Micronutrients in food production: what can we learn from natural ecosystems?

SM Denton-Thompson, EJ Sayer - Soil Systems, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil micronutrients limit crop productivity in many regions worldwide, and micronutrient
deficiencies affect over two billion people globally. Microbial biofertilizers could combat …

Commercial integrated crop-livestock systems achieve comparable crop yields to specialized production systems: A meta-analysis

CA Peterson, L Deiss, ACM Gaudin - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Production systems that feature temporal and spatial integration of crop and livestock
enterprises, also known as integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS), have the potential to …

Resilience of an integrated crop–livestock system to climate change: a simulation analysis of cover crop grazing in southern Brazil

CA Peterson, LW Bell, PCF Carvalho… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Integrated crop–livestock systems are a form of sustainable intensification of agriculture that
rely on synergistic relationships between plant and animal system elements to bolster critical …

Crop–livestock integration enhanced soil aggregate-associated carbon and nitrogen, and phospholipid fatty acid

S Bansal, P Chakraborty, S Kumar - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Integrated crop–livestock (ICL) production enhances diversification and provides ecosystem
benefits by improving nutrient cycling and energy efficiency, thus, increasing overall farm …

Crop rotations with temporary grassland shifts weed patterns and allows herbicide-free management without crop yield loss

R Dominschek, AAM Barroso, CR Lang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Weeds are a concern to farmers mainly by reducing crop yield, especially in organic farming
where herbicides are not an option. Additionally, reducing reliance on herbicides is among …

3D-visualization and quantification of soil porous structure using X-ray micro-tomography scanning under native pasture and crop-livestock systems

JK Dhaliwal, S Kumar - Soil and Tillage Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Integrated crop-livestock system (ICLS) is expected to improve the soil structure and
porosity, yet the studies quantifying the effect of ICLS on soil porosity is still limited. This …

Soil–plant relationships in soybean cultivated under crop rotation after 17 years of no-tillage and Occasional Chiseling

GF Silva, APO Matusevicius, JC Calonego, L Chamma… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
No-tillage cover crops contribute to better soil quality, being able to replace mechanized
tillage management. This observation can only be made after several years of adopting …

Carryover of N-fertilization from corn to pasture in an integrated crop-livestock system

A Bernardon, T Simioni Assmann… - Archives of Agronomy …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Nutrient-use efficiency in pasture-crop rotations is not well understood. The hypothesis of
this research is that nitrogen (N) cycled from the corn crop to the following pasture is not …

Soybean yield and nutrition after tropical forage grasses

NR Costa, M Andreotti, CAC Crusciol, CM Pariz… - Nutrient Cycling in …, 2021 - Springer
In tropical agroecosystems, intercropping crops and including perennial forages can
increase crop system diversity and sustainability. However, adequate management of cash …

Physiological quality of soybean seeds as a function of soil management systems and pre-harvest desiccation

GF Silva, L Chamma, BCO Luperini, PPN Chaves… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soil management systems directly interfere in the soil–plant relationship. However, there are
still few studies evaluating the influence of long-term management systems on the …