Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is considered as a staple food for more than half of the global
population, and sustaining productivity under a scarcity of resources is challenging to meet …

Urea is the most used fertilizer because of its significance on world food security but it is also
the toughest fertilizer to manage. It is readily available to the plant and it is vulnerable to loss …

Nutrient availability after fertilising agricultural soils is affected by many factors, including soil
moisture conditions and physicochemical properties. Herein, the availability of potassium in …

Plant health is necessary for food security, which is a key determinant of secure and
sustainable food production systems. Deficiency of soil nutrients and invasion of plant …

Thermoplastic starch (TPS) based on the mixture of cassava starch and glycerol was
prepared and blended with the natural rubber (NR) and epoxidized NR (ENR). The resulting …

The changes taking place in the marine coastal zones are extremely important, as about
40% of the human population currently lives in the coastal areas (within 100 kilometres of …

This paper describes the ecohydrodynamic predictive model EcoPuckBay—the ecosystem
part—for assessing the state of the Puck Bay coastal environment and its ecosystem. We …

Winter cover crops (WCCs) are fast-growing and high biomass producing crops that are
included in the of crop rotation between two main cash crops. WCCs are used for greening …

Densification of cities and urban population contributes to increased runoff and suspended
solids and alteration of the urban water cycle. Nowadays, Blue-Green Infrastructure is …

Agricultural land use may deteriorate soil bacterial diversity and function in an
agroecosystem. This study aimed to explore the impact of agricultural disturbance on the …