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...

Livestock is an integral part of the agricultural system in sub-Saharan Africa, serving as a food source, income, fertilizer, and power for farming transportation. However, productivity livestock has been hampered due to lack sufficient quantity quality feed. This study evaluates gaps constraints fodder nutritional potential feed using small-scale irrigation (SSI). The comprised 30 randomly sel...

Abstract The article presents data on the study of influence an agricultural forecrop yield winter wheat varieties Moskovskaya 40 and Nemchinovskaya 17. experiments were carried out in Ryazan region, Russia, dark gray forest soils Malinki enterprise Mikhailovsky district. most effective experiment was vetch-oat mixture for variety 17, with following structure: grains per spike are 46.8 pieces, ...

We studied the effects of green manuring on gene level microorganisms associated with nitrogen (N) fixation, nitrification, and denitrification in different paddy soils. Field experiments were conducted Hunan, Jiangxi, Henan, Fujian experimental sites south China to investigate responses rice yield, soil properties, functional genes manuring. The four treatments no fertilizer application (NF), ...

introduction amount and vertical distribution of leaf area are essential for estimating interception and utilization of solar radiation of crop canopies and, consequently dry matter accumulation (valentinuz & tollenaar, 2006). vertical distribution of leaf area is leaf areas per horizontal layers, based on height (boedhram et al., 2001). above-ground biomass is one of the central traits in func...

The root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita was controlled more effectively and yields of host plants were greater when Paecilomyces lilacinus and Pasteuria penetrans were applied together in field microplots than when either was applied alone. Yields of winter vetch from microplots inoculated with the nematode and with both organisms were not statistically different from yields from uninocula...

Two experiments were conducted in north-central Florida to examine the effects of various winter cover crops on plant-parasitic nematode populations through time. In the first experiment, six winter cover crops were rotated with summer corn (Zea mays), arranged in a randomized complete block design. The cover crops evaluated were wheat (Triticum aestivum), rye (Secale cereale), oat (Avena sativ...

Common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) is a widespread legume crop in the Mediterranean mega-environment, due to its versatile uses and compatibility with organic low-input farming systems. However, adaptation various such environments should be studied varieties suitable for forage yield must selected. This study aimed explore stability of common based on index, specific target variety behavior enviro...

The use of green manure plants for soil restoration is a viable agricultural practice that can mitigate degradation and biodiversity loss caused by the long-term application inorganic fertilizers. However, effects on microbial communities, rice yield, quality in karst mountains are largely unknown. no chemical fertilizer, fertilizer + different Astragalus sinicus L. (Chinese milk vetch, CMV) tr...