Have you ever stood in a place where the ground is cracked and dry, and tried to imagine it once teeming with life, green fields, ... Read more The post 12 Drought Zones That Were Lush 50 Years Ago ...

To discover novel fungicides with unique structures, a series of α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone derivatives were designed and synthesized by incorporating a flexible amide or hydrazide chain through ...

Rhopalosiphum padi is a global agricultural pest which had developed resistance to different insecticides. The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter plays an important role in insecticide resistance.

The Loess Plateau,‌ one of ‌the largest deposits of aeolian sediments in the world, extends over a vast‍ area of China, including the provinces of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, and other ...

The warp-land dams are constructed to trap silt, and the silted land on the dam can be used for agricultural use. The system combats soil erosion from the very tops of the hills to the bottom of ...

YAN'AN, Shaanxi -- In his orchard on the Loess Plateau, Lyu Liwei, 53, crouched to bag an apple from one of his 300 apple trees, as countless fruits packed in yellow bags hung from the leafy ...

Like most parts of the Loess Plateau, it was once plagued by drought and soil erosion. A natural sciences academy established by the CPC introduced apple trees to the area in 1940 and locals ...

The Loess Plateau Physical characteristics: The overwhelming distinctive characteristic of the Loess Plateau is the wind-blown alluvium (dust) that has accumulated to depths of over 1,000 meters ...

Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Soil Moisture Driven by “Grain for Green” Program on the Loess Plateau, China. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 269, 204-214.

In the loess plateau of China, the yield varies from cropland to cropland. It is very important for the agriculture of China that monitoring the changes of cropland in different years is made with ...

Ma Rui, director of the Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in Ansai, said that the district is located in the middle of the Loess Plateau, a typical hilly gully region.