Planting and mowing cover crops as livestock feed to synergistically optimize soil properties, economic profit, and environmental burden on pear orchards in the Yangtze River Basin.
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DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12763
Abstract: BACKGROUND Pears, as an important cash crop, are currently facing great issues due to unsustainable management practices. Cover cropping is a sustainable management strategy that can improve soil fertility and increase fruit yield, while it… read more here.
Keywords: pear orchards; livestock feed; planting mowing; mowing ryegrass ... See more keywords
PCR-based species identification applied in Japanese pear orchards to survey seasonal proportion changes of phytoseiid mite species
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DOI: 10.1007/s13355-018-0595-3
Abstract: For this study, we developed a PCR-based method to identify the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of six phytoseiid mite species found in Japanese pear orchards: Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor), Neoseiulus womersleyi (Schicha), Neoseiulus makuwa… read more here.
Keywords: pear orchards; mite species; japanese pear; phytoseiid mite ... See more keywords