Polyethylene microplastics have been detected in farmland soil, irrigation water, and soil
organisms in agroecosystems, while plastic mulching is suggested as a crucial source of …

Biochar has been widely applied as a soil modifier to improve the physical properties and
increase the water content of the soil. Although the response of soil hydrological properties …

Understanding the dynamics of soil microbial communities responsible for soil element
cycling is vital to understanding organic amendments' mechanisms in agricultural soil …

Atrazine is a biotoxic long-residing herbicide whose toxic effects on soil microorganisms
have attracted widespread attention. However, previous studies on the effects of atrazine on …

The lack of water resources limits sustainable agricultural production in the Loess Plateau
region of China, and optimizing field management practices to improve crop water use …

Intercropping controls a variety of agroecosystem processes that are crucial for effective crop
production by increasing crop diversity. Prior studies have frequently concentrated on crop …

Biochar plays a crucial role in enhancing soil ecological functions and productivity, and
mitigating environmental pollution. Despite the available studies conducted through high …

Root-associated microbiota play an essential role in maintaining the soil-plant-microbial
interactions of ecosystems, especially within conservation agriculture systems. However, the …

Conservation agriculture with three management principles has been widely adopted to
alleviate the current global agricultural soils facing threats such as soil erosion and nutrient …

Greenhouse gas intensity (GHGI), the evaluation of GHG emissions per unit yield rather than
per unit land area, has recently received much attention. Plastic film mulching (PFM) is one …