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The Growth and Yield of Sweet Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor (L.) Moench) on the Mulch Treatments and Organic Matter [PDF]

, 2016
The research has been conducted to evaluation growth and yield of sweet sorghum on the mulch treatments and organic matter. The research was conducted at experimental field, Agricultural Faculty University of Sumatera Utara, Medan with altitude ± 25 ...
Irmansyah, T. (Teuku), Mariati, M. (Mariati), Siregar, N. (Novrizal)   +2 more
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Prospect and importance of green mulching on the soil status of tropical tasar plantation fields in India [PDF]

, 2011
The soils of tropical tasar plantation fields in general are sloppy and are primarily deficient of nutrition due to top soil erosion and constant leaf productivity exploitation to rear tasar silk insect, Antheraea mylitta Drury.
Ramkumar -, Rangareddygari Manohar Reddy
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Mulching Increases Water Use Efficiency, Production and Profitability in Forage Cactus–Maize Intercropping Systems

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the growth, forage production, soil water balance, water indices, biological efficiency and competitive capacity of forage cactus and maize in monoculture and intercropping, with or without mulch. The experiment was conducted in Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil, using the cactus clone ‘Orelha de Elefante Mexicana’ (OEM ...
Kaique Renan da Silva Salvador, Mário Adriano Ávila Queiroz, Cleber Pereira Alves, José Edson Florentino de Morais, Carlos André Alves de Souza, Agda Raiany Mota dos Santos, Ênio Gomes Flôr Souza, Jose Madson da Silva, Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates, Randerson Cavalcante Silva, Adriano do Nascimento Simões, Hugo Rafael Bentzen Santos, Luciana Sandra Bastos de Souza, Thieres George Freire da Silva   +13 more
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The Seedlings Growth Performance of Areca Nut Palm (Areca catechu L.) under Different Types of Organic Mulching

Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2022
Seedlings is the initial part of seed plant’s growth and development including areca nut palm which germination is an essential part of it. Organic mulching is one of the utmost sustainable practices, therefore, it has been employed to enhance areca nut ...
Siska Syaranamual, Donatus Sipyan, Veronica Leonora Tuhumena, Inna Martha Rumainum, Dwiana Wasgito Purnomo   +4 more
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Black polypropylene non-woven textile as mulch in organic farming [PDF]

, 2009
Black polypropylene textile was used in potatoes by organic agriculture and it had positive effect on soil temperature (in the depth of 100 mmJ. Slightly higher soil temperatures under black polypropylene mulch in the vegetation oeriod after planting had
Dvorak, Petr, Erhartová, Daniela, Hamouz, Karel, Kuchtová, Perla, Tomasek, Jaroslav   +4 more
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Yield, Evapotranspiration, Production Functions, Crop Coefficients, Water Productivity and Soil‐Water Extraction of Three Watermelon Varieties

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While watermelon is an important commodity in the United States and worldwide, some of the fundamental watermelon productivity indices (crop evapotranspiration [ETc], transpiration [Tr], evaporation [E], ET‐yield production functions [ETYPF], basal crop coefficients [Kcb], crop water productivity [CWP], soil‐water extraction [SWE]) have not ...
Suat Irmak
wiley   +1 more source

Growth of Spinach Plant (Amaranthus tricolor L.) by Application of Kascing Organic Fertilizer and Bamboo Leaf Litter Mulch

Jurnal Ilmu Dasar, 2018
Spinach (Amaranthus tricolor L.). is one of the vegetables that are economically valuable with high nutrient content to support public health so that its production needs to be improved.
Tia Setiawati, Fitryasari Rahmawati, Titin Supriatun   +2 more
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Yellow Passion fruit performance in organic crop under mulch [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2018
Abstract The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of mulch on clay loam and sandy loam soils on the start harvest, number of fruits per plant, yield and quality of yellow passion fruits in organic crop. A complete randomized block design with five treatments and four replicates of five plants each was used.
Uchôa, Thays Lemos, Araújo Neto, Sebastião Elviro de, Selhorst, Pablo Oliveira, Rodrigues, Maria Júlia da Silva, Galvão, Robson de Oliveira   +4 more
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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE AND RELATIVE WATER CONTENT AS AFFECTED BY ORGANIC MULCH IN OKRA PLANT (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L.) MOENCH) GROWN UNDER SALINITY

FUUAST Journal of Biology, 2014
The present study was carried out to determine the effect of organic mulch with or without gypsum amendment on relative water content (RWC) and electrolyte leakage (EL) in leaves of okra (lady finger) plant grown under saline water irrigation.
RAFAT SAEED, SALMA MIRZA, RAFIQ AHMAD
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