Prebiotics, a subset of biostimulants, have garnered attention for their potential to enhance soil conditions and promote plant growth, offering a promising alternative to conventional agricultural inputs. This study explores how two commercial prebiotics, K1® and NUTRIGEO L® (SPK and SPN), impact soil functions compared to a control (SP). The expe...
Published in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Fertilization can greatly affect the quality of crops and soil. To determine the effects of long-term fertilization on crop productivity and measure the stoichiometry of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in the soil, a study was conducted in the laboratories of the Department of Agricultural Technology, College of Biotechnology, and Al-Qadisiyah Uni...
Integrated crop-livestock-forest systems (ICLFs) are a sustainable strategy for land use intensification, integrating annual crops, trees, and livestock in the same area and season.
Straw return was extensively applied owing to its multiple positive impacts on improving soil fertility, impeding soil degradation, enhancing soil carbon sequestration and increasing crop yield. Yet, the understanding of effects of straw return on carbon sequestration,soil nutrients, and rice yield of farmland with acidic soil at large spatial scal...
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Biostimulants are one of the new alternative solutions that are being developed and applied in order to replace chemical fertilization and reduce its negative impacts on the environment, precisely the soil ecology. Among them, Prebiotics are composed of ingredients from natural sources (plants and/or animal-based), and inorganic compounds and miner...
Organic farming and other agri-environmental schemes (AES) are important policy tools to support environmental-friendly agriculture. Often, AES require a direct reduction of actual management intensity to sustain biodiversity and non-marketable ecosystem services. In addition to lower management intensity, differences in topography and soils betwee...
Aims: In West Africa, savannas are changing to either forest islands or arable lands arising from anthropogenic interference with the natural ecosystem. This study aimed at quantifying the trade-offs of this land use conversion on major soil quality indicators. Methods: We evaluated soil organic matter (SOM) and other soil quality indicators such a...
This study investigates the perceptions and practices of farmers in Delta and Edo States, Nigeria, regarding pest and disease control methods. A survey of 160 farmers, 80 from each state, was conducted to gather data on their demographic characteristics, pest management strategies, and perceptions of soil fertility loss due to synthetic inputs. In ...
Shade trees are important components of cocoa-agroforestry systems because they influence yields, soil fertility and the occurrence of pests and diseases and may support adaptation to climate change. Based on a review of the existing literature and on primary data from field experiments, this chapter reports on the species-specific effects of shade...
