Author: Ruth E. HilfikerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Conservation Tillage Effects on Soil Compaction and Corn Root Growth
Author: Ruth E. HilfikerConservation Tillage Effects on Soil Properties and Corn Yields in Central Michigan
Author: Michael James StatonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Managing Cover Crops Profitably (3rd Ed. )
Author: Andy ClarkPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437903797
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.
Plant Roots
Author: Yoav WaiselPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
The third edition of a standard resource, this book offers a state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary presentation of plant roots. It examines structure and development, assemblage of root systems, metabolism and growth, stressful environments, and interactions at the rhizosphere. Reflecting the explosion of advances and emerging technologies in the field, the book presents developments in the study of root origin, composition, formation, and behavior for the production of novel pharmaceutical and medicinal compounds, agrochemicals, dyes, flavors, and pesticides. It details breakthroughs in genetics, molecular biology, growth substance physiology, biotechnology, and biomechanics.
Making Conservation Tillage Work for Corn Production on Your Soil Type
Author: Tillage Systems in the Tropics
Author: R. LalPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251037768
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The objectives of this Bulletin are to collate up-to-date information on soil tillage requirements for soils in the tropics; to assess the impacts of different ways of tillage on soil, environment and crop productivity; and to outline criteria for developing environment-friendly and economically viable tillage techniques for sustainable use of soil and water resources
Building Soils for Better Crops
Author: Fred MagdoffPublisher: Sare
ISBN: 9781888626131
Category : Humus
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
"'Published by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, with funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture."
Tillage and Crop Management Effects on Air, Water, and Soil Quality in California
Author: W. R. HorwathPublisher: UCANR Publications
ISBN: 1601075782
Category : Crop science
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
Conservation tillage (CT) has become an important management tool in production systems throughout the world. Learn how it lessens the environmental impacts of farming in California.
Limitations to Plant Root Growth
Author: Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461228948
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In the past 10 years, there has been a resurgence in interest in soil management and conservation of the soil resource. With the knowledge we have accumulated in the past 100 years, there is the possibility of developing new and innovative ways of effectively managing the soil. The emphasis on sustainable agriculture requires that we understand how to utilize the soil as a viable living resource. To meet the world demand for food within the next 50 years requires a healthy and strong soil resource which can sustain production. With the dedication of the National Soil Tilth Laboratory in 1989, it was decided that one contribution the laboratory could make to agri cultural science would be to foster an exchange of information on soil management. The focus of that interchange centers on long-term soil management. If we are to fulfill the goals of sustainable agriculture, environmental quality, and feeding the world, there will have to be an increased understanding of how to effectively manage the soil. Long-term soil management requires integrated and interdisciplinary research to bring all of the information together in terms which would be applicable to all soils. To accomplish this goal a workshop is held each year, with the exchange of information focusing on a single topic within the framework of developing effective strategies for long-term soil management. With the forum to focus on an individual theme each year, the theme for the initial workshop was "Limitations to Plant Root Growth.
Tillage, Residue, and Rye Cover Crop Effects on Corn Growth and Soil Properties
Author: Carinthia Alden GraysonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation tillage
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description