crop seed Articles
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Cuphea nitrogen uptake and seed yield response to nitrogen fertilization
Cuphea (Cuphea viscosissima Jacq. x C. lanceolata W.T. Aiton, PSR23) is an oilseed crop that is a rich source of medium-chain fatty acids. Progress has been made on improving cuphea agronomically, but little is known about N fertility requirements for optimum cuphea production. The objective of this study was to determine the N necessary for maximizing seed yield and oil content. Experiment 1 was ...
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Soil phosphorus
As I "dig" deeper into the soil microbial world I am amazed how much we understand but few utilize what we do know. The word is getting out that if we let the soil microbes thrive and multiply by feeding our soil degradable plant and organic material the microbes will give our plants and crops back the nutrients they need. We are now finding that by adding fertilizers directly in the inorganic ...
By NanoWorxs
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Ammoniation granulation of NPK compound fertilizer production line
Compound fertilizer is suitable for all kinds of soil, wheat, corn, melon and fruit, peanut, vegetables, beans, flowers, fruit trees and other crops and economic crops. It is suitable for base fertilizer, seed fertilizer, topdressing, seed fertilizer and flushing application. The compound fertilizer produced by ammoniation granulation NPK compound fertilizer production line adopts ammoniation and ...
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Flowering phenology and synchrony between volunteer and cropped spring wheat: Implications for pollen-mediated gene flow
Genetically engineered (GE) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) volunteers could present a problem in cultivated wheat because they may facilitate movement of a GE trait to other volunteers or non-GE wheat crops. However, volunteers can emerge periodically throughout the growing season and, thus, flowering overlap with the crop may be largely asynchronous, presenting a significant barrier to gene flow. ...
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Cover crop and nitrogen effects on maize productivity in no-Tillage Systems of the Brazilian cerrados
Cover crops in direct seeding mulch-based cropping (DMC) systems can be an effective tool to optimize N management for crop production in the Brazilian cerrados. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of four cover crops on maize (Zea mays L.) grain yields in two fields that had been under DMC for 3 and 14 yr. We hypothesized that cover crops would optimize N supply to the maize ...
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Cover Crop and nitrogen effects on maize productivity in no-tillage systems of the Brazilian Cerrados
Cover crops in direct seeding mulch-based cropping (DMC) systems can be an effective tool to optimize N management for crop production in the Brazilian cerrados. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of four cover crops on maize (Zea mays L.) grain yields in two fields that had been under DMC for 3 and 14 yr. We hypothesized that cover crops would optimize N supply to the maize ...
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Plan for success
Take a giant step ahead by using farm management software for your crop planning As the influx of agtech sweeps across fields today, the old adage that best-laid plans often go awry no longer applies to your farm. Crop plans may be as old as farming, but the latest in farm management software takes your farm’s success to a new level. “Crop plans may be as old as farming, but the ...
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Nitrogen Fixers
Here’s a bit of geeky plant science. On this image of the roots of white clover, you can plainly see bumps along the roots that are called nodules. Over millions of years, the plant has evolved a symbiotic relationship with certain species of soil-dwelling bacteria called Rhizobia. This group of bacteria has the ability to take nitrogen from the atmosphere and “fix” it by ...
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Variable Rate Technology: What is it and what are the Benefits?
Every day, as ag professionals, the focus is on the day-to-day needs of the farm, regardless if you’re a farmer, a retailer, advisor, or service provider. We all think about how to answer questions like which seed will perform the best this year, will commodity prices will be favorable, or will this year finally be another golden year like 2008… But, one of the biggest questions is a ...
By Growers
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Earth Innovations: Cover Cropping
Earth Innovations is a new series from Sound Agriculture that covers the up-and-coming techniques growers are deploying to keep their yields high and their land healthy for generations to come. In each blog post, we break down the benefits and challenges of incorporating new practices, using real growers’ experiences and the Sound Agronomy Team’s expertise. Cover crops are ...
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Managing fertilizer’s salt effect in drought
During drought or dry conditions, salinity and pH levels can change quickly in the soil. While the forecast shouldn’t entirely dictate how you manage your farm, understanding and performing the best farming practices when adding seed-placed nutrients can help save your yields when the rain fails to ...
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Strengthen your Seeding Strategy
On-farm weather stations and soil moisture probes take the guesswork out of seeding plans and execution As the 2023 seeding season is fast approaching, why not end the soil moisture guessing game on your farm? Especially when you have technology available to inform weather-related planning and crop management decisions. Precision crop management tools, including on-farm weather stations and soil ...
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How seed-placed fertilizer may hurt your crops if not applied carefully and attentively
Placing fertilizer within the seed row has been long-standing practice for many farmers across the prairies. Having those nutrients close to the seed makes it easily accessible by the plant, and can help the crop out of the ground and into the sun. Potash fertilizers and other nutrients, such as phosphate, are immobile fertilizers, meaning they don’t travel more than a half-inch through ...
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Advantages of heating mats in seed germination
Advantages of heating mats in seed germination Germinator and heated seedbed. Is seed germination uneven and inconstant? Every time you try to germinate seeds then the seedlings do not germinate or eventually dry up. You should know that not everyone has a green thumb or the right equipment. So what do you do? You give up, just like any inexperienced and hopeless gardener would. But it’s ...
By Cofilea srl
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7 Key Benefits of Farm Management Software
Farmers have been growing food for generations without using farm management software. But in today’s fast-paced and highly competitive food production landscape, farm management software, or FMS, is critical to success.Why Use Farm Management Software? A farm management software program implemented in an agricultural operation leads to reduced expenses, increased yields, better yield quality, ...
By AGRIVI
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Soil Nutrients and Field Health: what you Need to Know
The soil on your field is like the brain to your body. It tells your crops everything they need to know to produce a healthy yield; how many organisms live there, what the pH balance is, whether or not something is performing well… For the brain, if something isn’t performing well, the body can react catastrophically. The same thing happens with soil. If you have too much ...
By Growers
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Growth and yield response of rice varieties to foliar application of Boron | JBES 2020 @environmentalxpart
Abstract A field experiment was conducted during the Kharif season of 2018-19 at Rice Research Station Bahawalnagar on the calcareous sandy loam soil to assess the effect of foliar application of boron on growth & yield components of rice varieties (Kissan & Punjab Basmati 2016).The foliar application of boron aqueous solution was used as treatments comprised of control, 0.5kg/ha, ...
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Make the Most Out of Each Farmable Acre
Variable rate technology increases production and manage costs while reducing waste We farm in a time where working smarter, rather than harder, is essential to running a successful, sustainable business. There’s an incredible push in agriculture today for you to balance economics on the farm with environmental practices that keep farmland healthy for generations to come. The key to ...
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