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Agriculture, Volume 2, Issue 1

March 2012 - 6 articles

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Articles (6)

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
17,927 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of Biofertilizers in Irrigated Rice: Effects on Grain Yield at Different Fertilizer Rates

  • Niño Paul Meynard Banayo,
  • Pompe C. Sta. Cruz,
  • Edna A. Aguilar,
  • Rodrigo B. Badayos and
  • Stephan M. Haefele

Biofertilizers are becoming increasingly popular in many countries and for many crops, but very few studies on their effect on grain yield have been conducted in rice. Therefore, we evaluated three different biofertilizers (based on Azospirillum, Tri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
13,431 Views
21 Pages

Sorption of Tannin and Related Phenolic Compounds and Effects on Extraction of Soluble-N in Soil Amended with Several Carbon Sources

  • Jonathan J. Halvorson,
  • Hero T. Gollany,
  • Ann C. Kennedy,
  • Ann E. Hagerman,
  • Javier M. Gonzalez and
  • Stewart B. Wuest

27 February 2012

Some tannins sorb to soil and reduce soluble-N. However, we know little about how they interact with organic amendments in soil. Soil (0–5 cm) from plots, which were amended annually with various carbon substances, was treated with water (control) or...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
10,722 Views
14 Pages

Conditions Affecting Shelf-Life of Inoculated Legume Seed

  • Rosalind Deaker,
  • Elizabeth Hartley and
  • Greg Gemell

6 February 2012

Microbial inoculants are becoming more available as sustainable alternatives to fertilizers and other agrichemicals in broad-acre cropping. However, with the exception of legume inoculants little is understood about effective delivery and survival of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
10,913 Views
13 Pages

Differentiation of Blossom Honey and Honeydew Honey from Northwest Spain

  • Escuredo Olga,
  • Fernández-González María and
  • Seijo María Carmen

20 January 2012

The knowledge of important parameters for honey characterization is an increasing requirement of consumers and the honey industry. In this respect, differentiation between blossom honeys and some honeydew honeys is still an unresolved task. This stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
9,849 Views
13 Pages

19 January 2012

With increasing economic and environmental costs associated with fertilizer use, the need for low-input agroecological systems is on the rise. It is well documented that intercropping legumes can increase the supply of nutrients, through N2-fixation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,529 Views
11 Pages

Total sulfur data of various agricultural and food items from the lab of the author, have been compiled to develop an understanding of sulfur levels and ecological cycling in Austria. As sulfur level is not an included factor among the quality criter...

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