The area under energy crops has increased tenfold over the last 10 years, and there is large
consensus that the demand for energy crops will further increase rapidly to cover several …

Selecting crops that express certain reproductive, leaf, and root traits has formed detectable,
albeit diverse, crop domestication syndromes. However, scientific and informal on-farm …

It has been debated how different farming systems influence the composition of soil bacterial
communities, which are crucial for maintaining soil health. In this research, we applied high …

Nature farming is a farming system that entails cultivating crops without using chemical
fertilizers and pesticides. The present study investigated the bacterial and fungal …

Thiessen Martens, JR, Entz, MH and Wonneck, MD 2015. Review: Redesigning Canadian
prairie cropping systems for profitability, sustainability, and resilience. Can. J. Plant Sci. 95 …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AM fungi) are important members of the soil microbial
community and can potentially offer benefits to low input and organic agricultural systems …

Organic farming in extensive production regions, such as the Canadian prairies have a
particularly difficult challenge of replenishing soil reserves of phosphorus (P). Organic grains …

Phosphorus is a nonrenewable resource, raising concerns that agricultural practices may
deplete reserves. Organic farming with low P inputs can result in deficient levels of plant …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are considered to play a pivotal role in organic farming
systems as they are known to enhance plant phosphorus (P) uptake from soils low in plant …

Organic spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) producers in the northern Great Plains use
cultivars which have been bred for conventional management systems or heritage cultivars …