Cultural practices were traditional (conventional till, recommended seed rate, broadcast N fertilization, and reduced stubble height) and ecological (no-till, increased seed rate, banded N fertilization, and increased stubble height).
"The Education Ministry's response made us really angry — it's just such a pity," Ms. Xiong said in an interview in Beijing, her normally shoulder-length hair reduced to stubble.
It's officially December, which means your hard-earned No-Shave November facial hair has likely been cut, shaved and trimmed away, or at least reduced to stubble.
The observation that C. olla grows and fruits on canola stubble has led to research on the potential of this fungus to degrade canola stubble, and reduce the incidence of stubble-borne diseases like blackleg and blackspot.
In that study, frequent defoliation (4 times over 18 days) also reduced post-defoliation stubble WSC content [23].
Used after grain harvest, they usually leave some stubble to help reduce wind erosion and often have seeding equipment.
Inspired by this, we designed a biomimetic stubble cutter to reduce the cutting resistance.
The field experiment, conducted at Wuwei station during 2008 2010, had two tillage systems (reduced tillage with wheat stubble retention vs. conventional tillage without stubble retention), and three (low, medium, and high) levels of irrigation, in a randomized complete block design.
These new stubble trimmers — electric razors engineered to reduce facial hair to a shadow — help subdue nature's intent, but not without a battle.
