ABSTRACT Depending on the climate and soil conditions management, intercropping of maize with cover plants may reduce cereal agronomic performance. This study aimed to assess effects Urochloa ruziziensis Crotalaria spectabilis performance straw production quality after harvest. Three treatments (single intercropped U. C. spectabilis) were distributed into a randomized blocks design. The growth ...

The management and improvement of paddy soils fertility are key factors for the future capacity of rice production. The return of rice straw to paddy soils is the best alternative to the application of industrial fertilizers for rice production sustainability. The best strategy for applying rice straw to improve soil nutritional capacity during rice growth has not yet been investigated. We comp...

This study evaluated a cost-effective approach for the conversion of rice straw into fermentable sugars. The composition of rice straw pretreated with 1 % sulfuric acid or 1 % sodium hydroxide solution was compared to rice straw with no chemical pretreatment. Enzymatic saccharification experiments on non-pretreated rice straw (NPRS), pretreated rice straw (PRS), and pretreated rice straw with a...

Sheep with oesophageal fistulas were used in sham-feeding experiments to assess how sham intakes were affected by (a) physical form of straw (finely and coarsely ground; ground and pelleted), (b) type of food (straw pellets v. lucerne (Medicago sativa) hay pellets) and (c) additions of monosodium glutamate (MSG) with or without NaCl to the various straw diets. Normal animals were also fed on di...

Sheep with oesophageal fistulas were used in sham-feeding experiments to assess how sham intakes were affected by (a) physical form of straw (finely and coarsely ground; ground and pelleted), (b) type of food (straw pellets v. lucerne (Medicago sativa) hay pellets) and (c) additions of monosodium glutamate (MSG) with or without NaCl to the various straw diets. Normal animals were also fed on di...

Soil mulching is one of the common measures applied in organic agricultural production which could replace plastic films and protect environment. In order to fully evaluate effects different straw thicknesses on soil health, maize was mulched with 0 cm (CK), 2 cm, 4 6 surface assess temperature (ST) moisture (SM), pH, carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), C/N, aggregates bulk density (SBD) a tempe...

Long-term impacts of straw incorporation on soil fertility, and maize production nitrogen (N) use status had not been thoroughly investigated in Northeast China, the most vital agricultural base across nation. We conducted a consecutive 6-year field experiment, including amendment at 4 000, 8 000 12 kg/ha, no was set as control. Our experiment confirmed that grain yield crop N uptake treatments...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are widely present in heavy metal-polluted soils, but their effects on straw degradation and plant growth of rotated crops poorly understood. In this study, a pot experiment was used to simulate the return fore-rotating crop (Brassica napus L.) farmland with subsequent planting maize lead–zinc mining area Yunnan Plateau, Southwest China, which included four tr...

Cover crops are a potential pathway for ecological cultivation in agricultural systems. In tropical no-till systems, the maintenance of residues on soil surface and addition nitrogen (N) benefit growth grain yield cash as well chemical physical properties soil. However, effects these management practices microbiota largely unknown. Here, we evaluated timing N application pulse disturbance diffe...