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Productivity Benefits from Plastic Mulch in Vegetable Production Likely to Limit Adoption of Alternate Practices that Deliver Water Quality Benefits: An On-Farm Case Study [PDF]
Horticulturae, 2017 Intensive tillage, high fertiliser inputs, and plastic mulch on the soil surface are widely used by vegetable growers. A field investigation was carried out to quantify the impact of alternate land management and fertiliser practices designed to improve ...
Gunasekhar Nachimuthu +2 more
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Effect of organic mulches on agronomic parameters – a case study of tomato crop (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) [PDF]
International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 2020 Purpose ThePresent study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of locally available organic mulches on moisture retention, yield and irrigation water use efficiency in tomato crop. Methods The crop was grown in a randomized complete block design
LALIT GOEL, Vijay Shankar, Ravi Sharma
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Impact of the Southern Ecuadorian Andes on Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotopes in Precipitation
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Determining how the elevation of the Northern Andes has evolved over time is of paramount importance for understanding the response of the Northern Andes to deformational and geodynamic processes and its role as an orographic barrier for atmospheric ...
Aude Gébelin +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 This study aimed to address the crop growth and development issues caused by environmental factors in the area of the Liupan Mountains in Ningxia. In this area, there is a large temperature difference between day and night due to drought and low rainfall
Xiaoguo Mu +5 more
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Biodegradable mulch as microclimate modification effort for improving the growth of horenso; Spinacia oleracea L. [PDF]
Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 2021 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Increasing global temperature imposes large risks to food security globally and regionally. Besides, adaptation effort on cultivation practices, such as mulching, is urgent to overcome environmental problem due to certain ...
A. Iriany +3 more
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Paleoenvironmental response of midlatitudinal wetlands to Paleocene–early Eocene climate change (Schöningen lignite deposits, Germany) [PDF]
Climate of the Past, 2019 The early Paleogene is marked by multiple negative carbon isotope excursions (CIEs) that reflect massive short-term carbon cycle perturbations that coincide with significant warming during a high-pCO2 world, affecting both marine and terrestrial ...
K. Methner +5 more
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Horticulturae, 2021 Environmental concerns as well as labor costs associated with the use of polyethylene plastic mulch have turned producers’ focus to alternative mulch treatments.
Kathryn Fontenot +5 more
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Jurnal Ilmu Pertanian Indonesia, 2023 Expanding agricultural land by using sloping dry land can be detrimental to the environment due to soil erosion and degradation. However, cover crops can be one of the technologies applied to reduce these risks. Arachis pintoi is one of cover crops that
Ade Sumiahadi +2 more
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Degradable Mulch as an Alternative to Polyethylene for Watermelon Production
HortTechnology, 2022 Polyethylene mulch is widely used for vegetable production in the United States as a tool to conserve water, control weeds, and produce earlier and cleaner products (i.e., less attached soil).
Yahia A. Othman, Daniel I. Leskovar
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Environment Conservation Journal, 2022 An experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2019-20 with the objective of evaluating the effect of mulching and nutrient management practices on growth, yield and economics of maize (Zea mays L.) at Balindi Research Complex, Bidhan Chandra Krishi ...
Susmita Moi +2 more
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