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Effects of dual mulching with wheat straw and plastic film under three irrigation regimes on soil nutrients and growth of edible sunflower

Agricultural Water Management, 2023
Mulching is an important practice to reduce soil water loss and improve productivity in agriculture. To investigate the influence of dual mulching with crushed wheat straw padding and plastic film combined with different irrigation amounts on soil ...
Jinxia Zhang, Liangliang Du, Zisheng Xing, Rui Zhang, Fuqiang Li, Tao Zhong, Fangfang Ren, Meng Yin, Lin Ding, Xingrong Liu   +9 more
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Effects of Straw Incorporation and Tillage Depth on Soil Quality in Mollisol Profiles

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although improvements in soil quality under straw incorporation have been well documented, responses across soil profiles under different tillage depths remain unclear. To address this issue, a field experiment was established in 2011 in Mollisols with conventional tillage (20 cm depth) without straw (CT) and with straw (SCT), no tillage with ...
Yu Xu, Jinsong Liang, Mingzhe Sun, Xiaozeng Han, Xinchun Lu, Xianfa Ma, Wenxiu Zou   +6 more
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Optimizing Soil Organic Matter Estimation Through Multi‐Factor Zoning and Tree‐Based Automated Learning

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Soil organic matter (SOM) is a key indicator of land degradation and soil functioning. It plays an essential role in nutrient cycling, soil structure, and long‐term agroecosystem resilience. The variations of surface cover, soil moisture and soil texture heterogeneity will affect the accuracy of SOM remote sensing mapping. This study developed
Xuzhou Qu, Meiyan Shu, Huiming Song, Xiaohe Gu, Jingping Zhou, Qian Sun, Baoyuan Zhang, Menglei Dai, Chunjiang Zhao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Straw mulching alters the composition and loss of dissolved organic matter in farmland surface runoff by inhibiting the fragmentation of soil small macroaggregates

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Straw mulching is a widespread practice for reducing the soil carbon loss caused by erosion. However, the effects of straw mulching on dissolved organic matter (DOM) runoff loss from black soil are not well studied.
Shanshan Cai, Lei Sun, Wei Wang, Yan Li, Jianli Ding, Liang Jin, Yumei Li, Jiuming Zhang, Jingkuan Wang, Dan Wei   +9 more
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Lichen‐Derived Mineral Residue as a Renewable Particulate Filler in Polylactic Acid Biocomposites: Structure, Melt Rheology, Viscoelastic, and Flexural Behavior

Polymer Composites, EarlyView.
Lichen residue, a renewable mineral‐organic material, was melt compounded with polylactic acid and triacetin in a twin‐screw extruder. ABSTRACT A lichen‐derived natural material, known as “höllük” in southeastern Turkey, is introduced as a renewable filler for polylactic acid (PLA).
Huseyin Esen, Necip Elbir, Mine Begum Alanalp, Ali Durmus   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Varying Effects of Straw-Returning Methods on Soil Microbial Diversity and Community Composition in Northeast China

Microorganisms
Straw-returning is an effective way to improve straw utilization efficiency and reduce environmental pollution. Various straw-returning methods exist; however, their effects on soil microbial diversity and community composition in cool regions have been ...
Yitao Zhang, Yuxian Wang, Zhanbin Sun
doaj   +1 more source

Comparisons of Shredded Newspaper and Wheat Straw as Crop Mulches [PDF]

HortTechnology, 1992
This study compared shredded newspaper, wheat straw ( Triticum aestivum L.) mulch, and bare soil as surface treatments under sweet corn [ Zea mays L., var. Saccharata (Surt.)], field corn ( Z. mays L.), soybean [
openaire   +1 more source

Climate‐smart land management: Greenhouse gas outcomes and social and economic pathways to adoption

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Climate change poses one of the greatest threats to natural and working lands, reducing the resilience of agricultural and forest productivity. Because land management is a leading source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate‐smart management practices are being implemented to reduce net emissions while sustaining yields.
Kristina Bartowitz, Janice Parks, Danielle Berardi, Julia Smith, Kristin Haltinner, Alexander Maas, Ashley Ballantyne, Laura Laumatia, Dewan Al Rafi, Eric Walsh, Dianne Baumann, Nick Koenig, Laurel Lynch, Tara Hudiburg   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Influence of Mulching with Straw on the Field Microclimate and Ginger Growth [PDF]

HortScience, 2004
Mulching with straw increase soil water content, air relative humidity and air temperature, but decreased soil temperature. Though mulching with straw didn't change light intensity, ginger growth and yield were the same as shading. The growth and yield under shading and mulching with straw were both higher than that of naked soil.
Kun Xu*, Xiufeng Wang, Fang Wang
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Intercropping mitigates incidence of the oilseed rape insect pest complex

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Intercropping reduces the incidence of the oilseed rape insect pest complex with a significant impact of the direct visual and physical disruption provided by the companion plant. Abstract BACKGROUND Oilseed rape (OSR, Brassica napus) is a major crop requiring numerous phytosanitary treatments.
Laurie Magnin, Ivan Hiltpold, Alexandra Jullien, Alice Baux   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source