ducted with modern cotton cultivars (Touchton et al., 1984; Bauer et al., 1993; Daniel et al., 1999; Larson et Thrips, primarily Frankliniella spp., can damage cotton (Gossypal., 2001). Grass cover crop residues generally have a ium hirsutum L.) seedlings. The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of winter cover crops on thrips populations in high C/N ratio, which causes N immo...

Crop residue management to trap snow and soil management to improve water infiltration into frozen soil might reduce spring runoff and increase soil water storage. We hypothesized that soil macropores created by tillage would improve water infiltration when the soil was frozen. This hypothesis was tested by ripping a Dooley sandy loam (fine-loamy, mixed Typic Argiboroll) in the fall of the year...

Plant growth depends upon the activity of numerous types of organisms within the environment. The recycling of nutrients in the forest floor involves the interaction of a vast diversity of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and invertebrates. Arthropods are integral to the initial shredding of the litter, which exposes nutrients to microbial digestion. Hundreds of California species either feed directl...

Food security is one of the major challenges modern society (Prosekov & Ivanova, 2018). Globally food production needs to be increased by 70% in order meet demand a growing population reaching 9.7 billion 2050 (Cole et al., It was estimated that approximately 768 million people were hunger as 2021 (FAO, 2022b). The situation exacerbated ongoing coronavirus pandemic, regional conflicts and globa...

ganic C (SOC). Soils of the southeastern United States of America, particularly sandy Coastal Plain soils, have Soil organic matter (SOM) is of primary importance for maintaining inherently low SOC contents (typically below 1%, Hunt soil productivity, and agricultural management practices may signifiet al., 1982). Consequently, small changes in the SOM cantly influence SOM chemical properties. ...