A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity

M Abdalla, A Hastings, K Cheng, Q Yue… - Global change …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cover crops play an increasingly important role in improving soil quality, reducing
agricultural inputs and improving environmental sustainability. The main objectives of this …

A review of soil carbon dynamics resulting from agricultural practices

F Abbas, HM Hammad, W Ishaq, AA Farooque… - Journal of environmental …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Literature related to the carbon cycle and climate contains contradictory results with regard
to whether agricultural practices increase or mitigate emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) …

A critical review of plant protection tools for reducing pesticide use on grapevine and new perspectives for the implementation of IPM in viticulture

I Pertot, T Caffi, V Rossi, L Mugnai, C Hoffmann… - Crop Protection, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Several pests and diseases have grapevine as their favourite host and the vineyard as
preferred environment, so an intensive pesticide schedule is usually required to meet …

Perspectives on environmental impacts and a land reclamation strategy for solar and wind energy systems

A Dhar, MA Naeth, PD Jennings, MG El-Din - Science of the total …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Global energy demands and environmental concerns are a driving force for use of
alternative, sustainable and clean energy sources. Solar and wind are among the most …

[ספר][B] The science of grapevines

M Keller - 2020‏ - books.google.com
The Science of Grapevines, Third Edition reflects the latest insights into cultivar
relationships, vascular transport, hormone action, and stress responses of grapevines …

Environmental impacts from the installation and operation of large-scale solar power plants

D Turney, V Fthenakis - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Large-scale solar power plants are being developed at a rapid rate, and are setting up to
use thousands or millions of acres of land globally. The environmental issues related to the …

The effects of land uses on soil erosion in Spain: A review

JM García-Ruiz - Catena, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Soil erosion is a key factor in Mediterranean environments, and is not only closely related to
geoecological factors (lithology, topography, and climatology) but also to land-use and plant …

Greenness change associated with construction and operation of photovoltaic solar energy in China

X Li, Z He, S **a, Y Yang - Renewable energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy is considered as a promising solution to mitigate the
environmental costs associated with the use of fossil fuels. However, the environmental …

Cover crops and their erosion-reducing effects during concentrated flow erosion

S De Baets, J Poesen, J Meersmans, L Serlet - Catena, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Cover crops are a very effective erosion control and environmental conservation technique.
When cover crops freeze at the beginning of the winter period, the above-ground biomass …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of vegetation cover pattern on regulating soil erosion and runoff generation in red soil environment, southern China

C Tang, Y Liu, Z Li, L Guo, A Xu, J Zhao - Ecological Indicators, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Coupling vegetation cover pattern with soil erosion and runoff generation positions a multi-
discipline hotspot. Due to the widely occurred patchy vegetation cover and water-limited …