In recent literature, very few studies have reported the use of the combination of indicators from ecological communities and ecotoxicity biomarkers in field experiments to assess agricultural quality. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the influence of three soil management practices of vine inter-rows (chemical weeding, mechanical weeding and grass-covering) on earthworms, in t...

Mechanical weeding is an important tool in organic farming. However, the use of mechanical weeding in conventional agriculture is increasing, due to public demands to lower the use of pesticides and an increased number of pesticide-resistant weeds. Ground nesting birds are highly susceptible to farming operations, like mechanical weeding, which may destroy the nests and reduce the survival of c...

In Sumatra, Indonesia, increased oil palm production encourages land expansion for plantations. And soil Actinobacteria have a potential role in agriculture and plantations ecosystems. The use of fertilizer herbicide affects microbial diversity, including Actinobacteria. This research analyzed investigated the community composition diversity soils Jambi Sumatra. Amplicon-based analysis 16S rRNA...

It can be difficult to automatically generate “nice” graphical representations for concept lattices from lexical databases, such as Roget’s Thesaurus, because the data sources tend to be large and complex. This paper discusses a variety of “data weeding” techniques that can be applied in order to reduce the size of a concept lattice, first, in general and then with respect to Roget’s Thesaurus....

A field experiment with the objectives to understand evaluation of mulching effects on weed control in blackgram production under irrigated condition involving two factors viz., (paddy straw mulching, sugarcane trash no mulching) and herbicidal treatments (pendimethalin pre-emergence (PE) @ 1.0 Kg/ha, pendimathalin + Imazethapyr (pre-mix) Valor 32% EC Hand weeding 15 30 days after sowing, weedy...

The field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research station, Mandor, Agriculture University, Jodhpur during kharif, 2019 to evaluate nitrogen uptake and quality parameters as influenced by different weed management practices in kharif groundnut. laid out randomized block design (RBD) with thirteen treatments of replicated thrice. Results revealed that weed-free treatment found significa...

Weeding is an important time consuming and drudgery prone task mainly performed by hill farm women for almost all crops grown. This directs for interventions in terms of improved technologies (weeder, kutla and hoes) to relieve women from high energy demands, time spent and associated drudgery particularly for weeding activity. The study was conducted in two hill states of India viz. Himachal P...