Meeting the demand for crop production: the challenge of yield decline in crops grown in short rotations

AJ Bennett, GD Bending, D Chandler… - Biological …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
There is a trend world‐wide to grow crops in short rotation or in monoculture, particularly in
conventional agriculture. This practice is becoming more prevalent due to a range of factors …

Nitrogen fixation in perspective: an overview of research and extension needs

PH Graham, CP Vance - Field crops research, 2000 - Elsevier
Recent reports point to a decline in agricultural dependence on symbiotic nitrogen (N2)
fixation, and in the use of rhizobial inoculants. This review contrasts the potential …

Plant-microbe rhizosphere interactions mediated by Rehmannia glutinosa root exudates under consecutive monoculture

L Wu, J Wang, W Huang, H Wu, J Chen, Y Yang… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Under consecutive monoculture, the biomass and quality of Rehmannia glutinosa declines
significantly. Consecutive monoculture of R. glutinosa in a four-year field trial led to …

[PDF][PDF] Know ledge, Attitude and Behavior of the Urban Poor Concerning Solid Waste Management: A Case Study

MW Murad, C Siwar - Journal of Applied Sciences, 2007 - researchgate.net
This study has developed three Logistic Regression Models to determine and analyze the
factors that could affect knowledge, attitude and behavior of the urban poor concerning solid …

Assessing soil fertility decline in the tropics using soil chemical data

AE Hartemink - Advances in agronomy, 2006 - Elsevier
Soil fertility decline is perceived to be widespread in the upland soils of the tropics,
particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa. Most studies have used nutrient balances to assess the …

Management practices to improve soil health and reduce the effects of detrimental soil biota associated with yield decline of sugarcane in Queensland, Australia

CE Pankhurst, RC Magarey, GR Stirling, BL Blair… - Soil and Tillage …, 2003 - Elsevier
Yield decline (YD) of sugarcane is a widespread problem throughout the Australian sugar
industry. It is defined as “the loss of productive capacity of sugarcane-growing soil under …

Changes in soil chemistry and aggregate stability induced by fertilizer applications, burning and trash retention on a long‐term sugarcane experiment in South Africa

MH Graham, RJ Haynes… - European Journal of Soil …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Throughout the world there is a trend towards retaining crop residues rather than burning
them. For this reason, changes in soil chemistry and aggregation in a Vertisol induced by 59 …

Sediments, nutrients and pesticide residues in event flow conditions in streams of the Mackay Whitsunday Region, Australia

C Mitchell, J Brodie, I White - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2005 - Elsevier
The Mackay Whitsunday region covers 9000km2 in northeastern Australia. A study of diffuse
pollutants during high flow events was conducted in coastal streams in this region. Sampling …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] Environmental impacts of sugar production: the cultivation and processing of sugarcane and sugar beet

OD Cheesman - 2004 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Pressure from conservationists and increasing regulation, means that environmental
considerations are increasingly important for the sugar industry. This book examines the …

Effects of consecutive monoculture of Pseudostellaria heterophylla on soil fungal community as determined by pyrosequencing

L Wu, J Chen, H Wu, J Wang, Y Wu, S Lin, MU Khan… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Under consecutive monoculture, the biomass and quality of Pseudostellaria heterophylla
declines significantly. In this study, a three-year field experiment was conducted to identify …