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Organic Cropping Systems do not Increase Weed Seed Numbers but do Increase Weed Diversity [PDF]

, 2020
The influence of different cropping systems on the soil weed seed bank after the first crop rotation within a five-field crop rotation (barley undersown with red clover, red clover, winter wheat, pea, potato) in three organic (Org) and in two ...
Alaru, Maarika, Eremeev, Viacheslav, Kuht, Jaan, Loit, Evelin, Luik, Anne, Madsen, Helena, Maeorg, Erkki, Talgre, Liina   +7 more
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Waste reduction and nutrient recovery during the co-composting of empty fruit bunches and palm oil mill effluent

Menara Perkebunan, 2019
Palm oil is the most consumed edible oil in the world. Roughly half of the production originates from Indonesia, where the expansion of the crop has been criticized from an environmental perspective.
 Victor Baron, Jajang Supriatna, Clarisse Marechal, Rajiv Sadasiban, Xavier Bonneau   +4 more
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Weed infestation and productivity of wheat crop sown in various cropping systems under conventional and conservation tillage

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
IntroductionClimate change, pest infestation, and soil degradation are significantly reducing wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield. Wheat is cultivated in rice-wheat and cotton-wheat cropping systems and escalating global population is exerting substantial
Waqas Ahmed Minhas, Naima Mumtaz, Hafeez Ur-Rehman, Shahid Farooq, Muhammad Farooq, Hayssam M. Ali, Mubshar Hussain, Mubshar Hussain   +7 more
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Combined agro-ecological strategies for adaptation of organic horticultural systems to climate change in Mediterranean environment

Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2016
Agricultural biodiversity and related agro-ecological measures could play a crucial role in the agro-ecosystems adaptation to climate changes, thus sustaining crop production.
Mariangela Diacono, Angelo Fiore, Roberta Farina, Stefano Canali, Claudia Di Bene, Elena Testani, Francesco Montemurro   +6 more
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Productivity of winter rye in organic vs. Conventional cropping system [PDF]

Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade), 2010
Rye is a cereal which is very much demanded at the market, for making a special kind of bread, but it is little grown in Serbia. The aim of this paper is to investigate possibilities of organic growing of winter rye, comparing with the conventional ...
Oljača Jasmina M., Đorđević Snežana S., Glamočlija Đorđe N., Dolijanović Željko K., Oljača Snežana I.   +4 more
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Can a change in cropping patterns produce water savings and social gains: A case study from the Fergana Valley, Central Asia [PDF]

, 2018
The study examines possible water savings by replacing alfalfa with winter wheat in the Fergana Valley, located upstream of the Syrdarya River in Central Asia.
Abdurakhmannov, Botir, Hanjra, Munir A, Karimov, Akmal Kh, Simunek, Jiri   +3 more
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Improving In-Situ Estimation of Soil Profile Properties Using a Multi-Sensor Probe

Sensors, 2019
Optical diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) has been used for estimating soil physical and chemical properties in the laboratory. In-situ DRS measurements offer the potential for rapid, reliable, non-destructive, and low cost measurement of soil ...
Xiaoshuai Pei, Kenneth A. Sudduth, Kristen S. Veum, Minzan Li   +3 more
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Diversification of Rice-Based Cropping System for Improving System Productivity and Soil Health in Eastern Gangetic Plains of India

Agronomy, 2022
Mono-cropping in the farming system decline in farm profit, climate change, and food insecurity are some of the major concerns that lead to unsustainability in the agricultural production system in the Eastern Gangetic Plains.
Bharati Upadhaya, Kaushal Kishor, Vipin Kumar, Navnit Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Vinod Kumar Yadav, Randhir Kumar, Ahmed Gaber, Alison M. Laing, Marian Brestic, Akbar Hossain   +10 more
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Productivity, water and nitrogen utilization of intensified dryland farming with annual forages on the Chinese Loess plateau

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Understanding the relationships of productivity performance and water utilization and soil nitrogen dynamics after annual forage planting during the fallow period (F) in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.; W) mono-cropping is critically important for ...
Jianqiang Deng, Jianqiang Deng, Zhixin Zhang, Samaila Usman, Samaila Usman, Xianlong Yang, Xianlong Yang, Dong An, Dong An, Yuying Shen, Yuying Shen, Yuying Shen   +11 more
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Bio-intensive complimentary cropping systems for north-west India

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2022
A field experiment was conducted during 2014–15 and 2015–16 at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana to evaluate bio-intensive complementary cropping systems as a possible replacement of the prevailing rice (Oryza sativa L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum ...
S S WALIA, R S GILL, TAMANPREET KAUR, C S AULAKH   +3 more
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