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Agriculture, Volume 9, Issue 1

January 2019 - 24 articles

Cover Story: On the terraces of the Nepalese Himalayas, we evaluated rhizobium inoculants, micronutrients (Mo, B), and their combinations as technologies for smallholder farmers under highly variable microenvironments and traditional practices using a series of participatory on-farm trials. The data revealed that the number of farms that showed yield increases from the rhizobium interventions, compared to those that suffered yield losses, was generally 2:1. The results demonstrate the promise of rhizobium interventions for hillside smallholder farmers, even in a highly variable context. View this paper
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Articles (24)

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
8,327 Views
14 Pages

Western Bahia is one of the most active agricultural frontiers in the world, which raises concern about its natural resources conservation, especially regarding water availability. This study evaluated the influence of five different land uses and la...

  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
11,060 Views
16 Pages

The Past, Present, and Future of Barley Yellow Dwarf Management

  • Joseph Walls,
  • Edwin Rajotte and
  • Cristina Rosa

Barley yellow dwarf (BYD) has been described as the most devastating cereal grain disease worldwide causing between 11% and 33% yield loss in wheat fields. There has been little focus on management of the disease in the literature over the past twent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,159 Views
9 Pages

Effect of Irrigation Water Regimes on Yield of Tetragonia Tetragonioides

  • Gulom Bekmirzaev,
  • Jose Beltrao and
  • Baghdad Ouddane

The main purpose of this experiment was to study the effect of several irrigation water regimes on Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall) O. Kuntze in semi-arid regions. During the experiment period, it was measured that several irrigation regimes were aff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
8,358 Views
18 Pages

Sulfur-Enriched Bone Char as Alternative P Fertilizer: Spectroscopic, Wet Chemical, and Yield Response Evaluation

  • Dana Zimmer,
  • Kerstin Panten,
  • Marcus Frank,
  • Armin Springer and
  • Peter Leinweber

Phosphorus- (P) rich bone char (BC) could be an alternative P fertilizer in sustainable agriculture; however, it has a low P solubility. Therefore, sulfur-enriched BC (BCplus) was tested for chemical composition and fertilization effects in a pot exp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
10,164 Views
17 Pages

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Rhizobium Inoculants and Micronutrients as Technologies for Nepalese Common Bean Smallholder Farmers in the Real-World Context of Highly Variable Hillside Environments and Indigenous Farming Practices

  • Malinda S. Thilakarathna,
  • Tejendra Chapagain,
  • Bhawana Ghimire,
  • Roshan Pudasaini,
  • Bir Bhahadur Tamang,
  • Khem Gurung,
  • Khem Choi,
  • Laxmi Rai,
  • Samjhana Magar and
  • Bishnu BK
  • + 2 authors

Studies have shown the potential of rhizobia and associated micronutrients to enhance symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legumes. Tens of millions of smallholder farmers, however, farm on mountain hillsides in highly variable soil and microenvironments,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
85 Citations
15,032 Views
12 Pages

Development of an Autonomous Electric Robot Implement for Intra-Row Weeding in Vineyards

  • David Reiser,
  • El-Sayed Sehsah,
  • Oliver Bumann,
  • Jörg Morhard and
  • Hans W. Griepentrog

Intra-row weeding is a time consuming and challenging task. Therefore, a rotary weeder implement for an autonomous electrical robot was developed. It can be used to remove the weeds of the intra-row area of orchards and vineyards. The hydraulic motor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,426 Views
15 Pages

Biomass-Derived Carbonaceous Adsorbents for Trapping Ammonia

  • Chibi A. Takaya,
  • Kiran R. Parmar,
  • Louise A. Fletcher and
  • Andrew B. Ross

The preparation of low-cost carbonaceous adsorbents for nitrogen recovery is of interest from agricultural and waste management perspectives. In this study, the gaseous ammonia (NH3) and aqueous ammonium (NH4+) sorption capacities have been measured...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,122 Views
21 Pages

Crop type information at the field level is vital for many types of research and applications. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides information on crop types for US cropland as a Cropland Data Layer (CDL). However, CDL is only...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,541 Views
14 Pages

Comparison of Two Free-Farrowing Systems and a Conventional Farrowing Crate System with Special Regard to Air Hygiene

  • Eyke Lühken,
  • Thies Nicolaisen,
  • Britta Risch,
  • Nina Volkmann,
  • Sandra Schnier,
  • Jochen Schulz and
  • Nicole Kemper

The aim of this study was to analyze the air quality in two different commercially available free-farrowing systems in comparison with a conventional farrowing crate system. A group housing system for six lactating sows (GH) and a single loose-housin...

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