The role of conservation soil management on soil and water protection at different spatial scales [PDF]
, 2006 Agriculture has a direct impact on the soil environment, altering soil properties, surface characteristics and erosion risk. This has led to a move away from conventional tillage to the adoption of conservation practices, aiming to minimise soil ...
Cooper, Sophie E.
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Nitrogen in the Environment: Sources, Problems, and Management
The Scientific World Journal, 2001 Nitrogen (N) is applied worldwide to produce food. It is in the atmosphere, soil, and water and is essential to all life. N for agriculture includes fertilizer, biologically fixed, manure, recycled crop residue, and soil-mineralized N.
R.F. Follett, J.L. Hatfield
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Winter wheat SPAD estimation from UAV hyperspectral data using cluster-regression methods
International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2021 Soil plant analysis development (SPAD) values indicate the relative chlorophyll content in leaves. Chlorophyll plays a vital role in wheat growth and fertilization management as a photosynthetic agent.
Xin Yang +5 more
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Crushed rock and clay amelioration of a nutrient decifient, sandy soil of Maputaland [PDF]
, 1999 Bibliography: leaves 57-62.Various studies have suggested the possibility that food derived through subsistence agriculture in the Mseleni region of Maputaland contributes to malnutrition within the local community, particularfy within the high ...
Ceruti, Portia Odessyl
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Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2018 Current understanding of the effects of long-term application of various organic amendments on soil particulate organic matter (POM) storage and chemical stabilisation remains limited. Therefore, we collected soil samples from the soil profile (0–100 cm)
Keke Hua, Daozhong Wang, Zhibin Guo
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A method for phenotyping roots of large plants
Plant Phenome Journal, 2022 Linking root traits to plant functions can enable crop improvement for yield and ecosystem functions. However, plant breeding efforts targeting belowground traits are limited by appropriate phenotyping methods for large root systems.
Brian Rinehart +3 more
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Managing soil fertility diversity to enhance resource use efficiencies in smallholder farming systems: a case from Murewa District, Zimbabwe [PDF]
, 2011 Smallholder farms in sub-Saharan African exhibit substantial heterogeneity in soil fertility, and nutrient resource allocation strategies that address this variability are required to increase nutrient use efficiencies.
Wijk, M.T., van +4 more
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Humic Acid Promotes the Growth of Switchgrass under Salt Stress by Improving Photosynthetic Function
AgronomyAs a potential crop in saline-alkali land, the growth of switchgrass could also be threatened by salt stress. Promoting the growth of switchgrass under salt stress by humic acid has great significance in the utilization of saline-alkali land.
Jiaxing Zhang +6 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Humic acid (HA) has been used as an important component in biostimulant formulations to enhance plant tolerance to salt stress, but the mechanisms underlying are not fully understood.
Qiuxia Meng +11 more
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Yield gaps, nutrient use efficiencies and response to fertilisers by maize across heterogeneous smallholder farms of western Kenya [PDF]
, 2008 The need to promote fertiliser use by African smallholder farmers to counteract the current decline in per capita food production is widely recognised. But soil heterogeneity results in variable responses of crops to fertilisers within single farms.
Tittonell, Pablo +11 more
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