Browsing by Author "Shannon, Dennis"

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Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling under Conservation and Conventional Tillage in Peanut and Collard Agroecosystems

Mulvaney, Michael (2009-12-18)

Although there has been considerable adoption of conservation tillage by agronomic and vegetable producers in the US, information on nutrient release from organic residues is lacking. Information on release of nutrients ...

Cultivation Practices for Astragalus membranaceus in the Southeastern United States

Wang, Meili (2009-04-15)

Astragalus membranaceus is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb and has been used for thousands of years. Information on its cultivation in Southeastern United States is lacking. In September 2006, three field experiments ...

Effect of Shade, Irrigation and Nutrients on Dry Matter Yield and Flavonoid Content of American Skullcap

Similien, Arsene (2009-04-16)

Growing interest in medicinal herbs results in a need to domesticate medicinal plants traditionally harvested in the wild. American skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora), native to moist habitats in eastern North America, ...

Extension Support for Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Production and Processing in Nigeria: Impact on Farm Practice Adoption

Otubo, Oluchi (2021-04-22)

Many factors have been found to affect farmers’ adoption of new technologies by different authors, which include farmers’ interaction with extension services and socio-economic characteristics of farmers. This study ...

MBI-3X Bio-Nematicide Plant Health Effects on Root Crops

Hoang, Linda (2018-04-17)

MBI-3X is a new nematicide formulated from fermented and killed microbial broth. The broth contains large amounts of dead cells and an array of secondary metabolites in the fermentation supernatant with a corresponding ...

Population Pressure, Land Tenure, Deforestation, and Farming Systems in Haiti: The Case of Foret Des Pins Reserve

Dolisca, Frito (2005-08-15)

Forêt des Pins Reserve, a state-owned natural forest in Haiti, has suffered severe degradation due to a land tenure system that does not guarantee security for farmers, illegal harvesting of trees for the production of ...

Seeding Rate Effect on Soybean Grain Yield

Farley, James (2021-12-13)

Increasing costs of soybean seed as well as new varieties, seed treatments, and production practices required a reevaluation of seeding rate recommendations. Previously recommended seeding rates do not account for new ...

Use of Source-Separated Human Urine to Enrich an Ultisol of the Southern Coastal Plain of the United States

Medina, Steven (2018-11-16)

Source-separated human urine (SSHU), human urine intentionally diverted and kept separate from feces, has many environmental and agronomical uses. The principal objectives of this research were to investigate SSHU use in ...