Harvest residues (HR) are one of the important aspects sustainable management in agriculture, representing a significant portion organic matter (OM) that can be retained or removed from agro-ecosystems. There several ways to manage plant residues: (i) burning, (ii) incorporation soil, (iii) leaving after harvest on soil surface form mulch, (iv) undersowing crops HR and (v) baling removing plot....

In order to evaluate the local environmental risk deriving from coal transport and burning, 30 soil samples were collected along conveyor belt around coal-burning power plant Federico II of Brindisi (Apulia, southern Italy). Since pollution metals metalloids is measured not only by their total concentration but also evaluating mobility availability, arsenic sequential extraction, leaching test ...

Living and dead plant vegetation on the surface of soils can provide opportunities for regulating pest populations in no-tillage production systems. Cover crops generate substantial quantities of surface vegetation and residue that can be managed to enhance control of pests. Research at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center has shown that weed germination and emergence is inhibited by hig...

grass (Mueller-Warrant and Brewster, 1986), common occurrences in grass seed fields. Seed laws and market Effective weed control was a major concern of Oregon grass seed expectations define allowable limits for weed seed congrowers during their recent transition from open-field burning to mechanical methods of managing post-harvest residues. This 4-yr herbitamination, but production efficiency ...

Understanding the impacts of long-term agricultural practices on soil quality (SQ) is key for sustaining agroecosystem productivity. This study investigated conventional and no-tillage (NT), residue burning no burning, level (high low), irrigation (irrigated dryland) effects properties, SQ, crop yields following 16 yr a wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)–soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] double-crop s...