CONTEXT Cover crops are widely promoted in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere to replace or reduce fallow periods between cash crops. The reported benefits …
Seed size, sowing depth, and seed disinfection can affect seed germination and seedling establishment, which, in turn, can directly affect crop growth and yield. The current study was …
Crop yield must increase to keep pace with growing global demand. Past increases in crop production have rarely been attributable to an individual innovation but have occurred when …
Context Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) adaptation is highly dependent on crop lifecycle duration, particularly the time at which flowering occurs in a specific environment. Frost, low …
CONTEXT The nutritive value of annual pasture legumes changes with phenology during each season, with a progressive decrease in feeding value as plants accumulate structural …
LE Goward, RE Haling, RW Smith… - Crop and Pasture …, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Serradellas (Ornithopus spp.) are promising alternative annual legumes to subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.), for permanent, temperate pastures …
Precipitation is a key meteorological component that is directly related to climate change. Quantifying the changes in the precipitation bioclimate is crucial in planning climate-change …
Context Few studies have investigated summer cover crops as a replacement for bare fallow in semi-arid temperate regions, and summer cover crop impacts on soil biological function …
K Verburg, RD Armstrong, JS Biggs, NS Wilhelm… - Field Crops …, 2024 - Elsevier
Context Phosphorus (P) fertiliser is often placed shallow, near the seed, and plant-available P tends to be concentrated in the topsoil (0–5 cm), because of its relatively immobile nature …