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High concentrations of Na⁺ and Cl⁻ ions in soil solution have simultaneous detrimental effects on growth of faba bean under salinity stress by Tavakkoli, Ehsan, Rengasamy, Pichu, McDonald, Glenn K

“…Despite the fact that most plants accumulate both sodium (Na⁺) and chloride (Cl⁻) ions to high concentration in their shoot tissues when grown in saline soils,…”
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Additive effects of Na+and Cl−ions on barley growth under salinity stress by Tavakkoli, Ehsan, Fatehi, Foad, Coventry, Stewart, Rengasamy, Pichu, McDonald, Glenn K.

“…Soil salinity affects large areas of the world's cultivated land, causing significant reductions in crop yield. Despite the fact that most plants accumulate…”
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Effect of short-term heat stress prior to flowering and early grain set on the grain yield of wheat by Talukder, A.S.M.H.M., McDonald, Glenn K., Gill, Gurjeet S.

“…•Heat stress accelerated leaf senescence and genotypes with faster senescence suffered higher yield loss in wheat.•Wheat grain yield was strongly correlated…”
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Reassessment of tissue Na⁺ concentration as a criterion for salinity tolerance in bread wheat by GENC, YUSUF, MCDONALD, GLENN K, TESTER, MARK

“…Wheat is the most important crop grown on many of world's saline and sodic soils, and breeding for improved salinity tolerance (ST) is the only feasible way of…”
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Commentary: Bread Wheat With High Salinity and Sodicity Tolerance by McDonald, Glenn K., Tavakkoli, Ehsan, Rengasamy, Pichu

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Rate of Nitrogen Rather Than Timing of Application Influence Yield and NUE of Canola in South Australian Mediterranean Environments by Riar, Amritbir, Gill, Gurjeet, McDonald, Glenn K.

“…Canola has a high nitrogen requirement and optimal nitrogen (N) management in environments with variable rainfall is a challenge. This study investigated the…”
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Adaptation to Lombok Island Indonesia by Zubaidi, Akhmad, Ma'shum, Mansur, Gill, Gurjeet, McDonald, Glenn K.

“…Wheat is a temperate crop; therefore, effort is needed in adapting it to tropical areas. Lombok Island is suggested to be a potential wheat growing area. To…”
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Field applications of gypsum reduce pH and improve soil C in highly alkaline soils in southern Australia’s dryland cropping region by Tavakkoli, Ehsan, Uddin, Shihab, Rengasamy, Pichu, McDonald, Glenn K.

“…Highly alkaline soils are widespread throughout south‐eastern Australia. High pH limits the accumulation and retention of organic carbon (C), and thus the…”
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QTL mapping of grain yield and phosphorus efficiency in barley in a Mediterranean-like environment by Gong, Xue, Wheeler, Rob, Bovill, William D., McDonald, Glenn K.

“…Key message Key QTLs were identified for P efficiency in barley. Phosphorus efficiency and grain yield can be improved simultaneously in breeding. An important…”
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comparison of hydroponic and soil-based screening methods to identify salt tolerance in the field in barley by Tavakkoli, Ehsan, Fatehi, Foad, Rengasamy, Pichu, McDonald, Glenn K

“…Success in breeding crops for yield and other quantitative traits depends on the use of methods to evaluate genotypes accurately under field conditions…”
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Contribution of summer rainfall and nitrogen to the yield and water use efficiency of wheat in Mediterranean-type environments of South Australia by Sadras, Victor O., Lawson, Chris, Hooper, Peter, McDonald, Glenn K

“…► Grain number is the main source of yield variation in Mediterranean environments. ► Grain number is defined between stem elongation and anthesis. ►…”
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Adequate zinc nutrition alleviates the adverse effects of heat stress in bread wheat by Peck, Alison W, McDonald, Glenn K

“…Zinc (Zn) deficiency and heat stress affect the productivity of cereal crops in many semi arid regions of the world. Zinc nutrition affects membrane integrity…”
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HvZIP7 mediates zinc accumulation in barley (Hordeum vulgare) at moderately high zinc supply by Tiong, Jingwen, McDonald, Glenn K., Genc, Yusuf, Pedas, Pai, Hayes, Julie E., Toubia, John, Langridge, Peter, Huang, Chun Y.

“…High expression of zinc (Zn)-regulated, iron-regulated transporter-like protein (ZIP) genes increases root Zn uptake in dicots, leading to high accumulation of…”
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Quantitative trait loci for agronomic and physiological traits for a bread wheat population grown in environments with a range of salinity levels by Genc, Yusuf, Oldach, Klaus, Gogel, Beverley, Wallwork, Hugh, McDonald, Glenn K, Smith, Alison B

“…Worldwide, salinity is a major environmental stress affecting agricultural production. Sodium (Na⁺) exclusion has long been recognised as a mechanism of…”
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Comparing genotypic variation in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) in response to salinity in hydroponic and field experiments by Tavakkoli, Ehsan, Paull, Jeffrey, Rengasamy, Pichu, McDonald, Glenn K.

“…► We assessed the genotypic variation of faba bean plants to transient salinity stress. ► Significant genotypic variation for salinity tolerance in faba bean…”
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Effect of short-term heat stress prior to flowering and at early grain set on the utilization of water-soluble carbohydrate by wheat genotypes by Talukder, A.S.M.H.M., McDonald, Glenn K., Gill, Gurjeet S.

“…•Heat stress reduced peduncle WSC content and its mobilization in wheat.•IGM in wheat genotypes with lower peduncle WSC was more sensitive to heat…”
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Fate of fertiliser N applied to wheat on a coarse textured highly calcareous soil under simulated semi-arid conditions by Hancock, Jonathan M., McNeill, Ann M., McDonald, Glenn K., Holloway, Robert E.

“…Background and Aims Quantitative information on the fate and efficiency of nitrogen (N) fertiliser applied to coarse textured highly calcareous soils in…”
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Eliciting the aboveground physiological regulation that underlies salinity tolerance in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) by Tavakkoli, Ehsan, Watts-Williams, Stephanie J., Rengasamy, Pichu, McDonald, Glenn K.

“…Salinity is a prevalent soil issue that reduces crop growth by a combination of osmotic stress and ion-specific toxicity. The crop response to salt stress is…”
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Use of Nitrogen Fertilizer in a Targeted Way to Improve Grain Yield, Quality, and Nitrogen Use Efficiency by Hooper, Peter, Zhou, Yi, Coventry, David R., McDonald, Glenn K.

“…Nitrogen fertilizer management in rainfed Mediterranean environments can be financially risky because of the strong interaction between N and water…”
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H v ZIP 7 mediates zinc accumulation in barley ( H ordeum vulgare ) at moderately high zinc supply by Tiong, Jingwen, McDonald, Glenn K., Genc, Yusuf, Pedas, Pai, Hayes, Julie E., Toubia, John, Langridge, Peter, Huang, Chun Y.

“…Summary High expression of zinc ( Z n)‐regulated, iron‐regulated transporter‐like protein ( ZIP ) genes increases root Z n uptake in dicots, leading to high…”
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