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Agronomy, Volume 10, Issue 6

June 2020 - 161 articles

Cover Story: Fusarium spp. are key pathogens in maize seeds and seedlings. Seed-borne infections have an important impact on both the population and vigor of maize plants. F. verticillioides led to higher seedling mortality than F. graminearum, while both species reduced plant growth and delayed flowering. The seed dressing increased the plant density, vigor during the whole vegetative growth cycle for all the production situations, and grain yield. The 4-way fungicide (fludioxonil, metalaxyl-M, azoxystrobin, thiabendazole) enhanced both the defense of the seedlings and the vigor of plants infected with F. verticillioides, which, in turn, resulted in a significant improvement in grain yield, compared to a conventional 2-way fungicide (fludioxonil, metalaxyl-M). View this paper
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Articles (161)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,212 Views
14 Pages

26 June 2020

In deciduous fruit species, floral bud initiation, differentiation and organogenesis take place during the summer–autumn season that precedes anthesis. Among factors able to modify the regularity of these processes, water availability represent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
5,682 Views
12 Pages

Response to the Cold Stress Signaling of the Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) Elicited by Chitosan Oligosaccharide

  • Yingying Li,
  • Qiuqiu Zhang,
  • Lina Ou,
  • Dezhong Ji,
  • Tao Liu,
  • Rongmeng Lan,
  • Xiangyang Li and
  • Linhong Jin

26 June 2020

Cold stress caused by a low temperature is a significant threat to tea production. The application of chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) can alleviate the effect of low temperature stress on tea plants. However, how COS affects the cold stress signaling...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,758 Views
14 Pages

Productivity of Selected African Leafy Vegetables under Varying Water Regimes

  • Innocent Maseko,
  • Bhekumthetho Ncube,
  • Samson Tesfay,
  • Melake Fessehazion,
  • Albert Thembinkosi Modi and
  • Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

26 June 2020

African leafy vegetables (ALVs) are nutrient dense and can contribute to crop and dietary diversity, especially in water-stressed environments. However, research on their productivity under limited water availability remains scant. The objective of t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,730 Views
15 Pages

Effects of Harvest Time on the Yield and Quality of Winter Wheat Hay Produced in Northern Italy

  • Domenico Ronga,
  • Aldo Dal Prà,
  • Alessandra Immovilli,
  • Fabrizio Ruozzi,
  • Roberto Davolio and
  • Maria Teresa Pacchioli

26 June 2020

The aim of this work was to study the yield and nutritional characteristics of winter wheat hay. A selection of cultivars recommended for three main purposes: grain, whole plant (biomass) and dual purpose (grain and biomass) production were cultivate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,487 Views
13 Pages

Energy, Production and Environmental Characteristics of a Conventional Weaned Piglet Farm in North West Spain

  • Maria D. Fernandez,
  • Eugenio Losada,
  • Juan A. Ortega,
  • Tamara Arango,
  • María José Ginzo-Villamayor,
  • Roberto Besteiro,
  • Santiago Lamosa,
  • Martín Barrasa and
  • Manuel R. Rodriguez

25 June 2020

Postweaning is one of the most sensitive and energy-demanding phases of swine production. The objective of this research was to assess the energy, production and environmental characteristics of a conventional farm with temperature-based environmenta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,425 Views
12 Pages

25 June 2020

Betaine is one of the most competitive compounds that accumulate in different cellular compartments to adjust osmotic balance. Among the various stressors, salinity stress often leads to osmotic and ionic stress in plants, either increasing or decrea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,437 Views
11 Pages

Proposed Techniques to Supplement the Loss in Nutrient Cycling for Replanted Coffee Plantations in Vietnam

  • The Trinh Pham,
  • Ngoc Hoi Nguyen,
  • Pham Nguyen Dong Yen,
  • Tri Duc Lam and
  • Ngoc Thuy Trang Le

25 June 2020

Nutrient cycling of the coffee ecosystem is often characterized by nutrient losses during the harvest, tree’s growth, leaching and erosion. The “Coffee Rejuvenation Strategies in Vietnam” has risked not being complete on schedule, w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,491 Views
23 Pages

Integrating Biochar and Inorganic Fertilizer Improves Productivity and Profitability of Irrigated Rice in Ghana, West Africa

  • Dilys S. MacCarthy,
  • Eric Darko,
  • Eric K. Nartey,
  • Samuel G. K. Adiku and
  • Abigail Tettey

25 June 2020

The efficiency of mineral fertilizer use in most soils in Sub-saharan Africa is low. Prominent among the reasons for this is low soil carbon stock. In this study, we hypothesized that in the short term, combined use of biochar and inorganic fertilize...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,029 Views
15 Pages

Response of Upland Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Inoculated with Non-Native Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria

  • Michel Ouyabe,
  • Kenji Irie,
  • Naoto Tanaka,
  • Hidehiko Kikuno,
  • Babil Pachakkil and
  • Hironobu Shiwachi

25 June 2020

A deep-rooting upland rice variety (Kinandang Patong) was evaluated for its growth response to bio-fertilization at early stages. Five non-native plant growth-promoting bacteria previously isolated from yams (Dioscorea spp.) were inoculated to upland...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,805 Views
10 Pages

Hemp-Based Phytoaccumulation of Heavy Metals from Municipal Sewage Sludge and Phosphogypsum Under Field Conditions

  • Dariusz Zielonka,
  • Wiesław Szulc,
  • Monika Skowrońska,
  • Beata Rutkowska and
  • Stefan Russel

25 June 2020

The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of three hemp cultivars to accumulate heavy metals under sewage sludge (SS) and phosphogypsum (PG) application. The field study was carried out from 2014 to 2016 on Luvisol (loamy sand) in Poland. The...

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