The main objective of the present study was to compare fertilizer types in their ability to increase the soil organic matter content without increasing potential P leaching losses. Differences in soil organic carbon content, crop yield, P-CaCl2, P-AL, P export by the crop and P leaching from soil supplied with three compost types, cattle slurry, farmyard manure or mineral fertilizers were compa...

Cropping systems in farmland areas of Iran are characterized by continuous cultivation of crops with consumption of chemical fertilizers leading to serious soil erosion and fertility decline. Information regarding the simultaneous evaluation of crop rotation and fertilization on the canola traits is not available. Therefore, an experiment was conducted during 2007 2010. Experimental designs wer...

The main goal of this study was to identify the treatment that increases the populations of spiders, which are effective predators in agroecosystems. In 2013 and 2014 the experimental eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) field was two different treatments, organic fertilizers and chemical fertilizer treatment, and in 2014 we surrounded organic fertilizer plots with the flowering plants mealy cup sag...

The kinetics of phosphorus (P) desorption in soils is important from plant nutrition and environmental perspectives. An experiment was conducted on the field plots that received 100 t ha of solid dairy manure 1 (DM), sewage sludge (SS), or urban solid waste compost (UC) and one rate of chemical fertilizer (CF) for 1, 3 or 5 consecutive years to investigate the residual and cumulative effects of...

Integrated pest management (IPM) programs have been developed for almost all agricultural and ornamental crop production systems over the past two decades. But only recently have IPM and organic management systems been considered a truly primary approach in professional turfgrass management. The reasons for the dramatic increase in organic approaches are centered on public concern for the envir...