This growing demand can be satisfied by extending cropland and pastures into new areas, thereby replacing natural ecosystems, and/or by improving productivity of existing cultivated land through an increasing or more efficient use of inputs, improvement of agronomic practices and crop varieties, etc.
The effects of agronomic practices were evaluated on mungbean production, using a randomized complete block design conducted at the Farming Research Development Center, Phaniat sub-district, Khok Sumrong district, Lop Buri province, Thailand during February to July 2015.
Using the perspective of full scale application of phytoremediation techniques, research is focusing on the optimization of agronomic practices.
The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) has developed and tested a process to deploy a series of 'best management practices' (BMPs) that cover a range of agronomic practices intended to intensify oil palm production and improve yield at a given site using cost-effective, practical methods.
The threat posed by this fungal pathogen, combined with the ineffectiveness of agronomic practices in halting its diffusion, makes frequent spraying of fungicides unavoidable in areas experiencing high disease pressure.
Recommended packages of agronomic practices were applied at each site.
Therefore, it is important to develop guidelines for studies comparing the impacts of agronomic practices on crop/food composition to minimise heterogeneity and/or allow agronomic, environmental and crop genetic drivers to be used as covariates in analyses.
Current control relies on the use of certain agronomic practices, resistant crop varieties, and herbicides, albeit success has been marginal.
Similarly, the use of different agronomic practices is considered as the potential adaptation option to the adverse effects of climate change on agriculture.
