Background. Nitrogen fertilization of pastures is considered one of the main limiting factors and that most promote an increase in the production of forage biomass. For this reason, research that evaluates alternative ...

Soybeans are the most widely cultivated crop in the world, where the use of seeds with physiological quality is fundamental for obtaining large productivities. Seed vigor is the main quality characteristic of a seed ...

Green manure stands out in the organic vegetable production as complementary fertilizer alternative to organic compound incorporation, contributing to reduce production costs and improve soil physical, chemical and biological ...

Question: Do coexisting plant life forms differ in overall phenology, leaf traits and patterns of leaf litterfall? Location: Patagonian Monte, Chubut Province, Argentina. Methods: We assessed phenology, traits of green and ...

The use of alternative means of fertilization is part of the search for new planting technologies. Among these technologies, green fertilization and the use of bioactivators stand out. Cover plants or cover crops are ...

Aims: Plants play an important role in ecosystem processes. Functional meaning of trait variation in wide environmental gradients is well known but is scarcely known across narrow gradients. We analyze the variation of ...

This experiment was performed aiming to evaluate tiller population density, forage mass and its morphological components on pastures of Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk. during deferment. The treatments encompassed four ...