Article
Agronomy
M. D. Raya-Sereno, J. L. Pancorbo, M. Alonso-Ayuso, J. L. Gabriel, M. Quemada
Summary: The objective of this study was to test the ability of different wheat genotypes to take up nitrogen from preceding legume crops under different water scenarios. The results showed that drought-tolerant genotypes had higher nitrogen nutrition index, biomass, yield, and nitrogen output under low water and nitrogen inputs, while other genotypes performed better under non-limiting conditions. Therefore, this study confirms differences between wheat genotypes in nitrogen uptake from preceding legumes in crop rotations under different water levels and highlights the potential of nitrogen nutrition index to assess wheat nitrogen status.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sara Gonzalez-Garcia, Fernando Almeida, Maria Teresa Moreira, Miguel Brandao
Summary: This study evaluated the cultivation of different varieties of winter wheat in Galicia under rotation systems, and found that scenarios including native wheat under organic management are environmentally preferred. The scenarios with native varieties also reported the highest profits in terms of gross margin. Further assessment is needed to identify differences in the results of different ways of conducting LCA.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
I. Piccoli, B. Lazzaro, L. Furlan, A. Berti, F. Morari
Summary: Conservation agriculture is a farming system that promotes minimum soil disturbance, maintenance of a permanent soil cover, and diversification of plant species, which has been introduced in the Veneto region of north east Italy. The study found that this system did not have detrimental effects on root development and positively affected maize, soybean, and winter wheat, possibly due to increased nutrient availability. Further research on soil-specific mechanisms between soil compaction and root apparatus is warranted.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pengnian Wu, Yanli Wang, Yuming Li, Haolin Yu, Jing Shao, Zhiheng Zhao, Yibo Qiao, Changshuo Liu, Shuimiao Liu, Chenkai Gao, Xiaokang Guan, Pengfei Wen, Tongchao Wang
Summary: This study evaluated different irrigation strategies for a winter wheat-summer maize rotation system to identify sustainable practices for maintaining yields while reducing groundwater depletion. The results showed that an optimized irrigation strategy (I-4) significantly increased crop yield and water productivity compared to the control (R) treatment. This approach effectively reduced field water losses and maintained relatively high soil water storage, contributing to system sustainable water use.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Dali Song, Xianglin Dai, Tengfei Guo, Jiwen Cui, Wei Zhou, Shaomin Huang, Jianbo Shen, Guoqing Liang, Ping He, Xiubin Wang, Shuiqing Zhang
Summary: Long-term heavy application of inorganic fertilizers reduces soil quality and biodiversity. Organic amendments have been found to have a positive impact on soil quality. This study demonstrates that the combined application of organic and inorganic fertilizers improves crop yield, soil chemical properties, microbial activity, and enzyme kinetic parameters, as well as enhances microbial growth and catabolic diversity.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Serhan Yesilkoy, Levent Saylan
Summary: This study simulated the yield and water footprint of sunflower and winter wheat in Northwestern Turkey, projecting future temperature and precipitation changes based on climate predictions. The results indicate a decrease in sunflower yield and a potential increase or decrease in winter wheat yield in different cities.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Matthew R. Ryan, Sandra Wayman, Christopher J. Pelzer, Caitlin A. Peterson, Uriel D. Menalled, Terry J. Rose
Summary: The research indicates that mulch from cover crops can effectively suppress weeds in organic winter wheat planting. Winter wheat seedling emergence shows an asymptotic relationship with mulch biomass, with higher biomass suppressing weeds without affecting wheat growth, and grain yield remains unaffected.
Article
Agronomy
Jiangwen Nie, Matthew Tom Harrison, Jie Zhou, Lei Yang, Jie Zhao, Xiquan Wang, Ke Liu, Shang Wang, Huadong Zang, Yadong Yang, Zhaohai Zeng
Summary: Replacing maize with soybean in winter wheat rotations increases annual evapotranspiration but does not maintain productivity or improve water productivity. It is suggested to explore other drought-tolerant grain legumes for more reliable yields and less water consumption in legume-based crop rotations.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Muhammad Asif, Idil Ertem, Huseyin Beyaz, Cynthia A. A. Grant, Hans Lambers, Ismail Cakmak
Summary: Rapeseed rotation can lead to increased cadmium concentration in wheat plants due to the suppression of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi activity.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Walid Kamal Abdelbasset, Saud M. Alrawaili, Shereen H. Elsayed, Tazeddinova Diana, Sami Ghazali, Bassem F. Felemban, Mohammed Zwawi, Mohammed Algarni, Chia-Hung Su, Hoang Chinh Nguyen, Omar Mahmoud
Summary: There is a growing attention to bio and renewable energies due to the depletion of fossil fuels and global warming. In this study, a modeling and simulation method using artificial intelligence (AI) was developed to predict the production of bioenergy from vegetable bean oil. Various AI methods were applied to predict the yield of Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) production, and the models were evaluated using different metrics. The results showed high accuracy and the boosted SVR and ANN models demonstrated better prediction efficiency.
ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Haitao Wang, Shutan Ma, Guodong Shao, Klaus Dittert
Summary: The study shows that urease and nitrification inhibitors have the potential to reduce N2O emissions. Oilseed rape fields have higher N2O emissions, indicating the need for careful management of straw. Future research should focus on different fertilizer levels and optimized N application strategies.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Zhang Yong-hui, Yang Yu-bin, Chen Chun-lei, Zhang Kui-ting, Jiang Hai-yan, Cao Wei-xing, Zhu Yan
Summary: The objective of this study was to develop a model for simulating the leaf color dynamics of winter wheat under different nitrogen rates. RGB data of winter wheat leaves were collected and a color model was developed using the collected data. The results showed that leaf color changes went through three stages, and different linear functions were used to simulate the dynamics of RGB values. The developed model was validated and used to render wheat leaves in 3D, which showed good agreement with the observed leaf color dynamics.
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Zewei Yue, Zhao Li, Guirui Yu, Zhi Chen, Peili Shi, Yunfeng Qiao, Kun Du, Chao Tian, Fenghua Zhao, Peifang Leng, Zhaoxin Li, Hefa Cheng, Gang Chen, Fadong Li
Summary: This study characterized the CO2 fluxes of a winter wheat-summer maize rotation cropland in different growing periods and identified the driving factors using long-term monitoring data. Leaf area index (LAI), photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), and soil water content (SWC) were found to be important drivers of CO2 fluxes in both wheat and maize seasons. The findings provide valuable insights into the carbon cycle of cropland ecosystems under climate change.
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Remote Sensing
Bing-Bing Goh, Peter King, Rebecca L. Whetton, Sheida Z. Sattari, Nicholas M. Holden
Summary: This study aims to evaluate winter wheat development by comparing predicted biophysical properties from Sentinel-2 data with target growth benchmarks. The results show that phenology-specific models perform better and can be reliably used for crop monitoring.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Kevin K. Clausen, Marian D. Thorsted, Jesper Pedersen, Jesper Madsen
Summary: This study quantifies the impact of waterfowl grazing on winter wheat yield, crop height, and nutrient content using two parallel methods: exclosure experiments and yield assessments. The study found that waterfowl grazing significantly reduced crop height during winter and early spring, but compensatory growth restored it to normal levels at harvest time. The effect on grain yield varied from non-significant to a 6% loss, with significant losses only occurring when grazing continued into spring. Large-scale scaring efforts had limited effects on grain yield loss when fields were grazed during spring but prevented damage in winter-grazed fields. These findings suggest that economic impacts from grazing waterfowl on winter wheat are rare in the study area and possibly in other temperate regions.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Vesh R. Thapa, Rajan Ghimire, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Mark A. Marsalis, Meagan E. Schipanski
Summary: This study investigated the impact of cover crops on soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities in a semi-arid environment. The results showed that cover crops can increase total microbial community size, fungal abundance, and enzyme activities associated with carbon and nutrient cycling. Among cover crops, oat and its mixtures with legumes and brassicas were most effective in improving soil health and biogeochemical cycling in a hot and dry semi-arid climate.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
K. S. Gill, N. Kumar, H. S. Randhawa, K. Murphy, A. H. Carter, C. F. Morris, R. W. Higginbotham, D. A. Engle, S. O. Guy, D. J. Lyon, T. D. Murray, X. M. Chen, W. F. Schillinger
Summary: "Resilience CL+" is a soft white common winter wheat cultivar with two-gene tolerance to imazamox herbicide, high yield potential, and adaptation to regions of the inland Pacific Northwest. It carries two mutation alleles of the acetolactate synthase gene and exhibits herbicide tolerance equivalent to certain Clearfield cultivars.
JOURNAL OF PLANT REGISTRATIONS
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Lumarie Perez-Guzman, Lori A. Phillips, Miguel A. Acevedo, Veronica Acosta-Martinez
Summary: Different approaches for assessing soil microbial function and community in semiarid soils were highly comparable and provided similar information on how microbial communities were responding to both management and climate, indicating that soil texture, organic matter content, and Tier 2 indicators were moderate to strong predictors of the biological responses.
SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Rael Otuya, Lindsey C. Slaughter, Charles P. West, Sanjit K. Deb, Veronica Acosta-Martinez
Summary: Establishment of improved perennial pasture systems can enhance soil health in semiarid regions like the Texas Southern High Plains. Utilizing composted animal manure as a soil amendment can increase soil organic carbon and improve microbial communities. Even a one-time application of compost at a relatively low rate can boost soil organic carbon in semiarid pastures, with greater effects observed in fertilized grass-only pastures compared to those with legume establishment.
SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Drew J. Lyon, Judit Barroso, Mark E. Thorne, Jennifer Gourlie, Larry K. Lutcher
Summary: The study demonstrated that sulfentrazone + carfentrazone, flumioxazin + pyroxasulfone, and metribuzin are effective in controlling Russian thistle in no-till fallow, with variations based on location and timing of application.
Article
Soil Science
Manish Sapkota, Joseph Young, Lindsey Slaughter, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Cade Coldren
Summary: This study investigated soil microbial biomass and composition in turfgrass systems in semiarid climates, finding that microbial biomass in residential soils was influenced by home age. Soil organic matter and silt content were identified as key factors affecting microbial community. The shift from fungal to bacterial dominated microbial communities in urban environments as landscapes matured was attributed to long-term effects of irrigation, fertilization, and pesticide use. Time after establishment was deemed more important than subtle differences in management in development of soil microbial communities, suggesting achievable soil health and resource conservation goals with relatively low levels of management over time in this setting.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Vesh R. Thapa, Rajan Ghimire, Dawn VanLeeuwen, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Manoj Shukla
Summary: Cover crops are promoted to improve soil health and carbon sequestration in agroecosystems, with oats and their mixtures showing greater improvement in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen compared to other cover crops in water-limited environments.
Article
Agronomy
Mark E. Thorne, Drew J. Lyon
Summary: Rush skeletonweed is an invasive weed in winter wheat/summer fallow rotations in the low to intermediate rainfall areas of the inland Pacific Northwest. Effective control of rush skeletonweed during the summer fallow phase can be achieved through a combination of fall application of picloram and a burn-down treatment in August prior to winter wheat seeding.
Article
Agronomy
John F. Spring, Samuel R. Revolinski, Frank L. Young, Drew J. Lyon, Ian C. Burke
Summary: This study characterized the population structure of Salsola tragus in the inland Pacific Northwest using a genotyping-by-sequencing approach. The results showed that the population in this region is mainly comprised of a single, tetraploid species with weak population structure. Despite high phenotypic variability, agronomic weed managers can consider S. tragus as a single entity for management purposes, as there is no evidence of cryptic subgroups with differential responses to management inputs.
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Robert S. Dungan, Chad W. McKinney, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, April B. Leytem
Summary: Dairy manure application has a significant impact on soil health indicators in semiarid irrigated row crops, leading to increased soil organic matter pools and biological nutrient cycling. The magnitude of these indicators is dependent on the application rate.
SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Drew J. Lyon, Mark E. Thorne
Summary: Smooth scouringrush has invaded no-till production fields in the US Pacific Northwest. The study reveals that the increase in silica content may affect the efficacy of glyphosate, and the timing of application and the addition of an organosilicone surfactant have an impact on smooth scouringrush control.
Article
Agronomy
Drew J. Lyon, Mark E. Thorne
Summary: The study aimed to determine the dose response of rush skeletonweed to picloram applied in the fall or spring with different sprayers, and evaluate the impact on injury and grain yield in subsequent winter wheat crops. Results showed that treatments applied with weed-sensing sprayers achieved similar efficacy to broadcast treatments, but at lower doses. Fall picloram applications did not reduce winter wheat grain yields. Spring broadcast applications of picloram reduced grain yields, and the reduction increased with higher picloram rates. Therefore, applying picloram in the fall with a weed-sensing sprayer effectively controls rush skeletonweed without significant impact on winter wheat grain yields.
Article
Agronomy
Marija Savic, Mark E. Thorne, Drew J. Lyon
Summary: Smooth scouringrush, a troublesome weed in no-till cropping systems, can be effectively controlled by adding an organosilicone surfactant to glyphosate herbicide. The addition of the surfactant improves the efficacy and consistency of control through stomatal flooding. Daytime applications of the herbicide are generally more effective than nighttime applications, but there may be exceptions depending on environmental conditions.
Article
Soil Science
Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Jon Cotton, Lindsey C. Slaughter, Rajan Ghimire, Wayne Roper
Summary: This study examines the effects of transitioning from tilled cotton systems to no-tillage with winter wheat as a cover crop on soil health in semi-arid regions. The results show that no-till systems can significantly improve soil health, as indicated by various soil health indicators and increased nutrient cycling.
Article
Agronomy
Lumarie Perez-Guzman, Lori A. Phillips, Brent J. Seuradge, Ikechukwu Agomoh, Craig F. Drury, Veronica Acosta-Martinez
Summary: The soil microbial community (SMC) and soil organic matter (SOM) are closely related and sensitive to land-use changes. Grass systems showed better soil health indicators compared to monocultures of corn and soybean in a long-term study, highlighting the importance of implementing sustainable agricultural practices to maintain soil health.
AGROSYSTEMS GEOSCIENCES & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
