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Tillage rotation and biostimulants can compensate for reduced synthetic agrochemical application in a dryland cropping system by Tshuma, Flackson, Swanepoel, Pieter Andreas, Labuschagne, Johan, Bennett, James, Rayns, Francis

“…AbstractThe effects of four continuous tillage regimes; mouldboard ploughing, tine-tillage, shallow tine-tillage, no-tillage; and three tillage rotations…”
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Agroecological Screening of Copper Alternatives for the Conservation of Soil Health in Organic Olive Production by Kir, Alev, Cetinel, Barbaros, Sevim, Didar, Gungor, Feriste Ozturk, Rayns, Francis, Touliatos, Dionysios, Schmutz, Ulrich

“…The efficacy of soil conditioner (vermicompost tea), fertiliser (potassium silicate), and biological control agents (BCAs) as practical agroecological copper…”
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Extrusion of Different Plants into Fibre for Peat Replacement in Growing Media: Adjustment of Parameters to Achieve Satisfactory Physical Fibre-Properties by Dittrich, Christian, Pecenka, Ralf, Løes, Anne-Kristin, Cáceres, Rafaela, Conroy, Judith, Rayns, Francis, Schmutz, Ulrich, Kir, Alev, Kruggel-Emden, Harald

“…Peat is a highly contentious input in agriculture. Replacing or reducing peat by substitution with lignocellulosic biomass processed into fibre by…”
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‘Hell or high water’: Good farming and environmental care as contested practices in the implementation of nitrate vulnerable zones in Wales by Franklin, Alex, Udall, Donna, Schmutz, Ulrich, Rayns, Francis

“…This paper explores how dairy farmers attempt to navigate prescribed principles and fixed practices of environmental care in the context of Nitrate Vulnerable…”
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Effects of long-term (42 years) tillage sequence on soil chemical characteristics in a dryland farming system by Tshuma, Flackson, Rayns, Francis, Labuschagne, Johan, Bennett, James, Swanepoel, Pieter Andreas

“…•No-tillage (NT) can improve soil quality and increase nutrient stratification.•Nutrient uptake by crops might be limited when nutrients are…”
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Historical changes in the mineral content of fruit and vegetables in the UK from 1940 to 2019: a concern for human nutrition and agriculture by Mayer, Anne-Marie Berenice, Trenchard, Liz, Rayns, Francis

“…Micronutrient malnutrition is widespread and is linked with diets low in fruit and vegetables. However, during the twentieth century, declines in essential…”
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The use of mineral dynamised high dilutions for natural plant biostimulation; effects on plant growth, crop production, fruit quality, pest and disease incidence in agroecological strawberry cultivation by Faedo, Leonardo, Matias, Caroline, Verdi, Rovier, Wright, Julia, Rayns, Francis, Kretzschmar, Aike, Boff, Pedro

“…Strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa) are one of the most important fruit crops worldwide. Most of the strawberries that are produced today rely on the use of…”
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Ecological Strawberry Production: Promoting Crop Vitality with High-Dynamized Dilutions by Faedo, Leonardo, Verdi, Rovier, Kretzschmar, Aike, Wright, Julia, Rayns, Francis, Boff, Pedro

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Organic management of tilled agricultural soils results in a rapid increase in colonisation potential and spore populations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by Gosling, Paul, Ozaki, Ayako, Jones, Julie, Turner, Mary, Rayns, Francis, Bending, Gary D.

“…▶ Organically farmed soils contain more AM fungal spores. ▶ Onions grown on organically managed soils are more heavily colonised by AM fungi. ▶ Effect is the…”
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Microbial and biochemical soil quality indicators and their potential for differentiating areas under contrasting agricultural management regimes by Bending, Gary D., Turner, Mary K., Rayns, Francis, Marx, Marie-Claude, Wood, Martin

“…The aim of this study was to examine interrelationships between functional biochemical and microbial indicators of soil quality, and their suitability to…”
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Balancing fertility management and economics in organic field vegetable rotations by Schmutz, Ulrich, Rayns, Francis, Firth, Chris

“…BACKGROUND: Organic field-scale vegetables are among the most profitable enterprises in organic farming systems. They are also some of the most…”
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Balancing fertility management and economics in organic field vegetable rotations : Organic farming by SCHMUTZ, Ulrich, RAYNS, Francis, FIRTH, Chris

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