“We recognise there are potential benefits with soil health, but caution against blanket statements,” says Miner. “The best farming practices, in terms of costs and benefits, need to be understood at the regional level. What works for someone in Colorado may not work in Wisconsin.” There ...
" says Miner. "There are important questions to answer in terms of soil health, crop production and nutritional quality. By investing time, energy and funding into these questions at the regional scale, we can determine the benefits ofsoilhealth management practices for farmers...
Advances in DNA sequencing technologies and data analysis have provided drastic improvements in microbiome analyses, for example, in taxonomic resolution, false discovery rate control and other properties, over earlier methods. In this Review, we discuss the best practices for performing a microbiome ...
attempted to identify the factors involved in rain-fed agriculture [5,7,16,17,18,19,20,21], suggesting different strategies such as determining the optimal amount of fertilizer consumption [19], product insurance [20], improving mechanization [5] and applying smart farming practices [18], etc...
We also discuss key challenges and opportunities of each approach and synthesize them into best practice guidelines for engineering microbiomes. We anticipate that adoption of a DBTL framework will rapidly advance microbiome-based biotechnologies aimed at improving human and animal health, agriculture and...
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Improving yield stability and minimizing susceptibility to climatic hazards can be achieved through climate smart agriculture practices like the selective breeding of crop varieties with features appropriate to the local environment.Knowing the temperature regime and the amount of precipitation in your region...
We’ve had some of our best successes with transplanting hardy roses, shrubs, trees and perennials in October. There is enough time for new plants to establish before the soil freezes.Do mulch your new plantings (see mulching section below), and water thoroughly and frequentlywhile daytime temp...
“They are creating space for better airflow and water access.” Spike aerators are best for light aeration and regular lawn maintenance, while core aerators are better for deeper soil penetration and addressing more severe soil compaction issues. Ultimately, choose between the two based on ...
Artificial Intelligence best-practices in agriculture can help bridge the digital divide while tackling food insecurity,The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), IBM and Microsoft, at an event or