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Carbon footprints for wheat cropping systems in semiarid prairies
(2014-03-11)
Wheat is the world's most favored cereal food source, second to rice. However, the production of wheat crop is often considered to be environmentally-unfriendly, because of the large inputs of fuel, inorganic fertilizer, ...
Managing an annual legume green manure crop for fallow replacement in southwestern Saskatchewan
(2003-02-18)
Some scientists have suggested that in the Brown soil zone an annual legume green manure crop
(GM) could be used as a partial-fallow replacement to protect the soil against erosion and
increase its N fertility, particularly ...
Effect of cropping frequency, wheat classes, and flexible rotations on yield, production, and nitrogen economy in a Brown Chernozem
(2003-02-18)
Producers in the semiarid Canadian prairies frequently summerfallow (F) to conserve water, control weeds, and to maximize soil N reserves; however, this practice often results in soil degradation. A crop rotation experiment ...