Biodegradable Plastic Mulch Residues Reshape Soil Life Differently in Loamy and Sandy Soils
A year-long incubation study shows that biodegradable plastic mulch residues stimulate microbial biomass and reshape soil aggregates differently in loamy ...
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Straw or Biochar? Scientists Uncover Two Distinct Routes to Carbon-Rich Saline Soils
A two-year field experiment in China's Yellow River Delta shows that straw and biochar both raise soil organic carbon in ...
Manure Beats Commercial Organic Fertilizer in Drought-Hit Wheat Fields
A four-year field trial on China's Loess Plateau shows that replacing a quarter of chemical nitrogen with pig manure outperforms ...
Biochar Supercharges Soil Structure by Rewriting the Invisible Forces Between Particles
A year-long field experiment in China shows that biochar stabilizes soil aggregates by raising readily oxidized and particulate organic carbon, ...
Organic Fertilizer Plus Cellulose Additive Rebuilds Sandy Desert Soil and Lifts Cotton Yields in Xinjiang
A three-year field experiment in southern Xinjiang shows that combining organic fertilizer with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose rebuilds sandy soil structure, ...
Hidden Fungus Inside Ryegrass Rewrites the Microbial Map of Soil, Aggregate by Aggregate
A new study in Plant and Soil shows that the foliar fungus Epichloë festucae reshapes bacterial and fungal communities across ...
Less Nitrogen, More Carbon: Straw Trick Turns Saline Soils into Carbon Sinks
A three-year field experiment in China's Yellow River Delta shows that pairing reduced nitrogen fertilizer with half-dose straw incorporation boosts ...
Engineered Carbon Materials Could Lock Climate-Warming Carbon in Farm Soils, Review Finds
A major review of 25 years of research finds that biochar, hydrochar and artificial humic substances can boost soil carbon ...
Water-Saving Irrigation and Hydrochar Reshape Carbon Storage in Paddy Soil Clumps
A controlled experiment shows that switching flooded rice paddies to water-saving irrigation and amending soil with straw-derived hydrochar shifts the ...
Moderate Biochar Rates Unlock Higher Vegetable Yields and Nitrogen Efficiency in Southern China
A two-year field experiment in Guangdong Province found that applying 20 tons of rice-straw biochar per hectare increased vegetable yields, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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