Abstract Interest in cover crops is increasing but information limited on integrating them into crop rotations especially the relatively short growing season northern Great Plains. A 3-yr research project, initiated 2009 near Mandan, North Dakota, USA, evaluated (1) what impact may have subsequent cash yields and (2) whether mixtures are more productive provide additional benefits compared to m...

Rice receives a large amount of water during land preparation and the growing period, causing poor crop water productivity and lower net benefits. In wheat, excessive tillage operations delay its sowing, resulting in low yields and net returns. Dry seeding of rice and zero tillage in wheat can be expected to reduce water inputs and tillage costs compared with the conventional system of rice-whe...

Dry direct-seeded rice (dry-DSR) is an efficient, resource-saving and environmentally friendly cropping system. The employment of water-saving drought-resistant (WDR) for dry direct-seeding can better meet the needs dry-direct seeding systems. However, decline in seedling emergence rate poor growth are main bottlenecks under current production. Seed treatment a sustainable effective technique t...

The relationships between various carbohydrate pools of the soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merrill) fruit and growth rate of seeds were evaluated. Plants during midpod-fill were subjected to various CO(2) concentrations or light intensities for 7 days to generate different rates of seed growth. Dry matter accumulation rates of seeds and pod wall, along with glucose, sucrose, and starch concentration...

The field experiments were conducted during the wet season of 2015 and 2016 (June to October) at Agricultural Farm, Institute Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, India study impact integrated use weed mulch herbicide with closer spacing on growth yield direct seeded dry sown rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar MTU 1010. experiment consisted twelve treatments involving sole or application pre-em...