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Yubo Li, Qin Zhu, Yang Zhang, Shuang Liu, Xiaoting Wang and Enheng Wang
Winter cover crops have been shown to promote the accumulation of microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen, enhance nutrient cycling, reduce erosion, improve ecosystem stability, etc. In the black soil area of Northeast China, Triticum aestivum L., Medicago...
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Panpan Liu, Dong Wang, Yue Li, Ji Liu, Yongxing Cui, Guopeng Liang, Chaoqun Wang, Chao Wang, Daryl L. Moorhead and Ji Chen
Although crop conversion from annual to perennial crops has been considered as one path towards climate-smart and resource-efficient agriculture, the effects of this conversion on soil multifunctionality and biomass yields remain unclear. The objective o...
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Vasileios Greveniotis, Elisavet Bouloumpasi, Adriana Skendi, Athanasios Korkovelos, Dimitrios Kantas, Stylianos Zotis and Constantinos G. Ipsilandis
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is used to support livestock. A stability study was carried out over three years. The stability indices for yield and main quality characteristics such as plant height, number of nodes, the yield of green mass and dry matter,...
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Murali K. Darapuneni, Leonard M. Lauriault, Gasper K. Martinez, Koffi Djaman, Kevin A. Lombard and Syam K. Dodla
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) requires a large amount of potassium (K) for maintaining forage yield and stand persistence. Therefore, soil inherently low in K levels must be supplemented with K fertilizers. Although several commercial K fertilizers are av...
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Seinn Moh Moh, Shunya Tojo, Toshiaki Teruya and Hisashi Kato-Noguchi
Plant extracts with allelopathic activity and their related compounds have been investigated for a long time as an eco-friendly approach to sustainable weed management. Croton oblongifolius (Roxb.) is a traditional medicinal plant valued for its diverse ...
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Aliasghar Montazar and Daniel Putnam
Drought and climate change have decreased water availability for agriculture, especially in the desert of southwestern USA. Efficiency enhancements in irrigation management aimed at conserving water are key to adjust to limits in water supply, improve pr...
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Yu Zhang, Huizhen Mai, Qinghong Qiu, Yinghua Zhu, Jiayi Long, Shengfu Chen and Yuanqi Chen
The use of ecological stoichiometry is quite effective for exploring the nutrient dynamics and relationships between plants and soils. However, the way that the plant and soil stoichiometry changes with soil remediation in mining ecosystems remains uncle...
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Ming Xu, Xueqian Jiang, Fei He, Bilig Sod, Tianhui Yang, Fan Zhang, Lili Cong, Ruicai Long, Mingna Li, Xue Wang, Qingchuan Yang, Tiejun Zhang and Junmei Kang
Leaf size significantly impacts photosynthetic capacity and forage yield in alfalfa, a major legume forage crop. Therefore, elucidating the genetic factors governing leaf development is critical for breeding improved alfalfa varieties. In this study, a g...
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Kun Zhang, Chenyuan Zhai, Yonglong Li, Yan Li, Hui Qu and Yixin Shen
Although nitrogen application and cutting frequency (CF) are two important factors affecting forage productivity and quality, their effects on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), particularly in humid areas, remain less understood. Here, we investigated the fe...
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Jan M. Sitterson, Allan A. Andales, Daniel F. Mooney, Maria Cristina Capurro and Joe E. Brummer
Recent Colorado, USA water law provisions allow a portion of irrigation water to be leased between agricultural and other users. Reducing consumptive use (CU) through deficit irrigation while maintaining some crop production could allow farmers to earn r...
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