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Thomas Nordblom, Saliya Gurusinghe, Andrew Erbacher and Leslie A. Weston
Southern Australian farming systems operate predominantly under Mediterranean climatic conditions, which limit the choice of cover crops suitable for enhancement of ground cover and soil moisture retention, erosion control, atmospheric soil nitrogen (N) ...
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Mohamed Allam, Emanuele Radicetti, Mortadha Ben Hassine, Aftab Jamal, Zainul Abideen and Roberto Mancinelli
Farming practices such as cover cropping, crop rotation systems, and soil tillage practices, along with climate conditions and soil type play important roles in determining final crop production. Numerous empirical studies have documented the heterogeneo...
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Alireza Rahemi, Vitalis W. Temu and Maru K. Kering
Winter cropping can be used to achieve a double benefit for producers: as soil cover and an additional economic crop cycle. Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is a spring crop growing in the northern region of the US and used as a fall cover crop in some sout...
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Teerath Rai, Nicole Lee, Martin Williams II, Adam Davis, María B. Villamil and Hamze Dokoohaki
Field research for exploring the impact of winter cover crops (WCCs) integration into cropping systems is resource intensive, time-consuming and offers limited application beyond the study area. To bridge this gap, we used the APSIM model, to simulate co...
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Dan Ioan Avasiloaiei, Mariana Calara, Petre Marian Brezeanu, Nazim S. Gruda and Creola Brezeanu
The urgent need to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has prompted the exploration of various strategies, including the adaptation of carbon farming practices, to achieve sustainability in agricultural systems. In this research, we assess the viabil...
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Marina Neves Merlo, Junior Cesar Avanzi, Lucas de Castro Moreira da Silva, Osnar Obede da Silva Aragão, Emerson Borghi, Fatima Maria de Souza Moreira, Michael Silveira Thebaldi, Álvaro Vilela de Resende, Marx Leandro Naves Silva and Bruno Montoani Silva
Many researchers have reported relationships of physical and chemical properties with water erosion; however, little is known about microbiological properties in this context. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate soil properties in relation to ero...
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Marco Pittarello, Francesca Chiarini, Cristina Menta, Lorenzo Furlan and Paolo Carletti
Conservation Agriculture includes practices focused on the conservation and the restoration of main soil features, such as organic carbon content, structure, and biological diversity and activity. Our study was conducted in three farms in North-Eastern I...
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Antonietta Rosso, Agatino Reitano and Rossana Sanfilippo
The lithobiont community encrusting an early Pleistocene palaeocliff cropping out north of Augusta (SE Sicily, Italy) was investigated based on field observations and laboratory inspection of two rocky samples. Bryozoans, serpulids, brachiopods and bival...
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Muhammad Muzammil, Azlan Zahid and Lutz Breuer
Agriculture of Pakistan relies on the Indus basin, which is facing severe water scarcity conditions. Poor irrigation practices and lack of policy reforms are major threats for water and food security of the country. In this research, alternative water-sa...
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K. Ann Bybee-Finley and Matthew R. Ryan
Sustainable intensification calls for agroecological and adaptive management of the agrifood system. Here, we focus on intercropping and how this agroecological practice can be used to increase the sustainability of crop production. Strip, mixed, and rel...
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