Organic farming system and sustainable management of soil pathogens aim at reducing the use of agricultural chemicals in order to improve ecosystem health. Despite the essential role of microbial communities in agro-ecosystems, we still have limited understanding of the complex response of microbial diversity and composition to organic and conventional farming systems and to alternative methods...

Agriculture, by its intentional design, manipulates the ecological functions of soils. It does so altering carbon and nutrient inputs; controlling plant community; in case tillage, physically disrupting redistributing soil within profile. While there are many studies that contrast microbiomes across farming systems, few have examined effect system on vertical organization taxa We hypothesized l...

Crop management systems influence plant productivity and nutrient use efficiency, as well as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), which are known to influence the growth of plants via phytohormone production, phosphate solubilization, nitrogen (N) fixation and antimicrobial activity. The objective of this study was to compare the influence of two crop management system on microbial PGPR...

Intensification of agriculture has been proposed as one way of minimizing emissions per unit of product, apparently legitimizing the ongoing structural changes in agriculture. We have investigated the relationship between the farming intensity and the nitrogen (N) dissipation by calculating the overall N emission factor (E: total N surplus per unit of N in the produce) from several studies of d...

The present study was carried out in Kanchipuram district of the Tamil Nadu. Paddy is main cereal crop raised 47,739 ha cultivated area followed by groundnut and pulses. Farmers following conventional natural farming are purposively selected 120 numbers to cultivate 436.56 among that data gathered from their respective fields. aim this analyze whether system economically better with sufficient ...

The Thau Lagoon, a French Mediterranean shallow lagoon, is a site where extensive shellfish farming occurs. The aim of the present work is to evaluate the role of this activity on nutrient exchange at the sediment-water interface in relation to organic matter (OM) sedimentation and degradation. Two stations inside (C5) and outside (C4) of the shellfish farming areas were sampled at three season...

This paper reviews the current use of self-regenerating pasture legumes in the farming systems of southern Europe. Annual legumes are mainly the base for the improvement of low quality native pastures in extensive farming systems. Traditional pasture legumes such as subterranean clovers and annual medics are the base plants of Mediterranean pastures, and are essential for pasture improvement of...

This study was conducted with the objective of testing the hypothesis that tomato fruits from organic farming accumulate more nutritional compounds, such as phenolics and vitamin C as a consequence of the stressing conditions associated with farming system. Growth was reduced in fruits from organic farming while titratable acidity, the soluble solids content and the concentrations in vitamin C ...

In common with most remaining areas of humid tropical forest, the forest of southern Cameroon is being converted to agricultural land, and is subject to increasing pressure as population grows and markets develop. The Humid Forest Ecoregional Centre of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA-HFC) has worked for nearly a decade on improving agricultural production in villages ...