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Manuel López-Vicente and Gao-Lin Wu
This special issue includes six articles that cover a variety of issues about the topic of soil and water conservation in agricultural systems, including the following: a bibliometric analysis of soil and water conservation in the Loess Region of China; ...
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Yalin Gao, Jinghai Wang, Yanlin Ma, Minhua Yin, Qiong Jia, Rongrong Tian, Yanxia Kang, Guangping Qi, Chen Wang, Yuanbo Jiang and Haiyan Li
Wolfberry (Lycium barbarum L.) production in arid and semi-arid areas is drastically affected by the low utilization rate of soil and water resources and the irrational application of water and nitrogen fertilizers. Thus, this study explored a high-yield...
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Tiantian Li, Sumei Wan, Guodong Chen, Zhengjun Cui, Jinbin Wang, Zhilong Fan and Yunlong Zhai
Increasing agricultural yields and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are the main themes of agricultural development in the 21st century. This study investigated the yield and GHGs of a jujube?alfalfa intercropping crop, relying on a long-term fiel...
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Robert Idziak, Tomasz Sakowicz, Hubert Waligóra, Piotr Szulc, Leszek Majchrzak, Barbara Stachowiak and Malgorzata Neumann
Weed control in maize is usually limited to a single herbicide treatment, but the application of two or more herbicides is associated with many benefits, e.g., increasing the spectrum of control weeds, reducing the risk of damage to crops by using reduce...
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Sidona Buragiene, Kristina Lekaviciene, Aida Adamaviciene, Edvardas Vaiciukevicius and Egidijus ?arauskis
Farming systems should be sustainable in order to protect the soil from diseases and pests while preserving the environment and generating economic and social benefits. The use of biological products can help reduce the negative characteristics that dama...
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Jiao Liu, Faguang Lu, Yiming Zhu, Hao Wu, Irshad Ahmad, Guichun Dong, Guisheng Zhou and Yanqing Wu
Soil salinization has become one of the major abiotic stresses limiting agricultural production globally. The full utilization of coastal saline-alkali land is of great significance for agricultural development. Among them, fertilizer management and plan...
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Amanda M. Nelson, Mahesh L. Maskey, Brian K. Northup and Daniel N. Moriasi
Recently, the Agricultural Policy Extender (APEX) model was enhanced with a grazing module, and the modified grazing database, APEXgraze, recommends sustainable livestock farming practices. This study developed a combinatorial deterministic approach to c...
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Gedyon Tamiru Mena and Janina Gospodarek
The main reason for adding plants to accompany the main crop is to protect it from pests and diseases. We reviewed the effectiveness of white mustard (Sinapis alba L.), sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima L.), and coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) in this ...
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Robert P. Larkin
The impacts of two different cover crop (CC) strategies, as well as compost, silicon (Si), and biocontrol (BC) soil amendments were evaluated on soil chemical and biological properties, crop development and yield, and disease and pest issues in organic v...
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Lei Sun, Chongchong Yang, Jun Wang, Xiwen Cui, Xuesong Suo, Xiaofei Fan, Pengtao Ji, Liang Gao and Yuechen Zhang
Existing maize production is grappling with the hurdles of not applying nitrogen fertilizer accurately due to subpar detection accuracy and responsiveness. This situation presents a significant challenge, as it has the potential to impact the optimal yie...
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