Nujiang farmers use the innovative dryland rice cultivation technology developed by a Chinese expert team to grow yields and income.As April ushers in spring,mist clings to the deep valleys of the Nujiang Grand Canyon...
There is a need for more focus in understanding the economic benefits of Climate-Smart Agriculture(CSA)interventions,particularly in sub-Saharan Africa,where extreme climate events are significantly affecting agricult...
funded by the Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region(2022AAC02020);the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Local Cooperation(2021NXZD8);the Yinchuan Natural Resources Bureau Research Project(022204129004).
Alluvial fans possess diverse geomorphological features and have a significant impact on soil characteristics and variations in ecological stoichiometry.However,it remains unclear how alluvial fans in arid mountainous...
supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China and David Eldridge by the Hermon Slade Foundation.
Trees provide multiple ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration,hydrological regulation and habitat for arboreal animals.However,they are often removed to support agricultural enterprises.Despite the importance...
granted by National Key Research and Development Program(No.2022YFF0801803);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42161144008).
Enhancing forest cover is important for effective climate change mitigation.Studies suggest that drylands are promising areas for expanding forests,but conflicts arise with increased forest area and water consumption....
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFD1900703);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31272250).
Amplifying drought stress and high precipitation variability impair dryland wheat production.These problems can potentially be minimized by using plastic mulch(PM)or straw mulch(SM).Therefore,wheat grain yield,soil wa...
suppor ted by National Natural Science Foundation of China(32161143012);Postdoctoral Innovation Talents Support Program(BX20230149);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2023M731464);Australian Research Council(FT210100902).
Plastic pollution has emerged as a crucial driver of environmental change[1].Despite human efforts towards recycling and clean-up,current practice makes it difficult to collect fragments that are<100 cm^(2)in size and...
funded by the Research Program from the Research Center for Food Crops,the Research Organization for Agriculture and Food,National Research and Innovation Agency(BRIN).
Sorghum is thefifth most required cereal crop globally.Sorghum bicolor has the advantage of being adaptive to both lowland and dryland,with drought-tolerant and wide adaptability.The low nutrient availability in drylan...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42022048&42107335);the Third Xinjiang Scientific Expedition of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC(Grant No.2022xjkk0904);the project“CERN Long-term Observation Data Mining and Annual Data Report”(Grant No.KFJ-SW-YW043);the Xinyang Academy of Ecological Research Open Foundation(Grant No.2023XYQN12);the Nanhu Scholars Program for Young Scholars of XYNU。
Anthropogenic revegetation is an effective way to control soil erosion and restore degraded ecosystems in China's northwest drylands(NWD).However,excessive vegetation cover expansion has long been known to increase ev...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1602266,32060474,and 31601274);grants from the Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department(202005AF150009 and 202101AS070001).
Upland rice shows dryland adaptation in the form of a deeper and denser root system and greater drought resistance than its counterpart,irrigated rice.Our previous study revealed a difference in the frequency of the O...