Greenhouse gas emissions from salt-affected soils: Mechanistic understanding of interplay factors and reclamation approaches

RK Fagodiya, SK Malyan, D Singh, A Kumar, RK Yadav… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Salt-affected soils contain high levels of soluble salts (saline soil) and exchangeable sodium
(alkali soil). Globally, about 932 million ha (Mha), including 831 Mha of agricultural land, is …

Soil physicochemical properties and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) yield under brackish water mulched drip irrigation

G Yang, F Li, L Tian, X He, Y Gao, Z Wang… - Soil and Tillage …, 2020 - Elsevier
To alleviate surface water shortages during cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivation in
Xinjiang, the largest cotton producing area in China, we used brackish groundwater …

Long-term saline water drip irrigation alters soil physicochemical properties, bacterial community structure, and nitrogen transformations in cotton

X Guo, S Du, H Guo, W Min - Applied Soil Ecology, 2023 - Elsevier
Saline water irrigation has become important in alleviating shortages of freshwater
resources in arid areas. However, long-term saline irrigation increases soil salinity with …

Ecologic service, economic benefits, and sustainability of the man-made ecosystem in the taklamakan desert

L Congjuan, M Abulimiti, F Jinglong… - … in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The longest artificial highway shelterbelt flowing across the Taklamakan desert was
conducted in 2005. To ensure the sustainable development of the highway and shelterbelts …

Contrasting responses of two C4 desert shrubs to drought but consistent decoupling of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance at high temperature

X Feng, R Liu, C Li, H Zhang, M Slot - Environmental and Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
How desert shrubs respond to drought and heat remains poorly understood. We
investigated how drought affected the morphology and physiology of two C 4 species with …

The Effects of saline water drip irrigation on tomato yield, quality, and blossom-end rot incidence---A 3a Case Study in the South of China

Y Zhai, Q Yang, M Hou - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Saline water resources are abundant in the coastal areas of south China. Most of these
resources still have not been effectively utilized. A 3-year study on the effects of saline water …

Comprehensive comparison of different saline water irrigation strategies for tomato production: Soil properties, plant growth, fruit yield and fruit quality

J Li, Y Gao, X Zhang, P Tian, J Li, Y Tian - Agricultural Water Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Saline water has been increasingly used for crop production in areas characterized by
freshwater shortage. However, continuous irrigation with saline water often results in …

The oasis effect and summer temperature rise in arid regions-case study in Tarim Basin

X Hao, W Li, H Deng - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
This study revealed the influence of the oasis effect on summer temperatures based on
MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) and meteorological data. The results showed that …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing the strategies of mulched brackish drip irrigation under a shallow water table in Xinjiang, China, using HYDRUS-3D

L Guo, Z Wang, J Šimůnek, Y He… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Optimizing mulched drip irrigation (MDI) with brackish water, which would benefit both soil
and cotton yields, is crucial for arid areas lacking fresh water (FW) resources and having …

Soil structure and its functions in ecosystems: Phase matter & scale matter

X Peng, R Horn, P Hallett - Soil & Tillage Research, 2015 - abdn.elsevierpure.com
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