(Beyond Pesticides, August 10, 2022) Cover crops added in-between rows of organic corn while they are still growing can provide a range of benefits that improve a farm’s sustainability and lowers its ...

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Grafting is a time-honoured practice in horticultural crop production that involves uniting a scion, the above‐ground portion of a plant chosen for its desirable fruit or flower characteristics, with ...

SEATTLE -- Most agronomists look to their laboratories, greenhouses or research farms for innovative new cropping techniques. But Jane Mt. Pleasant, professor of horticulture and director of the ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION UNDER DROUGHT (2011), pp. 3177-3189 (13 pages) A major challenge in rice (Oryza sativa L.) production is to enhance water use efficiency ...

Although many of us are unfamiliar with the term “trap cropping,” we may have used this technique in our gardens. If you have ever planted nasturtiums near your vegetables to help lure insects away ...

Salinization – the increasing amount of salt content in soil – contributes to land degradation, desertification and subsequently food insecurity. In the Middle East, the main constraint on ...