Use of soil and climate data to assess the risk of agricultural drought for policy support in Europe. [PDF]
, 2001 This paper describes the use of soil and climatic data for assessing the risk of drought in Europe. Soil moisture regimes are defined for soil classification purposes and these can be used to delineate areas with the same type of soil climate.
Jones, Robert J. A. +2 more
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Forestry solutions for mitigating climate change in China
Forest Systems, 2014 Aim of study: Forests have vital functions in global carbon cycle, and thus are of prime importance in efforts to curb climate change. This study intends to guide effective forestry solutions to combat climate change in China.Area of study: China, not ...
Guanglei Gao +4 more
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INFLUENCE OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPOST ON YIELD OF TOMATOAPPLIED SOLELY AND IN COMBINATION WITH INORGANIC FERTILIZER WHERE NITROGEN IS THE ONLY VARIABLE FACTOR [PDF]
Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2021 Municipal solid waste compost (MSWC) is considered as one of the prominent fertilizers that improve soil health and productivity. To evaluate the effects of MSWC on plant growth, an experiment was conducted by using sole MSWC and with a combination of ...
A.B. Abdus Salam +4 more
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Assessment of soil erosion in olive orchards (Olea europaea L.) under cover crops management systems in the tropical region of Brazil [PDF]
, 2020 In the tropics, water erosion is one of the most important factors leading to the degradation and deterioration of agricultural land. Olive orchards have a low canopy coverage, especially during the first years after planting, due to the low density of ...
Beniaich, Adnane +7 more
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Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2015 Cultivation of field crops is a challenge and risky business in sloping areas. A study was conducted as a demonstration model for the sloppy lands of Fateh Jang, Pakistan.
Obaid ur Rehman +4 more
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Ecological Processes, 2019 Background Evaluation of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) ratios in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems can advance our understanding of biological processes, nutrient cycling, and the fate of organic matter (OM) in these ecosystems ...
Paul Julian +7 more
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Characterization of cowpea to harvest rainwater for wheat in semiarid conditions
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2021 Aim of study: A field experiment was executed, under rainfed conditions from 2014-15 to 2017-18, to study the role of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) in rainwater harvesting to enhance the wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield.
Muhammad R. Sajjad +8 more
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Measuring very negative water potentials with polymer tensiometers: principles, performance and applications [PDF]
, 2009 In recent years, a polymer tensiometer (POT) was developed and tested to directly measure matric potentials in dry soils. By extending the measurement range to wilting point (a 20-fold increase compared to conventional, water-filled tensiometers), a ...
Bakker, G. +7 more
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Variation in Tree Species Ability to Capture and Retain Airborne Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Scientific Reports, 2017 Human health risks caused by PM2.5 raise awareness to the role of trees as bio-filters of urban air pollution, but not all species are equally capable of filtering the air. The objectives of this current study were: (1) to determine the foliar traits for
Lixin Chen +4 more
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Effects of fine root length density and root biomass on soil preferential flow in forest ecosystems
Forest Systems, 2015 Aim of study: The study was conducted to characterize the impacts of plant roots systems (e.g., root length density and root biomass) on soil preferential flow in forest ecosystems.
Yinghu Zhang +4 more
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