Soil dry depth is a key parameter that determines soil fertility and nutrient availability, ultimately affecting crop yield and quality. However, accurately measuring the dry depth of soil has been a challenge. In this work, we propose using reflecti...
Forests play an important role in combating the challenges posed by changing climate through sequestering carbon in their living biomasses and the soil. Tropical forests, which harbour a large number of species, are anticipated to play a great role i...
This study investigated the crack propagation law of expansive soil slopes under drying–wetting conditions and the influence of cracks on slopes by conducting a large-scale indoor slope test subjected to drying–wetting cycles. The change...
In the Southeast United States (U.S.), the climate is predicted to be warmer and have more severe drought in the summer. Decreasing rainfall in summer months should create more severe soil drying, which will eventually affect re-wetting cycles deeper...
Soil salinization is a major eco-environmental problem in irrigated agro-ecosystems. Understanding regional soil salinity spatial patterns and seasonal dynamics and their driving factors under changing environments is beneficial to managing soil sali...
The objective of this study was the development and verification of a model of soil moisture decrease during dry spells—SMDS. The analyses were based on diurnal information of the occurrence of atmospheric precipitation and diurnal values of so...
In this study, the effects of tillage depth, forward speed and soil moisture content during the cultivator operation on the draft force, energy requirement, and soil disturbance were investigated using five types of cultivators. The experiments were...
Agricultural soils undergo periods of saturation followed by desiccation throughout the course of a growing season. It is believed that these periods of wetting and drying influence soil structure and may affect the rate of soil detachment. Thus, an...
Over three million hectares of salt-affected soils characterized with high salinity and sodicity caused serious land degradation in Songnen Plain, northeast China. Soil salinity–sodicity heterogeneous distribution under microtopography is usually inf...
Soil’s physical and hydrological properties influence the proper modeling, planning, and management of water resources and soil conservation. In areas of vertic soils subjected to wetting and drying cycles, the soil–water–atmosphere...
Non-rainfall water input to surface soil moisture is essential to ecosystems, especially in dry climates, where a water deficit may persist for several months. Quantifying the impact of water gains by soil moisture at night will help to understand ve...
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different tillage structures on soil physical properties, soil chemical properties, maize root morphological and physiological characteristics, and yield. Four tillage structures were designe...
To explore the potential of smashing ridge tillage irrigation, it is necessary to investigate how smashing ridge tillage technology with mulched drip irrigation affects soil water, salinity, and cotton yield in saline fields. We conducted a two-year...
The annual precipitation in the eastern Mu Us sandy land is about 400 mm, but the precipitation varies greatly between years and seasons and severe meteorological and seasonal droughts often occur, which makes the ecological environment very fragile....
This study presents the results of 3-year field trials, whose purpose was to assess the dynamics of dry matter accumulation by maize depending on the placement depth of a two-component (NP) mineral fertilizer in the soil layer, type of nitrogen ferti...
This study investigates the evolution characteristics of fissure networks in cohesive soils under wetting–drying cycle conditions with varying guar gum content. Four wetting–drying cycles were conducted under outdoor natural conditions, w...
Drought and topographic position are the most important factors influencing tree growth and survival in semiarid sandy regions of Northeast China. However, little is known about how trees respond to drought in combination with topographic position by...
Background: Winch-assisted harvesting is an alternative to traditional cable yarding on steep slopes, offering improved operational efficiency and fewer limitations. Knowledge on the effects of winch-assisted harvesting on soil disturbance are limite...
The southwestern mountains of Hainan Island are the southernmost region with tropical karst landform in China. The frequent alternation of dry and wet seasons leads to the loss of the mineral nutrients of limestone, creating karst fissure habitats. P...
To pursue high yields, the excessive application of nitrogen (N) fertilizer has been reported in high-residual soil nitrate levels, excessive nitrate leaching, and nitrate contamination of groundwater. In this study, tomato crops (Lycopersicon escule...
The effects of biochar application on dry direct-seeded rice paddies remains unclear. Therefore, we applied biochar to dry direct-seeded rice paddy fields over 3 consecutive years to assess its effects on soil physicochemical properties and bacterial...
Optimal application of nitrogen fertilizer is critical for soil characteristics and soil health. This study examined the effects of three rates of nitrogen fertilizer applications, which are lower rate (Treatment 1 (T1)-241 kg/ha), recommended rate (...
US cotton producers are motivated to optimize planter performance to ensure timely and uniform stand establishment early in the season, especially when planting in sub-optimal field conditions. Field studies were conducted in 2017, 2018 and 2019 to e...
Soil water availability controls plant productivity in seasonally dry ecosystems, although plant water use at different soil depths and times is, to the best of our knowledge, not clearly understood. Environmental variables at the canopy level and th...
Soil seed bank contributes to the maintenance and renewal of the plant community. Species richness and density of the soil seed bank are affected by the temporal and spatial variations occurring in dry environments. Thus, this study aimed to characte...
Water scarcity in semi-arid regions necessitates accurate soil water modeling to optimize irrigation management. This study compares three HYDRUS-1D parameterization approaches—based on the drying-branch soil water retention curve (SWRC), wetti...
Although soil water redistribution is critical for a number of problems, a rather limited study of this process has been reported up to now and especially as regards the implications of hysteresis on horizontal soil water redistribution after infiltr...
Calcium is an essential macronutrient in soils and plays an important role in the structure and function of an ecosystem. In this study, we selected the Huajiang dry-hot valley region in southwest China as our research object, aiming to comprehend th...
The estimation of soil wet bulk density (ρn) and dry bulk density (ρb) using the novel digital electromechanical system (DES) has provided information about important parameters for the assessment of soil quality and health with a direct appl...
The accumulation of residue soil (generally composed of soil, residue, or mud consolidation) is one of the important causes of damage to the environment limiting urban development. At present, the recycling rate of residue soil in developed countries...
The loess in Yili Valley is prone to landslides in the rainy season. We studied the influence law of shrinkage and the microstructure of the loess in Yili Valley under different wetting and drying cycles. Considering the climatic conditions and sampl...
Soil and water conservation (SWC) practices in the northern highlands of Ethiopia have important implications for land restoration and biodiversity recovery. The present study determined soil macroinvertebrate (SMI) abundance and diversity in respons...
Seasonal droughts induced by climate change pose a significant threat to the normal growth patterns of forests in the subtropical regions of southern China. Therefore, it is crucial to explore the response of tree water use patterns to seasonal droug...
We investigated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) spore density and root colonization in three distinct dry Afromontane forest plant communities, representing differing levels of disturbance and soil properties. Soil and root samples were collected...
Electrical conductivity (EC) and sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) are the two most widely used indicators of soil salinity worldwide. However, concerns regarding the use of EC and SAR for assessing soil salinity have been raised by industry, scientists,...
This paper presents the interaction system within the mechanical soil processing process, consisting of two large elements, the metal of the tool and the soil. Due to the two main forces acting on the chisel knives—friction and impact with the...
In this research, we examined temporal variations in soil water content (θ), infiltration patterns, and potential recharge at three sites with different mountain block positions in a semiarid Mediterranean climate in Baja California, Mexico: tw...
Polyacrylamide (PAM) is a water-soluble polymer with the ability to enhance a soil’s stability. PAM is currently being used to prevent irrigation-induced erosion and enhance the infiltration in farmland soil. To improve the compaction propertie...
In hyper-arid regions, soil moisture’s role in ecohydrological processes can differ significantly from that in arid or semi-arid ecosystems. We investigated the spatial–temporal dynamics of soil moisture and its relationship with groundwa...
Limited water resources in arid and semi-arid regions require innovative management to maintain crop production while minimizing the amounts of water used for irrigation. We investigated the impact of the particle size of natural clinoptilolite zeoli...
Accurate prediction of soil moisture is important yet challenging in various disciplines, such as agricultural systems, hydrology studies, and ecosystems studies. However, many data-driven models are being used to simulate and predict soil moisture a...
Surface water loss, regulated by natural factors such as surface properties and atmospheric conditions, is a complex process across multiple spatiotemporal scales. This study compared the statistical characteristics of drydown time scale (τ) deri...
This paper presents a comparison between the Sentinel-1 (S1)/Sentinel-2 (S2)-derived soil moisture products at plot scale (S2MP) and in situ soil moisture measurements at a 10 cm depth for several winter and summer crops. Specifically, the paper disc...
This study evaluated the chemical and microbiological soil attributes in a silvopastoral system compared to well-managed pasture, degraded pasture, and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. A randomized design with four replications was employed to collect s...
Biochar amendments to soil have potential as a climate change mitigation strategy. However, their effect on carbon exchange in different ecosystems has not been well evaluated. Understanding how biochar affects carbon exchange from agricultural soil...
Post-disturbance rangeland restoration efforts are often thwarted due to soil moisture deficits. Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) absorb hundreds of times their weight in water, increasing soil moisture when the SAP is mixed with soil. The objective of...
Soil nutrients and stoichiometric ratios are significant parameters for Eragrostis minor Host sustainability in a recent climate change scenario. However, their characteristics in Northwestern China are still unclear, particularly at Gansu belt, and...
Tall wheatgrass (Elytrigia elongata) has the potential to be utilized on marginal land, such as coastal saline-alkaline soils, to meet rising ruminant feed demand. However, the salinity threshold for cultivation of tall wheatgrass remains unclear, wh...
The soil leakage characteristics of depressions in karst areas should be explored by investigating their soil Ca and Mg contents. As a starting point, in a karst landform typical of Guizhou Huajiang dry valley karst watersheds, we selected surface de...
Earthen sites are easily eroded by the natural environment, resulting in a large number of micro cracks on the surface. In order to explore the internal relationship between environmental factors and the cracking law of soil sites, this paper carries...
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