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croppingsequence, etc ; agricultural conservation practice; agriculture; crop rotation; electronics; field crops; prediction; Quebec; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Meeting an increasing demand for food while preserving the environment is one of the most important challenges of the 21st century. To meet this challenge, conservation agriculture can rely on the age-old practice of crop rotation. The objective of this article is to develop a methodology for predicting and visualizing crop rotations, supporting discussions between agronomists and producers. Based ...
... Early sowing of winter cereals has been promoted as an alternative to catch crops for reducing nitrogen (N) leaching in intensively managed cropping systems. Underlying data for this are, however, scarce and it is unclear how year‐to‐year variations affect potential reductions in N leaching. Well‐tested cropping system models can be used to assess the impact of early sowing on crop yield and N lea ...
Maria Lucrécia Gerosa Ramos; Robervone Severina de Melo Pereira do Nascimento; Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva; Stefany Braz Silva; Manuel Pereira de Oliveira Júnior
croppingsequence, etc ; Citrus; ancestry; cerrado; corn; nitrogen; pastures; soil depth; soil management; soil quality; total nitrogen; total organic carbon; Brazil; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Quilombola communities found in the Cerrado region of Brazil are inhabited mainly by groups of African ancestry. They tend to use agricultural management without technical assistance, which degrades soil quality. The objective of this paper was to evaluate the carbon and nitrogen pools in the Quilombola areas under different soil management types. A crop sequence was evaluated in two native Cerrad ...
croppingsequence, etc ; agronomy; biochar; carbon; corn; cotton; cover crops; discing; experimental design; farms; field experimentation; oats; peas; soil; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; Texas; Show all 16 Subjects
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... A field experiment was conducted to study the effects of carbon amendments, tillage, and cover cropping on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) association and root architecture at Farm Services at Texas A&M University. Three levels of carbon amendments at the rate of 500 kg C ha⁻¹ (biochar, composted biosolid, and control (no carbon amendment)), two levels of tillage (conventional disking (CT) and ...
croppingsequence, etc ; Zea mays; agronomy; corn; economic analysis; fertilizer rates; field experimentation; grain yield; hybrids; markets; nitrogen; nitrogen fertilizers; prices; soil; temperature; Corn Belt region; Minnesota; Show all 17 Subjects
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... An online calculator is available to determine economic optimum nitrogen rate (EONR) for maize (Zea mays L.) production in the USA Corn Belt. For Minnesota, this calculator considers nitrogen (N) fertilizer cost, maize grain price and crop history, and produces a statewide N rate based on maximum economic return to N (MRTN). However, a clear precipitation and temperature gradient, and soil heterog ...
... In the subtropical grain region of eastern Australia, two experiments were conducted, one initially with 2490 P. thornei/kg soil, the other with 8150 P. thornei/kg soil at 0–0.9 m soil depth. We determined the effect of P. thornei, residual from a weed-free fallow and pre-cropping with several cultivars each of barley (Hordeum vulgare), faba bean (Vicia faba), chickpea (Cicer arietinum), and wheat ...
... Reduced use of chemicals in weed management has been identified as a key strategy to increase overall agricultural sustainability. Carabid (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and cricket (Orthoptera:Gryllidae) weed seed predation has shown promise, but also variability, as an additional weed management tool. Therefore, it is important that carabid activity-density and weed seed predation is further explored i ...
croppingsequence, etc ; Avena sativa; Secale; Sorghum bicolor; crop rotation; double cropping; forage; no-tillage; triticale; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Limited information is available on what forage rotations and tillage practices increase forage productivity in the U.S. Great Plains region. The objectives of this study were to evaluate crop rotation and tillage effects on individual crop and overall system productivity. The study was conducted from 2012–2020 near Garden City, KS. The experiment was an incomplete factorial combination of four ro ...
... No-till (NT) and cover crops (CCs) have been repeatedly recommended for building-up resilience of agro-ecosystems, enhancing soil biodiversity, and steering efficient nutrients cycling and yield. Yet, the overall impact of CCs on soil properties and dynamics during transition may highly change depending on CC species and interactions with field condition.In the present 3-yr field study, we (i) exa ...
... Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) exhibits a gametophytic self-incompatibility (GSI) system and is mostly considered to be a self-incompatible species though numerous self-compatible exceptions occur. A set of 68 local Tunisian apricot accessions coming from different geographic areas was examined by PCR analysis of the S-loci genotypes. Up to nine S-alleles were detected within the Tunisian apricot g ...
Mirian F. Pimentel; Ali Y. Srour; Amanda J. Warner; Jason P. Bond; Carl A. Bradley; John Rupe; Martin I. Chilvers; J. Alejandro Rojas; Janette L. Jacobs; Christopher R. Little; Alison E. Robertson; Loren J. Giesler; Dean Malvick; Kiersten Wise; Albert Tenuta; Ahmad M. Fakhoury
... AIMS: To isolate and characterize fungi associated with diseased soybean seedlings in Midwestern soybean production fields and to determine the influence of environmental and edaphic factors on their incidence. METHODS AND RESULTS: Seedlings were collected from fields with seedling disease history in 2012 and 2013 for fungal isolation. Environmental and edaphic data associated with each field was ...
... Diversifying cropping systems by increasing the number of cash and cover crops in crop rotation plays an important role in improving resource use efficiency and in promoting synergy between ecosystem processes. The objective of this study was to understand how the combination of crop diversification practices influences the performance of arable crop sequences in terms of crop grain yield, crop an ...
... Different crop sequences and tillage systems strongly affect weed flora composition and crop productivity. Exploring the impacts of tillage systems and crop sequences on weed infestation/flora and crop productivity may help in improving system productivity through the selection of optimum cropping sequence and tillage system. This two-year study assessed the impact of five crop sequences, i.e., fa ...
croppingsequence, etc ; Carabidae; Syrphidae; crop production; ecosystems; edge effects; flora; intraspecific variation; landscapes; models; pest control; plant response; pollination; weeds; Show all 14 Subjects
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... There is a pressing need for indicators and methods to quantify the provision of ecosystem services as a prerequisite to identify management options that optimize trade-offs between services. Arable weeds provide multiple services and are thus a good model to evaluate such trade–offs. This flora provides trophic resources (flowers or seeds) that support pollinators and pest natural enemies (pollin ...
Giuseppe Badagliacca; Vito Armando Laudicina; Gaetano Amato; Luigi Badalucco; Alfonso Salvatore Frenda; Dario Giambalvo; Rosolino Ingraffia; Antonella Plaia; Paolo Ruisi
... Determining the best conservation agriculture practices for increasing soil organic carbon (C) and hence soil quality is of paramount importance in the semi-arid Mediterranean environment, where soils are experiencing a continuous decline in organic matter. Therefore, the aim of this long-term study was to assess the combined effects of tillage system and crop sequence on soil organic C and bioche ...
croppingsequence, etc ; Glycine max; Zea mays; agrobiodiversity; agroecosystems; corn; crop models; glucose; rain; research; soybeans; vapor pressure deficit; water use efficiency; Show all 13 Subjects
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... The design of crop sequences based on ecological intensification (EI) may help to restore lost agroecosystem services and to increase resource use efficiency. Our aim was to evaluate, using a modelling approach, the impact of EI-based strategies, such as changing crop sequence configuration and increasing cropping intensity and agrobiodiversity, in the Inner Argentinean Pampas (IAP) region on wate ...
... Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation and preceding crop identity have been widely reported to affect crop performance and root-associated microbiomes. However, the underlying relationship between the resulting crop performance and the dynamics of root-associated microbiomes is still poorly explored. In this study, the interaction of AMF inoculant and preceding crop was tested in wheat (T ...
... Side‐dress N is a management strategy in maize (Zea Mays L.) production that can increase yield, reduce N leaching, and increase the probability that N remains post‐flowering. This management adds cost, is time‐sensitive, and can be difficult due to field shape and topography. A plantable, polymer‐coated urea N bead of two sizes and two coating thicknesses was developed and field tested across mul ...
croppingsequence, etc ; Nematoda; adults; biocides; biofumigation; broccoli; cucumbers; eggs; glucosinolates; horticulture; human health; isothiocyanates; nematicides; plantlets; radishes; root-knot nematodes; soil fertility; thioglucosidase; Show all 18 Subjects
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... Biofumigant and crop sequencing are effective and safe control system activators that maintain soil fertility and reduce pest populations. The study goals were to find new pesticide-free therapies for root-knot nematode management on cucumbers to maintain high yields and protect the environment and human health. In 2018 and 2019, the research employed a fully randomized block design under field co ...
Denis J. Mahoney; David L. Jordan; Andrew T. Hare; Ramon G. Leon; Nilda Roma-Burgos; Matthew C. Vann; Katherine M. Jennings; Wesley J. Everman; Charles W. Cahoon
croppingsequence, etc ; Amaranthus palmeri; Arachis hypogaea; Glycine max; Gossypium hirsutum; Zea mays; agronomy; corn; cotton; growth and development; peanuts; soybeans; weeds; North Carolina; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.) is a highly competitive weed that can be difficult to manage in many cropping systems. Research to date has not quantified the growth and development of A. palmeri in a manner that allows direct comparisons across cropping systems. Research was conducted to compare the growth, development, and seed production of A. palmeri when competing with corn (Zea ...