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Selecting Promising Soil Quality Indicators for Monitoring Soil Management Effects Based on 10 European Long‐Term Field Experiments

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background: Soil quality can be measured through soil quality indicators that reflect soil processes. Aim: The aim of this study was to (1) identify a limited set of soil quality indicators that are most sensitive to agricultural soil management and that are widely applicable regardless of pedo‐climatic conditions, and (2) link common ...
Giulia Bongiorno, Marie Wesselink, Wim van den Berg, Zhanguo Bai, Ron de Goede, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira, Luuk Fleskens, Matjaz Glavan, Wiepie Haagsma, Paul Mäder, Alicia Morugan‐Coronado, Harry Verstegen, Zoltan Toth, Wijnand Sukkel, Else K. Bünemann   +14 more
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Integrating Green Manures and Sweet Sorghum into Sugarcane Rotations Enhances Yield and Sandy-Soil Hydrophysical Properties

Agronomy
Sugarcane is the leading feedstock for bioethanol in Brazil and worldwide, but its continuous cultivation can degrade soil through nutrient depletion and compaction.
André Araújo do Nascimento, João Henrique Silva da Luz, Mirela Ferneda, Felipe Escorce Furlan, Tamara Qualharello, Gustavo Henrique Gravatim Costa, Fernando Ferrari Putti, Raúl Andres Martinez Uribe   +7 more
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Ideotyping integrated aquaculture systems to balance soil nutrients. [PDF]

, 2011
Due to growing land scarcity and lack of nutrient inputs, African farmers switched from shifting cultivation to continuous cropping and extended crop area by bringing fragile lands such as river banks and hill slopes into production.
Mora Vallejo, A.P., Muendo, P.N., Stoorvogel, J.J., Verdegem, M.C.J., Verreth, J.A.J.   +4 more
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Yield‐Dependent Allocation Functions Overestimate Root‐Derived Carbon Inputs in Wheat and Maize

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Root‐derived carbon (C) inputs for wheat and maize were estimated using the yield‐based allocation functions of Bolinder et al. and Jacobs et al. Comparison with measured root C showed systematic overestimation that becomes larger as predicted C increases.
Henrike Heinemann
wiley   +1 more source

Fundamentals of organic agriculture [PDF]

, 2008
Organic agriculture can be traced back to the early 20th century, initiated by the Austrian spiritual philosopher Rudolf Steiner. It was later diversified by a number of key people, and more recent versions are guided by principles issued by the ...
Andrén, Olof, Bergström, Lars, Eriksson, Lars-Olov, Gerzabek, Martin, Kirchmann, Holger, Thorvaldsson, Gudni, Winninge, Mikael   +6 more
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Botanical treatment enhances biochemical responses in enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) clones

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Bacterial wilt of enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) is a severe disease caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum, resulting in complete crop failure and considerable damage. This study assessed the biochemical responses of two enset clones (one resistant and one susceptible) when inoculated with the pathogen and ...
Getahun Yemata, Masresha Fetene
wiley   +1 more source

Fertility building strategies during the conversion period – assessment of performance in a stockless field vegetable rotation [PDF]

, 2002
This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR). Nutrient off-takes, residue returns and nutrient inputs were measured during and after conversion from a conventional arable system to ...
Harlock, Simon, Rayns, Francis W, Turner, Rebecca J   +2 more
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Rumen methanogenic archaea and their correlation with enteric methane emission in ruminant animals: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

JSFA reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Livestock, especially ruminants, are a major source of global methane emissions, primarily produced by methanogenic archaea during enteric fermentation. We performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis to account for factors that could influence the relationship between ruminal methanogenic populations and methane emissions, such ...
Arlan Araujo Rodrigues, Igor Machado Ferreira, Fiorella Viquez Umana, Juliana Silva de Oliveira, Hilario C. Mantovani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of crop management practices on the sustainability and environmental impact of organic and low input food production systems [PDF]

, 2007
While organic farming can reduce many of the environmental problems caused by agriculture, organic farming also includes some practices which are questionable in terms of environmental effects. Organic farming practices (rotations, fertilisation regimes,
Thorup-Kristensen, K.
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Is quinoa‐farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an Andean grain crop introduced as a novel crop to many parts of the world in recent years. Recognized for nutritious seeds and high abiotic stress tolerance, it has been promoted as an element of climate‐resilient agriculture, particularly in marginal environments.
Anna Tabea Mengen, Damir Esenaliev, Jakhongir Babadjanov, Lukas John, Sandra M. Schmöckel, Botir Khaitov   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source