<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Simulating the effects of plant traits for increasing grain sorghum in waterlimited environments: a case study of West Africa Sudano-Sahelian region"^^ . "The need to improve the performance of dryland crops in semiarid\r\nenvironments cannot be over emphasized, because growth\r\nand development of such crops are often limited by moisture\r\nand other abiotic factors. Sorghum production in commercial\r\nsituations requires maximising grain yield on limited available\r\nwater resources, which requires maximizing the ratio of yield\r\nto evapotranspiration. In this study, a system analysis was\r\nundertaken to identify those plant traits that might be altered\r\nto improve sorghum yield in a moisture-limited environment.\r\nAPSIM model was used to simulate sorghum (Sorghum bicolor\r\nL. moench) for 30-year period at two locations (Kano, Nigeria\r\nand Bamako, Mali), characterized by high inter-annual rainfall\r\nvariability and evapotranspiration in the Sudano-Sahelian\r\nregion of West Africa. Since sorghum is known to be better\r\nadapted to drier environments, a number of individual plant\r\ntraits were adjusted in the calibrated APSIM sorghum-module\r\nfor the two selected varieties. In the tested environments, it\r\nwas found that decreasing leaf size and increasing seed growth\r\nboth resulted in decreased yield while the ratio of grain yield to\r\nevapotranspiration was decreased. Combining sorghum plant\r\ntraits in the model resulted in increased yield and the ratio of\r\ngrain yield to evapotranspiration when the average for all the\r\nyears simulated. In addition, the simulated grain yield show\r\ndecline up to 25% in Bamako, Mali and 35% in Kano, Nigeria\r\nfor both varieties. These results indicate future adaptations\r\nstrategy to climate variability and change for sorghums variety\r\nis required while maintaining improving soil quality in a\r\ncontinuing process."^^ . "2017-02" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "H A"^^ . "Ajeigbe"^^ . "H A Ajeigbe"^^ . . "I I"^^ . "Angarawai"^^ . "I I Angarawai"^^ . . "F M"^^ . "Akinseye"^^ . "F M Akinseye"^^ . . "Z B"^^ . "Birhanu"^^ . "Z B Birhanu"^^ . . . . "InterDrought-V"^^ . . . . . "Hyderabad, India"^^ . . . . . . "Simulating the effects of plant traits for increasing grain sorghum in waterlimited environments: a case study of West Africa Sudano-Sahelian region (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "269.pdf"^^ . . . "Simulating the effects of plant traits for increasing grain sorghum in waterlimited environments: a case study of West Africa Sudano-Sahelian region (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Simulating the effects of plant traits for increasing grain sorghum in waterlimited environments: a case study of West Africa Sudano-Sahelian region (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Simulating the effects of plant traits for increasing grain sorghum in waterlimited environments: a case study of West Africa Sudano-Sahelian region (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Simulating the effects of plant traits for increasing grain sorghum in waterlimited environments: a case study of West Africa Sudano-Sahelian region (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Simulating the effects of plant traits for increasing grain sorghum in waterlimited environments: a case study of West Africa Sudano-Sahelian region (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #10721 \n\nSimulating the effects of plant traits for increasing grain sorghum in waterlimited environments: a case study of West Africa Sudano-Sahelian region\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Sorghum"@en . . . "West Africa"@en . .