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Heavy grazing reduces soil bacterial diversity by increasing soil pH in a semi-arid steppe [PDF]

PeerJ
Background In a context of long-term highly intensive grazing in grassland ecosystems, a better understanding of how quickly belowground biodiversity responds to grazing is required, especially for soil microbial diversity.
Xiaonan Wang, Chengyang Zhou, Shining Zuo, Yixin Ji, Wenxin Liu, Ding Huang   +5 more
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AI‐Enabled RGB Light‐to‐Frequency Sensor for Nondestructive Salinity Stress Monitoring in Medicinal Plants

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
A distributed wireless sensing framework enables noninvasive monitoring of plant salinity stress through leaf reflectance measurements acquired with portable optical sensors. The collected data are processed using TinyML‐based neural network models deployed at the edge, enabling accurate, real‐time, and low‐cost classification of salinity levels, while
Ali Ahmad, Vinie Lee Silva‐Alvarado, Arman Heydari, Sandra Sendra, Jaime Lloret   +4 more
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Biochar‐based fertilizers improve nutrient use efficiency in sunflower grown on a subtropical tidal soil

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Improving fertilizer use efficiency is essential for reducing environmental pollution, sustaining agricultural production, and maximizing the economic profitability of crop production systems. This study tested the hypothesis that the formulation strategy of biochar‐based fertilizers, rather than nutrient addition alone, is associated with ...
Md. Al‐Amin, Miftahul Jannat Mim, S. M. Mahbubul Alam, Shamim Mia, M. M. Masud, Gopal Saha, Md. Abdul Kader, Keiji Jindo   +7 more
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Amaranth Plants with Various Color Phenotypes Recruit Different Soil Microorganisms in the Rhizosphere

Plants
To explore and utilize the abundant soil microorganisms and their beneficial functions, high-throughput sequencing technology was used to analyze soil microbial compositions in the rhizosphere of red and green amaranth varieties.
Xin-Ru Lin, Da Yang, Yu-Fei Wei, Dian-Cao Ding, Hui-Ping Ou, Shang-Dong Yang   +5 more
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Effects of drought stress and Morchella inoculation on the physicochemical properties, enzymatic activities, and bacterial community of Poa pratensis L. rhizosphere soil [PDF]

PeerJ
Background Soil microorganisms are crucial for plant growth, and both plants and their associated rhizosphere microbes are impacted by changes in soil moisture.
Wei Yin, Le Wang, Qian Han Shang, Yi Xin Li, Wei Sa, Quan Min Dong, Jian Liang   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li, Bo Zhang, Zhang‐Hangjian Chen, Hafiz Hoque   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rhizosphere effects on cadmium fractionation in contaminated soils: a comparative study of ultisols and alfisols

Scientific Reports
Elucidating the impact of rhizosphere interactions on soil heavy metal accumulation and speciation is essential for accurately assessing heavy metal bioavailability and remediating contaminated soils.
Lifen Li, Yinxin Ma
doaj   +1 more source

Stacking Efficiency of Oryza sativa Plant Microbial Fuel Cells in Paddy Fields: Power Generation and Methane Reduction as Measures for Greener Technology

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
The 3D‐printed MFCs in paddies during rice cultivation generated a maximum power density of 26 µW/m2 within 3 days via a series–parallel configuration and theoretically reduced methane by 0.012–0.016 kg for 1 m2 of land use through an LCA based on existing methane reduction data in rice paddies.
Adrian D. Oblena, Aaron Joseph F. Dimatulac, Julianne Clarise E. Tandayu, Kristopher Ray S. Pamintuan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of Rhizosphere of Ricinus communis L. (Castor) on Nickel Phytoextraction

Madras Agricultural Journal, 2017
Investigation on the dynamics of the heavy metals in the rhizosphere has been hampered by the lack of reliable methods for sampling rhizosphere soil.
M. Malarkodi
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Disturbance from restoration reseeding is associated with short‐term topsoil carbon loss and alters soil bacterial communities and functions in degraded alpine meadows of the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
Restoration reseeding of degraded alpine meadows increased aboveground vegetation but was associated with short‐term topsoil carbon loss, coinciding with a microbial strategy shift from resident carbon‐preserving to carbon‐spending bacterial guilds. Abstract Background Restoration of degraded ecosystems is widely promoted as a nature‐based solution ...
Long‐Tao Zhu, Wen‐Min Shi, Guang‐Peng Qu, Xu Yin, Yong‐Kang Zhang, Ying‐Jie Sun, Zhen Luo, Wei Li, Chun‐Ping Zhang, Jie‐Jun Xi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source