Alfred Hartemink is a soil scientist at ISRIC in Wageningen. Prior to his current position he was lecturer in soil science at the University of Technology in Papua New Guinea. He holds an MSc in soil science from Wageningen Agricultural University, and has worked as a soil surveyor and soil fertility specialist in Tanzania, Zaire, Indonesia, and for ICRAF in Kenya. Dr Mike Bourke is an Adjunct ...

Farmland biodiversity is an important characteristic when assessing sustainability of agricultural practices and is of major international concern. Scientific data indicate that agricultural intensification and pesticide use are among the main drivers of biodiversity loss. The analysed data and experiences do not support statements that herbicide-resistant crops provide consistently better yiel...

Hari D. Upadhyaya, Mani Vetriventhan, Santosh P. Deshpande, and Selvanayagam Sivasubramani, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, Telangana, India; Hari D. Upadhyaya, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA, and Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; C. To...

The recent trend to place monetary values on ecosystem services has led to studies on the economic importance of pollinators for agricultural crops. Several recent studies indicate regional, long-term pollinator declines, and economic consequences have been derived from declining pollination efficiencies. However, use of pollinator services as economic incentives for conservation must consider ...

1 US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service and Agronomy Department, c/o Agronomy Department, 2183 McCarty Hall A, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-0300, USA 2 Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA 3 US Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, Morris, Minnesota 56267, USA 4 Plant Biology Department, Univ...

Recent access to Very High Spatial Resolution (VHSR) Satellite Images allows vegetation monitoring at metric and sub-metric scale, with individual trees now detectable. Therefore, it discloses new applications in precision agriculture for orchards and other tree crops. In this paper, we present some methodological directions for classification, and extraction of specific agricultural informatio...

K Gurava Reddy, A Subbarami Reddy J.Satish babu and M Chandra Sekhara Reddy Scientist (Extension), Scientist (Agronomy),Scientist (Pl. Path.), Scientist (Economics) Regional Agricultural Research Station, Lam, Guntur, ANGRAU, Hyderabad, A.P ABSTRACT: An Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project was implemented in Guntur district during the cropping season 2006-07 in six villages of Guntur distri...

Modern Concepts & Developments in Agronomy In Vitro Plant Response of Taro cv. ‘INIVIT MC- 2012’ (Colocasia Esculenta (L.) Schott) to Water Stress Induced with Polyethylene Glycol 6000 Arletys Santos Pino*, Jorge López Torres, Aymé Rayas Cabrera and Víctor Medero Vega Division Biotechnology, Cuba *Corresponding author:Arletys Pino, Associate Researcher, Biotechnology. Research Institute Tropica...