Current vegetable production systems use polyethylene (plastic) mulch and require multiple applications of agrochemicals. During rain events, runoff from vegetable production is enhanced because 50 to 75% of the field is covered with an impervious surface. This study was conducted to quantify off-site movement of soil and pesticides with runoff from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plots ...

some growth parameters of pea (cv. pleven 4) and vetch (cv. obrazets 666) after treatment with organic fertilizer were studied in a field trial carried out at the institute of forage crops, pleven, bulgaria. humustim as organic fertilizer was applied through presowing treatment of seeds, treatment during vegetation and combination between both, at different doses. ratios of aboveground weight t...

The development of productively viable cropping systems with lower environmental footprints to maintain sustainable agriculture in arid areas is urgently needed. Increasing crop diversity usually improves system productivity; however, the effects diversification on carbon footprint and sustainability a remain unclear. A 3-year field experiment (2018–2020) was conducted northwestern China determ...

Materials and methods Samples of A. pisum were collected from natural populations on vetch or white clover, preserved in acetone, and subjected to DNA extraction individually. At each locality, 20 aphids were subjected to specific PCR detection of the endosymbionts as described (S1). The aphid strain TUt, naturally infected with PAUS, was derived from a parthenogenetic female collected on white...

Soil carbon (C) sequestration in tilled and nontilled areas can be influenced by crop management practices due to differences in plant C inputs and their rate of mineralization. We examined the influence of four cover crops {legume [hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth)], nonlegume [rye (Secale cereale L.)], biculture of legume and nonlegume (vetch and rye), and no cover crops (or winter weeds)} and...