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Closed-Loop Radiative Cooling Mulch Upcycled From Agricultural Residues for Efficient Soil Heat-Water Stress Mitigation. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Conventional passive radiative cooling films rely on costly feedstocks and energy‐intensive fabrication, with poor end‐of‐life compatibility in agriculture. To address this challenge, a sustainable radiative cooling mulch (SRCM) is developed from waste maize leaves via spontaneous hydrogen‐bond self‐assembly.
Li H, Lv D, Fu Y, Jiang C, Wang W, Li Z, Liang L, Du J, Tan J, Zhu Y, Liu W, Kouisni L, Lin K, Tso CY.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organic Mulching in Conjunction with Potassium Fertilization Effectively Regulates Soil Temperature and Enhances the Emergence, Physiological Development and Yield Performance of Late Sown Winter Maize (Zea mays L.)

International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management
The experiment was conducted during the rabi season of 2017–18 and 2018–19 to study the ‘effect of organic mulch and potassium fertilization on crop emergence, development, and productivity of maize under low temperature conditions’ at the Instructional
H. Mandi, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Rai, K. Nandi, H. S. Mallik, S. Dutta, S. Rai, T. Paul   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Synthesis of Pollinator‐Friendly Management in European Protected Areas

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Effectiveness of pollinator‐friendly management in European protected areas. Abstract Pollinators are important to humans and nature due to their role in ecosystem functioning and services. Research on the effects of pollinator management in protected areas is insufficient compared with that on farmlands and urban areas, potentially hindering ...
Gabriella Süle, András Báldi, David Kleijn, Ingolf Steffan‐Dewenter, Matthias Albrecht, Péter Batáry, Carolin Biegerl, Petr Bogusch, Veronika Braunisch, Jörn Buse, Andree Cappellari, Tristan Eckerter, Thomas Fartmann, Thomas Frank, Florian Fumy, Michael Garratt, Maria Georgi, Elia Guariento, Petr Heneberg, Andreas Hilpold, Andrea Holzschuh, Sebastian Hopfenmüller, Jakub Horák, Raja Imran Hussain, Zsolt Józan, Reet Karise, Vassiliki Kati, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Anikó Kovács‐Hostyánszki, Petr Kozel, Ádám Kőrösi, Egle Liiskmann, Franz Löffler, Lorenzo Marini, Gabrielle McLaughlin, Amparo Mora, Morgan Morrison, Konstantina Nasiou, Kristýna Nehybová, Péter Ódor, Dominik Poniatowski, Zoltán Soltész, István Szentirmai, Csaba Tölgyesi, Konstantina Zografou, Viktor Szigeti   +45 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weed control, soil health, and yield tradeoffs of between-bed management strategies in organic plasticulture vegetable production

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Planting a cover crop living mulch between plastic mulch beds in fresh market vegetable production can reduce soil erosion and runoff, and offers an opportunity to grow an income generating cash crop alongside a soil building cover crop.
Alyssa R. Tarrant, Daniel C. Brainard, Lisa K. Tiemann, Zachary D. Hayden   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simultaneous optimization of parameters influencing organic mulch test using response surface methodology. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Shojaei S, Ardakani MAH, Sodaiezadeh H, Jafari M, Afzali SF.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Natural Parasitism of Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by Trichopoda pictipennis Bigot (Diptera: Tachinidae) in an Organic Strawberry Field in Germany

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Natural parasitism of the invasive southern green stinkbug was recorded in an organic strawberry cropping system in southwestern Germany. The tachinid fly Trichopoda pictipennis shows successful establishment and field activity, indicating ongoing range expansion.
Sophie Wenz, Olaf Zimmermann, Annette Reineke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data on soil physicochemical properties and biodiversity from conventional, organic and organic mulch-based cropping systems. [PDF]

Data Brief, 2020
Massaccesi L, Rondoni G, Tosti G, Conti E, Guiducci M, Agnelli A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Regenerative wheat management: The relative effects of farm practices on the biodiversity of invertebrates

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Wheat in North America harbours a diverse insect community (565 morphospecies were identified in this study), and pests represented <7% of specimens collected. Regenerative wheat management promoted insect diversity without increasing pest populations.
Daniel Pecenka, Kelton D. Welch, Arvid Boe, Jonathan G. Lundgren   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organic Mulch Increases Insect Herbivory by the Flea Beetle Species, Disonycha glabrata, on Amaranthus spp. [PDF]

Insects, 2020
Vorsah RV, Dingha BN, Gyawaly S, Fremah SA, Sharma H, Bhowmik A, Worku M, Jackai LE.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source