A5052132530- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Plant responses to water stress
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
United Nations Environment Programme
2017-2024
Plastic fragments are widely found in the soil profile of terrestrial ecosystems, forming plastic footprint and posing increasing threat to functionality carbon (C) footprint. It is unclear how affects C cycling, particularly permanent sequestration. Integrated field observations (including 13C labelling) were made using polyethylene polylactic acid (low-, medium- high-concentrations as intensifying footprint) landfilling soil, track flow along soil–plant-atmosphere continuum (SPAC). The...
Yield-phenology relation is a critical issue affecting rainfed maize field productivity in semiarid east African Plateau (EAP). We first introduced Chinese ridge-furrow mulching (RFM) system to EAP, using three cultivars with early-, mid- and late-maturing traits as test materials. A two-year experiment was conducted farm of Kenya from 2012 2013. Three treatments were designed: alternative ridge furrow transparent plastic (FT), black (FB) without (CK). found that FT FB significantly...
Abstract BACKGROUND Ridge–furrow mulching farming systems (RFMs) aim to increase field productivity and improve water use efficiency. To explore environment‐friendly efficient is a central aspect of rainfed wheat management in Kenya where rainfall utilization at low level. We introduced RFMs (including plastic film grass straw mulching) semiarid evaluate the effects on productivity, rainwater utilization, soil quality economic profitability using old modern cultivars from 2012 2013. RESULTS...
Fully biodegradable (Bio) plastic film is an alternative option to replace widely used polythene in semiarid rainfed regions. However, its productivity and environmental friendliness remain unclear. Field observations were conducted using maize variety Pioneer 335 evaluate the effects of Bio mulching on soil hydrothermal status, carbon sequestration, water a site northwest China from 2016 2017. Six treatments designed as (1) CK-1, ridge furrow (RF) without mulching, (2) CK-2, conventional...