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The Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment publishes high-quality, and original research, review and opinion papers in all areas of agriculture and environmental sciences and relevant policies. The journal welcomes glasshouse and field experiments set up to understand mechanisms of interactions between plant and soils that increase productivity and reduce environmental impacts...
Wiley Online Library » Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
4d ago
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Pastoral farming on hill country landscapes influences nitrogen (N) dynamics and its losses to freshwater. This study reviewed the current literature identifying key effects of pastoral hill country landscape features and land management practices on nitrate losses to receiving waters. The review also highlighted the potential effects of inherent landscape features on nitrate attenuation pathways for better water quality outcomes. Intensive land use activities involving high rates of fertiliser application, higher stocking rates and cattle grazing, relative to sheep grazing, are more ..read more
Wiley Online Library » Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
1w ago
Abstract Introduction
Agriculture is confronted by the dual challenges of increasing global demand for food production while reducing negative impacts on the environment. One suggested solution is transitioning modern industrial agriculture to more agroecologically-informed practices, thus realigning increased food production with the carrying capacity of Earth Systems. The transition to multifunctional agroecological systems, that promote the production of multiple ecosystem services (ES) as well as food production, requires an adaptive management process that addresses climate-change, market ..read more
Wiley Online Library » Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
1w ago
Abstract Introduction
Wheat is a significant contributor to the food and nutritional security of the world. Due to climatic constraints and heat stress condition, the potentiality of wheat to eradicate existing hunger and malnutrition has been severely limited all around the world.
Materials and Methods
To evaluate the performance and stability of elite wheat genotype under irrigated and heat stress environment, a field experiment was conducted during the wheat growing season of 2020, 2021 and 2022 under irrigated and heat stress environment that altogether created six distinct wheat grow ..read more
Wiley Online Library » Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
1M ago
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Incorporation of inoculum in different carrier materials may increase the efficacy of bacterial inocula.
Materials and Methods
Field experiments were conducted using two strains of rhizobium and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) and their respective combinations using different carrier materials in common bean-growing regions in three soil types in Kenya. The field experiment was laid out in a split-plot arrangement with the strain inoculations as the main plot while the subplots consisted of the carrier materials (filter mud, peat moss and yeast extract mannitol brot ..read more
Wiley Online Library » Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
1M ago
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Biostimulants are proposed to have a role in sustainable food production and are being increasingly used strategies to limit the negative effects of drought stress on crop yield and soil health. However, how different biostimulants used alone, or in combination with conventional management approaches affect soil health and crop yield under drought in different soils is not well understood. Here we conducted a glasshouse experiment to investigate this.
Materials and Methods
Two soil types from fields maintained under intensive (IM) and extensive (EM) management practices w ..read more
Wiley Online Library » Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
2M ago
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Mechanical termination of crops can negatively affect soil biological, chemical, and structural characteristics. Perennial crops do not require annual termination and can improve these same soil characteristics, which has catalysed interest in the development of new perennial crops. Advanced lines of the perennial grass intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium [Host] Barkworth and Dewey; IWG) have been bred for increased seed size and marketed as Kernza® perennial grain, but little is known about how this new crop can be terminated for subsequent annual crop produc ..read more
Wiley Online Library » Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
2M ago
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Soil bacterial community structure, abundance and diversity, important in biogeochemical cycling, are influenced by several anthropogenic and edaphic factors. Numerous agronomic practices have been promoted to improve soil fertility and crop production in western Kenya, but little is known on their impacts on soil microbial diversity in the region.
Materials and Methods
In this study, conducted in 2019, we assessed the influence of various long-term (17 years) agronomic management practices, involving application of farmyard manure (FYM) either sole or under different com ..read more
Wiley Online Library » Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
2M ago
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2024 ..read more
Wiley Online Library » Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
2M ago
Overview of the greenhouse experiment aiming to study the effect of single and combined inoculation of Trichoderma and AMF on maize performance and belowground microbial communities. After 7 weeks of maize growth, effect of different inoculations on soil microbial and plant parameters (e.g. microbiota composition, AMF/Trichoderma abundance, AMF colonization, total root length and inoculation response based on shoot/root dry weight) were evaluated.
Abstract Introduction
Inoculation of plants with beneficial microorganisms may improve plant performance yet suffers from efficacy variability. A ..read more
Wiley Online Library » Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment
3M ago
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Grapevine is one of the most important perennial fruit crops worldwide. Historically, vineyards were compatible with soil conservation practices and multitrophic biodiversity, but vineyards are now generally eroded and biologically impoverished, making them more susceptible to pests and diseases. However, the idiosyncrasy of the wine sector places wine growers in a unique position to lead the adoption of a range of sustainable management strategies and, thus, to pioneer a wider transformation of the agricultural sector. In this article, we provide an overview of nature-based managemen ..read more