Could a Legume–Switchgrass Sod-Seeding System Increase Forage Productivity?
Nowadays, the lack of cattle feed, particularly green fodder, has become a key limiting factor in the agricultural economy. Switchgrass appears to offer a viable solution to the feed shortage.
Kyriakos D. Giannoulis +4 more
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Evaluation of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and Vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) Intercropping [PDF]
To study the effect of barley-vetch intercropping on their yields and yield components, a two-year field experiment was conducted during 2013 and 2014 growing seasons at the Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Station of Miandoab.
Bijan Kahraryan +4 more
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This study was conducted to produce malt from legume seeds (chickpea, lentil, pea, and vetch) and test whether malting with parameters, typically barley grain, will result in well-modified legume seed malt.
Alan Gasiński +4 more
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Study of Comparative Phenology and the Effect of Emergence Date and Scarification on the Growth and Performance of Caspian Vetch (Vicia hyrcanica) and Narbon Vetch (Vicia narbonensis) in Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Fields [PDF]
IntroductionWheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important cereal crops in the world as a source of carbohydrates, protein, and minerals (Esposito et al., 2023). Its yield and planted area account for about one-third of food production.
Vahid Kamari Direh +3 more
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Influence of nitrogen fertilizers on protein productivity of vetch-wheat grain under different water supply conditions [PDF]
The peculiarity of nitrogen nutrition for legume-cereal mixtures is that due to the intravital transfer of mineral nutrition elements from the legume component of the mixture to the cereal component and vice versa, the cereal component receives nitrogen ...
Olga Vladimirovna Rakhimova +3 more
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Synchronizing crop residue decomposing and releasing nitrogen with subsequent cash crop needs provides benefits for ecosystems, but it is difficult to carry out.
Sadra Shayesteh +2 more
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The grass-legume intercropping systems have become one of the alternative practices to increase the herbage dry matter yield and quality and to enhance resource usage.
Shanker Raj Barsila +2 more
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Background Vetch is one of the promising forage legumes to mitigate the existing critical feed shortage problem in the Ethiopian highlands. The study was conducted to describe the morphological and agronomical traits and to examine the performances of ...
Gezahagn Kebede
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Increasing methane (CH4) emissions and altering rhizosphere microbial diversity in paddy soil by combining Chinese milk vetch and rice straw [PDF]
Background Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) can improve paddy soil fertility and ecology through nitrogen fixation, but it can also increase greenhouse gas emissions.
Qiaoying Ma +3 more
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Effect of vetch wheat mixture and broccoli as preceding crops on organic summer vegetables: on farm trial in western Turkey [PDF]
Organic farming requires the use of practices such as crop rotation, green manure and compost application instead of chemical compounds to enhance farm productivity.
ASLAN, Burcay
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