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Evaluating Ecosystem and Agronomic Services Provided by Companion Cropping in Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
Hemp, Cannabis sativa L., was legalized in the United States in the 2018 Farm Bill for industrial production. While growing has boomed, profitable agronomic practices lag behind in the infant industry. Growers are specifically interested in weed and pest
Grace Connelly, Joseph Rothberger, Shelby Ellison   +2 more
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Adapting an agroecosystem model to account for cover crop management in the Midwest USA

Smart Agricultural Technology
Agroecosystem modeling tools can provide insights into cover crop performance under varying environmental and management combinations. This study aims to (1) simulate winter cereal rye cover crops in Agro-IBIS, a process-based terrestrial ecosystem model
Anna Orfanou, Gregg R. Sanford, Randall D. Jackson, Matthew D. Ruark, Claudio Gratton, Dimitrios Pavlou, Spyridon Mourtzinis, Shawn P. Conley, Christopher J. Kucharik   +8 more
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Agroecosystem health

, 2016
La santé d’un agroécosystème correspond à sa capacité à développer et auto-entretenir la production d’une diversité de services écosystémiques. Cette façon de qualifier un agroécosystème s’inscrit en général dans une perspective agroécologique de développement de systèmes agricoles durables...
Lacombe, Camille, Hazard, Laurent
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Biological Control in Agroecosystems

Science, 1982
Living organisms are used as biological pest control agents in (i) classical biological control, primarily for permanent control of introduced perennial weed pests or introduced pests of perennial crops; (ii) augmentative biological control, for temporary control of native or introduced pests of annual crops grown in monoculture; and (iii) conservative
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Data blanks by design: Intellectual property and restrictions on genetic diversity assessments of the maize standing crop in the USA Upper Midwest

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement All US commercial maize (Zea mays) is a single race, “Corn Belt Dent,” and its genetic base has been in decline for at least 40 years.
Cathleen A. McCluskey, William F. Tracy
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PRELIMINARY RESEARCHES REGARDING THE EPIGEAL FAUNA IN THE GUȘTERIȚA ECOLOGICAL GARDEN (SIBIU COUNTY) [PDF]

Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2016
The researches in the agroecosystem Gușterița started in 2014 with the identification of the fauna on the vegetal substratum, by the method of observation.
Iuliana ANTONIE
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Genetic Analyses of the Shape and Volume of Onion Bulbs and Daylength Effects on Bulbing

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
The formation of onion (Allium cepa) bulbs is affected by photoperiod length and onion germplasm is commonly classified as short- (SD), intermediate-, or long-day (LD) types.
Michael J. Havey
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Agroécosystème : Définition

, 2018
An agroecosystem is a cultivated ecosystem, generally corresponding to the spatial unit of a farm and whose ecosystem functions are valued by humans in the form of agricultural goods and services.
Neyton, Sophie, Abbady, Dana, Sarthou, Jean-Pierre   +2 more
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Towards standardized ecosystem condition assessments: Selecting agroecosystem condition indicators based on SEEA EA with an example application in Lower Saxony, Germany

Ecological Indicators
Human well-being strongly relies on agroecosystems in good condition to ensure food security and a sustainable Ecosystem Services (ES) supply. However, agroecosystems face growing threats from environmental pressures, increasing the need for conservation
Emily Bank, Sabine Lange, Bálint Czúcz, Malte Hinsch, Benjamin Burkhard   +4 more
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Within‐field soil moisture variability and time‐invariant spatial structures of agricultural fields in the US Midwest

Vadose Zone Journal
Understanding soil moisture variability and estimating high‐resolution soil moisture at subfield to field scales is critical for agricultural research and applications.
Yi Yang, Bin Peng, Kaiyu Guan, Ming Pan, Trenton. E. Franz, Michael H. Cosh, Carl J. Bernacchi   +6 more
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