The natural occurrence of lodging in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) small-plot research aiming to record visual ratings is unpredictable highly dependent on environmental conditions, and does not differentiate between root shoot lodging. Detailed plant characteristics can be used indicate risk; however, such measurements are destructive time-consuming for projects that focused solely evaluating S...

than 90% were interested in using farm management decision support software (Frasier et al., 1997). The GPFARM is an ARS decision support system for strategic (longsame survey also showed that 57% of 219 producer term) planning. This study evaluated its performance for comparing alternative dryland no-till cropping systems and established limits of respondents were interested in a farm manageme...

Dryland cereals and legumes  are important crops in farming systems across the world.  Yet they are frequently neglected among the priorities for international agricultural research and development, often due to lack of information on their magnitude and extent. Given what we know about the global distribution of dryland cereals and legumes, what regions should be high priority for research and...

the objective of this study was to determine the quicker response of subsoil or surface soil to minimum tillage (mt) and conventional tillage (ct) and biofertilizers (bacillus coagulans, b), phosphorus fertilization (p) and integrated p and b (pb) under the wheat (triticum aestivum l vr. sardari) growing season. the experimental design was split plot laid out in randomized complete block design...

A calibrated SWAT model equipped with an improved auto-irrigation function was used to evaluate the impacts of agricultural production practices on water balances and crop yields corn, sorghum, winter wheat for Palo Duro watershed located in Texas High Plains (THP). Fourteen scenarios were simulated including alternative irrigation application depths 12.7 mm 38.1 irrigated different planting da...

Conservation tillage systems that reduce soil erosion and maintain or increase soil carbon offer long-term benefits for producers in the inland Pacific Northwestern United States but could result in reduced grain yields due to increased pressure from weeds, disease, and insect pests. Our objective was to compare runoff, soil erosion, and crop yields from a conventional tillage, wheat-fallow two...

Dryland forest resources have great socio-economic and ecological importance in countries of SSA by playing significant roles in livelihood diversification of both rural and urban households, wood and food security, providing animal feed, human health care and environmental conservation. Despite their great importance, these resources have been subjected to severe degradation, owing to several ...

Abstract Crops emit a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that serve as attractants or repellents for pests and their natural enemies. Crop rotations, off-farm chemical inputs, mechanical cultural tactics – collectively called cropping systems alter soil nutrients, moisture content, microbial communities, all which have the potential to crop VOC emissions. Soil legacy effects diversifi...

Agro-ecological intensification of continuous dryland wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) systems with forage soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr] in lieu summer fallow could provide nutritious for livestock, reduce requirements inorganic N fertilizer winter wheat, and ameliorate sustainability issues associated fallow, such as soil erosion low precipitation use efficiency (PUE). This modeling study utiliz...