[Book review] Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture Edited by D Reicosky. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agriculture Science, Cambridge, UK, 2018. Volume 1: Fundamentals, £200, hardback, ISBN 9781786761880; Volume 2: Monitoring and Management, £160, hardback, ISBN 9781786761927

Haefele, S. M. 2019. [Book review] Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture Edited by D Reicosky. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agriculture Science, Cambridge, UK, 2018. Volume 1: Fundamentals, £200, hardback, ISBN 9781786761880; Volume 2: Monitoring and Management, £160, hardback, ISBN 9781786761927. European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12870

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Estimation of vegetation indices for high-throughput phenotyping of wheat breeding lines using aerial imaging.

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Khan, Z., Rahimi-Eichi, V., Haefele, S. M., Garnett, T. and Miklavcic, S. J. 2018. Estimation of vegetation indices for high-throughput phenotyping of wheat breeding lines using aerial imaging. Plant Methods. 14, p. 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-018-0287-6

Quantitative Estimation of Wheat Phenotyping Traits Using Ground and Aerial Imagery

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Khan, Z., Chopin, J., Cai, J., Rahimi-Fichi, V., Laga, H., Haefele, S. M. and Miklavcic, S. J. 2018. Quantitative Estimation of Wheat Phenotyping Traits Using Ground and Aerial Imagery. Remote Sensing. 10 (6), p. 950. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10060950

Site-specific nutrient management enhances sink size, a major yield constraint in rainfed lowland rice

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Banayo, N. P. M. C., Bueno, C. S., Haefele, S. M., Desamero, N. V. and Kato, Y. 2018. Site-specific nutrient management enhances sink size, a major yield constraint in rainfed lowland rice. Field Crops Research. 224 (1 July), pp. 76-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2018.05.006

Participatory evaluation guides the development and selection of farmers’ preferred rice varieties for salt- and flood-affected coastal deltas of South and Southeast Asia

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Burman, D., Maji, B., Singh, Sudhanshu, Mandal, Subhasis, Sarangi, Sukanta K., Bandyopadhyay, B. K., Bal, A. R., Sharma, D. K., Krishnamurthy, S. L., Singh, H. N., delosReyes, A. S., Villanueva, D., Paris, T., Singh, U. S., Haefele, S. M. and Ismail, Abdelbagi M. 2018. Participatory evaluation guides the development and selection of farmers’ preferred rice varieties for salt- and flood-affected coastal deltas of South and Southeast Asia. Field Crops Research. 220, pp. 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2017.03.009

Overexpression of the class I homeodomain transcription factor TaHDZipI‐5 increases drought and frost tolerance in transgenic wheat

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Yang, Y., Luang, S., Harris, J., Riboni, M., Li, Y., Bazanova, N., Hrmova, M., Haefele, S. M., Kovalchuk, N. and Lopato, S. 2017. Overexpression of the class I homeodomain transcription factor TaHDZipI‐5 increases drought and frost tolerance in transgenic wheat. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 16 (6), pp. 1227-1240. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12865

A Survey: Potential Impact of Genetically Modified Maize Tolerant to Drought or Resistant to Stem Borers in Uganda

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Wamatsembe, I., Asea, G. and Haefele, S. M. 2017. A Survey: Potential Impact of Genetically Modified Maize Tolerant to Drought or Resistant to Stem Borers in Uganda. Agronomy. 7 (1), p. 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy7010024

On-farm assessment of site-specific nutrient management for rainfed lowland rice in the Philippines

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Banayo, N. P. M. C., Haefele, S. M., Desamero, N. V. and Kato, Y. 2017. On-farm assessment of site-specific nutrient management for rainfed lowland rice in the Philippines. Field Crops Research. 220, pp. 88-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2017.09.011

Timing of weed management and yield losses due to weeds in irrigated rice in the Sahel

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Johnson, D. E., Wopereis, M. C. S., Mbodj, D., Diallo, S., Powers, S. J. and Haefele, S. M. 2004. Timing of weed management and yield losses due to weeds in irrigated rice in the Sahel. Field Crops Research. 85 (1), pp. 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00124-2