Continuous cropping changes soil physiochemical parameters, enzymes and microorganism communities, causing "replant problem" in strawberry cultivation. We hypothesized that soil nematode community would reflect the changes in soil conditions caused by long-term continuous cropping, in ways that are consistent and predictable. To test this hypothesis, we studied the soil nematode communities and...

Despite recent progress, computational visual aesthetic is still challenging. Image cropping, which refers to the removal of unwanted scene areas, is an important step to improve the aesthetic quality of an image. However, it is challenging to evaluate whether cropping leads to aesthetically pleasing results because the assessment is typically subjective. In this paper, we propose a novel casca...

Optimizing crop rotations is one of the proposed sustainable management strategies for increasing carbon sequestration. The main aim this study was to evaluate DeNitrification-DeComposition (DNDC) model estimating soil parameters (temperature, moisture and exchangeable NO3? NH4+), yield nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions long-term multi-cropping systems in Hebei, China. validated using five years da...

Field experiments were conducted at Yaba College of Technology Instructional and Research Farm during 2019/2020 wet dry seasons to investigate the performance cowpea chilli pepper intercropping for management insect pests cowpea. The experiment was arranged in alternate (chilli cowpea), strip cropping border around cowpea) sole a randomized complete block design (RCBD) replicated three times wi...

On-farm production of protein is limited in most dairy farm operations in arid and semi-arid environments. Cereal-legume intercropping could be a viable option to obtain forage with higher protein content. A two-year experiment was conducted during 2009 and 2010 growing seasons in a loamy soil to determine whether intercropping pattern of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and annual medic (Medica...

The most devastating disease that affects ginger production and productivity in Southwestern Ethiopia lowers qualitative quantitative rhizome yields is leaf spot, which caused by the pathogen Phyllosticta zingiberi. In Tepi, Ethiopia, during main cropping seasons of 2020 2021, a field experiment was carried out to assess efficacy several fungicides managing epidemics spot disease. evaluated wer...

The positioning of pods in common bean directly affects grain losses mechanized harvesting. However, only few studies have assessed facttors that can affect positioning. objective this work was to determine the effect plant density, nitrogen fertilization, and fertilization depth on distribution bean. field experiments were carried out two cropping seasons, 2017 2018, during winter period Cerra...