• Theoretical research into the motion of combined fertilising and sowing tractor-implement unit 

  Bulgakov, V.; Adamchuk, V.; Arak, Margus; Petrychenko, I.; Olt, Jüri (2017)

  A mathematical model has been developed representing the motion of a seed drill combination simultaneously performing the preceding banded placement of mineral fertilisers. Such a combined unit comprises the gang-up ...

• Carbon content of below–ground biomass of young Scots pines in Latvia 

  Jansons, Ā.; Bārdulis, A.; Ķēniņa, L.; Lazdiņa, D.; Džeriņš, E.; Kāpostiņš, R. (2017)

  Forest ecosystems play crucial role in global carbon cycling, therefore, increasing afforestation of agricultural land in Europe has been recognized as important contribution of carbon sequestration. In carbon reporting ...

• Through economic growth to the viability of rural space 

  Rivza, B.; Kruzmetra, M.; Zaluksne, V. (2017)

  Rural areas as a living space for the population has been increasingly explored in official documents of various EU institutions and in research topics. Both the documents and the research papers stress the necessity to ...

• Research on solid biofuels from cotton waste biomass – alternative for Tajikistan’s energy sector development 

  Akhmedov, S.; Ivanova, T.; Krepl, V.; Muntean, A. (2017)

  An increasing awareness of the negative environmental cost associated with the combustion of fossil fuels and concerns over the geopolitical instability of the main oil producing regions is driving the development of ...

• Livestock manure management practices in rural households in Tapanuli Utara regency of North Sumatra 

  Roubík, H.; Mazancová, J.; Situmeang, R.C.; Brunerová, A.; Simatupang, T.M. (2017)

  Livestock manure management is a big challenge for low income economies including the region of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Currently, low percentages of manure managed cause illegal disposals, and negative impacts on ...

• Quality evaluation of local apple varieties: physicochemical and antioxidant proprieties at harvest and after cold storage 

  Bartolini, S.; Ducci, E. (2017)

  A wide apple germplasm is present in Italy in which numerous local genotypes of specific cultivation environment have to be still evaluated for fruit quality attributes. This is the case of a long-established fruit area ...

• Soil organic carbon in long–term experiments: comparative analysis in Slovakia and Serbia 

  Macák, M.; Đalović, I.; Turan, J.; Šeremešić, S.; Tyr, S.; Milošev, D.; Kulina, M. (2017)

  Soil organic carbon plays an important role in a long-term agroecosystem productivity, in the global C cycle, maintaining a soil nutrient pool and improving its availability. The objective of this study is the assess the ...

• The advantage of Decision Support System for managing spring barley disease in Estonia 

  Sooväli, Pille; Koppel, Mati; Lauringson, Enn; Talgre, Liina (2017)

  A Decision Support System (DSS) I - Taimekaitse focusing on use of timely applied and reduced fungicide rates in control of cereal diseases has been tested in field trials since 2003 . We compared the ...

• Effect of flame weed control on various weed species at various developmental stages 

  Mojžiš, M.; Vitázek, I.; Klúčik, J. (2017)

  Physical methods of weed control as solarization, mulching, use of electricity, steam and flame are now an alternative in the organically grown crop. Flame weeder already has a wide range of practical use , particularly ...

• Determination of mechanical properties of poppy waste pellets 

  Kažimírová, V.; Kubík, Ľ; Chrastina, J.; Giertl, T. (2017)

  The work deals with evaluation of mechanical properties three types of pellet samples produced fro m poppy waste. The pellets were submitted to compressive loading. The compressive loading curves ...

• Qualitative classification of mulchers 

  Hnilica, R.; Kotus, M.; Jankovský, M.; Hnilicová, M.; Dado, M. (2017)

  Mulchers are helpful in forest establishment and tending. Numerous mulchers are available, so buyers can become disoriented when choosing one. This paper was aimed at creating a classification of mulchers based on the ...

• Instrumental and sensory evaluation of seven apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) cultivars under organic cultivation in Sicily 

  Farina, V.; Gianguzzi, G.; Mazzaglia, A.; Sortino, G. (2017)

  In this trial we examined the quality of 7 clones belonging to more diffused apple polyclonal varietal groups, using chemical/physical and sensory analyses during two consecutive years. Galaxy, and their ameliorative clones ...

• Study of clonal variation of 'Bidaneh Ghermez' grapevine cultivar in Iran 

  Ataei, R.; Gholamhoseini, M.; Nejatian, M. A.; Golmohammadi, M. (2017)

  Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is a well - known plant including different cultivars and clones. In spite of the extensive works at the cultivar level, identification and determination of clonal genetic variation ...

• Effects of irrigation applied at different growth stages on chickpea yield 

  Kirnak, H.; Varol, I. S.; Irik, H. A.; Ozaktan, H. (2017)

  This study was conducted over the experimental fields of Erciyes University in 2016 to investigate the effects of irrigations applied at different growth stages on chickpea yields. Experiments were conducted ...

• Effect of slurry lagoon redesign on reduction of ammonia emission during livestock manure storage 

  Aboltins, A.; Priekulis, J.; Aboltina, B.; Melece, L. (2017)

  In accordance with the international and EU aims to reduce emissions of ammonia and other air pollution substances farm manure management, including its storage, especially for the animal breeding sector, is one of the ...

• The nitrogen role in vegetables irrigated with treated municipal wastewater 

  Montemurro, N.; Cucci, G.; Mastro, M.A.; Lacolla, G.; Lonigro, A. (2017)

  The reuse of treated municipal wastewater for irrigation is an established alternative to conventional water, in many countries of the world, particularly where or when water resources are extremely limited. Wastewater ...

• Legumes in the diet of dairy cows from the economic perspective 

  Proskina, L.; Cerina, S. (2017)

  Based on the experimental data, one can conclude that feed rations may comprise peas var. ‘Bruno’ and faba beans var. ‘Lielplatone’ grown in Latvia, thereby replacing the use of imported soybean cake. After summarising ...

• The assessment of hazelnut mechanical harvesting productivity 

  Bernardi, B.; Tous, J.; Benalia, S.; Abenavoli, L.M.; Zimbalatti, G.; Stillitano, T.; De Luca, A.I. (2017)

  Hazelnut cultivation represents a new opportunity for Calabrian mountainous and sloping areas (Southern Italy), where no alternative fruit crops, except forestry, could be settled. In this Region, hazelnut production ...

• Comparison of tractor slip at three different driving wheels on grass 

  Abrahám, R.; Majdan, R.; Drlička, R. (2017)

  The paper deals with a possibility of tractor slip reduction on a grass and evaluates an use of two versions of special wheels. Both prototypes were developed at the Department of Transport and Handling of the Slovak ...

• Investigations about the impact of the sowing time and rate of the biomass yield and quality of industrial hemp 

  Adamovics, A.; Ivanovs, S.; Bulgakov, V. (2017)

  The aim of this study was to find the optimum sowing rate of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) and to clarify the impact of the sowing rate on the production of biofuel from hemp biomass in Latvia. Field trials were ...

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