Search Results - "Arid Land Research and Management"

Use of organic amendments to reclaim saline and sodic soils: a review by Leogrande, Rita, Vitti, Carolina

“…Soil salinity and sodicity are land degradation processes that strongly alter soil quality and consequently plant productivity. The reclamation of soils…”
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Long-term effects of land use type and management on sorptivity, macroscopic capillary length and water-conducting porosity of calcareous soils by Mozaffari, Hasan, Moosavi, Ali Akbar, Sepaskhah, Alireza, Cornelis, Wim

“…Soil hydraulic properties are often influenced by agricultural activities. Knowledge of such properties is needed to understand the effect of agricultural…”
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Effect of tree canopy on herbaceous vegetation and soil characteristics in semi-arid forests of the Aravalli hills by Garg, Shriya, Joshi, Rajendra Kr, Garkoti, Satish Chandra

“…Herbaceous vegetation is of great ecological importance and responds quickly to environmental changes. The present study was aimed to understand the variation…”
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Physiological and biochemical properties of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under different mulching and water management systems in the semi-arid region of Punjab, Pakistan by Ahmad, Salman, Zaheer, Muhammad Saqlain, Ali, Hafiz Haider, Erinle, Kehinde O., Wani, Shabir Hussain, Iqbal, Rashid, Okone, Okon Godwin, Raza, Ali, Waqas, Muhammad Mohsin, Nawaz, Muhammad

“…In order to meet the dietary requirements of the rising human population with diminishing water resources, there is the need to adopt techniques that optimize…”
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Long-term relationships of MODIS NDVI with rainfall, land surface temperature, surface soil moisture and groundwater storage over monsoon core region of India by Naga Rajesh, A., Abinaya, S., Purna Durga, G., Lakshmi Kumar, T. V.

“…India's climate is semi-arid, and most of the people in this country depend on agriculture. In this article, we present the long-term relationships of the…”
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Seed priming with H2O2 improves photosynthetic efficiency and biomass production in sunflower plants under salt stress by Silva, Petterson Costa Conceição, Azevedo Neto, A. D., Gheyi, H. R., Ribas, R. F., Silva, C. R. R., Cova, A. M. W.

“…Salinity commonly affects photosynthesis and crop production worldwide. However, some studies have shown that hydrogen peroxide seed priming can increase the…”
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Effects of a super absorbent polymer on soil properties and plant growth for use in land reclamation by Abrisham, Elham Sadat, Jafari, Mohammad, Tavili, Ali, Rabii, Ahmad, Zare Chahoki, Mohammad Ali, Zare, Salman, Egan, Todd, Yazdanshenas, Habib, Ghasemian, Davood, Tahmoures, Mohammad

“…Effects of the super absorbent polymer (SAP) were tested on both the soil attributes and growth properties of Seidlitzia rosmarinus in the arid Emrani region…”
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Effect of mustard cover crops on corn growth, yield and soil water storage in southwest Texas by Dong, Xuejun, Feng, Gongneng, Sieckenius, Shane, Leskovar, Daniel I.

“…Mustard cover crops can provide multiple soil health benefits but may adversely affect cash crops by depleting soil water. This was tested in a center-pivot…”
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Biocrust contribution to soil CO2 flux in desert shrubland ecosystem of northwest Mexico by Ayala-Niño, Fernando, Maya-Delgado, Yolanda, Troyo-Diéguez, Enrique, Garcillán, Pedro P.

“…Soil respiration is a critical ecological process and is a hierarchical component of ecosystem respiration that regulates the global carbon cycle. But there is…”
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Exploring the Impact of Overgrazing on Soil Erosion and Land Degradation in a Dry Mediterranean Agro-Forest Landscape (Crete, Greece) by Kairis, Orestis, Karavitis, Christos, Salvati, Luca, Kounalaki, Aikaterini, Kosmas, Kostas

“…The impact of land management practices on soil erosion and land degradation was assessed during three consecutive years (December 2008-November 2011) in a…”
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Prediction of water retention properties of Syrian clayey soils by Al Majou, Hassan, Muller, Fabrice, Penhoud, Philippe, Bruand, Ary

“…Studies on clayey soils developed in temperate areas have shown that their water retention properties are related to both the clay content and the specific…”
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GIS-based multi-criteria analysis for flood hazard areas mapping of M'zab wadi basin (Ghardaia, North-Central Algeria) by Hamlat, Abdelkader, Meharzi, Salim, Guidoum, Azeddine, Sekkoum, Mohamed, Mokhtari, Youcef, Kadri, Chadli Bendjedid

“…Located in the hyper-arid regions of Algeria, the M'zab Wadi basin has historically experienced severe flash flooding, causing severe economic damage and loss…”
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Investigation of the relationship between dust storm index, climatic parameters, and normalized difference vegetation index using the ridge regression method in arid regions of Central Iran by Ebrahimi Khusfi, Zohre, Roustaei, Fatemeh, Ebrahimi Khusfi, Mohsen, Naghavi, Somayeh

“…Wind erosion is a serious environmental issue caused by the interaction between various climatic and terrestrial factors. Using the ridge regression (RR)…”
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Seed priming with zinc oxide nanoparticles improves growth, osmolyte accumulation, antioxidant defence and yield quality of water-stressed mung bean plants by Mazhar, Muhammad Waqas, Ishtiaq, Muhammad, Maqbool, Mehwish, Akram, Raheel

“…The mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] grown in arid lands experiences yield losses due to the non-availability of water at pod filling and flowering…”
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Effect of biochar on potassium fractions and plant-available P, Fe, Zn, Mn and Cu concentrations of calcareous soils by Rasuli, Fariba, Owliaie, Hamidreza, Najafi-Ghiri, Mahdi, Adhami, Ebrahim

“…Biochar as an eco-friendly substance, depending on its origin and production conditions, may have significant effects on soil properties, nutrient availability…”
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Diversity of phenolic compounds, antioxidant capacity, and mineral element content in four fig cultivars (Ficus carica L.) and their correlation with the rooting of hardwood cuttings by Abbasi, Shima, Mirsoleimani, Abbas, Jafari, Moslem

“…We investigated the phenolic compound profile, antioxidant capacity, rooting of cutting and fruit mineral concentration on 15-year-old trees of four Iranian…”
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi impact on yield attributes, protein quantity and quality in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown under drought stress by Abdi, Neila, Van Biljon, Angeline, Steyn, Chrisna, Labuschagne, Maryke

“…Drought is increasingly becoming a production constraint in wheat world-wide. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)-bread wheat symbiosis has been shown to…”
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Impact of fly ash deposition on plants diversity, metal content, and associated risk on grazing ruminants in the vicinity of Morupule power station, Botswana by Gajaje, Katumelo, Duelang, Matshelo, Ultra, Venecio U., Marenga, Willie, Rantong, Gaolathe

“…Fly ash (FA) deposition originating from power stations and unprotected dumpsites, have been found to affect plant communities, potentially causing…”
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Alternate use of fresh and saline waters to improve water productivity and soil sustainability of drip irrigated wheat in a semi-arid region by Vibhute, Sagar D., Chinchmalatpure, Anil R., T. V., Vineeth, Kumar, Shrvan, Gorain, Bisweswar, Prasad, Indivar, Camus, D. David, Shukla, Monika

“…Severe problems of rising groundwater and secondary soil salinization demand holistic agricultural water management in canal command areas. Drip irrigation…”
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Effects of biochar and peat on salt-affected soil extract solution and wheat seedling germination in the Yellow River Delta by Wang, Jie, Yuan, Guodong, Lu, Jian, Wu, Jun, Wei, Jing

“…Salt-affected soils are widely distributed in arable croplands, so it is important to reclaim these soils. In this study, the effects of different biochar/peat…”
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