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Yingliang Yu, Yafei Zhang, Bei Yang, Cong Qian, Yizhi Wang, Taifeng Chen, Xuemei Han, Linzhang Yang and Lihong Xue
(1) Background: Excessive nitrogen (N) fertilizer application in tea plantations leads to challenges such as soil acidification and nitrogen loss, impending the sustainable development of the plantation system. Yet, there is a lack of research on blended...
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Antonios Chrysargyris and Nikolaos Tzortzakis
Plant residues derived from the agro-industrial sector and their disposal are still unsolved issues despite the various research and applications. The current study assessed the possible peat substitution in growing media with solid residues derived from...
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Yihan Chen, Wen Xiang and Minjuan Zhao
On the basis of data collected from 1208 apple farmers in the provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu, this study utilizes the weighted-frequency method to investigate the priority sequence of farmers? preferences in choosing fertilizer-reduction and efficiency-i...
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Jian Jiao, Zihong Yang, Boyang Shi, Thomas Dogot, Hossein Azadi, Ke Xu and Changbin Yin
Exploring the construction of effective payment mechanisms for rural residents could break the dilemma of the value of a single investment by the government in environmental governance and promote the process of sustainable rural domestic sewage treatmen...
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Xiying Cao, Tao Zhou, Yue Sun, Yuhan Zhang, Huan Xu, Wei Liu, Yu Zou, Qingquan Chen, Hui Ma, Dongfang Gu and Jinlong Ni
The mechanical strength of rice culm, an essential factor for lodging resistance and yield maintenance, is influenced by the composition and structure of the cell wall. In this study, we characterized a rice brittle culm mutant 22 (bc22), derived from LR...
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Tianbao Huang, Zhenhua Wang, Li Guo, Haiqiang Li, Mingdong Tan, Jie Zou, Rui Zong and Yam Prasad Dhital
The evaluation of soil particle composition and salt dynamics is essential for promoting the sustainable development of oasis agriculture in arid regions under long-term mulched drip irrigation (MDI). In this study, we employed the space-for-time substit...
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Han Zhang and Dongli Wu
The problem of high grain production costs, which is not conducive to sustainable agricultural development and food security, is highlighted in the context of China?s ?large country and small household farmers?. Reducing the grain production costs throug...
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Zan Huang, Zhaochun Lyu, Peifang Luo, Guoqing Zhang, Wenxuan Ying, Aiguo Chen and Hua Xiao
Sustainable ammonia is one of the leading candidates in the search for alternative clean fuels for marine applications. This paper aims to build a simulation model of a six-cylinder, four-stroke diesel engine to investigate the effects of increasing the ...
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Ke Liu, Zhenhong Qi, Li Tan, Caiyan Yang and Canwei Hu
Biopesticides are perceived as a feasible alternative to chemical pesticides, providing an effective approach to pest management while mitigating the undesirable effects of chemical pesticide overuse. Yet, due to the distinctive attributes of the two typ...
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Osama A. Saeed, Umar M. Sani, Awis Q. Sazili, Henny Akit, Abdul R. Alimon and Anjas A. Samsudin
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of corn substitution on the rumen functions and fatty acid profile of Dorper lambs fed a diet based on palm kernel cake (PKC). Corn was replaced with PKC basal diet at the following levels: C0% = (0% c...
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