to investigate the effect of supplemental irrigation and nitrogen fertilizer on kernel weight, test weight and wheat grain yield under dryland conditions, a two-year field experiment was conducted in the research farm of college of agriculture, shiraz university during 2004-2005. five irrigation regime including dryland conditions, irrigation at stem elongation, booting, flowering and grain fil...

Montana State University, Department of Entomology, 333 Leon Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 173020, Bozeman, Montana 59717, United States of America Nansen et al. 214 Abstract—The wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton, is a major insect pest in dryland wheat (Triticum L. spp.; Poaceae) fields in the northern Great Plains of the United States and in southern regions of the prairie provinces of Canada...

Agricultural intensification has increased crop yields, but at high economic and environmental cost. Harnessing ecosystem services of naturally occurring organisms is a cheaper but under-appreciated approach, because the functional roles of organisms are not linked to crop yields, especially outside the northern temperate zone. Ecosystem services in soil come from earthworms in these cooler and...

W hile producers who practice no-till are typically committed to keeping steel out of the ground, there are several reasons why occasional tillage may prove beneficial and offer solutions to some no-till related problems. These include dispersing low-mobility nutrients (i.e. phosphorous that can accumulate near soil surface), reducing soil compaction, and controlling weeds. It is known that til...

Yield of dryland crops grown on stored water is determined by water use from the profile which, in turn, is related to the extent of root proliferation in different layers. Plow-soles of high strength may retard root growth and adversely affect crop production. We determined the effect of initial profile water storage and soil compaction below the seed on the growth and the yield of dryland whe...