This manuscript presents a questionnaire-based study aimed to provide detailed analysis on the different soil management carried out by olive farmers in two representative olive-growing areas southern Spain (Cordoba and Estepa), their perceptions cover crop use possible influence of types farms farmers’ typologies these perceptions. Our results show relatively large variability management, with...

Phosphate fertilizer experiments with nonbearing citrus trees were started at planting time in commercial groves on 5 flatwoods soils. The soils included 1) Brighton peat, 2) Sunniland, 3) Keri-Bradenton, 4) Immokalee, and 5) Immokalee-Pomello. Some of the phosphate treatments were applied only once, as broadcast applications at planting time. Other treatments were applied periodically to indiv...

BACKGROUND In this work, we aimed to gain insights into the contribution of soil bacteria to carbon sequestration in Mediterranean habitats. In particular, we aimed to use bacterial laccase-encoding genes as molecular markers for soil organic C cycling. Using rainfed olive farming as an experimental model, we determined the stability and accumulation levels of humic substances and applied these...

Concepts and developments for a new field in ecotoxicology, referred to as "landscape ecotoxicology," were proposed in the 1990s; however, to date, few studies have been developed in this emergent field. In fact, there is a strong interest in developing this area, both for renewing the concepts and tools used in ecotoxicology as well as for responding to practical issues, such as risk assessmen...

Aridity and drought, which are determined by climatic temporary water scarcity, respectively, important limiting factors for plant gross primary production. These phenomena commonly assessed and/or monitored means of weather indices, most based on observations precipitation potential evapotranspiration. The estimation such indices over large areas can be carried out using multiple datasets, i.e...

The recent advances in precision agriculture are due to the emergence of modern robotics systems. For instance, unmanned aerial systems (UASs) give new possibilities that advance solution existing problems this area many different aspects. reason is these platforms’ ability perform activities at varying levels complexity. Therefore, research presents a multiple-cooperative robot for UAS and gro...