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Aung Zaw Oo, Shigeto Sudo, Khin Thuzar Win, Akira Shibata, Tomohito Sano and Yuhei Hirono
A laboratory incubation experiment is conducted for 90 days under controlled conditions where either pruning residue or its biochar is applied to determine which application generates the lowest amount of greenhouse gas from tea plantation soil. To study...
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Chang Liu, Junhong Xie, Zhuzhu Luo, Liqun Cai and Lingling Li
The roles of bacterial communities in the health of soil microenvironments can be more adequately defined through longer-term soil management options. Carbon dioxide (CO2) fixation by autotrophic bacteria is a principal factor in soil carbon cycles. Howe...
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Huidan Lv, Ping He and Shicheng Zhao
The form and distribution of organic carbon in soil affect its stability and storage, and nitrogen (N) fertilization can affect the transformation and accumulation of soil organic carbon (SOC), whereas how the N fertilizer rate affects SOC storage by reg...
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Chuanyu Wang, Yao Liang, Jianzhao Liu, Jingchao Yuan, Jun Ren, Yidan Geng, Zeqiang Shao, Jinjing Zhang and Hongguang Cai
Returning crop residues to the field after harvesting is a proven effective strategy for improving soil fertility, carbon sequestration, and crop productivity. However, the relationships between crop residue return modes, SOC and nutrient contents, and c...
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Xiaodi Liu, Zengwei Feng, Yang Zhou, Honghui Zhu and Qing Yao
Both liming and plant residue incorporation are widely used practices for the amelioration of acidic soils?however, the difference in their effects is still not fully understood, especially regarding the microbial community. In this study, we took the ac...
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Woongsoon Jang, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese and Han-Sup Han
We measured soil heating and subsequent changes in soil properties between two forest residue disposal methods: slash pile burning (SPB) and air curtain burner (ACB). The ACB consumes fuels more efficiently and safely via blowing air into a burning conta...
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Patrick Nyambo, Thembalethu Taeni, Cornelius Chiduza and Tesfay Araya
Soil acidification is a serious challenge and a major cause of declining soil and crop productivity in the Eastern parts of South Africa (SA). An incubation experiment investigated effects of different maize residue biochar rates on selected soil propert...
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Jian Han, Li Xing, Chuang Zhang, Jundi Li, Yannan Li, Yuming Zhang, Hongbo He, Chunsheng Hu, Xiaoxin Li, Lijuan Zhang, Wenxu Dong, Shuping Qin and Xiuping Liu
Microbial residue nitrogen can indicate soil quality and is crucial for soil nitrogen retention and supply. However, it is still unclear how the dynamic changes in soil microbial residue nitrogen affect crop nitrogen uptake in agricultural practice. Base...
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Feiyan Zhao, Shiling Shi, Ruibing Meng, Ze Ma and Zhongju Meng
As part of the ecological barrier and an essential element of food security, the agro-pastoral ecotone is vital in northern China. Since soil fertility in northern China is low due to frequent surface disturbances, it is necessary to improve the properti...
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Huijuan Bo, Donghe Xue, Zejin Li, Haibo Wang, Dongsheng Jin and Hao Wang
Microbial residual carbon is an important component in soil carbon pool stability. Here, we tested soils collected from the early (first year, R1), middle (10 years, R10), and long-term (30 years, R30) stages of reclamation in a coal mining area in China...
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Kyeongnam Kim, Dongbin Kim, Chaeeun Kim, Donghyeon Kim, Byeongjun Kim, Byung-Ho Lee and Sung-Eun Lee
Globalization has increased international trade and caused an annual increase in the number of non-native insect pest species found in quarantine sites in Korea. Since over 80% of Korean farms use greenhouses with internal conditions conducive to growing...
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Zhen Cao, Guohui Chen, Song Zhang, Shangshu Huang, Yan Wu, Fangjin Dong, Yuming Guo, Jianhao Wang and Fahui Jiang
Soil erosion poses a global threat to arable land and its sustainability, particularly in China, where the most severe soil erosion exists worldwide. No-tillage (NT) and mulching (NTS) are considered the most effective soil management techniques for redu...
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Linjian Wu, Zhouyu Xiang, Han Jiang, Mingwei Liu, Xueli Ju and Wenxiao Zhang
Soda residue soil (SRS) is a man-made engineering foundation soil formed by soda residue; it is mainly distributed in coastal areas in China. SRS is rich in a variety of corrosive salts, among which the concentrations of chloride ions are about 2?3 times...
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Mohamud Salat and Brent Swallow
To simultaneously enhance agricultural productivity and lower negative impacts on the environment, food systems need to be much more efficient in using resources such as land, water, and fertilizer. This study examines resource use efficiency of maize pr...
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Mohamud Salat and Brent Swallow
To simultaneously enhance agricultural productivity and lower negative impacts on the environment, food systems need to be much more efficient in using resources such as land, water, and fertilizer. This study examines resource use efficiency of maize pr...
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Lindah Muzangwa, Pearson Nyari Stephano Mnkeni and Cornelius Chiduza
Conservation agriculture (CA) can sustainably address soil degradation and improve crop yields. However, the success of CA amongst South African smallholder farmers is not known. The aims of the study were to find out: (1) the extent of CA practice by th...
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Ana Paula da Silva Milani, Wesley Jorge Freire
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This work informs about a research effort with the aim of proposing construction solutions that help reducing the environmental degradation the researchstudied the utilization of rice husk added to mixtures of soil and cement to obtain an alternative con...
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Jianlei Qiao, Yonglu Lv, Yucai Feng, Chang Liu, Yi Zhang, Jinying Li, Shuang Liu and Xiaohui Weng
At present, the electronic nose has became a new technology for the rapid detection of pesticides. However, the technique may misidentify them for samples that have not been involved in training. Therefore, a hybrid model based on unsupervised and superv...
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Binhao Liu, Shengxiao Wang, Pengcheng Dong, Xinzhe Zhang, Long Zhang, Chen Chen, Xihui Xu, Yan Xia, Zhenguo Shen, Liang Shi and Yahua Chen
The retention of copper (Cu) in saline?alkali soil (SAS) during long-term application of biogas residue (BR) with a high concentration of Cu raises concerns. In this work, the fate of Cu was detected using adsorption isotherms, scanning electron microsco...
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António A. S. Correia, Joana B. Caldeira, Rita Branco and Paula V. Morais
Traditional soil stabilization methods are usually associated with high energy consumption, carbon emissions, and long-term environmental impact. Recent developments have shown the potential use of bio-based techniques as eco-friendly alternatives for so...
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