matter a 2009 IAgrE doi:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.12.008 Heavy metal stress in soils results in subtle changes in leaf chlorophyll concentration, which are related to crop growth and crop yield. Accurate estimation of the chlorophyll concentration of a crop under heavy metal stress is essential...

In order to develop a cane yield forecasting system using crop In order to develop a sugarcane yield forecasting system, a crop yield simulation model is evaluated at the scale of a mill supply area (MSA), using historical climate and yield data. The area1 extent of this scale necessitates the development of spatially distributed model input, both for historical model evaluation and for future ...

The study was undertaken to find out how crop farmers in the Techiman municipality of Ghana determine and manage the fertility of their soils. Data were obtained through questionnaire and interview of one hundred and ten randomly selected farmers from the municipality between January and February, 2010. Frequency count, percentage and correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. The f...

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is an ancient oilseed crop known for its nutty seeds and high-quality edible oil. It is an unexplored crop with a great economic potential. The present study deals with assessment of genetic diversity in the crop. Twenty two RAPD and 18 SSR primers were used for analysis of the 47 different sesame accessions grown in different agroclimatic zones of India. A total of ...

A model that integrates biophysical simulations in an economic model is used to analyze the impact of climate change on crop production. The biophysical model simulates future plantmanagement-climate relationships and the economic model simulates farmers’ adaptation actions to climate change using a nonlinear programming approach. Beyond the development of average yields, special attention is d...

Considering the problem in monitoring agricultural condition in the semi-arid areas of Northwest of China, we propose a new method for estimation of crop planting area, using the single phase optical and microwave remote sensing data collaboratively, which have demonstrated their respective advantages in the extraction of surface features. In the model, the ASAR backscatter coefficient is norma...