Field, greenhouse, and laboratory experiments were conducted at the Montana State University Southern Agricultural Research Center, Huntley, MT, USA, in 2012 and 2013, to evaluate the effectiveness of various postharvest-appliedherbicideson late-season control, fecundity, seed viability, andprogenyfitnessofKochia scoparia (kochia) in wheat stubble. Paraquat þ atrazine, paraquat þ linuron, and p...

In subtropical regions, we have an incomplete understanding of how long-term tillage, stubble, and nitrogen (N) fertilizer management affects soil biological functioning. We examined a site managed for 50 years using varying tillage (conventional till (CT) no-till (NT)), stubble (stubble burning (SB) retention (SR)), N fertilization (0 (N0), 30 (N30), 90 (N90) kg ha?1 y?1) to assess their impac...

β-glucosidase is involved in the degradation of cellulose in soil and has the potential for monitoring biological soil quality. the objective of this study was to determine the effects of barley residue placement, burning, nitrogen fertilizer and tillage management on β-glucosidase enzyme after a period of 90 days. a field experiment was carried out based on a completely randomized design with ...

this experiment was conducted to improve the nutritive value of barley stubble for two consecutive years. after harvesting crop, at first year, a completely randomized design, with a 3 × 3 factorial experiment was conducted in which 27 plots were divided into nine treatments. the treatments including zero, 2.5 and five percent urea each with zero, three and six percent molasses were mixed with ...

Farmers in Mediterranean climate regions are increasingly growing canola (Brassica napus L.) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)-based systems to break soil-borne pathogen disease cycles, control weeds, and enhance crop marketing opportunities. A 6-year rainfed cropping experiment was conducted near Ritzville, Washington USA from 2015 2021. The objective compare performance of winter spring canola, tr...

despite a shortage of animal feed in iran, cereal stubble is often underutilized due to agro-economic reasons. on the other hand, lambs fed with a conventional fattening ration deposit a considerable amount of fat; therefore, this experiment was conducted aimed at better utilization of cereal stubble and reducing the fat content of lamb carcasses. fat-tailed mehraban and ghezel ram lambs were p...

.soil microorganisms are important agents in nutrient cycling and energy flow. they are extremely sensitive to environmental changes. soil microbial biomass has been proposed as an index of soil stress and disturbance. the objective of this study was to determine the effects of barley (hordeum vulgare l.) residue amounts, burning, nitrogen fertilizer levels and tillage management on organic car...

Plant pathologists' traditional recommendations have been to clean-till fields. A few passes with the disk were good. Better yet, moldboard plow the residue under. Even better, burn the stubble, then plow it. Unfortunately, clean-tilling fields did not turn out to be a sustainable practice. Water and wind erosion claimed too much top soil and threatened to reduce the yield potential of our fiel...

soil enzyme activities can be used as indicators of soil quality for assessing the sustainability of agricultural ecosystems. the objective of this study was to determine the effects of barley residue input rate, burning, urea fertilizer and tillage management on activities of alkaline phosphatase and urease under field conditions, after a period of 90 days. the experiment was carried out based...