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Microplastics from mulching film is a distinct habitat for bacteria in farmland soil.

Science of the Total Environment, 2019
Microplastics, as an emerging pollutant of global importance, have been well documented in aquatic ecosystems. However, little is known about the effects of microplastics on agroecosystems, particularly for soil microbial communities.
Meng-jun Zhang, Yanran Zhao, Xiao Qin, Weiqian Jia, Liwei Chai, Muke Huang, Yi Huang   +6 more
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Interactive effect of soil mulching and irrigation regime on yield, irrigation water use efficiency and ‎weeds of trickle–irrigated onion

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 2021
Reducing the water loss sources, i.e. soil evaporation and weeds presence, is an essential act for keeping well soil moisture to crop growth, especially under drought conditions.
I. El-Metwally, L. Geries, H. Saudy
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No-tillage with mulching improves maize yield in dryland farming through regulating soil temperature, water and nitrate-N

, 2021
Nitrogen (N) losses from cropland soils contribute to a series of ecological problems. No-tillage and mulching are widely regarded as practices that can minimize the disturbance of the agro-ecosystem and regulate the water cycle in dryland farming ...
Zi-Cheng Dai, Jinsheng Hu, Jinsheng Hu, Jun Fan, Jun Fan, W. Fu, Huan Wang, M. Hao   +7 more
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Effects of plastic and straw mulching on soil microbial P limitations in maize fields: Dependency on soil organic carbon demonstrated by ecoenzymatic stoichiometry

, 2021
Mulching rain-fed farmland ecosystems changes the soil physicochemical properties, especially soil organic carbon (SOC), but the metabolic limitations of soil microorganisms after these changes are unclear.
Ma Zizong, Xucheng Zhang, Bangyu Zheng, S. Yue, Xuechen Zhang, B. Zhai, Zhaohui Wang, Wei Zheng, Z. Li, Kazem Zamanian, B. Razavi   +10 more
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Mulching practices alter the bacterial-fungal community and network in favor of soil quality in a semiarid orchard system.

Science of the Total Environment, 2020
The study aimed to investigate how mulching practices can improve soil quality by altering microbial community composition and the interrelations among its members. The experiment was conducted for 7 years (from 2012 to 2018) in an apple (Malus domestica
Yuanji Wang, Li Liu, Yu Luo, M. Awasthi, Jianfeng Yang, Yumin Duan, Huike Li, Zhengyang Zhao   +7 more
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The response of photosynthetic capacity and yield of cotton to various mulching practices under drip irrigation in Northwest China

, 2021
Mulched drip irrigation is regarded as an effective water-saving irrigation technique that is adopted widely in dryland regions. However, due to the lack of efficient mulch film recovery, residual plastic film fragments accumulating in soil nowadays pose
Rui Zong, Zhenhua Wang, Jinzhu Zhang, Wenhao Li   +3 more
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The effect of different mulching on tomato development and yield

, 2021
A study was conducted under field conditions to investigate the effects of different soil mulching on tomato development and yield for fresh consumption. Two experiments were conducted, one in the fall-winter and the other in the spring-summer.
Sara R. Mendonça, M. C. R. Ávila, R. G. Vital, Zeuxis Rosa Evangelista, N. Pontes, A. R. Nascimento   +5 more
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Effects of the combination of mulching and deficit irrigation on the soil water and heat, growth and productivity of apples

, 2021
Mulching and deficit irrigation are often used to alleviate the contradiction between the water supply and consumption in the apple industry in the Loess Plateau of China.
Liao Yang, Hongxia Cao, Wen-Kai Xue, L. Xing   +3 more
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Grain yield and greenhouse gas emissions from maize and wheat fields under plastic film and straw mulching: A meta-analysis

Field crops research (Print), 2021
Understanding the effects of soil mulching on crop yields and greenhouse gas (N2O, CO2 and CH4) emissions is important for developing sustainable agriculture.
Haiming Wang, Jing Zheng, Junliang Fan, Fucang Zhang, Chi-Hua Huang   +4 more
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Evapotranspiration partitioning and water productivity of rainfed maize under contrasting mulching conditions in Northwest China

, 2021
Soil mulching can effectively modify crop growth environments and increase crop productivity in rainfed agriculture, and the knowledge about water fluxes within the soil-crop-atmosphere ecosystem is essential for improving water productivity (WP) in water-
Jing Zheng, Junliang Fan, Fucang Zhang, Q. Zhuang   +3 more
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