Water productivity and its allometric mechanism in mulching cultivated maize (Zea mays L.) in semiarid Kenya. Agricultural Water Management.

By: Xiao-FengZhang, Chong-LiangLuo, Hong-XuRen , DavidMburu , Bao-ZhongWang , LevisKavagi , KiprotichWesly , Aggrey BernardNyende , You-CaiXiong .

Differentiate responses of tetraploid and hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to moderate and severe drought stress: a cue of wheat domestication

By:Yanwen Gui a,Mohamed S Sheteiwy b,Shuangguo Zhu a,Li Zhu a, Asfa Batool a,Tingting Jia c,Youcai Xiong a

Soil labile organic carbon sequestration is tightly correlated with the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in semiarid maize fields.

By:Ai-Tian Ren ； Bede S. Mickan ； Ji-Yuan Li ； Rui Zhou ；Xu-Cheng Zhang ；

Ming-Sheng Ma ；Kiprotich Wesly ； You-Cai Xiong (2020) DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3773

Differentiate effects of non-hydraulic and hydraulic root signaling on yield and water use efficiency in diploid and tetraploid wheat under drought stress

By:Author： Yan-WenGui;Mohamed S.Sheteiwy;Shuang-Guo Zhu;​AsfaBatool;You-CaiXiong

JOURNAL: Environmental and Experimental Botany

Dual plastic film and straw mulching boosts wheat productivity and soil quality under the El Nino in semiarid Kenya

By:Chong-Liang Luo; Xiao-Feng Zhang; Hai-Xia Duan; David M. Mburu; Hong-Xu Ren; Levis Kavagi; Run-Zi Dai; You-Cai Xiong;

DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139808

Fully biodegradable film to boost rainfed maize ( Zea mays L.) production in semiarid Kenya: An environmentally friendly perspective

By:Xiao-Feng Zhang; Chong-Liang Luo; Hong-Xu Ren; Run-Zi Dai; David Mburu; Levis Kavagi; Kiprotich Wesl

JOURNAL:European Journal of Agronomy DOI:10.1016/j.eja.2020.126124