Crop Management Strategy Articles & Analysis
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Citrus greening, more widely recognized as Huanglongbing (HLB), is caused by the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, has emerged as one of the most destructive threats to citrus production worldwide. Since 2019, this disease has ravaged citrus industries worldwide, destroying approximately 75% of orange and 85% of grapefruit production in affected regions. It severely stunts tree ...
Insect pheromones are highly specific and have been successfully used to control pest populations, monitor insect activity, and enhance mating in agricultural crops. Oleyl alcohol has several advantages when used as a pheromone. ...
Monitoring soil health is essential for farmers to make informed decisions about crop management practices, fertilizer application, and irrigation strategies. ...
ByJXCT
Soil tension meters are important tools for irrigation management and soil research.The basic principle behind soil tension meters is the measurement of the pressure required to remove water from a small ceramic cup buried in the soil. ...
Tackling Malawi's Hidden Hunger through Selenium and Iodine biofortification to green vegetables and conservation agriculture (CA) field crops Introduction In sub-Saharan Africa, micronutrient deficiencies are common in poor and rural areas, due to over-farmed, depleted soils and restricted diets. ...
Here, cover crops and reduced tilling work very well together. Water Conservation As any farmer will tell you, one of the biggest challenges to growing crops is water availability. ...
ByGrowers
With navel orangeworm (NOW) monitoring well underway in the Central Valley, it’s time to review your spray strategy for the 2020 season. While percent damage in previous seasons can give you a sense of how successful your NOW management program was, it can be hard to find the answers when things don’t go according to plan. ...
Rice and wheat are major cereal crops in Nepal. Climate change impacts are widespread and farmers in developing countries like Nepal are among the most vulnerable. ...
Edible Horticulture Research Priorities by Crop Group All Crops Developing integrated pest management strategies for horticultural production systems that incorporate pesticides, alternative control measures, host resistance and/or take a systems approach to controlling pests, disease and weeds. ...
“Soil type, variety choice, field history and location, and awareness of the risk presented by previous crops are all factors that should be taken into account when devising a slug control strategy suited to the season ahead,” he says. ...
The fungus also infects noncereal crops, such as potatoes and sugar beets, and the genetic relationships among barley, wheat, potato, and sugar beet isolates indicate high levels of similarity. ...
Forecast models indicated that annual prepeak pollen index (PI) was the variable most influencing the final olive crop. Spring and summer rainfall and both maximum and minimum temperatures in summer and autumn were the major weather-related parameters affecting final fruit production, although statistical analysis revealed differences between sites with regard to the timing and ...
The objectives of this study were (i) to examine the relationships among NDVI determined early in the growing season, soil color-based management zones (SCMZ), and relative maize (Zea mays L.) grain yield and (ii) to determine if coupling soil color-based management zones with NDVI improves the accuracy of soil color-based management zone ...