Browsing by Author "Hons, Frank"
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Harstad, Laura Elizabeth (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Nutrient over-loading in many dairy manure-amended soils in the dairy producing areas of Texas has led to environmental problems as such eutrophication of local surface water bodies. One of the nutrients contributing to ...
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Govindasamy, Prabhu (2018-08-06)Changes to tillage practices can influence soil physico-chemical properties and weed population dynamics. Experiments were conducted in 2016 and 2017 in a 36-year long tillage experiment at Texas A&M University, College ...
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Lewis, Clayton Thomas (2017-12-09)A two-year (2011 and 2012) study was conducted at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Farm near College Station, Texas, to examine the effects of planting date and hybrid maturity on moisture stress in corn (Zea mays L.). The ...
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Hundley, Christopher Alan (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Genetically modified cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) acreage has increased dramatically over the last six years. Reports of variable results in fiber quality and yield have arisen in these cultivars. Some changes in ...
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Zapata Rojas, Diana Maribel (2019-04-10)Over the last two centuries, changes in land use and management from agricultural activities have impacted environmental quality and soil productivity. Although soils store substantial amounts of carbon (C) (second largest ...
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Guo, Yanjun (2014-11-13)Greenhouse production of Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) and Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum) mainly uses peat-based root substrates. The decrease of peatland has increased the need for alternative root substrate ...
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Wang, Yong (2017-12-11)Bioenergy sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.] is a promising biofuel crop to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, optimum field management practices for its production in different regions and the effects ...
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Hu, Ping; Hollister, Emily; Somenahally, Anilkumar; Hons, Frank; Gentry, Terry (Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014)
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Franzluebbers, Alan; Haney, Richard; Hons, Frank (Texas Water Resources Institute, 1995-09)In order to prevent overfertilization, which could lead to groundwater contamination, rapid and accurate soil testing procedures are needed to evaluate agricultural surface soils for their potential to mineralize C and N. ...