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Fertilizer Best Management Practices: A Perspective from the Dryland West Asia-North Africa Region
Chemical fertilizer use has contributed significantly to increased global food output in the past half century, especially in climatically favourable regions of the world. However, in drier agro-ecological zones, such as ...
Effect of shallow tillage, moldboard plowing, straw management and compost addition on soil organic matter and nitrogen in a dryland barley/wheat-vetch rotation
Sustainability of dryland cropping is a major issue in the typical Mediterranean climatic environment of West Asia and North Africa. Management of crop residues and soil organic matter (SOM) and its interrelationship with ...
Assessment of long-term barley–legume rotations in a typical Mediterranean agro-ecosystem: grain and straw yields
Traditional Mediterranean rainfed cereal/fallow systems are being replaced by cereal monoculture due to land-use pressure. Food or forage legumes in rotation with cereals are an alternative sustainable cropping system. ...
Soil Liming And Mineral Fertilization For Root Nodulation And Growth Of Faba Beans In An Acid Soil In Tunisia
Faba beans (Vicia faba L) are grown in northern Tunisia where annual rainfall approaches 1200 mm and where the soil acidity is the most limiting factor for plant growth. Aluminum (Al) and manganese (Mn) toxicities provide ...
Phosphorus Dynamics and Characterization Under Long-Term Rotation Trial
The direct addition of organic matter (OM) to soils generally has a favorable influence on phosphorus (P) dynamics and availability. However, the influence of indirect accumulation of OM through cropping systems on soil ...
Cultivation Intensity In Relation To Organic Matter And Related Properties In A Vertisol In Southern Turkey
As most of the organic carbon (C) in the biosphere resides in the soil in the form of soil organic matter (SOM), tillage practices can potentially increase C losses to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, thus contributing ...
Application of Soil and Plant Analysis for Applied Research and Development in West Asia–North Africa: An International Center's Perspective
The networks of 15 international research centers around the globe that are sponsored by the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) seeks to alleviate poverty in the developing world through ...
Nutrient monitoring of sewage water irrigation: Impacts for soil quality and crop nutrition
Agriculture in the Middle East region, specifically crop production (mainly cereals and food and forage legumes), is invariably limited by low rainfall and thus soil moisture. Although irrigation is contributing to increased ...
Boron Deficiency In Rainfed Wheat In Pakistan: Incidence, Spatial Variability And Management Strategies
Boron (B) deficiency is potentially an important nutrient constraint in calcareous soils. We determined B deficiency incidence and spatial distribution in rainfed wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in 1.82 Mha Pothohar plateau ...