Search Results - "Milne, E. A."

Trade-offs constrain the success of glyphosate-free farming by Metcalfe, H., Storkey, J., Hull, R., Bullock, J. M., Whitmore, A., Sharp, R. T., Milne, A. E.

“…Glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide, is linked with environmental harm and there is a drive to replace it in agricultural systems. We model the impacts…”
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Boundary line analysis of the effect of water‐filled pore space on nitrous oxide emission from cores of arable soil by Lark, R. M, Milne, A. E

“…The boundary line has been proposed as a model of the effects of a variable on a biological response, when this variable might limit the response in only some…”
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A loss function to evaluate agricultural decision-making under uncertainty: a case study of soil spectroscopy by Breure, T. S., Haefele, S. M., Hannam, J. A., Corstanje, R., Webster, R., Moreno-Rojas, S., Milne, A. E.

“…Modern sensor technologies can provide detailed information about soil variation which allows for more precise application of fertiliser to minimise…”
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Soil and landscape factors influence geospatial variation in maize grain zinc concentration in Malawi by Botoman, L., Chagumaira, C., Mossa, A. W., Amede, T., Ander, E. L., Bailey, E. H., Chimungu, J. G., Gameda, S., Gashu, D., Haefele, S. M., Joy, E. J. M., Kumssa, D. B., Ligowe, I. S., McGrath, S. P., Milne, A. E., Munthali, M., Towett, E., Walsh, M. G., Wilson, L., Young, S. D., Broadley, M. R., Lark, R. M., Nalivata, P. C.

“…Dietary zinc (Zn) deficiency is widespread globally, and in particular among people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In Malawi, dietary sources of Zn are dominated…”
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Detecting land use and land management influences on catchment hydrology by modelling and wavelets by Rust, W., Corstanje, R., Holman, I.P., Milne, A.E.

“…•Lack of evidence of detectable impacts from land use change in downstream catchments.•Wavelet-based analysis of hydrological model residuals to detect scale…”
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Spatial multivariate classification of an arable field into compact management zones based on past crop yields by Milne, A.E, Webster, R, Ginsburg, D, Kindred, D

“…► We investigated three methods for forming compact management zones based on past yields. ► Lark’s method represented spatio-temp yield variation and formed…”
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Scale- and location-dependent correlation of nitrous oxide emissions with soil properties: an analysis using wavelets by Lark, R.M, Milne, A.E, Addiscott, T.M, Goulding, K.W.T, Webster, C.P, O'Flaherty, S

“…Summary This paper shows how the wavelet transform can be used to analyse the complex spatial covariation of the rate of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from the…”
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Wavelet analysis of soil variation at nanometre- to micrometre-scales: an example of organic carbon content in a micro-aggregate by Milne, A. E., Lehmann, J., Solomon, D., Lark, R. M.

“…This paper demonstrates the potential of wavelet analysis to investigate fine‐scale spatial variation in soil without statistical assumptions that are…”
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Weed Manager—A model-based decision support system for weed management in arable crops by Parsons, D.J., Benjamin, L.R., Clarke, J., Ginsburg, D., Mayes, A., Milne, A.E., Wilkinson, D.J.

“…Weed Manager is a model-based decision support system to assist arable farmers and advisers in weed control decisions on two time scales: within a single…”
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The wavelet packet transform: A technique for investigating temporal variation of river water solutes by Milne, A.E., Macleod, C.J.A., Haygarth, P.M., Hawkins, J.M.B., Lark, R.M.

“…Understanding factors influencing river water quality is of increasing importance. We are now able to intensively monitor water variables resulting in large…”
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The nutritional quality of cereals varies geospatially in Ethiopia and Malawi by Gashu, D., Nalivata, P. C., Amede, T., Ander, E. L., Bailey, E. H., Botoman, L., Chagumaira, C., Gameda, S., Haefele, S. M., Hailu, K., Joy, E. J. M., Kalimbira, A. A., Kumssa, D. B., Lark, R. M., Ligowe, I. S., McGrath, S. P., Milne, A. E., Mossa, A. W., Munthali, M., Towett, E. K., Walsh, M. G., Wilson, L., Young, S. D., Broadley, M. R.

“…Micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) remain widespread among people in sub-Saharan Africa 1 – 5 , where access to sufficient food from plant and animal sources…”
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Exploring the variation in soil saturated hydraulic conductivity under a tropical rainforest using the wavelet transform by Hassler, S. K., Lark, R. M., Milne, A. E., Elsenbeer, H.

“…Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) of the soil is a key variable in the water cycle. For the humid tropics, information about spatial scales of Ks and their…”
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Comparing the effect of different sample conditions and spectral libraries on the prediction accuracy of soil properties from near- and mid-infrared spectra at the field-scale by Breure, T.S., Prout, J.M., Haefele, S.M., Milne, A.E., Hannam, J.A., Moreno-Rojas, S., Corstanje, R.

“…The prediction accuracy of soil properties by proximal soil sensing has made their application more practical. However, in order to gain sufficient accuracy,…”
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Modelling the effect of spatially variable soil properties on the distribution of weeds by Metcalfe, H., Milne, A.E., Coleman, K., Murdoch, A.J., Storkey, J.

“…•Incremental changes to the life-cycle of A. myosuroides due to soil properties, when combined in a modelling approach, reveals them as important determinants…”
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Using a process model and regression kriging to improve predictions of nitrous oxide emissions from soil by Stacey, K.F., Lark, R.M., Whitmore, A.P., Milne, A.E.

“…In this paper we use regression kriging to improve predictions of a hard-to-measure soil variable based on an established process model. In our case study the…”
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How the Global Burden of Animal Diseases links to the Global Burden of Crop Loss: a food systems perspective by Szyniszewska, A M, Simpkins, K M, Thomas, L, Beale, T, Milne, A E, Brown, M E, Taylor, B, Oliver, G, Bebber, D P, Woolman, T, Mahmood, S, Murphy, C, Huntington, B, Finegold, C

“…Food systems comprise interconnected webs of processes that together transform inputs (land, labour, water, nutrients and genetics, to mention just a few) into…”
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Spatial prediction of the concentration of selenium (Se) in grain across part of Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Gashu, D., Lark, R.M., Milne, A.E., Amede, T., Bailey, E.H., Chagumaira, C., Dunham, S.J., Gameda, S., Kumssa, D.B., Mossa, A.W., Walsh, M.G., Wilson, L., Young, S.D., Ander, E.L., Broadley, M.R., Joy, E.J.M., McGrath, S.P.

“…Grain and soil were sampled across a large part of Amhara, Ethiopia in a study motivated by prior evidence of selenium (Se) deficiency in the Region's…”
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Using stochastic dynamic programming to support weed management decisions over a rotation by BENJAMIN, L.R, MILNE, A.E, PARSONS, D.J, CUSSANS, J, LUTMAN, P.J.W

“…This study describes a model that predicts the impact of weed management on the population dynamics of arable weeds over a rotation and presents the economic…”
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Investigating the effect of previous treatments on wheat biomass over multiple spatial frequencies by Milne, A E, Castellanos, M T, Cartagena, M C, Tarquis, A M, Lark, R M

“…In this study we use the maximum overlap discrete packet transform (MODWPT) to investigate residual effects on wheat biomass of fertigation treatments applied…”
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Predicting the growth of lettuce from soil infrared reflectance spectra: the potential for crop management by Breure, T. S., Milne, A. E., Webster, R., Haefele, S. M., Hannam, J. A., Moreno-Rojas, S., Corstanje, R.

“…How well could one predict the growth of a leafy crop from reflectance spectra from the soil and how might a grower manage the crop in the light of those…”
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