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Kelly Thorp

USDA Agricultural Research Service
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Field-based phenomics for plant genetics research

…, BA Kimball, RL Roth, RJ Strand, KR Thorp… - Field Crops …, 2012 - Elsevier
A major challenge for crop research in the 21st century is how to predict crop performance
as a function of genetic architecture. Advances in “next generation” DNA sequencing have …

Advances in greenhouse automation and controlled environment agriculture: A transition to plant factories and urban agriculture

RR Shamshiri, F Kalantari, KC Ting, KR Thorp… - 2018 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
Greenhouse cultivation has evolved from simple covered rows of open-fields crops to highly
sophisticated controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facilities that projected the image of …

[PDF][PDF] Review of optimum temperature, humidity, and vapour pressure deficit for microclimate evaluation and control in greenhouse cultivation of tomato: a review

RR Shamshiri, JW Jones, KR Thorp… - International …, 2018 - archive.sciendo.com
Greenhouse technology is a flexible solution for sustainable year-round cultivation of Tomato
(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill), particularly in regions with adverse climate conditions or …

Development and evaluation of a field-based high-throughput phenotyping platform

…, MA Gore, JT Heun, KR Thorp… - Functional Plant …, 2013 - CSIRO Publishing
Physiological and developmental traits that vary over time are difficult to phenotype under
relevant growing conditions. In this light, we developed a novel system for phenotyping …

Methodology for the use of DSSAT models for precision agriculture decision support

KR Thorp, KC DeJonge, AL Kaleita… - … and electronics in …, 2008 - Elsevier
A prototype decision support system (DSS) called Apollo was developed to assist researchers
in using the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) crop growth …

Remote sensing of evapotranspiration over cotton using the TSEB and METRIC energy balance models

AN French, DJ Hunsaker, KR Thorp - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Remote sensing of evapotranspiration (ET) can help detect, map and provide guidance for
crop water needs in irrigated lands. Two remote sensing ET models based on thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Physical and virtual nutrient flows in global telecoupled agricultural trade networks

…, Y Zhang, T Yin, M Li, A Malik, M Li, KR Thorp… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Global agricultural trade creates multiple telecoupled flows of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P).
The flows of physical and virtual nutrients along with trade have discrepant effects on …

Assimilating remote sensing observations of leaf area index and soil moisture for wheat yield estimates: An observing system simulation experiment

GS Nearing, WT Crow, KR Thorp… - Water Resources …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Observing system simulation experiments were used to investigate ensemble Bayesian
state‐updating data assimilation of observations of leaf area index (LAI) and soil moisture (θ) for …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrologic-process-based soil texture classifications for improved visualization of landscape function

DG Groenendyk, TPA Ferre, KR Thorp, AK Rice - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Soils lie at the interface between the atmosphere and the subsurface and are a key component
that control ecosystem services, food production, and many other processes at the Earth’…

Simulating future climate change impacts on seed cotton yield in the Texas High Plains using the CSM-CROPGRO-Cotton model

P Adhikari, S Ale, JP Bordovsky, KR Thorp… - Agricultural Water …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Texas High Plains (THP) region contributes to about 25% of the US cotton production.
Dwindling groundwater resources in the underlying Ogallala aquifer, future climate variability …