Blowing dust from summer fallow is a major soil loss and air quality concern in winter wheat (Triricum aesrivum L.) production areas of the inland Pacific Northwest (PNW). The objective of our 3-yr onfarm study in a 286-mm precipitation zone in eastern Washington was to determine the effects of tillage mulch depth during fallow on surface soil roughness, residue retention, seed-zone water stora...

Farmers in India rarely employ plastic mulches tomato cultivation, despite the fact that it has potential to save irrigation water, manage weeds, and increase output. The precision of water for production using various colour was evaluated an experimental farm at UAS-Raichur. Because effect levels, 120 percent evapotranspiration based treatment had most soil moisture availability, while 60 by d...

The need to increase agricultural production in proportion population growth and water crisis management requires initiatives that can the quantity quality of crops by using soil moisture storage methods while preserving environment. According problem presented, order simulate temperature, humidity radiation farm environment, a control system, along with laboratory facilities were designed cons...

A Comprehensive Review of the Effects of Mulching The following is excerpted from “Impact of Mulches on Landscape Plants and the Environment—A Review,” by Linda Chalker-Scott (Washington State University, Puyallup Research and Extension Center, 7612 Pioneer Way E., Puyallup, WA 98371), Journal of Environmental Horticulture 25(4), December 2007, 239249, published by the Horticultural Research In...

Living and dead plant vegetation on the surface of soils can provide opportunities for regulating pest populations in no-tillage production systems. Cover crops generate substantial quantities of surface vegetation and residue that can be managed to enhance control of pests. Research at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center has shown that weed germination and emergence is inhibited by hig...

Four cultivars that had performed more favorably of several evaluated in 2000 Spring studies were compared on three plastic mulches and a bare ground control in Spring 2001. All cultivars performed similarly on the plastic, for the most part all performing better than on the bare ground. As in previous studies, the percentage of plants forming marketable was less than desirable, ranging from a ...

HIGHLIGHTS Saline stress did not affect the initial growth of cowpea crop. The use mulch provides better morphological results in Vegetal mulches as soil protection (sugarcane bagasse and bamboo straw) attenuated effect salts on gas exchange cowpea.

The use of organic matter such as animal manures, human waste, food wastes, yard wastes, sewage sludges and composts has long been recognized in agriculture as beneficial for plant growth and yield and the maintenance of soil fertility. The new approaches to the use of organic amendments in farming have proven to be effective means of improving soil structure, enhancing soil fertility and incre...

In order to determine whether shredded rubber mulches (RM) pose water quality risks when used in stormwater best management practices (BMPs) such as bioretention basins, batch leaching tests were conducted to identify and quantify constituents in leachates from RM such as metal ions, nutrients, total organic carbon (TOC), and aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activity (determined by the chemicall...

The establishment of living mulches in organic orchards could potentially improve the orchard biodiversity and, when specific plant species are selected, provide additional eco-services and functions, including adequate weed management. This study was conducted an organically managed apple Skierniewice (Poland) to assess effect two selected mulching species: Alchemilla vulgaris Mentha piperita....