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    Co-incorporation of rice straw and green manure with reduced nitrogen fertilizer application maintained rice yield and lowered ammonia volatilization

    Co-incorporation of rice straw (RS) and green manure (GM) is an effective practice for replacing nitrogen (N) fertilizer and lowering reactive N losses to the environment. This study aimed to determine the eff...

    Donghui Li, Qiang Zhu, **nghua Chen, Qiaoli Leng, Yahya Mohammed Aljerib in Plant and Soil (2024)

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    Effects of long-term green manure application on organic carbon fractions and clay minerals and their interactions in paddy soil aggregates

    Green manure is commonly used to improve soil organic carbon (SOC) stock, which is mainly combined with soil minerals and stored in aggregates. The effects of three green manure varieties on mineral associated...

    Yanan Huang, Li Huang, Jusheng Gao, Mingjian Geng, Bin Xue, Huimin Zhang in Plant and Soil (2023)

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    Combined application of chemical fertilizer with green manure increased the stabilization of organic carbon in the organo-mineral complexes of paddy soil

    The influence of the combined application of chemical fertilizer with green manure on the stabilization of organic carbon (C) was explored in the organo-mineral complexes of paddy soil. The organo-mineral comp...

    Peidong Xu, Ji Wu, Hui Wang, Shan Tang in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2023)

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    Effects of substitution of chemical fertilizer by Chinese milk vetch on distribution and composition of aggregates-associated organic carbon fractions in paddy soils

    Green manure plays a key role in reducing chemical fertilizer applications and increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stock. The effects of chemical fertilizer substitution by Chinese milk vetch (MV) on the dist...

    Yanan Huang, Li Huang, Jun Nie, Mingjian Geng, Yanhong Lu, Yulin Liao in Plant and Soil (2022)

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    Long-term partial substitution of chemical fertilizer with green manure regulated organic matter mineralization in paddy soil dominantly by modulating organic carbon quality

    The purpose of this study was to investigate the response characteristics and potential mechanisms of soil organic matter (SOM) mineralization to the ten years partial substitution of chemical fertilizer with ...

    Peidong Xu, Ji Wu, Hui Wang, Shang Han, Jun Zhu, Qingling Fu in Plant and Soil (2021)

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    Coordinated effects of lead toxicity and nutrient deprivation on growth, oxidative status, and elemental composition of primed and non-primed rice seedlings

    Rice crop is highly susceptible to the toxic levels of lead (Pb) during early growth stages. Moreover, a sufficient availability of mineral nutrients is critical for survival of plants particularly under stres...

    Fahad Khan, Saddam Hussain, Mohsin Tanveer in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2018)

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    Role of xylo-oligosaccharides in protection against salinity-induced adversities in Chinese cabbage

    Soil salinity is a stringent abiotic constraint limiting crop growth and productivity. The present study was carried out to appraise the role of xylo-oligosaccharides (XOSs) in improving the salinity tolerance...

    Weiwei Chen, Chen Guo, Saddam Hussain in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2016)

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    Greenhouse gas emissions, soil quality, and crop productivity from a mono-rice cultivation system as influenced by fallow season straw management

    Straw management during fallow season may influence crop productivity, soil quality, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rice field. A 3-year field experiment was carried out in central China to examine th...

    Wei Liu, Saddam Hussain, Lishu Wu, Ziguo Qin in Environmental Science and Pollution Resear… (2016)

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    Seed Priming with Selenium: Consequences for Emergence, Seedling Growth, and Biochemical Attributes of Rice

    The present study was undertaken to appraise the role of selenium priming for improving emergence and seedling growth of basmati rice. Seeds of two fine rice cultivars (Super and Shaheen Basmati) were primed w...

    Abdul Khaliq, Farhena Aslam, Amar Matloob in Biological Trace Element Research (2015)

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    Protective role of mucilage against Al toxicity to root apex of pea (Pisum sativum)

    Mucilage can strongly bind Al in the rhizosphere. Although there are still debates about the role of mucilage in protection of the root apex from Al toxicity, we considered that it might be associated with the...

    Mingjian Geng, Miaomiao Xu, Hongdong **ao, Huizhen Wang in Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (2012)

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    Comparative metabolic activity related to flavonoid synthesis in leaves and flowers of Chrysanthemum morifolium in response to K deficiency

    K limitation could decrease the flavonoids content in many Chinese traditional herbs. These results may be caused by the influence of K deficiency on the synthesis pathway of flavonoids. In this paper, we aim ...

    Wei Liu, Duanwei Zhu, Dahui Liu, **ao Lu, Mingjian Geng in Plant and Soil (2010)

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    Physiology and Metabalism of Boron in Plants

    Boron has been proved an essential element for higher plants growth since 1923 (Warington 1923), but its primary physiological function in plants is yet unclear. Increasing number of experiments supported the ...

    Mingjian Geng, Lishu Wu, **angyun Cao in Advances in Plant and Animal Boron Nutriti… (2007)