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Effect of Mulching on Soil Quality, Microbial Community, and Root Function in Apple Orchards

Horticulturae
Mulching is an agronomic practice that improves orchard soil and promotes root growth. To investigate the regulatory effects of different mulching materials on soil properties, microbial communities, and root function in apple orchards, eight treatments ...
Yifei Li, Linyu Li, Zhuanling Zhou, Deguo Lyu, Sijun Qin, Deying Zhao, Cungang Cheng, Jiali He, Gongxun Xu   +8 more
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Arthropod conservation in roadside verges: Unmown refuges outperform mowing equipment changes

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
While roadside verges might have potential as connecting corridors for grassland habitats and their inhabitants, roadside mowing negatively impacts grassland arthropod densities. In contrast to unmown refuges, all mowing techniques harmed grassland arthropods, with no significant differences between mowing equipment.
Johanna L. Berger, Margarita Hartlieb, Nadja K. Simons, Nico Blüthgen   +3 more
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Embedded Pesticide Use: Exploring the Pesticide‐Land Nexus

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, global land grabs, farmland financialization and land‐based food sovereignty movements have returned the land question to the heart of agrarian studies. Meanwhile, abiding interest in pesticides has been reanimated in the face of changes in production, regulation and knowledge of toxicity.
Julie Guthman, Marion Werner
wiley   +1 more source

Ectopic Expression of ScALDH21 From a Desert Moss Enhances Cotton Resistance to Verticillium Wilt via the Modulation of Jasmonates and Phenylpropanoid Pathways

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biotic stresses, particularly Verticillium wilt (VW), lead to a global decline in cotton yields. Here, we demonstrate that ectopic expression of ScALDH21, a gene from the desiccation‐tolerant moss Syntrichia caninervis Mitt. and absent in angiosperms, enhances cotton's resistance to VW.
Honglan Yang, Xiaoshuang Li, Tohir A. Bozorov, Jianwei Zhang, Aerguli Jiamahate, Dawei Zhang, Jiancheng Wang, Qilin Yang, Zongrang Liu, Dina Mahesati, Haijiang Xu, Shuangxia Jin, Daoyuan Zhang, Yongqiang Dai   +13 more
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Lack of Hydraulic Acclimation in Response to Multiple Droughts and Recovery

Plant, Cell &Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human‐caused climate change is expected to bring more frequent and extended droughts with shorter wet periods of relief in between for many regions of the world. Critical knowledge gaps remain around the extent to which tree species can acclimate physiologically to repeated droughts.
Jaycie C. Fickle, Kelly L. Kerr, Lillie I. Congram, Cedric Zahnd, William R. L. Anderegg   +4 more
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Impacts of reclamation approaches on plant establishment in an arid environment during copper mine revegetation

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Revegetation using native vegetation is a commonly used technique to reclaim landscapes degraded by mining activities. Revegetation efforts in the arid Southwestern United States face physical, geochemical, hydrological, and biological challenges unique to drylands.
Sierra T. Lauman, Catherine G. Fontana, Elise S. Gornish, Julia W. Neilson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alternative approaches to dryland reclamation enhance vegetation cover and soil stability at a former uranium mine

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Conventional reclamation methods to recover dryland ecosystems after mineral extraction often have low success. Alternative reclamation techniques may help overcome the many challenges to establishing persistent native vegetation and stable soils.
Kathryn D. Eckhoff, Rebecca K. Mann, Seth M. Munson, Katherine Walton‐Day, Jo E. Hinck, Michael C. Duniway   +5 more
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Can surface treatments and climate matching enhance restoration success in the Sonoran Desert?

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Restoring native plant communities in arid ecosystems through seeding is a critical yet often unsuccessful strategy due to severe environmental stressors, including degraded soils, low and variable rainfall, and seed predation. Objectives To improve restoration outcomes, we examined the influence of seed mix types and soil surface
Shumin Lyu, Helen I. Rowe, Jennifer Broatch, Jane X. Brady, Mary Fastiggi, Sharon Fitts, Debbie Langenfeld, Seth M. Munson   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of straw mulching and plastic mulching on maize yield and crop water productivity in China: A meta-analysis

Agricultural Water Management
With the increasing severity of global climate change and water scarcity, improving crop water productivity (WPc) has become essential for sustainable agriculture.
Xuegui Zhang, Yao Li, Yanan Sun, Lianyu Yu, Jiatun Xu, Xiaobo Gu, Huanjie Cai   +6 more
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Disturbance legacies in arid environments shape recovery of former agricultural land

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Increasingly, arid agricultural land is being permanently taken out of irrigated production due to more frequent drought, higher temperatures, and the overconsumption of groundwater, with important ramifications for ecological recovery.
Laurel M. Brigham, Nicole M. Fiore, Julie C. Coffey, Sarah Kimball, R. Travis Brooks, Megan E. Lulow   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source