David Connor

Intercepted radiation and radiation-use efficiency in sunflower crops grown at conventional and wide inter-row spacings: Measurements and modeled estimates of intercepted radiation

M López-Pereira, DJ Connor, AJ Hall

Journal article  |  2020  |  Field Crops Research

The underlying eco-physiological principle behind row spacing choice in many field crops is that early and complete ground cover w..

An experimentally-calibrated model of photosynthesis, assimilate partitioning and tuber yield in cassava in response to water supply to assist crop management and improvement

DJ Connor

Journal article  |  2019  |  Field Crops Research

A model (DYNCAS 1.0) is presented of photosynthesis and partitioning of carbon-based (C) assimilate to respiration and growth of l..

Vegetative structure and distribution of oil yield components and fruit characteristics within olive hedgerows (cv. Arbosana) mechanically pruned annually on alternating sides in San Juan, Argentina

ER Trentacoste, FJ Calderón, CM Puertas, AP Banco, O Contreras-Zanessi, W Galarza, DJ Connor

Journal article  |  2018  |  Scientia Horticulturae

In olive hedgerows mechanical pruning is needed to control hedgerow dimensions for canopy illumination and access by harvesting ma..

Organic agriculture and food security: A decade of unreason finally implodes

DJ Connor

Journal article  |  2018  |  Field Crops Research

Persistent claims over the past decade that transformation of world agriculture to organic methods could feed the world have been ..

Tolerance of different winter wheat cultivars to prolonged freezing injury at their critical temperatures

D Zheng, X Yang, MI Mínguez, DJ Connor, C Mu, E Guo, X Chen

Journal article  |  2018  |  Crop Science

Inconsistent survival during winter due to freezing injury of varying severity is a major impediment to winter wheat (Triticum aes..

Issues for cropping and agricultural science in the next 20 years

RA Fischer, DJ Connor

Journal article  |  2018  |  Field Crops Research

This position paper honours agricultural scientist and colleague, Professor Bob Loomis, by discussing the urgent global challenge ..

Challenges and Responses to Ongoing and Projected Climate Change for Dryland Cereal Production Systems throughout the World

Garry J O'Leary, Pramod K Aggarwal, Daniel F Calderini, David J Connor, Peter Craufurd, Sanford D Eigenbrode, Xue Han, Jerry L Hatfield

Journal article  |  2018  |  AGRONOMY-BASEL

Since the introduction of mechanized production in both developed and developing countries, crops and their management have underg..

Land required for legumes restricts the contribution of organic agriculture to global food security

DJ Connor

Journal article  |  2018  |  Outlook on Agriculture

Commercial extraction of nitrogen (N) from the atmosphere began soon after World War II and has provided N fertilizer that has tra..

Long-term Effect of Intra-Row Spacing on Growth and Productivity of Super-High Density Hedgerow Olive Orchards (cv. Arbequina).

Maria Gomez-Del-Campo, David J Connor, Eduardo R Trentacoste

Journal article  |  2017  |  Front Plant Sci

Intra-row spacing is known to determine early productivity of super-high density olive orchards depending on growing conditions, c..

Relationships between olive yield components and simulated irradiance within hedgerows of various row orientations and spacings

DJ Connor, M Gómez-del-Campo, ER Trentacoste

Journal article  |  2016  |  Scientia Horticulturae

An model of distribution of irradiance within hedgerows is shown to explain well the distribution of fruit size and oil concentrat..