Editorial Material
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rose Pritchard
Summary: Tree planting is not only an ecological issue, but also a social science issue, as demonstrated by a new study.
NATURE SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
News Item
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jessica C. A. Baker
Summary: Reforestation of agricultural lands in Europe has been shown to increase local and downwind summer rainfall based on new analysis of rain-gauge measurements, suggesting that realistic levels of tree planting could help mitigate future droughts expected with climate change.
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Plant Sciences
Andrea Nardini, Francesco Petruzzellis, Daniel Marusig, Martina Tomasella, Sara Natale, Alfredo Altobelli, Chiara Calligaris, Gabriele Floriddia, Franco Cucchi, Emanuele Forte, Luca Zini
Summary: The study shows that different bedrock characteristics can affect tree water status and drought resistance, leading to landscape-level heterogeneity in the impact of drought on tree water status and dieback.
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Environmental Sciences
Thieres George Freire da Silva, Romulo Satiro de Medeiros, Francisco Dirceu Duarte Arraes, Clovis Manoel Carvalho Ramos, George do Nascimento Araujo Junior, Alexandre Manitoba da Rosa Ferraz Jardim, Cleber Pereira Alves, Fleming Sena Campos, Marcos Vinicius da Silva, Jose Edson Florentino de Morais, Carlos Andre Alves de Souza, Servulo Mercier Siqueira e Silva, Djalma Cordeiro dos Santos, Ailton Alves de Carvalho, Luciana Sandra Bastos de Souza
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of spacing, planting orientation, nitrogen fertilisation, and intercropping strategies on water dynamics, crop evapotranspiration, and water use indicators. Intercropping was found to promote more efficient water use and increased water productivity.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
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Ecology
Jia Wang, Weiqi Zhou, Min Jiao
Summary: The availability of resources for urban greening initiatives is limited, but the demand for urban cooling to mitigate high temperatures is increasing. This study compares different cities and finds that the cooling efficiency varies spatially within a city. Locations with less urban tree canopy tend to have higher cooling efficiency, and the background climate of a city also significantly affects the cooling efficiency. Mapping the spatial variation of cooling efficiency can guide tree planting to enhance the cooling effects in urban areas and contribute to urban sustainability.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Agronomy
Yang Li, Jianzhao Tang, Jing Wang, Gang Zhao, Qiang Yu, Yixuan Wang, Qi Hu, Jun Zhang, Zhihua Pan, Xuebiao Pan, Dengpan Xiao
Summary: This study evaluated the water-saving potential in China's potato planting regions and proposed optimal agronomic management options. The findings suggest that optimizing planting date, cultivar maturity, and irrigation management could achieve a win-win situation in terms of yield and water use efficiency.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2022)
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Horticulture
Roberto Massenti, Antonino Ioppolo, Gianluca Veneziani, Roberto Selvaggini, Maurizio Servili, Riccardo Lo Bianco, Tiziano Caruso
Summary: Exploiting biodiversity is an effective strategy to improve the sustainability of olive production systems. Evaluating local cultivars' growth, productivity, and olive oil quality can contribute significantly to the development and diffusion of new olive-growing systems.
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Plant Sciences
Yujun Han, Yuechao Wang, Dongmei Zhang, Hong Gao, Ying Sun, Bo Tao, Fengyi Zhang, Hong Ma, Xiaomin Liu, Honglei Ren
Summary: China's dry-land farming system utilizes plastic film mulching and natural rainfall to counteract drought damage. Implementing deficit irrigation modes combined with specific planting models can significantly increase wheat production, with the impact on dry matter translocation and radiation use efficiency (RUE) remaining unknown. Field trials from 2016 to 2018 demonstrated that the ridge furrow rainfall harvesting system (RF) with deficit irrigation at the jointing and flowering stages (IJF) greatly improved soil moisture, leading to higher LAI, In value, IPAR, RUE, and PAR capture ratio compared to traditional flat cultivation with no irrigation (TF-NI). The RF-IJF treatment showed the highest gains in biomass translocation, grain yield, and RUE.
JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Benjamin A. Saylor, Doohong Min, Barry J. Bradford
Summary: The most pressing issue in the dairy industry is drought, which presents a challenge for producers in low precipitation areas. This study found that the best time to harvest teff for optimized forage yield and nutritive value is between 45 and 50 days after planting. Cultivar did not have a significant effect on dry matter yield and nutritive value, while harvest time significantly impacted these factors.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
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Forestry
Colleen A. Phelan, David W. Pearce, Stewart B. Rood
Summary: This study reveals the limitation of water availability on riparian cottonwood trees during warm and dry periods. By measuring sap flow, the researchers show that even with abundant groundwater, the transpiration of cottonwood trees is limited.
TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
(2022)
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Paolo De Luca, Markus G. Donat
Summary: The impacts of hot, dry, and compound hot-dry extremes are significant globally. It is important to assess these events in the context of climate change and implement appropriate adaptation measures.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Meg Morgan, Paul D. Ries
Summary: To meet comprehensive planting goals, tree-planting campaigns should focus on planting trees on private properties and residential front and backyards. Understanding residents' decision making is crucial for successful engagement in neighborhood plantings. Survey results show that the top motivations for accepting free trees include beautifying the environment, helping the environment, and promoting personal health, while the main reasons for declining free trees are not needing more trees, concerns about maintenance, and language barriers.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2022)
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Engineering, Geological
Yu Zhuang, Aiguo Xing, Yuehua Jiang, Qiang Sun, Jinkai Yan, Yanbo Zhang
Summary: Typhoon-induced landslides are a primary natural hazard in hilly coastal regions of South East Asia, with potential devastating impacts on coastal communities and infrastructure. Research findings suggest that wind and vegetation have significant effects on landslide generation during a typhoon, highlighting the importance of further attention to these factors in hazard assessment studies.
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
(2022)
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Forestry
Greta Formaglio, Alex Vladimir Krusche, Louis Mareschal, Jean-Pierre Bouillet, Jose Leonardo de Moraes Gonsalves, Yann Nouvellon, Juan Sinforiano Delgado-Rojas, Alexandra Montebelo, Jacques Ranger, Jean -Paul Laclau
Summary: Planting nitrogen-fixing species can increase nitrogen availability for tree growth without causing large leaching losses, making mixed plantations with these trees valuable. Our study in São Paulo, Brazil, evaluated nutrient fluxes in soil solutions in monocultures and mixed plantations of Acacia mangium and Eucalyptus grandis. We found that Acacia monocultures had higher nitrogen concentrations in the topsoil solutions compared to Eucalyptus, but this difference was no longer observed at deeper depths. Leaching losses of dissolved nutrients were low in fast-growing plantations established on deep Ferralsols.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Economics
Geoffrey H. Donovan, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, David T. Butry, Abigail R. Kaminski, Vicente J. Monleon
Summary: This study found an association between planting urban trees in Portland and neighborhood gentrification, with each tree being associated with a modest increase in median sales price after at least six years. The magnitude of this association increased as the time lag lengthened, and tree planting was not merely a proxy for existing tree cover, as an increase in tree canopy cover was independently associated with a rise in median sales price.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2021)
