USDA NIFA(Grant#2020-67019-31155);USDA NRCS(GR0007378);the NMSU Agriculture Experiment Station for financial support of the project.
Climate change has caused high weather variability,affecting crop production in arid and semi-arid regions.Circular buffer strips(CBS)of perennial native grasses can produce crops with less irrigation water while prov...
project supported by Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University,Scientific Research Projects Management Unit(Project No:2021/6-1 YLS).
The continuous increase in global population intensifies the demand for energy.The growing need for energy has led to the ongoing search for new and renewable alternative energy sources instead of fossil fuels.Biogas ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(71934003,72322008,and72348003).
Payment for Ecosystem Services(PES)has been widely acknowledged as an effective tool for mitigating grassland degradation and enhancing ecosystem services provision.However,critical factors,such as herders'willingness...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(42230720);Central-guided Local Science and Technology Development Program(2024ZY0014).
Background Desertifcation is the most severe environmental problem in arid and semi-arid regions and has caused great economic loss every year.However,artifcial sand fxation barriers function on sand fxation for only...
National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFC3001000);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52239008,52108311,and 52025094);the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(KQTD20210811090112003 and GXWD20231130125225001)for financial supports.
The understanding of rainfall-induced landslides on gentle, loose-fill slopes is limited in comparison to steep slopes. Hence, two physical model tests were conducted on silty sand slopes under continuous rainfall: on...
Irish Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine,Grant/Award Number:RSF 11/S/109;Science Foundation Ireland,Grant/Award Number:16/RC/3835(VistaMilk);H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions,Grant/Award Number:841882(GenSPaD)。
Background: Despite its importance to animal production potential, geneticgain for forage nutritive value has been limited in perennial ryegrass (Loliumperenne L.) breeding. The objective of this study was to phenotyp...
supported by the Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition and Research Program(2021xjkk0305);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA2003020201);the Key Intergovernmental Projects for International Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation of the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFE0109200).
Tumbleweeds participate in a common seasonal biological process in temperate grasslands,creating hanging grass fences during the grass-withering season that result in distinct ecological phenomena.In this study,we add...
financially supported by the Key R&D Program of Shaanxi Province(2023-YBSF-324);Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education Services Local Special Plan Project(23JC019);National Natural Science of Foundation of China(42267024).
Gauge length influences the biomechanical properties of herbaceous roots such as tensile resistance,tensile strength and Young’s modulus.However,the extent to which and how these biomechanical properties of herbaceou...
Heavy metals have been viewed as hazardous environmental pollutants, and anthropogenic activities due to their high toxicity and persistent nature in the environment. Anthropogenic activities such as artisanal mining,...
In the Saloum region of central-western Senegal, water needs are essentially met by tapping an underground aquifer associated with the sandy-clay formations of the Continental Terminal, in contact with both the ocean ...