The degradation of soil fertility and quality due to rapid industrialization and human activities has stimulated interest in the rehabilitation of low-fertility soils to sustainably improve crop yield. In this regard,...
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...
the Department of Range and Watershed Management, University of Zabol, Iran for a scholarship grant
In arid regions,afforestation has been considered as a method for ecological revival in terms of vegetation enrichment and soil amelioration.In this study,the effects of afforestation with Haloxylon spp.on vegetation ...
the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research(Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung,BMBF)for the Exploratory Grant(No.STC TUNGER-006/INTOASES)as a part of the Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Republic of Tunisia and the Federal Republic of Germany;the patience and hospitality of the oasis farmers at Chenini and Guettaya oases in Tunisia,as well as technical support by the technicians at the Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation of the University of Bonn and the Agrosphere Institute(IBG-3)of Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,Germany
In Tunisia, the coastal Chenini oasis is characterized by a lush vegetation cover, whereas more inland continental oases(e.g., the Guettaya oasis) have a very scarce vegetation cover. For sustaining date palm producti...
Supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China(No.2009BADC6B02);the National Environmental Protection Public Benefit Research Foundation of China(No.2013467036);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41030531 and 40701078)
Rapeseed cake (RC), the residue of rapeseed oil extraction, is effective for improving tea (Camellia sinensis) quality, especially taste and aroma, but it has limited ability to ameliorate strongly acidic soil. In...
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31071847 and 31172026);the Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 20104404110016);the Foundation for High-level Talents in Higher Education of Guangdong, China
Silicon (Si) can enhance the resistance of plants to many abiotic stresses. To explore whether Si ameliorates Fe2+ toxicity, a hydroponic experiment was performed to investigate whether and how Si detoxifies Fe2+ toxi...
Supported by the International Foundation of Science(No.C/4073-1);the National"Eleventh Five Years Plan"Key Project on Science and Technology of China(Nos.2006BAD05B02 and 2009BADC6B02)
It is imperative to choose some low cost, available and effective ameliorants to correct soil acidity in southern China for sustainable agriculture. The present investigation dealt with the possible role of industrial...
Project supported by the Indigenous Ph.D. Scholarship Scheme of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
A hydroponics experiment was conducted to evaluate the role of potassium (K) and silicon (Si) in mitigating the deleterious effects of NaCl on sugarcane genotypes differing in salt tolerance.Two salt-sensitive (CPF 24...
Amelioration of saline-sodic soils through land preparation with three tillage implements (disc plow, rotavator and cultivator) each followed by application of sulfuric acid at 20% of gypsum (CaSO4-2H2O) requireme...
Furfural residue, an industrial waste, is a kind of strongly acidic organic materials. Its comprehensive utilization in agriculture showed a significant effect on control of soil alkalization, amelioration of solonetz...