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Zihao Zhu and Yonghua Xie
Black soil plays an important role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem, promoting high-yield and efficient agricultural production, and conserving soil resources. In this paper, a typical black soil area of Keshan Farm in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Provin...
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Suliman Ali Al-Khateeb, Faisal Ibrahim Zeineldin, Nagat Ahmed Elmulthum, Khalid Mohammed Al-Barrak, Muhammad Naeem Sattar, Tagelsir Ahmed Mohammad and Akbar S. Mohmand
Water scarcity has necessitated the adoption of water-saving techniques in both protected and non-protected farming. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of a water-saving soilless cultivation technique and compare it to conventional soil-based c...
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Azizullah Khalili, Ahlam Khalofah, Aketi Ramesh and Mahaveer P. Sharma
Nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) are essential nutrient elements, and their deficiency affects crop growth, productivity, and nutrient uptake due to their multifaceted role in plant metabolism, which has been well documented. Therefore, agricultural managemen...
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Patrícia Campdelacreu Rocabruna, Xavier Domene, Catherine Preece and Josep Peñuelas
Phosphorus (P) is a vital macronutrient crucial for crop productivity. Plants absorb P salts, mainly orthophosphate, from the soil, yet the primary P source resides in organic materials. Acid and alkaline phosphatases (the predominant forms of soil phosp...
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Shengcai Qiang, Yan Zhang, Junliang Fan, Fucang Zhang, Wen Lin, Min Sun, Zhiqiang Gao and Xiwang Tang
Ridge and furrow plastic mulch (RFPM) and nitrogen (N) application are effective strategies for improving crop productivity in China?s Loess Plain. However, it is not clear how the ridge?furrow ratio and nitrogen fertilizer type (NT) affect the use of wa...
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Alexios Lolas, Aikaterini Molla, Konstantinos Georgiou, Chrysoula Apostologamvrou, Alexandra Petrotou and Konstantinos Skordas
Mussel shells, with their calcium carbonate content, serve as a natural pH buffer, aiding in neutralizing acidic soils and, consequently, enhancing nutrient availability for plants. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of treating soils with ...
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Long Wan, Yi Jian, Mei Zhang, Jing Tong, Ansa Rebi and JinXing Zhou
Due to the influence of the Asian southwest monsoon, seasonal drought is serious and water resources are scarce in the Yunnan province of Southwest China. More effective water-saving irrigation methods should be developed to solve the problem of water sc...
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Bakry A. Bakry, Mervat Sh. Sadak, Nagla M. Al Ashkar, Omar M. Ibrahim, Mohammad K. Okla and Amira M. El-Tahan
Drought stress is an important challenge to global food security and agricultural output, and dramatic and rapid climate change has made the problem worse, causing unexpected impacts on the growth, development, and yield of different plants. Understandin...
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Christine Matindu, Nimalka M. Weerasuriya, Francis N. Muyekho, Irena F. Creed, R. Greg Thorn and Anthony W. Sifuna
The metabarcoding of prokaryotic and fungal (Ascomycota only) ribosomal DNA was used to describe the microbial communities in soils of a remnant equatorial rainforest, maize?bean intercrop, and sugarcane in western Kenya. Cropping systems influenced the ...
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Éva-Boglárka Vincze, Annamária Becze, Éva Laslo and Gyöngyvér Mara
The soil microbiome plays an important role in maintaining soil health, plant productivity, and soil ecosystem services. Current molecular-based studies have shed light on the fact that the soil microbiome has been quantitatively underestimated. In addit...
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