An area of interest in precision farming is variable-rate application of herbicides to optimize herbicide use efficiency and minimize negative off-site and non-target effects. Site-specific weed management based on field scale management zones derived from soil characteristics known to affect soil-applied herbicide efficacy could alleviate challenges posed by post-emergence precision weed manag...

1 School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China. 2 The CAS/Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Process, Yantai Institute of Costal ZoneResearch, Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Yantai 264003,China. 3 State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil ...

Dryland farming is still to be a main activity of the community around part Forest Area (Bagian Daerah Hutan/BDH), Panggang, Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan (KPH) Yogyakarta. This study aimed determine efficiency dryland and factors that influencefarming income. The survey method was used carry out data information by interview farmer. R/C analysis, labor productivity capital analysis were farming. ...

This study evaluates new multi-scale, multi-indicator methods for assessing the vulnerability of crop production to drought at a national and regional scale by identifying differences across and within ten regions of Ghana, a country that faces many climate and crop production challenges typical of subSaharan Africa. We highlight key methodological steps required to improve drought sensitivity ...

The potential of arid/semiarid land plants a s sources of commercial products is illustrated by the following examples: candelilla (wax); jojoba (oil, protein); Acacia spp. (gum); Astragalus spp. (tragacanth gum); guayule (rubber); rabbitbrush (rubber, chemicals); sunflowers (rubber, chemicals); yucca (soap); and cresote bush (antioxidants, phenolic resins). co-evolutionary selection is a cause...