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[Link] Plastic film mulching affects the critical nitrogen dilution curve of drip-irrigated maize

Critical nitrogen dilution curves (CNDC) can efficiently diagnose nitrogen (N) condition of crops. Unfortunately, no CNDC exits for mulched drip-irrig…

KindHarvest Team January 12, 2021

[Link] Influence of an Alternative Soil Management System to Herbicide Use on Tree Vigor, Yield, and Quality of Apple Fruit

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of alternative soil maintenance systems in a ‘Gold Chief’ apple orchard to the herbicide strip…

KindHarvest Team December 29, 2020

[Link] No tillage and previous residual plastic mulching with reduced water and nitrogen supply reduces soil carbon emission and enhances productivity of following wheat in arid irrigation areas

No tillage, optimal nitrogen and irrigation supply levels, and crop rotation are promising strategies for reducing soil carbon emission, and plastic m…

KindHarvest Team December 19, 2020

[Link] Black film mulching can replace transparent film mulching in crop production

Plastic film mulching systems are widely used in crop production because of great benefits in increasing crop yields, but transparent film mulching (T…

KindHarvest Team December 12, 2020

[Link] Quantifying the compensatory effect of increased soil temperature under plastic film mulching on crop growing degree days in a wheat–maize rotation system

Plastic film mulching (PM) has a compensatory effect on crop growing degree days by increasing soil temperature. However, only few studies addressed t…

KindHarvest Team November 19, 2020