This article considers the effective effect of mulching irrigated typical gray and meadow soils with plant residues application various fertilizers on soil fertility, (organic fertilizers, biohumus biopreparations) in soils. The microbiological activity was determined. to have been shown affect growth yield winter wheat cotton.

Grass intercropping under no-till is an option to increase crop residues on the soil surface and diversity. Urochloa spp. frequently selected for improve land use agricultural production because of its high residue production, slow decomposition, as well vigorous, abundant, deep root system. However, effects maize, especially residues, subsequent crops in rotation have not been established. To ...

China encounters heavy air pollution caused by coal consumption. and the EU aim to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Shifting biogas from residues contributes solving both problems. This study assesses China's potentials related water footprints (WFs) compares results with WFs for EU. Starting a literature review on potentials, it analyzes information resulting in calculation methodology, its ...

Allelochemicals from sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] residues may inhibit the emergence and growth of other crops. We examined effects two landraces, IS9456, a high sorgoleone producer, IS22320, zero producer. Residues were applied at 7.2 g, 14.4 g 21.6 kg-1 soil. Emergence maize (Zea mays L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) soybean [Glycine max Merr.] tested in three glasshouse pot experim...

Our objective was to characterize changes in cell wall composition and digestibility of sugarcane bagasse, pith from bagasse, and wheat straw after treatment with alkaline hydrogen peroxide (AHP). The AHP treatment solution contained 1% H2O2 (wt/vol) maintained at pH 11.5 with NaOH. The H2O2 in solution amounted to 25% of the quantity of substrate treated. After treatment, residues were washed ...

Samples of grain from 40 New Zealand wheat and barley crops harvested in 2000 were assayed for Fusarium infection. Grain from all crops was infected, and Fusarium incidence ranged from 3 to 52% of grains infected, with a mean of 14%. Incidence of Fusarium was higher in spring wheat than in autumn wheat or spring barley. The highest level of infection (52% grains infected) was found in Otane whe...

Agriculture is the single biggest user of land and water in Morocco; however its performances are still low due to high rainfall variation and rates of soil productivity depletion. Increasing concerns about soil and environment quality degradation have raised the need to review existing tillage management systems and develop new systems for seed-bed preparation. Consequently, No-tillage is foun...

Wheat germ agglutinin binding to a rat hepatoma cell line dRLa 74 treated with concanavalin A was studied. It increased depending on the concanavalin A concentration in the culture medium. The cells exhibited about twofold increase in wheat germ agglutinin-binding when pretreated with 50 micrograms/ml of concanavalin A for 48 h. The wheat germ agglutinin binding sites were shown to be localized...