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Monica Mezzalama
Researcher at University of Turin
Publications - 37
Citations - 1802
Monica Mezzalama is an academic researcher from University of Turin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tillage & Crop rotation. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 30 publications receiving 1565 citations. Previous affiliations of Monica Mezzalama include Leonardo & International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.
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Conservation agriculture, improving soil quality for sustainable production systems?
Nele Verhulst,Bram Govaerts,Els Verachtert,A. Castellanos-Navarrete,Monica Mezzalama,Patrick C. Wall,A. Chocobar,Jozef Deckers,Ken D. Sayre +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a comparative soil quality evaluation is performed in which the performance of the system is determined in relation to alternatives, and the results show that the effect of a reduction in tillage on the variation in total porosity with depth may be related to differences in traffic on different sites, or on soil quality at the time tillage was reduced or stopped.
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Influence of tillage, residue management, and crop rotation on soil microbial biomass and catabolic diversity
Bram Govaerts,Bram Govaerts,Monica Mezzalama,Yusuke Unno,Ken D. Sayre,Marco Luna-Guido,Katrien Vanherck,Luc Dendooven,Jozef Deckers +8 more
TL;DR: The long-term effects of different management practices on soil microbial biomass (SMB) (substrate-induced respiration (SIR) and chloroform fumigation incubation (CFI)) and micro-flora physiological and catabolic diversity (BIOLOG TM ecoplate well system) were evaluated by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) at its semi-arid highland experiment station in Mexico.
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Infiltration, soil moisture, root rot and nematode populations after 12 years of different tillage, residue and crop rotation managements
Bram Govaerts,Bram Govaerts,Mariela Fuentes,Monica Mezzalama,Julie M. Nicol,Jozef Deckers,Jorge D. Etchevers,Benjamín Figueroa-Sandoval,Ken D. Sayre +8 more
TL;DR: In the semi-arid and rainfed subtropical highlands of central Mexico, positive effects were observed with zero tillage, crop rotations and crop residue retention, compared with common farming practices.
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Wheat genetic resources enhancement by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Rodomiro Ortiz,Hans-Joachim Braun,José Crossa,Jonathan H. Crouch,Guy Davenport,John Dixon,Susanne Dreisigacker,Etienne Duveiller,Zhonghu He,Julio Huerta,Arun Kumar Joshi,Masahiro Kishii,Petr Kosina,Yann Manes,Monica Mezzalama,Alexei Morgounov,Jiro Murakami,Julie M. Nicol,Guillermo Ortiz Ferrara,J. Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio,Thomas Payne,R. Javier Peña,Matthew P. Reynolds,K.D. Sayre,R. C. Sharma,Ravi P. Singh,Jiankang Wang,Marilyn L. Warburton,Huixia Wu,Masa Iwanaga +29 more
TL;DR: The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) acts as a catalyst and leader in a global maize and wheat innovation network that serves the poor in the developing world, with a focus on higher grain yields and value-added germplasm.
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Long-term consequences of tillage, residue management, and crop rotation on selected soil micro-flora groups in the subtropical highlands
Bram Govaerts,Bram Govaerts,Monica Mezzalama,Ken D. Sayre,José Crossa,Kelly Lichter,Veronique Troch,Katrien Vanherck,Pieter De Corte,Jozef Deckers +9 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that zero tillage with residue removal is clearly an unsustainable practice and should therefore be combined with an adequate level of residue retention, and is a viable sustainable practice for smallholder farmers in the volcanic highlands of Mexico and comparable regions of the world.