supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31972425);the Shanghai Agriculture Applied Technology Development Program,China(2020-02-08-00-08-F0148)。
Fruit spine density is an important commercial trait for cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.).Most North China-type cucumbers that are grown over large areas have a dense-spine phenotype,which directly affects the appearance ...
Mountains are important reservoirs of biodiversity and endemism on a global scale, but little is known about the altitudinal configuration of this diversity and its driving factors in arid mountains. We explored varia...
financially supported by Domaine Louata of Providence Verte Company,Agricultural Training and Research Center.
Drought is one of the most severe environmental stresses affecting soybean growth and development,especially in arid and semi-arid areas.The aim of this experiment is to evaluate the effect of regulated deficit irriga...
Biomass is among the most important state variables used to characterize ecosystems. Estimation of tree biomass involves the development of species-specific “allometric equations” that describe the relationship betw...
This communication looks at the photo-oxidation of polythene and polypropylene plastic bottle tops that are placed on soil in a hot arid environment. The degree of oxidation of the plastic is monitored by FT-IR spectr...
financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2023YFF1305500);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.32022056,32101509,and 32171641)。
Climate warming has intensified the global hydrological cycle,amplifying the differences in precipitation and soil moisture between arid and humid areas.Such a change under regional drought may alter nitrogen(N)and ph...
financially supported by the second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(Grant No.2019QZKK0603);supported by the Western China Youth Scholar Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences,the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(Grant No.2024YFHZ0178);the Science and Technology Research Program of Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.IMHE-ZYTS11)。
Solar farms have been rapidly expanding on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.However,the effects of photovoltaic arrays on the contribution of microbial necromass carbon(MNC)to soil organic carbon(SOC),along with the underl...
In most agricultural areas in the semi-arid region of the southern United States, wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production is a primary economic activity. This region is drought-prone and projected to have a drier clim...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32001165,41473068);the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(2022NSFSC1753);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA26040202);the Free Exploration Project of the Dual Support Plan for Disciplinary Development of Sichuan Agricultural University(2024ZYTS016).
As a key functional trait affecting many physiological processes,leaf pH is closely related to other leaf traits at the local scale.Nevertheless,whether and how leaf pH is linked with other leaf functional traits acro...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFD1900502);the National Field Scientific Observation and Research Station on Efficient Water Use of Oasis Agriculture in Wuwei of Gansu Province(KF2021004)。
Soil evaporation(SE)is a key component of regional hydrological balance,especially in arid areas.China has the largest area of apple orchards in the world,but the effects of mulching practices on sE dynamics and their...