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Xinkai Zhao, Xiaoyu Song, Danyang Wang, Lanjun Li, Pengfei Meng, Chong Fu, Long Wang, Wanyin Wei, Nan Yang, Yu Liu and Huaiyou Li
Straw mulching is a key method for controlling soil and water losses. Mulching costs may be reduced by applying it in strips rather than over entire areas. However, the effect of different straw mulching methods on the effectiveness of reducing soil eros...
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Barbora Kotlánová, Pavel Hledík, Stanislav Hudec, Petra Martínez Barroso, Magdalena Daria Vaverková, Martin Jirou?ek and Jan Winkler
Sugar beet production is highly affected by weeds. The structure of crop rotation, the use of intercrops and different tillage techniques bring several benefits to sugar beet cultivation and create different living conditions for weeds. The response of w...
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Irem Zeynep Yildirim, Berk Turkel and Erol Guler
Mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls perform well under earthquake loads, and hence they are preferred in earthquake-prone regions. The multifaceted load transfer between the components of the MSE wall under seismic loads can be captured using numer...
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Meiling Cui, Yang Guo and Jiwei Chen
The development of a farmland transfer market and the spatial characteristics of transfer plots are crucial factors influencing chemical input reduction in agricultural production with relation to the endowment of fragmented agricultural land resources. ...
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Jing Wang, Zhen Wang, Jianqing Yang, Zhongwu Wang, Zhiguo Li and Mengli Zhao
To examine the effect of litter on ANPP and species composition (using ground cover) in a Desert Steppe community by removing or adding litter, during plant dormancy, in a single event in either fall or spring. Litter was removed or added in three intens...
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Dongwang Wang, Liang Zhang, Jinzhu Zhang, Wenhao Li, Haiqiang Li, Yonghui Liang, Yue Han, Pengcheng Luo and Zhenhua Wang
Xinjiang is short on freshwater resources and rich in ones. The unregulated use of brackish water for agriculture leads to the aggravation of secondary salinization in soil; however, magnetization can improve the quality of brackish water. To evaluate th...
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Roman Waclawowicz, Magdalena Giemza, Elzbieta Pytlarz and Anna Wenda-Piesik
Under the pro-environmental principles of agricultural production, soil cultivation and organic fertilization are of particular importance as strategical elements in reducing weed infestation in the context of sustainable agriculture. The aim of this stu...
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Yuki Naoi, Masayuki Iwata, Daichi Yokota, Gediminas Gaigalas, Daiji Kato, Izumi Murakami, Hiroyuki A. Sakaue, Yuichiro Sekiguchi, Masaomi Tanaka, Hajime Tanuma, Shinya Wanajo and Nobuyuki Nakamura
We present a laser induced breakdown spectrum of Er II in the near ultraviolet region. To use the spectrum for the evaluation of the transition probabilities, an alloy target with a low content of Er was used to suppress the self-absorption. From the lin...
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Guilherme A. Pedrão, Karen B. Costa, Felipe A. L. Toledo, Mariana O. Tomazella and Luigi Jovane
Element and mineral associations are fundamental parameters for palaeoceanographical reconstructions but laboratory methodologies are expensive, time-consuming and need a lot of material. Here, we investigate the quality and reliability of XRF measuremen...
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Eleni M. Abraham, Paraskevi Sklavou, Aikaterini Loufi, Zoi M. Parissi and Apostolos P. Kyriazopoulos
The multiple agroforestry land uses of oak forests are of great ecological and economic interest as they contribute to the improvement of animal husbandry, wildlife, and environment. However, herbivory by wildlife and livestock highly affects the structu...
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