It is widely reported that biochar has the benefit of improving water use efficiency (WUE).
However, a lot of researches indicated that the percentage changes in WUE to biochar …

Grey water footprint (WF) reduction is essential given the increasing water pollution
associated with food production and the limited assimilation capacity of fresh water. Fertilizer …

Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) discharge to the soil environment through increased
anthropogenic activities is a global threat. These PTEs can have harmful and chronic …

Core Ideas Starter fertilizer strategies must sufficiently supply N until sidedress time to
influence success of in‐season N application. Applying the majority of N at V11 did not …

Core Ideas No‐till land management (NT) decreases corn production in a humid climate.
The reasons for reduced yield were investigated by integrating system models with …

The effects of intensive nitrogen (N) fertilizations on spatial distributions of soil microbes in
bioenergy croplands remain unknown. To quantify N fertilization effect on spatial …

Nitrogen (N) fertilization significantly affects soil extracellular oxidases, agents responsible
for decomposition of slow turnover and recalcitrant soil organic carbon (SOC; eg, lignin), and …

In today's agriculture, maize is considered to be one of the major feed, food and industrial
crops. Cultivation of maize by inappropriate agricultural practices and on unsuitable sites is …

Combined application of biochar and organic fertilizer has been widely recommended for
improving soil bio-physical properties. However, detailed exploration of combined …

Background: Maize is cultivated under different agricultural management systems, which
influence the ecological dynamics of the crop, and therefore the physiology of the plant …