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Modern intensive agriculture relies heavily on pesticides to control weeds, pathogens and insect pests. Forecasting and managing the impact of pests a...
Read moreBarley, Sinapis alba and Papaver rhoeas, and then barley, S. alba and Avena fatua were grown in pure stand and in mixtures of 2 and 3 species at diffe...
Read moreSugar-beet was grown at 7 locations with different soil types in the E. of England and received 2 levels of N during 1960-2. Differences in yield betw...
Read moreCompetition from weeds (Agropyron repens, Stellaria media, Poa annua and others) in the first growing season hastened foliage senescence and reduced b...
Read moreIt should be possible to design agroecosystems to reduce the severity of insect pest problems. Ecological theory about stability should be relevant wh...
Read moreCrop diversity management is widely used to increase agricultural productivity and sustainability. Recent studies have demonstrated that maize root ex...
Read moreThe foliage-light product (FLP) is proposed as a simple and rapid means of assessing management systems of orchard trees by combining the two importan...
Read moreData for 19 years from a commercial coconut estate of 800 acres have been used to derive a regression equation relating yield in a particular crop yea...
Read moreCrop pollinator dependence (PD) values are key when assessing a pollinator's contribution to agriculture, guiding management plans and policies for su...
Read moreThis paper explores the implications for food production and land use of a 100% conversion to organic farming in England and Wales. The analysis uses ...
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