Most cropland in the United States is characterized by large monocultures, whose productivity is maintained through a strong reliance on costly tillage, external fertilizers, and pesticides (Schipanski et al., 2016). Despite this, farmers have developed a regenerative model of farm production that promotes soil health and biodiversity, while producing nutrient-dense farm products profitably. Li...

The editorial Two cultures of ecology, which inaugurated the journal Conservation Ecology, remarked on two cultures in science: one that analyzed parts of a system and one that integrated the parts. This policy dialogue on the significance of genetically modified crops in agriculture is an example of the tension between those two cultures and the society that receives the benefits of science or...

ABSTRACT One of the pillars a no-tillage system is addition adequate amounts residue to keep soil continuously covered. Cover crops are tool for supplying demand permanence residues on surface and releasing nutrients soil. However, there no index that relates these two factors can reconcile maximum crop in with N supply via mineralization such residues. This study aimed assess effect different ...