introduction: one of the fundamental issues in the agricultural sector in iran is the absence of optimal water and soil resources utilization and lack of new agricultural science and technology adoption through major prevailing transformations in agricultural land exploitation system. the studies conducted in the history of agricultural development in iran cast light on the fact that the farmin...

last decade as a critical part of the knowledge base for successful and sustainable agricultural production. A key component of biology is the profound plant/mycorrhizal fungi relationship, which has enormous potential for improved management of contemporary farming systems. Although using these fungi has the potential to revolutionize agriculture they are certainly not new in terms of the evol...

With the newly arisen ecological awareness in the agriculture the sustainable use and development of the land is getting more important. With the sustainable use of soil in mind, we are developing a decision support system that helps making decisions on managing agricultural systems and is able to handle both conventional and genetically modified crops as a part of the ECOGEN project. The decis...

The purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting the sustainability of production systems in Shushtar township. Since agricultural production cooperatives have special importance in the region economy, identifying factors that threaten the sustainable and continuous production is of great importance. This survey has been conducted in crop year 2011 and the required data have been coll...

Cover crops are important components of sustainable agricultural systems. They increase surface residue and aid in the reduction of soil erosion. They improve the structure and water-holding capacity of the soil and thus increase the effectiveness of applied N fertilizer. Legume cover crops such as hairy vetch and crimson clover fix nitrogen and contribute to the nitrogen requirements of subseq...

Biological Resources and Post-harvest Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8686, Japan (K.M., K.Y., K.Y.-S.); Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–0074, Japan (K.U., K.Sa., K.Sh.); Department of Biotechnology Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba 292–0818, Ja...

M R RYAN*, D A MORTENSEN*, L BASTIAANS , J R TEASDALE , S B MIRSKY , W S CURRAN*, R SEIDEL§, D O WILSON§ & P R HEPPERLY§ *Department of Crop and Soil Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, Crop and Weed Ecology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA, and §King’s Agriseeds Inc....

Patrik Waldmann, Gábor Mészáros*, Birgit Gredler, Christian Fuerst and Johann Sölkner 1 Division of Livestock Sciences, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 2 Division of Statistics, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden 3 Qualitas AG, Zug, Switzerland 4 ZuchtData EDV-...