Have you ever stood in a place where the ground is cracked and dry, and tried to imagine it once teeming with life, green ...

One-third of the Earth's land surface is already degraded. The UN estimates that more than 2.6 billion people are harmed by land degradation, with countries losing up to US$10.6 trillion (£7.8 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 250 groups representing farmers, ranchers, and agrochemical companies urged the Trump administration on Tuesday to seek their input on future activities of the Make ...

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 ...

This phenomenon may be exacerbated by unsustainable agricultural intensification (Smith et al., 2016; Prăvălie et al., 2021). The soil quality of farmland on the Loess Plateau has been decline for an ...

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 ...

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 ...