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Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2021 Rainfall variability poses a great challenge to rainfed cropping in sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated, over three cropping seasons, conservation agriculture (reduced tillage and mulching) and farmer prioritized conventional tillage- and mulching-based ...
Vengai Mbanyele +4 more
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Information Processing in Agriculture, 2020 Rapid acquisition of information about nitrogen (N) uptake and grain yield is an essential step in making site-specific in-season fertilizer N management decisions.
Ali M. Ali, S.M. Ibrahim, Bijay-Singh
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Biomolecular Concepts, 2021 The main objective of the current study was to improve the essential oil contents of Thymus vulgaris L. using bio-inoculation with bacterial endophytes. Therefore, out of fourteen endophytic bacterial isolates obtained from roots of T.
Abdel-Hamid Mahmoud Soliman +4 more
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Chemical staining of particulate organic matter for improved contrast in soil X-ray µCT images
Scientific Reports, 2021 Degradability of organic matter (OM) in soil depends on its spatial location in the soil matrix. A recent breakthrough in 3D-localization of OM combined dual-energy X-ray CT-scanning with OsO4 staining of OM.
Peter Maenhout +7 more
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How withdrawing arable land affected the productive capacity of Haplic Kastanozems after 19 years of fallowing in dry steppes of the Ural piedmont [PDF]
Zemljište i biljka, 2021 The fertile arable lands in the dry steppe zone of the Ural piedmont, which were intensively used for cereal production for 30 years of the last century, have been withdrawn from cultivation and abandoned for the last 20 years. The Republic of Kazakhstan'
Rakhimgaliyeva Saule +4 more
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Mitigation of salinization and sodification of chernozems irrigated by brackish water
Italian Journal of Agronomy, 2023 This research aimed to assess the impact of deep ploughing, with manuring and manuring alone, as well as the effects of different calcium ameliorants on physicochemical properties, fertility, and crop productivity of calcic chernozems in the Northern ...
Sviatoslav Baliuk +3 more
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Spatial modeling of a soil fertility index using digital soil mapping (Case study from Honam watershed (Iran)) [PDF]
Desert, 2023 Attempt to evaluate soil fertility was and still is one of the most challenging public importance. Soil nutrients are the key factors in soil fertility.
F. Ebrahimi Meymand +3 more
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Soil & Environment, 2018 A significant increase in food production, approximately 70%, is needed to feed the estimated 9.1 billion world population by 2050. Site-specific nutrient management through adoption of Precision Agriculture (PA) technologies can potentially increase ...
Muhammad Salik Ali Khan +7 more
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Symbiotic Performance of Herbaceous Legumes in Tropical Cover Cropping Systems
The Scientific World Journal, 2001 Increasing use of herbaceous legumes such as mucuna (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis [Wright] Bruck) and lablab (Lablab purpureus [L.] Sweet) in the derived savannas of West Africa can be attributed to their potential to fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2).
Basil Ibewiro +4 more
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