Degraded land rehabilitation through agroforestry in India: Achievements, current understanding, and future prospectives

D **ger, R Kaushal, R Kumar, V Paramesh… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Land degradation is one of the most important factors responsible for the alarming situation
of food security, human health, and socioeconomic development in the country. Currently …

Multifunctional applications of bamboo crop beyond environmental management: an Indian prospective

R Rathour, H Kumar, K Prasad, P Anerao… - …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing population, industrialization, and economic growth cause several adverse
impacts on the existing environment and living being. Therefore, rising pollutants load and …

Agroforestry for controlling soil erosion and enhancing system productivity in ravine lands of Western India under climate change scenario

D **ger, R Kumar, V Kakade, D Dinesh… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Soil erosion in semi-arid climate leading to the development of ravine lands is the most
severe form of land degradation. Ravine lands are formed when soil is not fully covered by …

[HTML][HTML] Potentials of bamboo and its ecological benefits in Nigeria

EJ Isukuru, AO Ogunkeyede, AA Adebayo… - Advances in Bamboo …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bamboo is a versatile resource with a long history of use in construction, paper production,
medicine, textiles, and food. It also offers ecological benefits such as carbon sequestration …

[HTML][HTML] Bamboo forests in Nepal: status, distribution, research trends and contribution to local livelihoods

S Ayer, S Timilsina, A Aryal, AK Acharya… - Advances in Bamboo …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bamboo, also known as" poor man's timber," is one of Nepal's most significant forest species
and is widely distributed through the country. Bamboo resources have tremendous social …

Effects of intensive management practices on rhizosphere soil properties, root growth, and nutrient uptake in Moso bamboo plantations in subtropical China

H Ni, W Su, S Fan, H Chu - Forest Ecology and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding rhizosphere processes in relation to the aboveground productivity of bamboo
stands may shed new light on the optimization of management practices and the ecological …

Bamboo as a sustainable crop for land restoration in India: challenges and opportunities

AD Sawarkar, DD Shrimankar, SC Manekar… - Environment …, 2023 - Springer
Degradation of land implies either a provisional or permanent deterioration in its productive
potential, which has an adverse impact on agriculture, biodiversity, and the environment …

[HTML][HTML] An increase in intercropped species richness improves plant water use but weakens the nutrient status of both intercropped plants and soil in rubber–tea …

F Zhao, B Yang, X Zhu, S Ma, E **e, H Zeng… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a relatively successful agroforestry system, whether the addition of more intercropped
species in the rubber–tea agroforestry system extends the benefits is still unknown but worth …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization of bamboo resources and their market value in the western Himalayan region of India

S Kumar, D Rawat, B Singh, VP Khanduri - Advances in Bamboo Science, 2023 - Elsevier
India has the second richest diversity of bamboos, with a wide variety of indigenous and
exotic bamboo species. They are found in and around forest and non-forest areas and have …

Phosphorus addition accelerates soil organic carbon mineralization by desorbing organic carbon and increasing microbial activity in subtropical forest soils

Y **a, J Peñuelas, J Sardans, X Zhong, L Xu, Z Yang… - Applied Soil …, 2024 - Elsevier
The magnitude and direction of soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization are closely
regulated by exogenous nutrient addition–and, especially, by limited nutrients such as …