Determinate plants, also known as bush plants, are a type of plant that have a defined growth habit and reach a specific size at maturity.
Claudia Ringler
Claudia Ringler
Claudia Ringler is Deputy Division Director of the Environment and Production Technology Division. From 1996 until now, she served in various other research positions in that division. She currently co-leads the Institute’s water research program and is also a basin theme leader. Her research interests are water management, global food and water security, natural resource constraints to global food production, and the synergies of climate change adaptation and mitigation. Dr. Ringler has field experience across Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Claudia have published many journal articles in the areas of global water and food security, with a more recent focus on gender, nutrition, climate change and energy.
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Indeterminate plants, also known as “vining” or “climbing” plants, are characterized by their ability to grow throughout growing season.
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Crop exhaustion, also known as soil degradation or land degradation, is a global problem that affects the productivity of agricultural land.
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Arable Area Payment Scheme is a European Union (EU) policy designed to provide financial support to farmers for cultivation of arable land.
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Abiotic stress refers to the negative impact of non-living environmental factors on living organisms such as temperature extremes.
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Abiotic stress resistance refers to the ability of plants to tolerate and adapt to environmental conditions that are non-biological in nature.
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