The use of sprinkler irrigation for rice (Oryza sativa L.) crop is a relatively recent practice in Brazil. Therefore, crop soil and fertilization management are still not very well defined. Another problem is the inexistence of specific cultivars adapted to this cropping system. This study aimed to evaluate sprinklerirrigated upland rice cultivars under different soil management practices and n...

There currently exists a large push for the use, improvement, and expansion via landscape modification of dedicated biofuel crops (feedstocks) in the United States and in many parts of the world. Ecological concerns have been voiced because many biofuel feedstocks exhibit characteristics associated with invasiveness, and due to potential negative consequences of agronomic genes in native wild p...

Weather and climate influence both farm animal production and agronomic production. There are many differences, some obvious and some subtle, in the way animals and plants respond directly and indirectly to given environments, however. Chapter 9 focuses principally on the applications of meteorology to agronomic agriculture. This chapter is biometeorologically oriented: it explores the applicat...

Over the last 50 years, the most increase in cultivated land area globally has been due to a doubling of irrigated land. Long-term agronomic management impacts on soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks, soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global warming potential (GWP) in irrigated systems, however, remain relatively unknown. Here, residue and tillage management effects were quantified by measur...

Highlights Cotton yield and water productivity were measured for different precision irrigation management solutions. Agronomic improvements from site-specific based on spatial FAO-56 crop coefficient data minor. Thermal remote sensing unoccupied aircraft systems able to identify limitations. Integrated modeling tools that can achieve intended agronomic outcomes should be prioritized. Abstract ...