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Potato is the world’s fourth-largest food crop, following maize, wheat, and rice and the number one vegetable crop in the world. As an important food staple, potato is available year-round as it’s harvested somewhere every month of the year.The edible part of potato plant are tubers, the swollen portion of the underground stem, which areRead more

Since the domestication of plants and animals, agriculture played significantly and the most important role in human civilization. Substantial food production enabled human evolution, and ways how food was produced evolved through centuries.Today agriculture is still developing to catch a step with needs that modern society demand. Even though agriculture is the world’s largest providerRead more

Integrated farming is a whole-farm management system that aims to deliver more sustainable agriculture. It is a dynamic approach which can be applied to any farming system around the world. It involves attention to detail and continuous improvement in all areas of a farming business through informed management processes. Integrated farming combines the best ofRead more

Pear is a delicious treat whose origin dated back to Stone Age. The very old origin of pears can be traced in the South-Eastern European and in the Western Asia. Today pear is grown in coastal and mildly temperate regions of North America, Europe and across Asia. Majority species that make edible fruit production areRead more

Spring is a time of shifty weather conditions – one day is hot and sunny and the day after suddenly comes low temperatures and frost. Sometimes there is little or no damage, but sometimes the frost can have extremely high consequences on plants. Only few plants are resistant to frost. If it’s ”strong”, it canRead more

Agriculture is one of the most important areas of human activity worldwide. As the population rises there is a need to increase the agricultural production. Present-day farm operations are becoming more and more business oriented. Farming is more than just producing of crops, it requires farmers and landowners to address profitability, fertility, conservation and taxRead more

Tobacco arrived in Europe in the 1500s after the great first voyage to the New World of Christopher Columbus and his expedition. It was widely used and cultivated for medicinal and ritual purposes in many native cultures through Americas which intrigued Jean Nicot de Villemain to bring seeds to the Europe.Nicotiana tabaccum L. is aRead more

Rising global population and thus doubling global food demand projected for the next 50 years poses huge challenges for the farmers and sustainability of food production and ecosystems both and the services they provide to society. Farmers are the managers of globally usable lands and by producing the food they shape the surface of theRead more

Alfalfa, Medicago sativa L., is a herbaceous perennial plant from family Fabaceae (peas and beans). It’s primarily grown as a forage crop which can be grazed by animals, harvested as hay and used as an animal feed or cut for silage. As a legume, alfalfa can fix nitrogen, so it can be used to increase nitrogenRead more

Nitrogen is naturally occurring element essential for all living beings. It is a compound of all amino acids, and the largest constituent of the Earth atmosphere as inorganic nitrogen gas (N2), which comprises about 80%. In gas form, nitrogen is nonreactive and unusable to plants, so it must go through the conversion process, such asRead more