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Manuel López-Vicente and Gao-Lin Wu
This special issue includes six articles that cover a variety of issues about the topic of soil and water conservation in agricultural systems, including the following: a bibliometric analysis of soil and water conservation in the Loess Region of China; ...
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M.H.J.P. Gunarathna, Kazuhito Sakai, Tamotsu Nakandakari, Kazuro Momii and M.K.N. Kumari
Poor data availability on soil hydraulic properties in tropical regions hampers many studies, including crop and environmental modeling. The high cost and effort of measurement and the increasing demand for such data have driven researchers to search for...
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Rita Leogrande, Carolina Vitti, Mirko Castellini, Pasquale Garofalo, Ignazio Samarelli, Giovanni Lacolla, Francesco Fabiano Montesano, Matteo Spagnuolo, Marcello Mastrangelo and Anna Maria Stellacci
The residual effect of compost and biochar amendment on soil properties and durum wheat response was evaluated under field conditions in a Mediterranean environment. The treatments compared in a randomized complete block experimental design with three re...
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Xin Zhou, Chenglin Tao, Xi Liang, Zeliang Liu and Huijian Li
The aim of topology optimisation is to determine the optimal distribution of material phases within the periodic cells of a microstructure. In this paper, the density of grid points under element volume fraction is constructed to replace the finite eleme...
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Hanaa Tharwat Mohamed Ibrahim, Maxwell Maimela Modiba, Igor Dekemati, Györgyi Gelybó, Márta Birkás and Barbara Simon
Long-term cultivation experiments are gaining more attention due to the possibility of following the changes in soil parameters (e.g., soil organic carbon (SOC), stock and soil health indicators, etc.). Our objective was to assess the status of soil in a...
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Feng Wu, Xuefang Feng, Xuemei Liu, Di Wu, Songmei Zai and Linbao Liu
Stalk composite pipe (SCP), a novel product used for subsurface irrigation, is primarily composed of crop stalks, soil, and water. In subsurface SCP irrigation (SSI), comprehending the effects of burial furrow parameters on soil water movement is critica...
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Krzysztof Lachutta and Krzysztof Józef Jankowski
The present study was undertaken to determine the effect of different sowing strategies and spring nitrogen (N) fertilizer rates on the technological quality of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain in terms of its milling quality, protein complex qu...
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Bofu Zheng, Dan Wang, Yuxin Chen, Yihui Jiang, Fangqing Hu, Liliang Xu, Jihong Zhang and Jinqi Zhu
Background: Vegetation roots are considered to play an effective role in controlling soil erosion by benefiting soil hydrology and mechanical properties. However, the correlation between soil hydrology and the mechanical features associated with the vari...
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Donghui Liu, Pengfei Li, Wenyu Wu, Shunyao Yu, Muhammad Rehman Naseer, Zhilei Liu, Cailian Yu and Xianlong Peng
The rice production system in China is facing challenges, including declining soil fertility and a stagnant rice yield. This study aimed to test whether integrating the return of straw to fields with less power puddling could simultaneously enhance soil ...
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Haodong Jiang, Nairui Yang, Hongyu Qian, Gang Chen, Wei Wang, Jiankai Lu, Yaocen Li and Yufu Hu
Ecological restoration can improve soil fertility and have a significant impact on the soil nitrogen cycle. Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient element for plant growth and development, and also an important factor limiting soil productivity. As an imp...
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