This research evaluated the effectiveness of biodegradable mulches for weed control in container-grown ‘Martin’ giant arborvitae (Thuja plicata) and measured the effects of these mulches on evaporation and substrate temperature. The experiment was carried out in the 2008 and 2009 growing seasons. Four biodegradable mulching materials were tested and compared with a chemical control (oxadiazon) ...

Using farmed common carp, we investigated the genetic background of the second year overwintering performance and its relation to the performance during the third growing season and at market size. The experimental stock was established by partial factorial design with a series of 4 factorial matings of 5 dams and 10 sires each. The families were reared communally and pedigree was re-constructe...

Scaling-up knowledge of land-atmosphere net ecosystem exchange (NEE) from a single experimental site to numerous perennial grass fields in the Northern Great Plains (NGP) requires appropriate scaling protocols. We addressed this problem using synoptic data available from the Landsat sensor for 10 growing seasons (April 15 to September 30) over a North Dakota field-site, where we continuously me...

recognition of soil water infiltration process is essential for improving irrigation efficiency, decreasing water losses and management of surface runoff. the aim of this research was to evaluate temporal variation of the kostiakove-louise infiltration coefficient parameters during a corn growing season. in this research, 16 irrigation events for 8 large scale furrow experiments were analyzed b...

Climate change variables have rarely been analyzed specifically for the growing season of crops. In this study, changes in minimum (Tmin) and maximum temperature (Tmax), daily maximum saturated vapor pressure (VPsat) and estimated daily VPD weighted for transpiration (VPDtran) were examined at five locations in Iran over 40 years during the growing seasons of chickpea and maize. The results of ...

Response to Referee 1 General comments The drought treatment in 2008 delayed the recovery of the redox potential during the first year of flooding in 2009. For example, methane production in the flooded plots reached the level of the control plots not before July/August 2009 (Estop-Aragones et al., unpublished data). In the growing season of 2010, no delay in methane production was observed bet...