Smallholder farmers in southern Africa have reported on increased labour requirements for hoe weeding due to high weed infestations in conservation farming (CF) fields. However, CF proponents claim that weed pressure and labour requirements for weeding decrease within the first three years under the recommended CF practices. An observational study was carried out during the 2008/09 cropping sea...

In Morocco, cereal production is below the expected potential. The adoption of best agricultural practices that reduce vulnerability to climate a major requirement. No-tillage (NT) agriculture system could improve by enhancing soil fertility. Some factors, in combination with no-tillage, can further yields, especially choice variety adequate fertilization. objective our study investigate effect...

Returning crop residue improves water conservation and storage, nutrient availability, and crop yields. We have little knowledge, however, of the residual impacts of crop residues on soil and crop production. We hypothesized that residual impacts of crop residues vary with the amount of residues used. A 10-yr study near Lincoln, NE, evaluated the residual effects of an earlier 8-yr study of var...

Soil quality indicators and nematode abundance were characterized in a loessial soil under long-term conservation tillage to evaluate the effects of no-till, double-disk, chisel, and moldboard plow treatments. Indicators included soil electrical conductivity (EC), soil texture, soil organic matter (SOM), and total particulate organic matter (tPOM). Nematode abundance was positively correlated w...

Agricultural soils can constitute either a net source or sink of the three principal greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), and methane (CH4). We compiled the most up-to-date information available on the contribution of agricultural soils to atmospheric levels of these gases and evaluated the mitigation potential of various management practices in eastern Canada and northe...

Aim of study: The production efficiency crop rotations was evaluated based on the yield main (cereal grains and pea seeds) by-product (straw) converted per cereal units (CU), total protein yield.
 Area South-eastern Poland, Europe (2017-2019).
 Material methods: first order experimental factor included rotations: A): peas–durum wheat–spring barley; B): spring wheat–durum barley +oats;...

Despite the importance of agriculture in California's Central Valley, the potential of alternative management practices to reduce soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been poorly studied in California. This study aims at (1) calibrating and validating DAYCENT, an ecosystem model, for conventional and alternative cropping systems in California's Central Valley, (2) estimating CO2, N2O, and CH...