Download or read book Grain Sorghum Production Under Lo till and No till Farming Systems written by Ekpin U. Ekpin and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Grain Sorghum Response to Cover Crops Under a No till System written by Matthew Nielsen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover crops (CCs) are included in rotations between cash crops for many reasons, including reducing erosion, compaction, and sequestering nutrients for optimal crop performance. The objectives of this study were to i) determine the effects of increasing cropping system intensity on CC biomass accumulation, C:N ratio, and residual inorganic profile nitrogen and ii) determine how intensity effects sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) growth, development, and yield in a no-till wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), sorghum, soybean (Glycine max L.) rotation. The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with four treatments: chemical fallow (CF), double-crop soybeans (DSB), double-crop soybeans plus a spring cover crop before sorghum (DSBCC), and a summer cover crop mixture after wheat (CCMIX). Nitrogen (N) rates consisting of 0, 40, 80, 120, and 160 pounds acre−1 were subsurface banded after sorghum planting. Sorghum growth and development were characterized by Canopeo (percent canopy cover) and GreenSeeker (NDVI), from seedling through boot stages, by recording days from planting to half bloom, and by chlorphyll readings (SPAD) at half bloom or early grain fill. Sorghum biomass was sampled after physiological maturity to determine N uptake and yield components. Averaged over three years, summer and fall growth of CCMIX produced the greatest biomass at more than 2,000 pounds acre−1 and had the greatest C:N ratio compared to DSBCC and CCMIX sampled in the spring. Residual inorganic profile N at sorghum planting, when averaged over years, was roughly 26 pounds acre−1 and 13 pounds acre−1 less after DSBCC and CCMIX, respectively compared to after CF and DSB. Including a spring cover crop before sorghum (DSBCC) consistently reduced vegetative growth and development of sorghum.Sorghum growth response to CCMIX was inconsistent depending on year. In 2018, when there was no winter survival of the cover crop, sorghum growth after CCMIX was not different from CF. The CCMIX treatment reduced sorghum SPAD values by 6% and 7% in 2017 and 2019, respectively, and N uptake by 41 and 27 pounds acre−1 in 2017 and 2019, respectively. The spring cover crop immediately before sorghum planting (DSBCC) reduced sorghum biomass by 9% (2017) and 27% (2018) compared to CF, though CF was not different from DSB and CCMIX. In 2019, DSBCC was not different from CF, and sorghum after DSB had 10% greater biomass yield than sorghum after DSBCC. Sorghum grain yield was reduced by more than 50% after DSBCC in 2018 compared to CF, though CF, DSB, and CCMIX were not different. In 2019, sorghum grain yields after CF, DSBCC, and CCMIX were not different, and sorghum after DSB had the greatest yields, 7% more than DSBCC. Including double crop or cover crop in a no-till cropping system slowed early-seasoon growth and development and reduced N uptake of the subsequent sorghum crop but had minimal impact on grain yield with adequate weather conditions. However, a spring-planted CC with substantial biomass accumulation immediately before sorghum planting substantially reduced sorghum yield when spring rainfall was below normal.

Download or read book Nitrogen Management for No till Corn and Grain Sorghum Production Systems written by Ward Lee Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Triazine Herbicides written by Janis Mc Farland Ph.D. and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 50 years, triazines have made a great impact on agriculture and world hunger by assisting in the development of new farming methods, providing greater farming and land use capabilities, and increasing crop yields. Triazines are registered in over 80 countries and save billions of dollars a year. The Triazine Herbicides is the one book that presents a comprehensive view of the total science and agriculture of these chemicals. With emphasis on how the chemicals are studied and developed, reviewed, and used at the agricultural level this book provides valuable insight into the benefits of triazine herbicides for sustainable agriculture. Presents previously unpublished information on the discovery, development and marketing of herbicides Includes a vital section on the origin, use, economics and fate of triazine herbicides Covers benefits of triazines in corn and sorghum, sugarcane, citrus, fruit and nut crops Establishes best management practice and environmental benefits of use in conservation tillage

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Download or read book No till Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture written by Yash P. Dang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive summary of current global research on no-till farming, and its benefits and challenges from various agronomic, environmental, social and economic perspectives. It details the characteristics and future requirements of no-till farming systems across different geographic and climatic regions, and outlines what is needed to increase the uptake of no-till farming globally. Over 35 chapters, this book covers in detail the agronomic and soil management issues that must be resolved to ensure the successful implementation of these systems. Important economic, environmental, social and policy considerations are discussed. It also features a series of case studies across a number of regions globally, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for no-till and how these may vary depending on climate and geopolitical location. This book is a remarkable compilation by experts in no-till farming systems. The promotion and expansion of no-till farming systems worldwide will be critical for food security, and resource and environmental sustainability. This is an invaluable reference for both researchers and practitioners grappling with the challenges of feeding the world’s rising population in an environment increasingly impacted by climate change. It is an essential reading for those seeking to understand the complexity of no-till farming systems and how best to optimise these systems in their region.

Download or read book No tillage Seeding in Conservation Agriculture written by C. John Baker and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2007 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a much-expanded and updated edition of a previous volume, published in 1996 as "No-tillage Seeding: Science and Practice". The base objective remains to describe, in lay terms, a range of international experiments designed to examine the causes of successes and failures in no-tillage. The book summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of no tillage and highlights the pros and cons of a range of features and options, without promoting any particular product.

Download or read book Proceedings of the Grain Sorghum Shortcourse written by R. R. Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fertilizer and Farming System Effect on Grain Sorghum Production written by L. E. Haley and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Modern Grain Sorghum Production written by William F. Bennett and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1990 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Grain Sorghum in Farming Systems for the Blacklands written by Wilford Derby Laws and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Weeds written by Bruce Archibald Auld and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1987 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of a reference book first published in 1987. Lavishly illustrated, it contains detailed descriptions of all the important weeds of Australia. Suitable for primary producers, students, agricultural advisers and research workers.

Download or read book Grain Sorghum Production with Minimum Tillage After Wheat in Central Kansas written by University of Kansas. Cooperative Extension Service and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book No Till Agriculture in Southern Brazil written by Ruy Casão Junior and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Plowman s Folly written by Edward H. Faulkner and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Faulkner’s masterpiece is recognized as the most important challenge to agricultural orthodoxy that has been advanced in this century. Its new philosophy of the soil, based on proven principles and completely opposed to age-old concepts, has had a strong impact upon theories of cultivation around the world. It was on July 5, 1943, when Plowman’s Folly was first issued, that the author startled a lethargic public, long bemused by the apparently insoluble problem of soil depletion, by saying, simply, “The fact is that no one has ever advanced a scientific reason for plowing.” With the key sentence, he opened a new era.For generations, our reasoning about the management of the soil has rested upon the use of the moldboard plow. Mr. Faulkner proved rather conclusively that soil impoverishment, erosion, decreasing crop yields, and many of the adverse effects following droughts or periods of excessive rainfall could be traced directly to the practice of plowing natural fertilizers deep into the soil. Through his own test-plot and field-scale experiments, in which he prepared the soil with a disk harrow, in emulation of nature’s way on the forest floor and in the natural meadow, by incorporating green manures into its surface, he transformed ordinary, even inferior, soils into extremely productive, high-yield croplands.Time magazine called this concept “one of the most revolutionary ideas in agriculture history.” The volume is being made available again not only because farmers, ranchers, gardeners, and agriculturists demanded it, but also because it details the kind of “revolution” which will aid those searching for the fruits of the earth in the emerging nations.

Download or read book Save and Grow written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers a rich toolkit of relevant, adoptable ecosystem-based practices that can help the world's 500 million smallholder farm families achieve higher productivity, profitability and resource-use efficiency while enhancing natural capital.