Effects of legume-based rotation on subsequent sorghum rhizosphere microbial communities and their drought tolerance-related genes [PDF]
Environmental MicrobiomeIntroduction The impacts of incorporating legumes into cereal crops on soil microbial structure, composition, functional genes involved in nitrogen, carbon and phosphorus cycling, signaling pathways and hydraulic conductivity adaptations have been well ...
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Trait-mediated linkages and stocking rate thresholds in plant-community-soil feedbacks to long-term grazing in a Stipa breviflora desert steppe [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionStipa breviflora desert steppe serves as a critical ecological barrier in arid and semi-arid regions, where grazing represents the dominant land use practice.
Jiangwen Li +10 more
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Plant trait diversity buffers soil moisture dynamics on coastal dikes during drought periods. [PDF]
PLoS ONESoil moisture is considered a key component for the structural integrity of engineered ecosystems, such as sea dikes. Although plants are important determinants of physical soil properties in dike greening, research lacks on the extent to which greater ...
Jan-Michael Schönebeck +3 more
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Metagenomic analysis of the community structure and functional potential of Tamarix rhizosphere microbiomes along a soil salinity gradient [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionSoil salinization strongly shapes rhizosphere microbial communities and their functional potential in arid ecosystems. Tamarix is a key halophytic shrub in desert saline–alkali environments, yet how its rhizosphere microbiomes respond to ...
Yanzhi Wang +8 more
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Ecological IndicatorsReed beds play essential roles in wetland ecosystems, acting as natural filters and providing critical habitat for freshwater, estuarine, and marine species.
Paolo Cingano +10 more
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Hexagonal disc working bodies for working soils subject to wind erosion [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Necessary quality of soil cultivation is not always achieved by disk plough-harrows. To solve this problem the improved working unit - flat hexagonal disk was proposed.
Soyunov Alexej +4 more
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A thesaurus for soil invertebrate trait-based approaches. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Soil invertebrates are known to be much involved in soil behaviour and therefore in the provision of ecosystem services. Functional trait-based approaches are methodologies which can be used to understand soil invertebrates' responses to their ...
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Effects of long-term integrated agri-aquaculture on the soil fungal community structure and function in vegetable fields [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 AbstractThe diversity and community structure of soil fungi play an important role in crop production and ecosystem balance, especially in paddy-upland vegetable field systems. High-throughput sequencing was used to study changes in the soil fungal community structure and function in paddy-upland vegetable field systems.
Xianqing Zheng +9 more
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Efficient Extraction of Polyethylene Microplastics from Soil by Sieve Flotation Method
Guangdong nongye kexue, 2023 【Objective】Efficient separation and extraction of polyethylene microplastics from soil is a key link to study the behavior of polyethylene microplastics in terms of environmental pollution and toxicology, with a view to constructing a separation method ...
Jie ZHANG, Jinlong LAI, Xuegang LUO
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Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2022 Finger millet (ragi) is the main food grain for many people, especially in the arid and semiarid regions of developing countries in Asia and Africa. The grains contain an exceptionally higher amount of Ca (>300 mg/100 g) when compared to other major ...
Ramwant Gupta +2 more
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