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Grassland forage legumes and drought mitigation – sheep wool application improved soil water availability and enhanced drought–stress responses

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sheep wool may reduce drought stress in grasslands when used as a soil amendment. Two experiments were conducted to explore if: (i) water absorbed by wool would be biologically ‘active’ and therefore available to plants, using a novel method of measuring water activity (aw); and, (ii) adding wool to compost would delay water stress ...
Siân Bethan MacKintosh, Rhyn Fychan, John Walter Davies, Huw Gareth Powell, Mark Boileau Scott, Christina Louise Marley   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Degradation kinetics of postharvest quality attributes of rocket leaves grown under different nitrogen rates

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND Diplotaxis tenuifolia L. cv Dallas (rocket leaves) is one of the most widely consumed fresh‐cut salad vegetables in Europe, especially in southern Italy, being appreciated for its pungent taste and health promoting phytochemicals. However, its short postharvest shelf‐life is still a major drawback.
Aysha Saleem, Maria Luisa Amodio, Pramod V Mahajan, Maria Gonnella, Lucia Bonelli, Giancarlo Colelli   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling of permanent wilting point from routine soil properties on a typical alfisol

Peruvian Journal of Agronomy
La capacidad de retención de agua del suelo en el punto de marchitamiento permanente es fundamental para el estrés hídrico de las plantas en un tipo de suelo específico. Este estudio se llevó a cabo para formular un modelo de regresión o ecuación para predecir los puntos de marchitamiento permanente (PWP) de los suelos en un Alfisol típico de origen ...
Kehinde Affinnih, Hn Olaniyan, Henry Ahamefule, Nnenne Anwanane   +3 more
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Ditch‐Buried Straw Return Improves Soil Physical Quality and Crop Biomass in Two Rice–Wheat Paddy Soil Systems

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ditch‐buried straw return (DB) is an innovative practice combining deep tillage and straw incorporation. This study aimed to evaluate its effects on soil physical quality compared to rotary tillage (RT) and identified key constraints to crop in sandy‐loam and clay‐loam paddy soils within rice–wheat systems. Two field experiments were conducted
Yue Zhang, Yuekai Wang, Xun Xiao, FengMin Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical periods of sorghum and palisadegrass in intercropped cultivation for climatic risk zoning

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2011
The objective of this work was to define critical periods for sorghum and palisadegrass cultivated on crop-livestock integrated systems under water deficit.
Nino Rodrigo Cabral de Barros Lima, Patricia Menezes Santos, Fernando Campos Mendonça, Leandro Coelho de Araujo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life history stability under climate change: a wildflower at the northern edge of its range

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Stabilities of life history traits for a widespread native perennial wildflower, Rudbeckia laciniata L., are described for five populations near the northern edge of its range in North America. Theory proposes that such populations experience variable levels of stress as suitable abiotic conditions shift north or south from year to year, which ...
Robert J. Lamb, Patricia A. MacKay
wiley   +1 more source

Two new endemic species of Portulaca (Portulacaceae) from the Brazilian Pampa grasslands

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Portulaca L. is a monophyletic, cosmopolitan genus of succulent plants comprising ca 153 species, with particularly high diversity in xerophytic ecosystems in tropical and subtropical regions. Based on morphological evidence, we describe and illustrate two new species from the Brazilian Pampa, Portulaca guaritensis and Portulaca guenoa.
José Roberto Ferraz, Bárbara Pinheiro Moreira, João Marcelo Alvarenga Braga, Leonardo Paz Deble   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social‐ecological sustainability of olive farming in the Mediterranean: A review of current practices and an agroecological perspective

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Olive farming represents a prime example of a biodiversity‐rich land‐use system in the Mediterranean, deeply rooted in a long history and cultural traditions, yet it faces mounting challenges from climate change, biodiversity loss, and declining economic viability that put its sustainability at risk.
Klara Dietrich, Claudia Bieling, Corrado Ciaccia, Ingo Grass   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synergistic effect of biochar and livestock manure on soil hydro-physical properties under field conditions in Rwanda

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Biochar (B) in combination with organic manure could improve the biochar efficacity in improving soil functions related to hydrophysical properties. Short-term field experiments were conducted with three levels of B and livestock manure (LM) (0, 1, and 3
S. Uwingabire, G. Nyberg, J. Nduwamungu, S. A. O. Chamshama   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing Pedotransfer Functions for Estimating Field Capacity and Permanent Wilting Point Using Fuzzy Table Look-up Scheme

Computer and Information Science, 2011
Study of soil properties like field capacity (F.C) and permanent wilting point (P.W.P) plays important roles in study of soil moisture retention curve. Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) provide an alternative by estimating soil parameters from more readily available soil data.
Ali Keshavarzi, Fereydoon Sarmadian, Reza Labbafi, Abbas Ahmadi   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources