The aggregate of microorganisms in the soil environment is a microbiome that emerged as a
vital component of sustainable agriculture in the recent past. These beneficial …

Rice is the principal food commodity for millions of people. Its growing demand invokes for
an enhanced productivity, but with limited land and water resources. Among various biotic …

Climate change is caused by the release of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Climate
change will impact many activities, but its effects on agricultural production could be acute …

The critical period for weed control (CPWC) is a period in the crop growth cycle during which
weeds must be controlled to prevent yield losses. Knowing the CPWC is useful in making …

Information on responses of weeds to various soil fertility levels is required to develop
fertilizer management strategies as components of integrated weed management programs …

1. Recent advances in our understanding of the advantage of initial size in competition
among individual plants (size-asymmetric competition) suggest that the potential for many …

Intensive tillage-based production systems along with residue removal, grazing and/or
burning of crop residues/biomass and poor nutrient replenishment through inadequate …

Evolutionary theory can be applied to improve agricultural yields and/or sustainability, an
approach we call Evolutionary Agroecology. The basic idea is that plant breeding is unlikely …

Winter cover crops are increasingly common on organic and conventional vegetable farms
on the central coast of California between periods of intensive vegetable production. A 2-yr …

Information on nitrogen fertilizer effects on crop–weed competitive interactions might aid in
developing improved weed management programs. A controlled environment study was …