A two-year trial was conducted to determine the effects of green manures and crop sequences on plant disease, streptomycete and bacterial densities, and inhibitory activity of indigenous ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract C¹⁴ and N¹⁵ doubly labelled alfalfa tissue at addition rates of 5 and 1 ton per acre was incubated in the laboratory for 72 days with virgin ...
Alfalfa, also called lucerne, is a flowering plant in the legume species that is cultivated as a rich forage crop and is used ...
The Canada Organic Standard requires organic matter be generated on farm before off-farm nutrient sources can be used. We were curious about the impact of this standard on Canadian organic vegetable ...
"Fallow ground" is the term that farmers use when a field needs a vacation. "Fallow" simply means "uncultivated for the growing season," and when ground is so deemed, the land is freed to its own ends ...
Canadian organic farmers have identified promoting biologically-based soil fertility management strategies under legume-based crop production systems as a high research priority. In a recent (OACC, ...