Dear Editor,Soil sodicity is the primary limiting factor in sustainable crop production in arid and semiarid regions,where the water scarcity,low rainfall,and poor-quality(salty)groundwater are common occurrence(Datta...
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...
Limited availability of organic matter is a problem to sustain crop growth on sodic soil. Organic soil amendments are a costeffective source of nutrients to enhance crop growth. A field study was conducted to evaluate...
Supported by the Project of Spanish Government(No.AGL2009-08931)
Soil management matters in semiarid lands are key to have acceptable yields and to preserve diversity. After the major agricultural intensification underwent in the semiarid lands of Monegros, NE Spain, custom tailore...
Supported by the Isfahan University of Technology, Iran;the Technical University of Cartagena, Spain
Limited information is available on the distribution and origin of palygorkite in soils developed on Tertiary sediments as the major soil parent materials in central Iran and other Middle Eastern countries. The object...
supported by Punjab Agricultural University, India
Microbial biomass carbon (MBC), a small fraction of soil organic matter, has a rapid turnover rate and is a reservoir of labile nutrients. The water-extractable carbon pools provide a fairly good estimate of labile C ...
A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive years in a farmer's field at Haji Mora Village, Dera Ismail Khan (D.I. Khan) in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWPP) of Pakistan to compare various management pra...
Application of lime or gypsum is a common agricultural practice to ameliorate soils with low pH which prohibits crop production. Its integrated effect on soil properties in a red soil derived from Quaternary red clay ...