Crop residue
Scrotal circumference, body weight and serum testosterone concentration of Red Sokoto weaner bucks as influenced by dry season crop residue supplementation
... The observed higher digestibilities of DM, CP, NDF and ADF at the 1% level in comparison to the 2% level can be attributed to the higher feed intake at the 2% level of inclusion. It has been established that higher feed ...
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Seed-drill opener type and crop residue load affect canola establishment, but only residue load affects yield
... systems, crop residue removal is minimized. Advantages of residue retention include mitigation of soil tem- perature extremes, increased soil fertility (Kumar and Goh, 2002), and water (Smil, 1999) ...
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Influence of crop residue ration supplementation on the attainment of puberty and postpartum reproductive activities of Red Sokoto goats
... (cheap crop residue feed resource) is recommended to Nigerian smallholder goat farmers, as this would yield just as good results in terms of attainment of puberty and post- partum reproductive performance, ...
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Planting Cotton in a Crop Residue in a Semiarid Climate: Water Balance and Lint Yield
... a crop residue obtained by terminating a winter wheat crop planted in ...the residue is mainly to provide a mechanical barrier to wind and thus protect cotton seedlings at a time when they are ...
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The crop-residue of fiber hemp cv Futura 75: from a waste product to a source of botanical insecticides
... Abstract In the attempt to exploit the potential of the mon- oecious fiber hemp cv. Futura 75 in new fields besides textile, cosmetics and food industry, its crop-residue given by leaves and inflorescences ...
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Demonstration of Improved Feed Trough for Efficient Utilization of Crop Residue: The Case of Southern Zone of Tigray Region, Ethiopia
... were crop residue, grazing land, crop after math, grass hay, weed, improved forage and concentrate ...used crop residue (100%), grass hay (86.2%) and crop aftermath (100%) in the ...
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Influence of carbonized crop residue on soil carbon storage in red pepper field
... (crop residue makes up a signifi- cant portion of the biomass) is mostly returned to the atmosphere by decomposition from being discarded or ...various crop residues produced in agricultural ...
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Tillage, Crop Residue and Inorganic Nitrogen Effects on Crop Yields, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in Kirimari Ward in Embu County, Kenya
... surface residue cover cushions the soil against increased penetration resistance through absorbing any pressure exerted on the soil and preventing the soil from exposure to extreme weather (Hamza & Anderson, ...
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Crop Residue Management in Conservation Agriculture Systems in Zimbabwe Smallholder Farming Sector: Importance, Management Challenges and Possible Solutions
... to crop- livestock ...the residue is removed during the ...for crop residue for different household ...of crop residues as soil surface cover are not fully realised because the residues ...
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Spatial variability mapping of crop residue using hyperion (EO-1) hyperspectral data
... mapping crop residue and soil fractions on agricultural land using ...the crop residue fraction, the image was unmixed considering the entire spectral range (427 nm–2355 nm) and the ...the ...
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Surface soil phosphorus and phosphatase activities affected by tillage and crop residue input amounts
... and residue input amounts on soil phosphatase (alkaline phosphomonoesterase ALP, acid phosphomonoesterase ACP, phosphodiesterase PD, and inorganic pyrophosphatase IPP) activities and soil phos- phorus (P) forms ...
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Impacts of Crop Residue and Cover Crops on Soil Hydrological Properties, Soil Water Storage and Water Use Efficiency of Soybean Crop
... Therefore, crop residues provide food and habitat for micro and macro organisms those preserve and increase porosity in the ...of crop residue harvest on BD ...
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Crop Residue Management through Options
... this crop residue (90-140 Mt ...of residue emitted ...in crop residues are lost in the form of various gaseous and particulate matters, resulting in atmospheric pollution and global warming, ...
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Effects of minimum tillage practices and crop residue retention on soil properties and crop yields under a rice-based cropping System
... Higher crop residue retention increased rice and jute yield in the second year but the opposite results were found with lentil in the second ...higher residue retention increased REY in the second ...
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Modeling of Volatile Organic Compounds Dispersion from Open Crop Residue Burning
... inexpensive clearing land for the next crop cycle (PCD 2016). Maize residues that are burned in the field have evidently caused air pollution in the form of smoke and dust. A massive amount of air emissions could ...
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DEVELOPMENT OF CROP RESIDUE CUTTING MECHANISMS FOR DIRECT DRILLING UNDER NO-TILLAGE CONDITIONS
... developed crop residue cutting mechanism performed better under no-till conditions and recommended for no-till sowing under heavy crop residue ...
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CAUSES OF CROP RESIDUE BURNING IN PUNJAB: AN EVALUATION OF POLICY AND LEGAL MECHANISM
... Agriculture residue burning is an environment and health policy issue at the international, regional, national and state level and is a serious nuisance and a health ...of crop residue ...of ...
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PARADOXICAL ROLE OF CROP RESIDUE IN THE AGRICULTURE OF ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS: A REVIEW
... (2) Crop residues and agro-industrial by-products; and (3) Cultivated pasture and forage-crop species (Mengistu, ...of crop residue for animal feeding particularly in the highlands of Ethiopia ...
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Comparative effects of crop residue incorporation and inorganic potassium fertilization on soil C and N characteristics and microbial activities in cotton field
... between crop straw and ...with crop residue in- corporation (W0C1, W1C0 and W1C1) significantly in- creased activities of soil cellulase and β-glucosidase, suggesting that C cycle was accelerated in ...
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Effect of crop residue and nitrogen levels in yield and yield attributing traits of rice under Rice-Wheat Cropping System
... of residue burning, removal and incorporation on irrigated cereal crop yield and soil chemical ...of crop residue and different nitrogen levels on grain yield of wheat under rice-wheat ...
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