Cropping Systems Research Laboratory

Disruption of Fatty Acid Desaturase Gene Alters Aphid Resistance and Volatile Emissions in Sorghum

ABSTRACT Jasmonic acid (JA)‐deficient msd3 sorghum mutants exhibit contrasting resistance phenotypes against sugarcane aphids (SCA; Melanaphis sacchari ), which promotes aphid settling at early time points while providing antibiosis‐mediated resistance at later stages. Here we in...

Projected changes in water demand and potential water savings for US grown rice under alternate wetting and drying practice

In the United States (US), rice production accounts for roughly 10% of global rice trade and contributes more than $34 billion annually to the national economy. Although rice is a critical staple crop for global food security, it has traditionally been cultivated under continuous...

Multi-scale evapotranspiration and evaporative stress as indicators of vegetation health and drought response – an application in central Missouri, USA

Satellite estimates of evapotranspiration (ET) based on thermal infrared retrievals of land-surface temperature enable monitoring of vegetation water use and health/stress at sub-field to global scales. The information content of these products varies with pixel size, reflecting...