Construction activities often involve removal of topsoil and compaction of the exposed soil by heavy equipments. Such compacted soils with low organic matter can lead to low infiltration and poor vegetation establishm...
Amidst intensifying global agricultural water demand,optimizing management practices and understanding the role of soil amendments,particularly biochar(BC),in modulating soil water dynamics are critical.Here,we review...
This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42077071,U22A20613 and 41877080);the Loess Plateau Ecological Restoration Innovation Team,Shaanxi Academy of Forestry(SXLK2020-03-02).
Large-scale vegetation restoration can reduce local watershed water yield,limit vegetation establishment and subsequent growth,and influence regional ecosystem functions.Clipping management by reducing aboveground par...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42071285,42371297);the Key R&D Program Projects in Shaanxi Province of China(2022SF-382);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(GK202302002).
Severe soil erosion and drought are the two main factors affecting the ecological security of the Loess Plateau,China.Investigating the influence of drought on soil conservation service is of great importance to regio...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52070158,42277073,and51679206);the National Fund for Studying Abroad,China(CSC No.201706305014)。
Nitrogen (N) plays a key role in crop growth and production;however,data are lacking especially regarding the interaction of biochar,grass cover,and irrigation on N leaching in saturated soil profiles.Eighteen soil co...
Bingtuan Science and Technology Program(2021DB019,2022CB001-01,2022CB001-07);National Natural Science Foundation of China(42275014).
Biochar has the potential to provide a multitude of benefits when used in soil remediation and increasing soil organic matter enrichment.Nevertheless,the intricated,hydrophobic pores and groups weaken its water-holdin...
Soil infiltration is a very important concept in hydrology as well as irrigation, which plays a vital role in estimating surface runoff and groundwater recharge. It is a complicated process that varies with numerous f...
financially supported by Jiangsu Water Science and Technology Program(Grant No.2018046 and 2019045).
At present,water and fertilizer use efficiency is low in many cultivation areas in southern China.Studies show that the buried straw layer can effectively conserve water and fertilizer.To investigate the optimal irrig...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51574156);the Key Development Program for Research of Shandong Province(Grant No.2018GNC110023);The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviews and editors for their constructive suggestions which greatly improve the quality of this manuscript.
Soil salinization is an issue of global concern.Despite recent evidence indicates that application of sediments into saline-alkali soil in Yellow River Delta as an additive can increase crop yield,its effects on soil ...
This study was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2016YFC0400204);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52079105,51779205 and 51479161);and the Public welfare industry research special project(Grant No.201203003);The authors acknowledge the anonymous reviewers and the editor for their valuable comments and suggestions.
Film hole irrigation has been widely adopted as an effective water-saving irrigation technology in the arid and semiarid areas of China.To investigate the effects of initial soil moisture content(θ0)on soil water and...