Potato productivity in the northeastern US has been relatively constant for over 50 years, raising questions about what factors are limiting productivity. Research was initiated in 2004 to identify key constraints to potato productivity by evaluating Status Quo (SQ), Soil Conserving (SC), and Soil Improving (SI) cropping systems under both rainfed and irrigated management, and it was found that...

In order to assist in high-yield agricultural management multiple cropping systems, it is essential understand the link between rainy season onset and crops sowing dates, since considerably affects management, yield output. We built crop calendars derived from remote sensing products investigated dates of irrigated rainfed agriculture Western Bahia, a new important frontier Brazilian Cerrado. C...

Background: Cotton with coevolving pests has been grown in India more than 5000 years. Hybrid cotton was introduced in the 1970s with increases in fertilizer and in insecticide use against pink bollworm that caused outbreaks of bollworm. Hybrid Bt cotton, introduced in 2002 to control bollworm and other lepidopteran pests, is grown on more than 90 % of the cotton area. Despite initial declines,...

Genomic and transcriptomic approaches were used to gain insights into the relationship between soil management and bacterial-mediated functions in an olive orchard agroecosystem. Four management practices were assessed in a 30-year trial in a semiarid Mediterranean region. Transcriptional activity of bacterial 16S rRNA genes increased in noncovered soils, indicating higher microbial maintenance...

Gunungkidul Regency is known as an area that often experiences drought. On the other hand, also regency with highest amount of rice production in Special Region Yogyakarta Province. Rainfed paddy farming most widely developed type where irrigation needs are determined by rainfall. Decreased rainfall triggers meteorological drought can disrupt rainfed-based agriculture. This study aims to analyz...

In many low-income countries, agriculture is mostly rainfed and yields highly depend on climatic factors. Furthermore, farmers have little access to traditional crop insurance, which suffers from high information asymmetry and transaction costs. Insurances based on meteorological indices could fill this gap since they do not face such drawbacks. However their implementation has been slow so far...