Weeds are a serious threat to crop production as they interfere with the crop growth and
development and result in significant crop losses. Weeds actually cause yield loss higher …

Conservation agriculture (CA) is based on minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover,
and crop rotation; it is promoted as a sustainable alternative to systems involving …

Nitrogen is the most limiting nutrient for crop production in many of the world's agricultural
areas and its efficient use is important for the economic sustainability of cropping systems …

Weeds are known to cause enormous losses due to their interference in agroecosystems.
Because of environmental and human health concerns, worldwide efforts are being made to …

In input-intensive cropping systems around the world, farmers rarely proactively manage
weeds to prevent or delay the selection for herbicide resistance. Farmers usually increase …

Diversification of cropping systems has been proposed as a major mechanism to move
towards sustainable cropping systems. To date, a diversification option that has received …

Cropping systems in the northern Great Plains (NGP) have evolved from wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.)–fallow rotations to diversified cropping sequences. Diversification and …

The positive role of green manuring in crop production has been known since ancient time.
Importance of this soil ameliorating practice is increasing in recent years because of high …

Cultivated forage crops are grown on almost 12 million ha on the northern Great Plains. This
paper reviews the benefits of diversifying annual crop rotations with forage crops and …

A need to increase agricultural production across the world to ensure continued food
security appears to be at odds with the urgency to reduce the negative environmental …