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Plant Sciences
Weijia Liu, Zepeng Yang, Qinxin Ye, Zhaohui Peng, Shunxi Zhu, Honglin Chen, Dinghui Liu, Yiding Li, Liangji Deng, Xiangyang Shu, Han Huang
Summary: Soil microbial characteristics are important for evaluating soil quality, and organic amendments are found to have positive effects on microbial activity and community structure. This study conducted a meta-analysis of 94 studies and found that organic amendments significantly increased microbial biomass and did not affect the ratio of fungi to bacteria and the ratio of Gram-positive bacteria to Gram-negative bacteria. Land use type, mean annual precipitation, and soil initial pH were identified as essential factors affecting microbial activity response.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yin-Ping Zhang, Xin Li, Hao-Jie He, Hua Zhou, Duan-Yang Geng, Yu-Zi Zhang
Summary: This paper aims to explore the issues related to soil nutrient and structure destruction in a rice-wheat double-cropping area caused by over-tillage prior to rice cultivation. Through designing and testing a three-year cycle of rotation tillage pattern and comparing it with continuous no-tillage pattern and conventional ploughing & rotary tillage, the study found that the rotation tillage pattern significantly improved soil quality and crop yields. This study provides a theoretical reference for improving tillage patterns in rice-wheat double-cropping areas.
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Environmental Sciences
Yunpeng Sun, Xiaobing Chen, Jingsong Yang, Yongming Luo, Rongjiang Yao, Xiangping Wang, Wenping Xie, Xin Zhang
Summary: The summer maize-winter barley rotation system is commonly used in coastal areas of east China, but little attention has been paid to soil degradation after crop rotation. In this study, applying wheat straw derived biochar increased water holding capacity and macro-aggregate content, mitigating soil degradation and increasing maize yield.
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Soil Science
Andrea Jilling, Marco Keiluweit, Jessica L. M. Gutknecht, A. Stuart Grandy
Summary: Root exudates influence the stability of mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) in soil, causing carbon and nitrogen release through direct and indirect pathways, which significantly impact nutrient availability for microbes and plants.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Agronomy
Madara Darguza, Zinta Gaile
Summary: Crop diversification in rotations is crucial for sustainable crop production. This research analyzed the impact of soil tillage and crop rotation on the yield, energy yield, and economic profitability of different field crops. The study found that crop rotations with a diverse range of crops, particularly with a reduced share of winter wheat, significantly increased wheat grain yields and overall economic profitability. Furthermore, wheat and oilseed rape were identified as the most valuable crops in terms of energy yield.
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Plant Sciences
Yonglei Jiang, Ruqiang Zhang, Cuiping Zhang, Jiaen Su, Wen-Feng Cong, Xiaopeng Deng
Summary: Organic fertilizer is effective in improving soil quality and promoting crop growth. The combination of organic and inorganic fertilizers has been proven to be a favorable way to increase tobacco yield and quality. This study explores the mechanisms underlying tobacco yield and quality under different combinations of organic and inorganic fertilizers. The results showed that the addition of organic fertilizer increases tobacco yield and quality, as well as soil extracellular enzyme activities. Different organic sources have different effects on soil enzyme activities. The study suggests that animal-based organic fertilizers, such as pig dung, should be combined with chemical fertilizers to improve tobacco quality and soil nutrients.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
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Soil Science
Mengyan Cao, Yao Xiang, Hongbin He, Junkang Cheng, Yu Song, Cheng Jin, Guorong Xin, Chuntao He
Summary: This study investigated the ammonia oxidation process in different crop rotations and found that the abundance of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria was significantly increased in the Italian ryegrass-rice rotation. The soil organic matter and nitrogen content were also higher in this rotation, leading to higher enzyme activities and ammonia oxidation efficiency. The findings suggest that this rotation can promote soil nitrogen cycling and improve rice production.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Peng Wu, Gang Zhao, Fu Liu, Shakeel Ahmad, Tinglu Fan, Shangzhong Li, Jianjun Zhang, Yi Dang, Lei Wang, Shuying Wang, Wanli Cheng, Tie Cai
Summary: Continuous wheat cropping in the Loess Plateau of China has led to soil degradation and yield reductions. This study found that wheat rotations can improve soil quality, soil enzyme activity, crop yield, and soil water use efficiency, with wheat-soybean rotation having more positive effects on soil quality and crop productivity.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Agronomy
Marco Pittarello, Nicola Dal Ferro, Francesca Chiarini, Francesco Morari, Paolo Carletti
Summary: Short-term results of the field trial showed that organic farming practices did not improve soil organic carbon content and aggregate stability, but significantly increased enzymatic activities. Crop rotations and association with legumes enhanced beta-glucosidase and P fixation through phosphatases activities.
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Soil Science
Claudia Savarese, Marios Drosos, Riccardo Spaccini, Vincenza Cozzolino, Alessandro Piccolo
Summary: Long-term maize monoculture leads to progressive degradation of soil organic matter quality, while maize-leguminous rotation helps to preserve the original composition of soil organic matter and reduce soil organic carbon losses.
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Environmental Sciences
Di Wu, Zhibo Feng, Wenqi Gu, Yuning Wang, Zifan Liu, Wenjia Wang, Yuxue Zhang, Weiming Zhang, Wenfu Chen
Summary: Biochar amendment can improve rice growth and soil fertility, leading to increased rice production in cold areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Soil Science
Qiaoyi Huang, Shuanhu Tang, Xiaolin Fan, Jianfeng Huang, Qiong Yi, Mu Zhang, Yuwan Pang, Xu Huang, Ping Li, Hongting Fu
Summary: By comparing the RRV system with the traditional RRF system, it was found that planting green beans during the winter fallow period can significantly increase the annual crop yield, biomass, and economic returns, as well as positively affect the soil's biological, chemical, and physical properties.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Shuhui Wang, Nan Sun, Shuo Liang, Shuxiang Zhang, Jeroen Meersmans, Gilles Colinet, Minggang Xu, Lianhai Wu
Summary: Enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks through fertilization and crop rotation can increase crop productivity and mitigate global warming. This study analyzed the differences in total SOC stocks and their driving factors in two rice-based cropping systems over the past four decades. Results showed that the rice-wheat system had higher SOC sequestration potential compared to the double rice system.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Shuotong Chen, Yuanjun Ding, Xin Xia, Xiao Feng, Xiaoyu Liu, Jufeng Zheng, Marios Drosos, Kun Cheng, Rongjun Bian, Xuhui Zhang, Lianqing Li, Genxing Pan
Summary: This study investigated the molecular composition changes of paddy topsoil following application of untreated, manured, and charred maize straw. The results showed that charred maize straw significantly increased SOM content and molecular diversity in soil, while biochar contributed to the preservation of plant-derived molecules, suggesting a sustainable approach to enhance SOM pool and molecular diversity in agricultural soils.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Christopher O. Anuo, Jennifer A. Cooper, Katja Koehler-Cole, Salvador Ramirez, Michael Kaiser
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of five years of winter cover cropping on soil organic carbon and nitrogen storage in a corn-soybean rotation in Nebraska. The results showed that cover cropping did not affect gaseous and leaching losses, as well as bulk soil organic carbon and nitrogen storage, but had a positive effect on the amount of water-extractable organic matter.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Qiong Liao, Tian-jiao Tang, Ting Zhou, Hai-xing Song, Ying-peng Hua, Zhen-hua Zhang
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2020)
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Environmental Sciences
Xiuwen Wu, Haixing Song, Chunyun Guan, Zhenhua Zhang
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Guihong Liang, Haixing Song, Yan Xiao, Zhenhua Zhang
Summary: This study explored the impact of V-ATPase activity in plant vacuoles on growth and development. The lack of two tonoplast-localized subunits of V-ATPase resulted in defective growth and excessive ammonium accumulation in plants, which could be alleviated by potassium supplementation. This research provided new insights into the relationship between V-ATPase, growth, and ammonium accumulation, while highlighting the role of potassium in mitigating ammonium toxicity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Haifei Chen, Quan Zhang, Xueru Wang, Jianhua Zhang, Abdelbagi M. Ismail, Zhenhua Zhang
Summary: This study reveals that the interaction between nitrogen and potassium is achieved by modulating root-derived ethylene signals to regulate root-to-shoot K+ translocation via NRT1.5.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zhimin Wu, Dong Liu, Ningyan Yue, Haixing Song, Jinsong Luo, Zhenhua Zhang
Summary: The study revealed that Arabidopsis thaliana PLANT DEFENSIN 1 gene AtPDF1.5 plays a crucial role in plant adaptation to low nitrogen and cadmium stress by regulating the expression of nitrate transporter and metal transporter genes, enhancing adaptation to LN and Cd stress, and improving the distribution of metallic elements.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Qiong Liao, Dmytro Chebotarov, Mohammad S. Islam, Marinell R. Quintana, Mignon A. Natividad, Marjorie De Ocampo, Joseph C. Beredo, Rolando O. Torres, Zhenhua Zhang, Haixing Song, Adam H. Price, Kenneth L. McNally, Amelia Henry
Summary: This study found a close relationship between grain yield and deep root growth in rice through field trials and greenhouse studies. When studying the component traits of deep root growth, it was discovered that the number of "large-diameter" nodal roots was positively correlated with deep root growth and showed the strongest genome-wide association with grain yield under drought conditions. Two candidate loci were identified that have distinct haplotype distributions and could contribute to rice improvement.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Agronomy
Zhuo Luo, Haixing Song, Min Huang, Zhenhua Zhang, Zhi Peng, Tao Zi, Chang Tian, Mamdouh A. Eissa
Summary: This study investigated the effects of dense planting with reduced nitrogen rate on rice yield, nitrogen-use efficiency, and net nitrogen mineralization. The results showed that dense planting with reduced nitrogen rate increased tiller number, nitrogen accumulation, and nitrogen-use efficiency, while promoting soil nitrogen mineralization.
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Agronomy
Hui Tian, Haixing Song, Xiuwen Wu, Zhenhua Zhang
Summary: Low nitrogen treatment promoted root elongation and increased root dry matter in rapeseed, while decreasing photosynthetic pigment content and dry mass accumulation in leaves. The study also revealed changes in cell wall components and suggested a possible mechanism by which cell wall components regulate root elongation.
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Agronomy
Zhuo Luo, Haixing Song, Min Huang, Zhenhua Zhang, Zhi Peng, Zhichang Yang, Tao Shen, Gongwen Luo
Summary: The study showed that under reduced nitrogen rate and high planting density condition, the proportion of nitrogen from fertilizer in rice decreased, nitrogen fertilizer uptake efficiency increased, and accumulated nitrogen and translocated ratio also increased. However, yield remained stable across different treatments.
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Plant Sciences
Jin-Song Luo, Bao Guo, Yiqi He, Chun-Zhu Chen, Yong Yang, Zhenhua Zhang
Summary: The safe production of food on Cd-polluted land is a pressing issue in South China, with phytoremediation and cultivation of low Cd rice varieties being the primary strategies. Identification of the YSD rice variety, with high Cd accumulation in its roots and shoots, and exploration of its genetic background is crucial. The study found that YSD had significantly higher Cd content in its shoots and roots compared to ZH11, a commonly used japonica rice variety. Resequencing revealed mutations in cell wall modification, synthesis, and metabolic pathway genes, which could serve as potential targets for phytoremediation. The findings also showed that YSD had greater dry weight and plant height than ZH11, making it a promising germplasm for studying Cd accumulation genes.
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Plant Sciences
Yujiao Shi, Dong Liu, Yiqi He, Jing Tang, Haifei Chen, Pan Gong, Jin-Song Luo, Zhenhua Zhang
Summary: CHLORIDE CHANNEL-b functions as a vacuolar nitrate efflux transporter and is negatively regulated by HRS1 HOMOLOG2, providing a theoretical basis for improving plant adaptability to low nitrogen.
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Plant Sciences
Mingjuan Li, Hongye Li, Qidong Zhu, Dong Liu, Zhen Li, Haifei Chen, Jinsong Luo, Pan Gong, Abdelbagi M. Ismail, Zhenhua Zhang
Summary: Sugar transporter proteins (STPs) play critical roles in regulating plant stress tolerance, growth, and development. However, the role of STPs in regulating crop yield is poorly understood. This study elucidates the mechanism by which knockout of the sugar transporter OsSTP15 enhances grain yield via increasing the tiller number in rice.
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Agronomy
Jin-Song Luo, Zhenhua Zhang
Summary: Industrial development leads to soil Cd pollution, posing a threat to food safety and human health. Plants have developed efficient strategies to respond to Cd pollution by accumulating and detoxifying the heavy metal Cd.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ying-peng Hua, Ting Zhou, Jin-yong Huang, Cai-peng Yue, Hai-xing Song, Chun-yun Guan, Zhen-hua Zhang
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2020)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zhimin Wu, Lan Yang, Lihong Jiang, Zhenhua Zhang, Haixing Song, Xiangmin Rong, Yongliang Han
PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR
(2019)
