Sequential cropping in the Biogasdoneright™ (BDR™) system Italy has recently gained attention to combine food and renewable energy production a sustainable way, as well for carbon sequestration. However, little is known on potential expand practice other regions of Europe. In this paper, sequential crop calendars were developed different EU climate regions, biomethane anaerobic digestion (AD) c...

BACKGROUND Harnessing beneficial microbes presents a promising strategy to optimize plant growth and agricultural sustainability. Little is known to which extent and how specifically soil and plant microbiomes can be manipulated through different cropping practices. Here, we investigated soil and wheat root microbial communities in a cropping system experiment consisting of conventional and org...

Soil biological quality can affect key soil functions that support food production and environmental quality. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of management and time on soil biological quality in contrasting dryland cropping systems at eight locations in the North American Great Plains. Alternative (ALT) cropping systems were characterized by greater cropping intensity (...

to study the effects of different fertilizing systems using green manure and zeoponix on grain yield and its components in sunflower, an experiment was conducted at the research farm of collage of agriculture, tarbiat modares university in 2010 and 2011. the experimental treatments were arranged as split plot design on the base of a complete randomized block design with three replications. two ...

Field studies have demonstrated mixed success in trap cropping to manage Crocidolomia pavonana ( binotalis) [F.], a major pest of cruciferous crops in Asia. A possible explanation for this is an inßuence of host plant phenology on oviposition preference. We tested this in simultaneous two-choice oviposition bioassays under laboratory conditions. In cylindrical cardboard experimental arenas, wit...

For a cropping system to be sustainable, should not only the soil nitrogen (N) content be preserved but also the N runoff be minimised. Finding a simple but robust way to estimate N runoff would thus be a great advantage when evaluating cropping systems. In this study all major N flows in six different cropping systems, each covering 0.18 ha of a separately pipe drained field lysimeter, located...

Cropping patterns are defined as the sequence and spatial arrangement of annual crops on a piece land. Knowledge cropping is crucial for crop production land-use intensity. While related to land use intensity, they rarely reported in agricultural statistics, especially those relating small farms developing countries. Remote sensing has enabled mapping by monitoring crops’ temporal dynamics. In ...

During decades, in semiarid rainfed Aragon, intensive soil tillage and low crop residue input have led to the loss of soil structure and soil degradation. Conservation tillage and cropping intensification can improve soil structure in these areas. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of three different tillage systems (traditional tillage, reduced tillage and no-tillage) u...