Studies across 5 yr involving 938 British-breed crossbred cattle (372 heifers, 566 steers) were used to evaluate the effects of grazing alternate summer and fall forages on slaughter breakeven cost of various beef production systems. Grazed summer forage combinations included 1) continuous brome, 2)brome and warm-season grasses, 3) brome and alfalfa or sudangrass, 4) brome and a monoculture of ...

Upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) is mainly grown in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Yield potential of upland rice is quite low and invariably this crop is subjected to many environmental stresses. Further, when upland rice is grown in monoculture for more than two to three years on the same land, allelopathy or autotoxicity is frequently reported. Allelopathy involves complex plant and plant chem...

Soils must receive maximum protection to assure sustainable agriculture and quality food production. Heavy metals tend accumulate in the soil rather than decompose at a certain limit of their content, toxic consequences for living organisms occur.  This research was conducted survey contamination status Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb microbial activity soils affected by long-term sugarcane monoculture Upper Eg...

Abstract Key message By calibrating and validating a forest growth model for seven species in Germany coupling it with wind damage simulator, we specifically estimated the impact of on net present value Norway spruce European beech mixture monoculture. Under risk, managements saw sharpest declines, although highest end was still obtained through heavily thinned Context Wind is one most importan...

The evaluation of the nutrient content in soil, such as potassium and phosphorus, is very important, especially precision agriculture, where fertilizer rate should be adjusted to field variability terms content. Soil chemical analysis time-consuming expensive, dense soil sampling not always possible. In recent years, remote sensing methods have been used assess within-field crop nutritional sta...

Background Andosols are generally characterized by strong resilience to degradation and high soil fertility. This may decline during long-term peanut (Arachis hypogea) monoculture, as indicated chemical biological properties. Aims The study investigated the monoculture-induced changes in environment driver for Methods In this on-farm study, soils from seven sites cropped with monoculture differ...

Monoculture frequently causes loss of soil nutrients and the emergence soil-borne diseases in walnut orchards, whereas it is unknown whether sod culture with Vicia villosa (a popular agroforestry system) orchards impacts structural composition diversity fungal communities. Fungal communities cover plant V. were investigated this work utilizing high-throughput sequencing ITS, as well examination...

Conducting studies that assist in the evaluation of agroecosystems is essential for advancing biodiverse and sustainable agriculture. This study aimed to assess impact intercropping on photosynthetic activity Arabica coffee plants. The experiment was conducted municipality Alegre, Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. Three cropping systems were studied: monoculture; intercropped with Nanicon va...