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Transgenic Technology can Accelerate Cotton Breeding: Transgenic ScALDH21 Cotton Significantly Improve Drought Tolerance in Southern and Northern Xinjiang [PDF]

, 2022
Aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs) contribute to cellular protection against oxidative stress. These enzymes are crucial to organisms’ ability to cope with environmental stress.
Bozorov, Tohir A., Daoyuan, Zhang, Li, Xiaoshuang, Waheed, Abdul, Wang, Jiancheng, Yang, Honglan, Zhang, Dawei   +6 more
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Decade-long unsustainable vegetation management practices increase macronutrient losses from the plant-soil system in the Taklamakan Desert

Ecological Indicators, 2022
Arid ecosystems are characterized by low availability and mobility of soil nutrients and slow geochemical cycles. Management of native vegetation in such ecosystems for fuel, livestock grazing, and other agricultural activities (burning and cutting) may ...
Akash Tariq, Corina Graciano, Jordi Sardans, Abd Ullah, Fanjiang Zeng, Ihteram Ullah, Zeeshan Ahmed, Sikandar Ali, Dhafer A. Al-Bakre, Zhihao Zhang, Yanfu Bai, Weiqi Wang, Josep Peñuelas   +12 more
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Fine Soil Texture Is Conducive to Crop Productivity and Nitrogen Retention in Irrigated Cropland in a Desert-Oasis Ecotone, Northwest China

Agronomy, 2022
Agricultural production in oases requires extensive irrigation and nitrogen (N) inputs, which result in a high incidence of non-point-source pollution. Information on how soil texture affects crop productivity and water and N use efficiency is needed to ...
Lisha Wang, Zhibin He, Wenzhi Zhao, Chuan Wang, Dengke Ma   +4 more
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Integrative assessment and management implications on loss of ecosystem services value of desert-oasis ecotone due to artificial oasis expansion

Global Ecology and Conservation
The ecosystem services value (ESV) is essential for preventing environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. The expansion of artificial oases has led to a decrease in ESV in the desert-oasis ecotone of arid regions.
Xinxin Li, Donglei Mao, Jie Xue, Shunke Wang, Jingjing Chang, Xin Liu   +5 more
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Simulation model of vegetation dynamics by combining static and dynamic data using the gated recurrent unit neural network-based method

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2022
The simulation of vegetation dynamics is essential for guiding regional ecological remediation and environmental management. Recent progress in deep learning methods has provided possible solutions to vegetation simulations. The gated recurrent unit (GRU)
Pu Zhang, Zhipeng Li, Heyu Zhang, Jie Ding, Xufeng Zhang, Rui Peng, Yiming Feng   +6 more
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Multi-proxy survey of open-air surface scatters in drylands: Archaeological and physico-chemical characterisation of fossilised dunes in North Gujarat (India) [PDF]

, 2017
This research aims at improving our understanding of open-air archaeological surface scatters in drylands, their extension and the intensity of human activities during their occupation.
Ajithprasad, P., Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas, Balbo, Andrea, Conesa, Francesc C., Lobo, Agustín, Madella, Marco, Rajesh, S. V.   +6 more
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Involvement of soluble proteins in growth and metabolic adjustments of drought-stressed Calligonum mongolicum seedlings under nitrogen addition [PDF]

, 2020
The planting of seedlings is the most effective measure for vegetation restoration. However, this practice is challenging in desert ecosystems where water and nutrients are scarce.
Chai, X., Graciano, Corina, Tariq, A., Zeng, F., Zhang, Z.   +4 more
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Are the shoreline and eutrophication of desert lakes related to desert development? [PDF]

, 2021
Desert lakes are unique ecosystems found in oases within desert landscapes. Despite the numerous studies on oases, there are no reports regarding the spatiotemporal distribution and causes of eutrophication in the desert lakes that are located at the ...
Duan, Quntao, Luo, Lihui, Ogashawara, Igor, Wang, Lixin, Yang, Qiyue, Yang, Rong, Zhao, Wenzhi, Zhou, Chenglin, Zhou, Hai, Zhuang, Yanli   +9 more
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Yield Comparisons between Cotton Variety Xin Nong Mian 1 and Its Transgenic ScALDH21 Lines under Different Water Deficiencies in a Desert-Oasis Ecotone

Agronomy, 2021
Water scarcity is the major limiting factor for oasis-desert agricultural production of cotton. It is necessary to improve cotton for drought tolerance and minimize drought-related crop losses, and the transgenic approach is efficient for cotton ...
Honglan Yang, Tohir A. Bozorov, Xiaoping Chen, Dawei Zhang, Jiancheng Wang, Xiaoshuang Li, Dongwei Gui, Zhiming Qi, Daoyuan Zhang   +8 more
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Spatiotemporal dynamics and driving mechanism of eco-environmental quality in piedmont-oasis-desert ecotone based on long-term harmonized remote sensing ecological index- take Korla - Tiemenguan oasis in Xinjiang as an example

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
Eco-environmental quality is the basic premise of oasis socio-economic development. Clarifying the spatiotemporal dynamic pattern and evolution mechanism in the piedmont-oasis-desert ecotone is a basis for regional development. To solve this problem, the
Junling He, Xifeng Ju, Chuqiao Han, Liming Liu, Haidong Zhang, Saitiniyazi Adilai, Chongbo Li   +6 more
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