There is a need for ground-breaking technologies to boost crop yield, both grains and biomass, and their processing into economically competitive materials. Novel cereals with enhanced photosynthesis and assimilation of greenhouse gasses, such as...
North Africa counts several sheep breeds that can be categorized as fat- and thin-tailed. The former are well adapted to dryland environments. In this study, we used 50K genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism profiles from 462 animals...
Domesticated sheep have adapted to contrasting and extreme environmentsand continue to play important roles in local community-based economiesthroughout Africa. Here we review the Neolithic migrations of thin-tailed sheepand the later introductions...
Context
Rainfed rice production in inland valleys has the potential to improve food security in West Africa, yet the average grain yield ranges only between 1 and 3 t ha−1. Increased nutrient use efficiency through site-specific fertilizer management...
This study aimed to derive novel phenotypes of sheep resilience and response to climate change, to estimate genetic parameters for novel phenotypes, and to evaluate the genetic correlation of resilience indicator traits with economically important...
Study region
The Upper Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia, characterized by its complex hydrological system, is the focus of this study. The basin includes 76 gauged watersheds, which were analyzed to estimate parameters for ungauged locations using...
Machine learning (ML) has become a powerful tool for predicting suspended sediment concentration (SSC). Nonetheless, the ability to interpret the physical process is considered the main issue in applying most of ML approaches. In this regard, the...
