Breeding for organic agriculture: the example of winter wheat in Austria

F Löschenberger, A Fleck, H Grausgruber… - Euphytica, 2008 - Springer
Breeding for organic agriculture (BFOA) is a strategy for a commercial breeding company
based on the exploitation of the frequently observed high correlation for many traits between …

Weed growth and labor demand under hand-hoe based reduced tillage in smallholder farmers' fields in Zimbabwe

J Nyamangara, N Mashingaidze, EN Masvaya… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2014 - Elsevier
Conservation agriculture based on hand hoe dug planting basins has been widely promoted
for the last decade or two in the smallholder farming sector of southern Africa targeting …

Growth performance and ferulic acid composition of Amaranthus species and Mitracarpus villosus in competition with weeds species

B Ikhajiagbe, MC Ogwu - Environmental Sustainability, 2021 - Springer
Leafy vegetables are important for food security and human health and nutrition. However,
their growth, development and yield are often affected by weeds. Therefore, we investigated …

Nitrogen uptake and nitrogen fertilizer recovery in old and modern wheat genotypes grown in the presence or absence of interspecific competition

P Ruisi, B Frangipane, G Amato, AS Frenda… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Choosing genotypes with a high capacity for taking up nitrogen (N) from the soil and the
ability to efficiently compete with weeds for this nutrient is essential to increasing the …

Wheat seedlings growth response to water deficiency and how it correlates with adult plant tolerance to drought

D Dodig, M Zorić, M Jović, V Kandić… - The Journal of …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Improving resistance to water and osmotic stresses at the seedling stage is becoming a
much more important target for wheat breeders due to an increase in the frequency and …

Suppressive ability of selected fodder plants on the growth of Parthenium hysterophorus

N Khan, C O'donnell, D George, SW Adkins - Weed Research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Parthenium hysterophorus is an invasive weed in Australian rangelands. It displaces
valuable fodder plants and causes significant production losses within the cattle industry …

The critical point of conventionally bred soft wheat varieties in organic farming systems

P Konvalina, Z Stehno, J Moudry - Agronomy research, 2009 - orgprints.org
Nowdays, wheat is the most important crop for organic farming system. However, the
varieties breeded and tested in the conditions of organic farming system are still missing. It …

Suitability of wheat varieties for organic farming systems.

Z Uhr, G Ivanov, G Rachovska - 2017 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Choosing the right sorts of wheat is one of the key factors for achieving good results in
organic farming. Wheat varieties suitable for organic farming differ in a number of key …

Proxi-detection to monitor the growth status of wheat in the presence of weeds using low-cost and simple digital tools to track the emergence of stress

C Gée, L Dujourdy, V Mignon, E Denimal - Precision Agriculture, 2022 - Springer
This study combines proximal sensing technology based on a mobile visible imaging device
and a dynamic ecophysiological model to estimate the growth status of two winter wheat …

Wheat growing and quality in organic farming

P Konvalina, Z Stehno, I Capouchová… - Research in organic …, 2011 - books.google.com
Agricultural crop species represent a negligible part of the existing biodiversity. Over 50
percent of the daily global requirement of proteins and calories is met by just three crops …