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Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology by Brooker, Rob W, Bennett, Alison E, Cong, Wen‐Feng, Daniell, Tim J, George, Timothy S, Hallett, Paul D, Hawes, Cathy, Iannetta, Pietro P. M, Jones, Hamlyn G, Karley, Alison J, Li, Long, McKenzie, Blair M, Pakeman, Robin J, Paterson, Eric, Schöb, Christian, Shen, Jianbo, Squire, Geoff, Watson, Christine A, Zhang, Chaochun, Zhang, Fusuo, Zhang, Junling, White, Philip J

“…Intercropping is a farming practice involving two or more crop species, or genotypes, growing together and coexisting for a time. On the fringes of modern…”
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A predictive indicator assessing effect of cropping system and surrounding landscape on biodiversity by Soulé, Emma, Hawes, Cathy, Young, Mark, Henckel, Laura, Michel, Nadia, Michonneau, Philippe, Bockstaller, Christian

“…•I-BIO is a predictive tool and decision aid for advisers.•I-BIO aims to assess impacts of management on four taxonomic groups.•One novelty lies in the…”
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Soil strength and macropore volume limit root elongation rates in many UK agricultural soils by Valentine, Tracy A., Hallett, Paul D., Binnie, Kirsty, Young, Mark W., Squire, Geoffrey R., Hawes, Cathy, Bengough, A. Glyn

“…• Background and Aims Simple indicators of crop and cultivar performance across a range of soil types and management are needed for designing and testing…”
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carbon footprints of food crop production by Hillier, Jonathan, Hawes, Cathy, Squire, Geoff, Hilton, Alex, Wale, Stuart, Smith, Pete

“…The agriculture sector contributes significantly to global carbon emissions from diverse sources such as product and machinery manufacture, transport of…”
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Agroecological Management and Increased Grain Legume Area Needed to Meet Nitrogen Reduction Targets for Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Squire, Geoffrey R., Young, Mark W., Hawes, Cathy

“…The nitrogen applied (N-input) to cropping systems supports a high yield but generates major environmental pollution in the form of greenhouse gas (GHG)…”
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PHYLIS: A Low-Cost Portable Visible Range Spectrometer for Soil and Plants by Aitkenhead, Matt J, Gaskin, Graham J, Lafouge, Noemie, Hawes, Cathy

“…Monitoring soil and crop condition is vital for the sustainable management of agricultural systems. Often, land management decision-making requires rapid…”
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Solar Radiation Flux Provides a Method of Quantifying Weed-Crop Balance in Present and Future Climates by Squire, Geoffrey R, Young, Mark W, Hawes, Cathy

“…A systematic approach to quantifying the weed-crop balance through the flux of solar radiation was developed and tested on commercial fields in a…”
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Defining Targets for Reversing Declines of Soil Carbon in High-Intensity Arable Cropping by Squire, Geoffrey R., Young, Mark, Ford, Linda, Banks, Gillian, Hawes, Cathy

“…Soil organic carbon (SOC) is declining globally due to intensification of agriculture. Reversing declines should reduce soil erosion, maintain yields, raise…”
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HARNESSING ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES AND PHYSIOLOGIC MECHANISMS IN DIVERSIFYING AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABILITY: EXPERIENCE FROM STUDIES DEPLOYING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS IN SCOTLAND by GEORGE, Timothy S., HAWES, Cathy, VALENTINE, Tracy A., KARLEY, Alison J., IANNETTA, Pietro P. M., BROOKER, Robin W.

“…● Diversification enhances nature-based contributions to cropping system functions. ● Soil management to improve production and ecosystem function has variable…”
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Adaptation of Winter Barley Cultivars to Inversion and Non-Inversion Tillage for Yield and Rhynchosporium Symptoms by Newton, Adrian C., Hawes, Cathy, Hackett, Christine A.

“…Modern cereal cultivars are highly adapted to, and normally bred and trialled under, high input, high soil disturbance conditions. On-farm conditions are often…”
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Whole-Systems Analysis of Environmental and Economic Sustainability in Arable Cropping Systems: A Case Study by Hawes, Cathy, Young, Mark W., Banks, Gillian, Begg, Graham S., Christie, Andrew, Iannetta, Pietro P. M., Karley, Alison J., Squire, Geoffrey R.

“…The long-term sustainability of crop production depends on the complex network of interactions and trade-offs between biotic, abiotic and economic components…”
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A Multifunctional Solution for Wicked Problems: Value-Chain Wide Facilitation of Legumes Cultivated at Bioregional Scales Is Necessary to Address the Climate-Biodiversity-Nutrition Nexus by Iannetta, Pietro P. M., Hawes, Cathy, Begg, Graham S., Maaß, Henrik, Ntatsi, Georgia, Savvas, Dimitrios, Vasconcelos, Marta, Hamann, Karen, Williams, Michael, Styles, David, Toma, Luiza, Shrestha, Shailesh, Balázs, Bálint, Kelemen, Eszter, Debeljak, Marko, Trajanov, Aneta, Vickers, R, Rees, Robert M.

“…Well-managed legume-based food systems are uniquely positioned to curtail the existential challenge posed by climate change through the significant…”
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Plant Responses to an Integrated Cropping System Designed to Maintain Yield Whilst Enhancing Soil Properties and Biodiversity by Hawes, Cathy, Alexander, Colin, Begg, Graham, Iannetta, Pietro, Karley, Alison, Squire, Geoffrey, Young, Mark

“…The intensification of arable production since the 1950s has resulted in increases in yield but only at significant cost to the environment, raising serious…”
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Effects on weed and invertebrate abundance and diversity of herbicide management in genetically modified herbicide-tolerant winter-sown oilseed rape by Bohan, D.A, Boffey, C.W.H, Brooks, D.R, Clark, S.J, Dewar, A.M, Firbank, L.G, Haughton, A.J, Hawes, C, Heard, M.S, May, M.J

“…We evaluated the effects of the herbicide management associated with genetically modified herbicide-tolerant (GMHT) winter oilseed rape (WOSR) on weed and…”
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Field Phenotyping and Long-Term Platforms to Characterise How Crop Genotypes Interact with Soil Processes and the Environment by George, Timothy S, Hawes, Cathy, Newton, Adrian C, McKenzie, Blair M, Hallett, Paul D, Valentine, Tracy A

“…Unsustainable agronomic practices and environmental change necessitate a revolution in agricultural production to ensure food security. A new generation of…”
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Environmental management on agricultural land: Cost benefit analysis of an integrated cropping system for provision of environmental public goods by Roberts, Michaela, Hawes, Cathy, Young, Mark

“…Agricultural land covers a significant portion of the earths land surface. Although the predominant function of agricultural land is food production,…”
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Measuring the outputs of Australian nursing research published 1995-2000 by Borbasi, Sally, Hawes, Cathy, Wilkes, Lesley, Stewart, Michel, May, Donna

“…Measuring the outputs of Australian nursing research published 1995–2000 Aims. To analyse the research published in refereed nursing journals by Australian…”
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Invertebrate biodiversity in maize following withdrawal of triazine herbicides by Brooks, D.R, Clark, S.J, Perry, J.N, Bohan, D.A, Champion, G.T, Firbank, L.G, Haughton, A.J, Hawes, C, Heard, M.S, Woiwod, I.P

“…Responses of key invertebrates within Farm Scale Evaluations (FSEs) of maize reflected advantageous effects for weeds under genetically modified…”
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Floral presence and flower identity alter cereal aphid endosymbiont communities on adjacent crops by Zytynska, Sharon E., Sturm, Sarah, Hawes, Cathy, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Karley, Alison

“…Floral plantings adjacent to crops fields can recruit populations of natural enemies by providing flower nectar and non‐crop prey to increase natural pest…”
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Rainfall and temperature impacts on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) yield and malting quality in Scotland by Cammarano, Davide, Hawes, Cathy, Squire, Geoff, Holland, Jonathan, Rivington, Mike, Murgia, Teresa, Roggero, Pier Paolo, Fontana, Fabiola, Casa, Raffaele, Ronga, Domenico

“…•Rainfall is the dominant driver of spring barley yield in Scotland.•Grain quality for distilling is not affected by rainfall.•Maximum crop growth expansion is…”
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