This study was jointly supported by the National Key Research and Development Project of China(No.2016YFD0200303);the Natural Science Foundation of China-Shandong Joint Key Project(Nos.U 1806215 and U1906221);the Key Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.KFZD-SW-112-03-02);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41977015).
Salt and sodicity of saline-alkali soil adversely affect the construction of ecological landscapes and negatively impact crop production.The reclamation potential of biochar(BC,wheat straw biochar applied at\%by weigh...
supported by the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2015M580110);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFC0501306)。
Burying a straw layer and applying flue gas desulphurization(FGD)gypsum are effective practices to ameliorate soil salinization or alkalization and to increase crop yield;however,little information exists on the effec...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31860360);the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2016YFC0501406)。
Information on the effects of halophyte communities on soil organic carbon(SOC)is useful for sequestrating C in arid regions.In this study,we identified four typical natural halophyte communities in the Manasi River B...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFC0501200);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41571210 and 41601583);the Natural Science and Technology Basic Work of China(No.2015FY110500)
Saline ice meltwater can be used for irrigation and leaching of salts in salt-affected soil regions.A laboratory experiment was conducted using soil columns to investigate the redistribution of soil moisture, salt and...
King Abdulazaiz City of Science and Technology(KACST)(grant no:AT-34-392),Riyadh,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Thermally modified organic materials commonly known as biochar have gained popularity of being used as a soil amendment.Little information, however, is available on the role of biochar in alleviating the negative impa...
supported by the National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period of China(No.2012BAD14B01);the Ph.D.Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China(No.20110008130003)
A plethora of information is available on the effects of salinity on plant growth and soil physico-chemical properties,but the effects on soil organisms are often neglected.Thus,a systematic investigation of how soil ...
Supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Action Plan for the Development of Western China (No. KZCX2-XB2-13);the Chinese Academy of Sciences Knowledge Innovation Program (No. KSCX2-YW-N-003);the 100 Talents Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
In order to utilize the wasted saline-sodic soils under shallow groundwater condition, a 3-year field study was carried in a field cropped with Lycium barbarum L. and irrigated by drip irrigation with saline groundwat...
Soil water retention data are essential for irrigation scheduling and determination of irrigation frequency. However, direct measurement of this characteristic is time consuming and expensive and furthermore its spati...
Project supported by the Ministry of Education and Science,Spain (No.AGL2006-01283);the European Regional Development Fund (No.EX2006-0347).
The saline wetlands,or'saladas',of Monegros Desert,NE Spain,contain biodiversity that depends on the estab- lishment of a prognostic monitoring system that can warn of approaching irreversible damage.In the context of...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40001008 and 40571066);German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (No. AZ39742);the Postdoctoral Science Foundation o China (No. 20060401048).
A coastal saline field of 10.5 ha was selected as the study site and 122 bulk electrical conductivity (ECb) measurements were performed thrice in situ in the topsoil (0-20 cm) across the field using a hand held device...