The water-seeded production system in California is a common method to suppress weedy grasses and non-aquatic weed species. In California, pregerminated rice seed is air-seeded onto fields with a 10- to 15-cm standing flood and the fields are typically maintained continuously flooded throughout the growing season . The California rice cropping system is again unique […]
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The levels observed are not concerning in terms of environmental contamination
Additionally, downstream water quality affected by use of herbicidesin water-seeded rice is of paramount concern because of the proximity to other high value crops which may use the water for irrigation and proximity to urban settlements which may use the water for consumption . The US Environmental Protection Agency recorded pendimethalin risk of contaminating surface […]
Farmers may also grow cover crops during the off-season
Similar to the no or little effect of cover crop treatments on insect pest population densities, my research findings cannot confirm that off-season cover cropping reduces crop damage in the subsequent vegetable crop. In contrast, many researchers observed that crop damages can be minimized in a mixed cover and main crop interplanting. These researchers argue […]
Selective suppression of weed species with glucosinolate compounds was documented
Lower population densities of common purslane and all weeds combined were observed at harvest time for cover crop treatments in 2009 compared to summer fallow . Among the cover crops, vegetable crops that had cowpea as a summer cover crop had fewer population of weeds than the marigold . Compared to the previous years, the […]
Frequent and intense disturbances can change soil chemical and physical properties
The small grain crop amendments used in these tests were air-dried and milled straw residues of mature wheat , barley , oats and triticale plants which were collected from recently harvested fields in the Fresno, California area. All amendments were uniformly incorporated into soil at a concentration of 1.9% , the approximate quantity of stubble […]
This policy is important as it suggests that behavior will strongly respond to financial signals
As of December 2020, U.S. consumers can choose from more than 50 light-duty EV models that span multiple vehicle classes, markets, and a wide MSRP price range from $27,500 to more than $100,000. Projections for continued EV growth through the present “second decade” of mass deployment are varied, but many suggest a sustained exponential growth […]
Groupings were compared both within and among sites with anosim in the same package
Cover crop mixtures were designed to fulfill different ecological goals, and we evaluated their impact on weed population density and species communities across a wide geographical area in central California. We hypothesize that both functionally uniform and diverse cover crops can effectively provide orchard ground cover that displaces weeds, but that functionally diverse cover crops […]
Mowing depletes the energy stores in the rhizomes and can reduce new rhizome growth
Fertile spikelets are 0.15 to 0.25 inch long, and the smaller sterile spikelets may have bent and twisted awns up to 0.6 inch long. Rhizomes are branching, scaly, and fibrous, 0.5 inch or more in diameter, and reach up to 6 feet long. Rhizomes are usually cream or tan, may have reddish brown streaks, and […]
Analyses of variance were runfollowed by post-hoc multiple comparison tests
Exotic-induced changes to soil have been proposed as a limiting factor in native restoration success, with short-term greenhouse studies demonstrating that native perennial grasses perform worse in soil conditioned by exotic annuals . Exotic annual grass roots concentrate in the top 30 cm of soil while native perennial roots extend over 1 m and so invasion […]
The results demonstrated that talc powder is a more suitable diluent than wheat flour
The total seed weight was recorded, and we calculated the total seed production by weighing and averaging five groups of 100 seeds. A t-test was used to compare the differences in inflorescence growth and seed production for treatments using massive, irradiated pollen or non-irradiated pollen against the results from open pollination. This analysis was conducted […]