Interspecific Interaction and Nutrient Use in Soybean/Sorghum Intercropping System

Tomato is in high demand because of its taste and health benefits. In Florida, tomato is the number one vegetable crop in terms of both acreage and value. Because of its high value and wide acreage, it is important for tomato production to be efficient in its water and nutrient use, which may be improved through fertigation practices. Therefore, the objective of this new 7-page article is to disseminate research-based methods of tomato production utilizing fertigation to enhance yield and nutrient use efficiency. Written by Mary Dixon and Guodong Liu, and published by the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1392

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Connecting Crop Nutrient Use Efficiency to Future Soil Productivity

10.24047/bc10248 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 102 (4) ◽

pp. 8-10

Author(s):

Fernando García ◽

Andrés Grasso ◽

María González Sanjuan ◽

Adrián Correndo ◽

Fernando Salvagiotti

Keyword(s):

Nutrient Management ◽

Nutrient Use Efficiency ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Crop Productivity ◽

Soil Productivity ◽

Nutrient Use ◽

Grain Crop ◽

Wide Scale ◽

Use Efficiency

Trends over the past 25 years indicate that Argentina’s growth in its grain crop productivity has largely been supported by the depletion of the extensive fertility of its Pampean soils. Long-term research provides insight into sustainable nutrient management strategies ready for wide-scale adoption.

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Nutrients demand of cactus forage

10.31220/osf.io/azvq3 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

João Macedo Moreira ◽

Aldrin Martin Pérez-Marin ◽

Jucilene Silva Araújo ◽

George Rodrigues Lambais ◽

Aldo Sales

Keyword(s):

Block Design ◽

Nutrient Utilization ◽

Nutrient Recovery ◽

Fertilizer Treatment ◽

Treatment Control ◽

Mineral Fertilization ◽

Randomized Block Design ◽

Nutrient Use ◽

Different Types ◽

Semi Arid Region

The study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of nutrient use in three cactus forage (CF) cultivars (Opuntia stricta and Nopalea cochenillifera), 365 days after planting under different types of fertilizer in two research sites (Condado and Riachão) of the semi-arid region of Paraiba state, Brazil. The experimental design was a randomized block design with treatments in a factorial scheme (3×4), three cultivars of CF (Orelha de elefante Mexicana; Miúda; Bahiana), and four fertilizer treatment (Control; Manure; Manure with Nitrogen; Mineral fertilization) with four replications. The CF cultivars did not differ significantly in nutrient use. That means of physiological efficiency by CF cultivars were 1.62, and 2.36 kg of biomass per kg of nutrient applied in Condado and Riachão, respectively. The efficiency of nutrient recovery was 16% for the Condado, according the following order: K> P> Ca> N> C = Mg and 12% for Riachão: K> P> N> C = Ca = Mg. In the two research sites, the treatment with mineral fertilization significantly increased the efficiency use of N, P and K in comparison to the other treatments. The average for efficiency of nutrient utilization was 25% and 19% for Condado and Riachão, respectively, in the following order for Condado: K> P> N> Ca = Mg> C, and Riachão: K> P> N> C> Mg = Ca. In a CF production system aiming to obtain a yearly harvest cycle, it is necessary to replenish of K and P to maintain the nutritional balance between the soil and CF plant.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Testing spatial theories of plant coexistence: no consistent differences in intra- and interspecific interaction distances.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1384956.857054 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Kirk Moloney

Keyword(s):

Interspecific Interaction ◽

Plant Coexistence

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Nutrient-Use Patterns in Nursery Crops

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.33.3.557a ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 557a-557

Author(s):

Mary Ann Rose ◽

Barbara Biernacka

Keyword(s):

Nutrient Retention ◽

The United States ◽

Soil Conditions ◽

Woody Ornamentals ◽

Use Patterns ◽

Nutrient Demand ◽

Nutrient Use ◽

Fertilizer Recommendations ◽

Retention Characteristics ◽

Practical Constraints

Long-standing fertilizer recommendations for field-grown nursery and landscape ornamentals are based on maximizing growth, not nutrient efficiency. Further, these recommendations fall short because of failure to consider 1) the extent of crop nutrient removal, 2) varying nutrient retention characteristics of soils across the United States, and 3) a body of research that suggests that woody ornamentals have a limited response to fertilization under most soil conditions. Concern for the environmental impact of fertilization justifies a reevaluation of current nursery fertilization practices, as well a discussion of the practical constraints on the adoption of new approaches, e.g., nutrient demand-driven fertilization. Research on the nutrient use patterns of woody plants will be reviewed with emphasis on implications for increasing fertilization efficiency. OSU research on water availability and nutrient-use interactions also will be presented.

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Improved nutrient management in cereals using Nutrient Expert and machine learning tools: Productivity, profitability and nutrient use efficiency

Agricultural Systems ◽

10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103181 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 192 ◽

pp. 103181

Author(s):

Jagadish Timsina ◽

Sudarshan Dutta ◽

Krishna Prasad Devkota ◽

Somsubhra Chakraborty ◽

Ram Krishna Neupane ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Nutrient Management ◽

Nutrient Use Efficiency ◽

Learning Tools ◽

Nutrient Use ◽

Use Efficiency

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Inoculation with isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influences growth, nutrient use efficiency and gas exchange traits in micropropagated apple rootstock ‘Marubakaido’

Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) ◽

10.1007/s11240-020-01994-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Murilo Dalla Costa ◽

Tássio Dresch Rech ◽

Silmar Primieri ◽

Bruna Greicy Pigozzi ◽

Simone Silmara Werner ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Gas Exchange ◽

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽

Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽

Nutrient Use Efficiency ◽

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽

Apple Rootstock ◽

Nutrient Use ◽

Use Efficiency

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Common Bean Yield and Zinc Use Efficiency in Association with Diazotrophic Bacteria Co-Inoculations

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy11050959 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 959

Author(s):

Arshad Jalal ◽

Fernando Shintate Galindo ◽

Eduardo Henrique Marcandalli Boleta ◽

Carlos Eduardo da Silva Oliveira ◽

André Rodrigues dos Reis ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Common Bean ◽

Nutrient Use Efficiency ◽

Growth Yield ◽

Staple Food ◽

Human Beings ◽

Rhizobium Tropici ◽

Nutrient Use ◽

Zn Nutrition ◽

Use Efficiency ◽

Soil Zn

Enrichment of staple food with zinc (Zn) along with solubilizing bacteria is a sustainable and practical approach to overcome Zn malnutrition in human beings by improving plant nutrition, nutrient use efficiency, and productivity. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is one of a staple food of global population and has a prospective role in agronomic Zn biofortification. In this context, we evaluated the effect of diazotrophic bacterial co-inoculations (No inoculation, Rhizobium tropici, R. tropici + Azospirillum brasilense, R. tropici + Bacillus subtilis, R. tropici + Pseudomonas fluorescens, R. tropici + A. brasilense + B. subtilis, and R. tropici + A. brasilense + P. fluorescens) in association with soil Zn application (without and with 8 kg Zn ha−1) on Zn nutrition, growth, yield, and Zn use efficiencies in common bean in the 2019 and 2020 crop seasons. Soil Zn application in combination with R. tropici + B. subtilis improved Zn accumulation in shoot and grains with greater shoot dry matter, grain yield, and estimated Zn intake. Zinc use efficiency, recovery, and utilization were also increased with co-inoculation of R. tropici + B. subtilis, whereas agro-physiological efficiency was increased with triple co-inoculation of R. tropici + A. brasilense + P. fluorescens. Therefore, co-inoculation of R. tropici + B. subtilis in association with Zn application is recommended for biofortification and higher Zn use efficiencies in common bean in the tropical savannah of Brazil.

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