In this study we focus on the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), which has a strong dispersal capacity and has had a significant impact on several cropping systems, including peach (Prunus persica (L.)). Management of H. halys has relied on intensive insecticide use, and thus a better understanding of its dispersal behavior may assist in dev...

Context & Rationale Despite a probable net reduction in the overall population since independence, there has been a small increase in the number of Armenia’s farming households. Many of these are relatively new and inexperienced farmers with very limited access to capital and farm inputs. Agriculture is the primary employer and accounts for about 28% of the GDP. Yet with few exceptions i.e. som...

Mulching is ancient technique which used to conserve soil moisture, helps in reducing weed growth, moderate temperature and reduce salinity. This act as a boon for the agriculture horticulture crops not only increasing growth yield but also method water. protecting roots of plants from heat cold. It mainly fruit orchard, flower, vegetable production, nurseries forest. Black plastic mulch mostly...

South Florida’s agricultural soils are traditionally low in organic matter (OM) and high carbonate rock fragments. These calcareous inherently nutrient-poor require management for successful crop production. Sunn hemp (SH, Crotalaria juncea) velvet bean (VB, Mucuna pruriens) highly productive leguminous cover crops (CCs) that have shown potential to add large quantities of dry biomass nutrient-...

this study was conducted to investigate the impact of land use change on some of carbon components in safashahr area, fars province. four land uses (destroyed rangeland, agricultural land, new and old apple orchard) were selected. sampling was done randomly from two depths (0-20 and 20-50 cm) of each land use. particulate organic matter (pom) and extractable carbohydrate by hot water were measu...

Saline irrigation water accounts for 15% to 30% of global, anthropogenic, usage, and around 10% global arable food production. Decreasing the salinity this has potential substantially increase yields associated with these crops. In paper, 87 sol–gel hydrophobic supra-hydrophobic, hollow, metal, hydroxyoxide polymer formulations (constructed using inexpensive, agricultural chemicals) were demons...