Agronomy Papers
Soil-health status and evaluating the use of soil-health promoters to improve sugarcane productivity in Mauritius
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Mauritius has been experiencing a yield decline in its sugarcane productivity since late 1980s; a gradual loss in soil health was reported as one of the major causes in 2008. Despite some positive results obtained from remedial actions through the development of new cropping systems, yield decline has not been fully mitigated.
Sustainability of sugarcane intercropping systems: assessment and prospects
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Intercropping can enhance the sustainability of sugarcane cropping systems and provide ecosystem services, along with improving crop productivity and decreasing environmental impacts. This practice, involving the simultaneous cultivation of multiple crops, fosters diverse plant communities and increases complementary interactions.
Sustaining sugarcane production in Pakistan through enhancing profitability by intercropping in spring and autumn
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025In Pakistan, rice, wheat, maize and vegetables are more valuable when grown alone than is sugarcane. As a result, farmers are switching from sugarcane cultivation to other crops. This study evaluated intercropping as a way of enhancing the sustainability and profitability of sugarcane cultivation.
The carbon footprint of sugarcane cultivation using drip irrigation in Tucumán, Argentina
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025The main activities producing greenhouse gases (GHGs) are energy generation, agriculture, industry, transportation, and construction. In Argentina, agricultural sector actions are essential due to their impact on the environment and the drawbacks they create within the sector itself.
Tolpyralate: a promising alternative for post-emergent management of bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon)
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Cynodon dactylon is the primary weed in sugarcane cultivation in Tucumán, Argentina, and topramezone, combined with atrazine, is the only registered selective herbicide for post-emergence control of C. dactylon. We aimed to evaluate the herbicidal effect (HE) of tolpyralate alone and in combination with atrazine on C. dactylon. In trials in three years, plants were propagated from stolons and transplanted into field plots to simulate bermudagrass regrowth after mechanical control.
Total enzyme activity as a microbiological indicator of soil irrigated with vinasse
Last Updated: junio 17, 2025In vinasse-irrigated soils of the province of Tucumán, previous evaluations have primarily focused on chemical indicators, with limited attention given to microbiological parameters. The objective of this study was to evaluate total enzyme activity (FDA) as a microbiological indicator in a Typic Hapludoll with an argic horizon, irrigated with vinasse for three consecutive years.
Type of nitrogen fertilizer and timing of application on sugarcane growth and yield in Iran
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Constraints on sugarcane cultivation in Iran that include a reduced growing period caused by late harvesting, along with spring precipitation and soil moisture levels suggest different nitrogen fertigation in comparison to other regions.
Urea and nitrate losses as a result of furrow fertigation in Iranian sugarcane fields
Last Updated: junio 19, 2025Nitrogen loss in agricultural systems can occur through diverse pathways, one of which involves the leaching of nitrates from waterlogged soil profiles. Nevertheless, there has been a scarcity of investigations concerning the loss of soluble urea in irrigation water, particularly within sugarcane plantations.