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Agronomy, Volume 11, Issue 3

March 2021 - 205 articles

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Cover Story: Enhancing vineyard sustainability and reducing herbicide usage are crucial. A complete floor cover in a vineyard, fulfilled either by cover crops or resident species, has shown to provide several ecosystem services. However, under-trellis weed management in vineyards is an important challenge, conventionally fulfilled by cultivation or repeated herbicide applications. Autonomous mowers have shown to prevent the excessive vertical growth of weeds both in interrows and under trellises without the use of chemical applications. The combination of cover crop species and autonomous mower management resulted in a shorter canopy height and a lower weed dry biomass compared to the conventionally managed vineyard floor. In addition, the weed cover percentage was significantly lower when vineyard floor management was carried out with the combination of cover crops and autonomous mowers. View this paper.

Articles (205)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,045 Views
11 Pages

23 March 2021

Planting date (PD), seeding rate (SR), relative maturity (RM) of cultivars, and row spacing (RS) are primary management factors affecting soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) yield. The individual and synergistic effects of PD, SR, RM, and RS on seed yie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,816 Views
15 Pages

23 March 2021

The majority of cultivated strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa) in the northern United States (US) and Canadian provinces is grown in perennial matted rows across a range of soil types and microclimates. Management practices vary in fertilization rates...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,544 Views
28 Pages

Soil Water Retention and Soil Compaction Assessment in a Regional-Scale Strategy to Improve Climate Change Adaptation of Agriculture in Navarre, Spain

  • Rodrigo Antón,
  • Alberto Ruiz-Sagaseta,
  • Luis Orcaray,
  • Francisco Javier Arricibita,
  • Alberto Enrique,
  • Isabel de Soto and
  • Iñigo Virto

23 March 2021

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the different agricultural management adaptive strategies considered in the framework of a regional climate change adaptation roadmap in Navarre (Spain), from the point of view of soil physic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,823 Views
11 Pages

23 March 2021

Field research was conducted in 2017–2019 on “Princess 77” bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.) to determine whether an amino acid based biostimulant program applied in the late season (October-November) and early season (March-April) could ext...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,586 Views
14 Pages

Comparative Evaluation of Tomato Hybrids and Inbred Lines for Fruit Quality Traits

  • Ilias D. Avdikos,
  • Rafail Tagiakas,
  • Pavlos Tsouvaltzis,
  • Ioannis Mylonas,
  • Ioannis N. Xynias and
  • Athanasios G. Mavromatis

23 March 2021

Tomato is one of the most consumed fruit vegetables globally and is a high dietary source of minerals, fiber, carotenoids, and vitamin C. The tomato is also well known for its nutraceutical chemical content which strengthens human immune systems and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,564 Views
14 Pages

Performance of Different Bunch Cover Materials to Improve Quality of Cavendish Banana Cultivated during Winter and Summer in Thailand

  • Saowapa Chaiwong,
  • Rattapon Saengrayap,
  • Johnson Makinwa Ogunsua,
  • Hiroaki Kitazawa and
  • Chureerat Prahsarn

23 March 2021

Performance of different cover materials on improving Cavendish banana quality was examined during winter and summer. The banana bunch was covered with a thin nonwoven innermost layer, followed by cover materials arranged from inner to outer as follo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,038 Views
13 Pages

In Vitro Screening of Sugarcane Cultivars (Saccharum spp. Hybrids) for Tolerance to Polyethylene Glycol-Induced Water Stress

  • César A. Hernández-Pérez,
  • Fernando Carlos Gómez-Merino,
  • José L. Spinoso-Castillo and
  • Jericó J. Bello-Bello

22 March 2021

Water stress caused by drought affects the productivity of the sugarcane crop. A breeding alternative is the selection of drought-tolerant sugarcane cultivars. The objective of this study was the in vitro screening of cultivars tolerant to water stre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,221 Views
19 Pages

Organic Cultivation and Deficit Irrigation Practices to Improve Chemical and Biological Activity of Mentha spicata Plants

  • Antonios Chrysargyris,
  • Eleni Koutsoumpeli,
  • Panayiota Xylia,
  • Anastasia Fytrou,
  • Maria Konstantopoulou and
  • Nikolaos Tzortzakis

22 March 2021

Intensive crop production and irrational use of fertilizers and agrochemicals have questionable effects on the quality of products and the sustainable use of water for agricultural purposes. Organic cultivation and/or deficit irrigation are, among ot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,764 Views
15 Pages

22 March 2021

A lack of adaptive capacities for climate change prevents poor farmers from diversifying agricultural production in Bangladesh’s drought-resilient areas. Climate change adaptation strategies can reduce the production risk relating to unforeseen clima...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,391 Views
10 Pages

Chemical Properties and Bacterial Community Reaction to Acidified Cattle Slurry Fertilization in Soil from Maize Cultivation

  • Paweł Stanisław Wierzchowski,
  • Jakub Dobrzyński,
  • Kamila Mazur,
  • Marek Kierończyk,
  • Witold Jan Wardal,
  • Tomasz Sakowski and
  • Jerzy Barszczewski

22 March 2021

Acidified slurry is a novel organic fertilizer that limits gaseous ammonia emissions and reduces nitrogen losses. Our research aimed to determine the effects of short-term fertilization with acidified slurry on the chemical properties and bacterial c...

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