Effects of Soil Type and Watering Regime on Performance of C4 Grass Ecotypes in A Simulated Semi-Arid Environment in Kenya DOI Open Access
Bosco Kidake Kisambo,

Oliver Vivian Wasonga,

Oscar Koech Kipchirchir

et al.

East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(1), P. 399 - 415

Published: Aug. 22, 2024

Perennial grasses form the bulk of nutrition for livestock in semi-arid grassland ecosystems addition to provision other ecosystem services such as carbon storage. A study was undertaken evaluate performance ecotypes two common perennial (Panicum maximum and Cenchrus ciliaris) under different soil types watering regimes. Four indigenous grass namely Panicum ISY, TVT, ciliaris KLF MGD grown three (ferralsols, fluvisols, gleysols) subjected varied regimes (enhanced, depressed normal) greenhouse study. Interactively, strongly influenced morphological attributes among ecotypes. Shoot root biomass production significantly (p < 0.05) higher fluvisols enhanced lower gleysols watering. by between 7-34 % 10-35 compared those ferralsols respectively. Similar trends were observed rood biomass. Enhanced resulted growth irrespective type. Depressed water contributed a decline Root 50-89 41-163 Root: shoot ratios ranged from 0.41 - 1.73 with driving allocation patterns. These findings suggest that are key drivers productivity ecotypes, precipitation variability is likely have strong influence on grasses. Establishing appropriate suitable soils adequate moisture can enhance success fodder rangeland restoration initiatives increased resilience.

Language: Английский

Well-designed multi-species grassland mixtures enhance both soil carbon inputs and aboveground productivity DOI Creative Commons
Esben Øster Mortensen, Diego Ábalos, Jim Rasmussen

et al.

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 385, P. 109578 - 109578

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Language: Английский

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Diversifying maize rotation with other industrial crops improves biomass yield and nitrogen uptake while showing variable effects on nitrate leaching DOI Creative Commons
Mingming Zong, Kiril Manevski, Zhi Liang

et al.

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 371, P. 109091 - 109091

Published: May 25, 2024

Crop rotation and diversification can alleviate the high nitrate leaching associated with maize (Zea mays L.) monoculture, without reducing yields. Prior research focused on maize-legume/cereal rotations, limited exploration of rotations industrial crops destined for biorefining. In 2012, four-year systems were established sandy soil in Denmark, consisting maize, hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), beet (Beta vulgaris triticale (Triticosecale), organized into four sequences to ensure occurrence each crop year. The fallow periods covered "secondary crops"- winter rye (Secale cereale rape (Brassica napus or grass-clover (Festuca rubra L. – Trifolium repens L.). Over two cycles (eight years), we assessed aboveground biomass dry matter, nitrogen (N) uptake, their stabilities versus alongside quantifications leaching, carbon (C) N stocks up 100 cm deep. first cycle, (15.5 Mg ha−1) was 7% significantly lower than that monoculture (16.6 ha−1), but this difference disappeared second cycle (17 16.5 ha−1). uptake (194.5 kg similar (196.6 higher by 8% (195.5 165.7 Nitrate varied interannually precipitation secondary crops. Higher rainfall increased both cold months, while had more after irrigation periods. Initially, diverse halved compared at onset when preceding did not survive winter. Winter following reduced except poorly thriving rape. During whole period, system C 0–100 depth. This study highlights environmental yield benefits diversifying crucial role management optimize strategies.

Language: Английский

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8
Silvopastoral transitions in Latin America: toward diverse perennial systems DOI Creative Commons
Valentín Picasso, Dante Pizarro

Agroforestry Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 98(7), P. 2267 - 2272

Published: June 18, 2024

Abstract Agroecosystems with greater diversity and perenniality have been proposed to promote resilience climate change, stability of production, multiple ecosystem services, socioeconomic outcomes. A wide silvopastoral systems promoted in Latin America for their production environmental In this brief perspective article, we discuss the implications different trajectories towards within framework ecological intensification. Transitioning from agricultural dominated by annual crops complex integrating perennial species livestock constitutes a clear trajectory context tropical dry forests Amazon rainforests, re-introducing native trees into degraded sown pastures establish increases biodiversity, perenniality, services. contrast, grasslands, plantations exotic timber or reduce biodiversity Therefore, transitioning is not always intensification but depends on contexts ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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Energy storage and stability of soil organic matter during the natural restoration of abandoned cropland DOI
Ekaterina Filimonenko, I. N. Kurganova,

Maria Uporova

et al.

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 375, P. 109198 - 109198

Published: July 24, 2024

Language: Английский

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Above-and below-ground border row interactions determine maize-perennial legume strip intercropping performance DOI
Hao Liu, P.C. Struik, Yingjun Zhang

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

CONTEXT-Research on cereal-perennial legume intercropping to produce forage for animal production systems is scarce. OBJECTIVES-To identify key factors determining yield of maize-perennial strip intercropping, assessing both above-and below-ground interactions. METHODS-A field trial was conducted in the Netherlands from August 2021 September 2023. Alfalfa, white clover and red were each intercropped with maize. Maize strips consisted two border rows one inner row. All species also grown as sole crops, maize at 100 or 250 kg N ha-1. RESULTS-In Year 1, intercrops showed negative net effect values (maize-alfalfa:-2.7 Mg ha-1 , maizewhite clover:-3.3 maize-red clover:-2.8 ha-1), produced less biomass than In 2 high N, maize-alfalfa had a around zero, maize-white (4.8 ha-1) (3.5 positive effects, more captured extra light. CONCLUSIONS-In studied intercrops, parts different competition-recovery relationships because temporal dynamics spatial niche occupation. Without resource limitation, early dominance

Language: Английский

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Trade-off between organic and inorganic carbon in soils under alfalfa-grass-cropland rotation DOI
Xintan Zhang, Xiangyan Feng, Abeer S. Aloufi

et al.

CATENA, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 254, P. 108994 - 108994

Published: April 2, 2025

Language: Английский

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A comparison of chamber-based methods for measuring N2O emissions from arable soils DOI Creative Commons

M. N. Kong,

Farhana Ferdous Mitu,

Søren O. Petersen

et al.

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 370, P. 110591 - 110591

Published: May 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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Optimal nitrogen management increased topsoil organic carbon stock and maintained whole soil inorganic carbon stock to increase soil carbon stock—A 15-year field evidence DOI
Xingbang Wang, Ling Zhang, Prakash Lakshmanan

et al.

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 379, P. 109365 - 109365

Published: Nov. 13, 2024

Language: Английский

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Well-Designed Multispecies Grassland Mixtures Enhance Both Soil C Inputs and Aboveground Productivity DOI
Esben Øster Mortensen, Diego Ábalos, Jim Rasmussen

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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0
Effects of Soil Type and Watering Regime on Performance of C4 Grass Ecotypes in A Simulated Semi-Arid Environment in Kenya DOI Open Access
Bosco Kidake Kisambo,

Oliver Vivian Wasonga,

Oscar Koech Kipchirchir

et al.

East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(1), P. 399 - 415

Published: Aug. 22, 2024

Perennial grasses form the bulk of nutrition for livestock in semi-arid grassland ecosystems addition to provision other ecosystem services such as carbon storage. A study was undertaken evaluate performance ecotypes two common perennial (Panicum maximum and Cenchrus ciliaris) under different soil types watering regimes. Four indigenous grass namely Panicum ISY, TVT, ciliaris KLF MGD grown three (ferralsols, fluvisols, gleysols) subjected varied regimes (enhanced, depressed normal) greenhouse study. Interactively, strongly influenced morphological attributes among ecotypes. Shoot root biomass production significantly (p < 0.05) higher fluvisols enhanced lower gleysols watering. by between 7-34 % 10-35 compared those ferralsols respectively. Similar trends were observed rood biomass. Enhanced resulted growth irrespective type. Depressed water contributed a decline Root 50-89 41-163 Root: shoot ratios ranged from 0.41 - 1.73 with driving allocation patterns. These findings suggest that are key drivers productivity ecotypes, precipitation variability is likely have strong influence on grasses. Establishing appropriate suitable soils adequate moisture can enhance success fodder rangeland restoration initiatives increased resilience.

Language: Английский

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0