Advancing agriculture through bioresource technology: the role of cellulose-based biodegradable mulches

RS Riseh - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024 - Elsevier
Agriculture plays a pivotal role in meeting the world's ever-growing food demands. However,
traditional agricultural practices often have negative consequences for the environment …

Postfire management impacts on soil hydrology

DA Zema - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Research about soil hydrology after a wildfire has widely investigated the impacts of many
postfire management strategies on ecosystems with different characteristics. However …

Multiple surface runoff and soil loss responses by sandstone morphologies to land-use and precipitation regimes changes in the Loess Plateau, China

Y Yu, R Zhu, D Ma, D Liu, Y Liu, Z Gao, M Yin… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
In this research, a long-term (2014–2020) approach to quantify surface runoff and soil loss
generated by different land use and precipitation regimes on Pisha sandstone hillslopes …

Mulch as a nature-based solution to halt and reverse land degradation in agricultural areas

I Bogunović, V Filipović - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic mulch is a nature-based solution since have no harmful effects on the environment.
Mulch has the goal of restoring degraded ecosystems and delivering vital ecosystem …

Prescribed fire and soil mulching with fern in Mediterranean forests: Effects on surface runoff and erosion

BG Carrà, G Bombino, ME Lucas-Borja… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Prescribed burning is increasingly used to reduce the wildfire risk, and the need to limit
runoff and erosion after the fire suggests treating burned soils with mulching. To this aim …

[HTML][HTML] Spontaneous vegetation as an alternative to cover crops in olive orchards reduces water erosion and improves soil physical properties under tropical …

A Beniaich, DV Guimarães, JC Avanzi, BM Silva… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research aimed to study the effects of different cover crops on chemical and physical
properties in olive orchards, under tropical conditions, to investigate erosive processes by …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term impacts of wildfire and post-fire mulching on ecosystem multifunctionality in a semi-arid pine forest

MD Carmona-Yáñez, M Francos, I Miralles… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Straw and wood chips have been widely used as mulch materials to control post-fire erosion
in burned forests. However, their effects on ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) have been …

Evaluation of best management practices to reduce sediment yield in the upper Gilo watershed, Baro akobo basin, Ethiopia using SWAT

TS Bibi, EA Adem - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The increasing sediment yield in the watershed is caused by natural and human activities,
which significantly shifts the hydro-meteorological in the watershed. The Modified Universal …

Effects of post-fire mulching with straw and wood chips on soil hydrology in pine forests under Mediterranean conditions

MG Diaz, ME Lucas-Borja, J Gonzalez-Romero… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mulching is one of the most common post-fire management techniques, which has been
widely studied at the global scale. However, more research is needed on the hydrological …

Influence of cover crops and tillage on organic carbon loss in Mediterranean olive orchards

F Márquez-García, A Hayas, A Peña… - Soil and Tillage …, 2024 - Elsevier
Olive (Olea europaea L.) is one of the main crops in the Mediterranean area, with Spain
leading its production. The majority of the plantations are on rainfed land, poor soils with …