Biochar and vermicompost improve the soil properties and the yield and quality of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in plastic shed soil continuously cropped for …

F Wang, X Wang, N Song - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic amendments such as biochar and vermicompost have been reported to improve
soil and plant properties. However, whether the co-application of the two amendments has a …

Maize (Zea mays) growth and nutrient uptake following integrated improvement of vermicompost and humic acid fertilizer on coastal saline soil

M Liu, C Wang, F Wang, Y **e - Applied soil ecology, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil salinity, poor soil structure and macronutrient deficiencies are three important limitations
responsible for poor crop yields in coastal saline soil. Therefore, the objective was to …

Plant growth, salt removal capacity, and forage nutritive value of the annual euhalophyte Suaeda salsa irrigated with saline water

N Wang, Z Zhao, X Zhang, S Liu, K Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sustainable agricultural development in semiarid and arid regions is severely restricted by
soil and water salinization. Cultivation of the representative halophyte Suaeda salsa, which …

Quantitative assessment of the potential for soil improvement by planting Miscanthus on saline‐alkaline soil and the underlying microbial mechanism

Y Xu, C Zheng, L Liang, Z Yi, S Xue - Gcb Bioenergy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phytoremediation using Miscanthus is a valuable technique for the restoration of saline‐
alkaline soil, but the potential is not quantified. To assess this potential, a 5 years field …

Coastal halophytes alter properties and microbial community structure of the saline soils in the Yellow River Delta, China

C **g, Z Xu, P Zou, Q Tang, Y Li, X You, C Zhang - Applied Soil Ecology, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil microbial community and extracellular enzymes play an important role in soil
biochemical reactions and biogeochemical cycles. In this study, we evaluated the influence …

Shifts of soil microbial community composition along a short-term invasion chronosequence of Spartina alterniflora in a Chinese estuary

G Zhang, J Bai, J Jia, W Wang, X Wang, Q Zhao… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Exotic plant invasion can alter native soil microbial community composition, and further
influence the biogeochemical processes. Little information is available about the impacts of …

Impacts of Spartina alterniflora invasion on soil carbon contents and stability in the Yellow River Delta, China

Z Xuehui, Z Zhongsheng, L Zhe, L Min, W Haitao… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Spartina alterniflora has rapidly expanded in coastal wetlands of China, and this would
affect soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and stability. In the present work, the impacts of S …

Differential responses of soil extracellular enzyme activities to salinization: implications for soil carbon cycling in tidal wetlands

Y Yang, DL Moorhead, H Craig, M Luo… - Global …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rising sea levels are expected to cause salinization in many historically low‐salinity tidal
wetlands. However, the response of soil extracellular enzyme activities to salinization in tidal …

Halotolerant rhizobacterial consortium confers salt tolerance to maize under naturally salt‐affected soil

M Shabaan, HN Asghar, ZA Zahir… - Soil Science Society …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Halotolerant rhizobacteria, which are able to withstand higher concentrations of salts, are
useful for conferring salinity tolerance to agricultural crops and improving soil fertility through …

Ecological stoichiometry of plant-soil-enzyme interactions drives secondary plant succession in the abandoned grasslands of Loess Plateau, China

L **ao, G Liu, P Li, S Xue - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecological stoichiometry is the study of the interaction and balance of multiple chemical
elements in ecological processes. However, how ecological stoichiometric interactions …