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Corn Or Sorghum/ Italian Ryegrass Forage Rotation Under Different Cultivation Systems In High Rainfall Areas Of Spain, M Rodriquez-Juli, I Bordegarai, G Besga, A Martinez, J Pineiro Jun 2024

Corn Or Sorghum/ Italian Ryegrass Forage Rotation Under Different Cultivation Systems In High Rainfall Areas Of Spain, M Rodriquez-Juli, I Bordegarai, G Besga, A Martinez, J Pineiro

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

A field assay was established at three locations in northern Spain with the main objective of characterizing forage production and evaluating no-tillage methods as an alternative to the conventional labour practices. Three fields located in Guntìn (Galicia), Grado (Asturias) and Derio (Basque Country) were sown different rotations: Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.)-corn (Zea mays L.) and Italian ryegrass-sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench x sudangrass) under two different systems: conventional tillage (T) and no-tillage (NT). Italian ryegrass-corn rotation was more productive than the sorghum x sudangrass rotation in the three sites, with average forage yield varying from 17.8 …


Cynodon Dactylon Control In Conservation Tillage Systems, A Rios, J M. Sanz Apr 2024

Cynodon Dactylon Control In Conservation Tillage Systems, A Rios, J M. Sanz

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L. PERS.) is the most important weed in Uruguay. With the development of conservation tillage systems, chemical control of bermudagrass becomes essential. The objective of this research was to evaluate, in a long term integrated program, bermudagrass chemical control during the first year of a pasture. Application of glyphosate and no-tillage seeding of the pasture took place during fall. A 70% reduction of underground part of the weed was detected. The chemical control, together with a conservation tillage system and an adequate pasture management allowed an important reduction in bermudagrass level for the first year pasture. …


Production Systems To Integrate Livestock Grazing And Grain Production In Southern Brazil And Midwestern Usa, R. Mark Sulc, A. Moraes, S. J. Alves, A. Pelissari, Paulo C. De F. Carvalho, C. R. Lang Jun 2023

Production Systems To Integrate Livestock Grazing And Grain Production In Southern Brazil And Midwestern Usa, R. Mark Sulc, A. Moraes, S. J. Alves, A. Pelissari, Paulo C. De F. Carvalho, C. R. Lang

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

Agriculture in the USA and Brazil has undergone similar and dramatic changes in the past 20 years. In both countries, production systems have become increasingly specialized. Large farms are characterized by single enterprises, simple crop rotations, and livestock production is segregated from grain production. The lack of diversification and high production costs expose producers to risk from economic swings of single enterprises and greater reliance on pesticides and synthetic fertilizers to maintain profitability, along with greater risk of soil erosion from continuous row crop production. Scientists in southern Brazil and Ohio are collaborating to develop no-tillage systems that integrate livestock …


Methods Of Ryegrass Establishment (Lolium Multiflorum Lam.) Affecting Optimal Sward Height To Maximize The Intake Rate, Delma Fabíola Ferreira Da Silva, Lidiane Fonseca, Carolina Bremm, Anibal De Moraes, Alda L. G. Monteiro, Hélio Mayer, Thiago Marzarotto, Paulo C. De F. Carvalho Dec 2019

Methods Of Ryegrass Establishment (Lolium Multiflorum Lam.) Affecting Optimal Sward Height To Maximize The Intake Rate, Delma Fabíola Ferreira Da Silva, Lidiane Fonseca, Carolina Bremm, Anibal De Moraes, Alda L. G. Monteiro, Hélio Mayer, Thiago Marzarotto, Paulo C. De F. Carvalho

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

In integrated systems it is common to use the no-tillage method. The adoption of this method improves the system's sustainability (Laurent et al. 2011). It is necessary to understand the effects of the integrated systems on sward structure and its consequences in the grazing process and in animal production. The intake rate of grazing animals is primarily responsible for the animal performance (Coleman 2006), which short-termdepends mainly on sward structure (Laca and Demment 2006). The sward height has great influence on the animal decision on where to take the next bite (Mcgilloway et al. 1999). The hypothesis of …


Soil Management And Nitrogen Dynamics In Burley Tobacco Rotations, Congming Zou Jan 2015

Soil Management And Nitrogen Dynamics In Burley Tobacco Rotations, Congming Zou

Theses and Dissertations--Plant and Soil Sciences

Agronomic practices, including tillage, crop rotation and N fertilization, have been developed to efficiently manage soil N dynamics and crop N nutrition. These practices can affect soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil total nitrogen (STN) sequestration, and consequently influence soil nitrogen mineralization (SNM) and crop N nutrition. However, little research has been systematically and simultaneously conducted to examine the effect of agronomic management on (1) SOC and STN stocks; (2) SNM; and (3) crop N nutrition. Burley tobacco (Nicotiana tobacum L.) is a N demanding crop and subject to inefficiency in N fertilization. Moreover, conservation tillage and rotation have been …


No-Till Sowing : Helping To Keep Cropland Soils In Place, Kevin Bligh, Paul Findlater Jan 1996

No-Till Sowing : Helping To Keep Cropland Soils In Place, Kevin Bligh, Paul Findlater

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Repeated erosion of tilled land can ;ower crop and pasture yields because of reduced available moisture and nutrient storage. Kevin Bligh and Paul Findlater look at the causes of water and wind erosion and the role of no-till sowing in minimising erosion.


Narrow-Winged Seeder Points Reduce Water Erosion And Maintain Crop Yields, Kevin Bligh Jan 1991

Narrow-Winged Seeder Points Reduce Water Erosion And Maintain Crop Yields, Kevin Bligh

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Sowing crops without loosening the topsoil by tillage reduces water erosion. It can increase infiltration of rainfall into loamy soils, thereby reducing runoff and increasing potential crop yields. Crop yields were maintained after I1 seasons of seeding an Avon Valley loam near Beverley with minimum and no-tillage seeding operations. Infiltration increased significantly from 80 per cent of the 1983 growing-season rainfall under the traditional three tillage operations, to 87per cent under a single tillage operation using a combine seed drill. Infiltration increased further to 96 per cent under a no-tillage system using a triple^lisc drill. At Gnowangerup, 80 per cent …


Effects Of No-Tillage Fallow As Compared To Conventional Tillage In A Wheat-Fallow System, C. R. Fenster, G. A. Peterson Oct 1979

Effects Of No-Tillage Fallow As Compared To Conventional Tillage In A Wheat-Fallow System, C. R. Fenster, G. A. Peterson

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

The benefits of reducing tillage by use of herbicides for weed control emphasizes why research was started to study a fallow system where all tillage was replaced by herbicides. Wheat planting was then the only soil disturbing operation. Objectives of the research were to compare the effects of no-tillage (chemical), stubble-mulch and plow (bare fallow) systems of fallow on: 1. Grain yield. 2. Grain protein. 3. Residue retention. 4. Soil nitrate-nitrogen accumulation. 5. Soil water accumulations during fallow. Data presented are in the form of a progress report. These experiments will continue.