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The extent and rates of SOC sequestration potential, as well as the controlling factors, under different climate and management practices across a region or country are important for policy-makers and land managers, however have been rarely known. OBJECTIVE: We aim to investigate the extent and rates of SOC sequestration potential over 2021-2040 under different scenarios of climate change and Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) practices, and quantify the impacts of climate change and SSM practices on the SOC sequestration potential, for croplands across Finland at a spatial resolution of 1 km. METHODS: RothC model is run iteratively to equilibrium to calculate the size of the SOC pools and the annual plant carbon inputs. Then, it is applied to investigate the SOC sequestration potential over 2021-2040 under different scenarios of climate change and SSM practices. Finally, facorial simulation experiments are conducted to quantify the impacts of climate change and SSM practices, alone and in combination, on SOC sequestration potential. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Under the combined impacts of climate change and SSM practices, the SOC sequestration potential during 2021-2040 relative to 2020 will be on average -0.03, 0.007, 0.05, and 0.13 t C ha-1 yr-1, respectively, with carbon input being business as usual, 5%, 10%, and 20% increase. This is equivalent to an annual change rate of -0.04%, 0.009%, 0.07%, and 0.17%, respectively. Therefore, a 20% increase in C input to soil will not be enough to obtain a 4\u2030 increase per year over the 20-year period in Finland. Carbon input will promote SOC sequestration potential; however, climate change will reduce it on average by 0.28 t C ha-1yr-1. Across the cropland in Finland, on average, the relative contributions of C input, temperature, and precipitation to SOC sequestration potential in 2021-2040 will be 56%, 24%, and 20%, respectively, however there is a spatially explicit pattern. The SOC sequestration potential will be relatively high and dominated by C input in west and southwest Finland. By contrast, it will be relatively low and dominated by climate in north and east Finland, and the central part of southern Finland. SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings provide the information as to where, how much, and which SSM practices could be applied for enhancing SOC sequestration at a high spatial resolution, which is essential for stakeholders to increase cropland SOC sequestration efficiently.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "330", "550", "15. Life on land", "ta4111", "7. Clean energy", "Climate-smart agriculture", "GHG emissions", "Climate change mitigation", "13. 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In this context, it is important to re-visit the resource-use efficiency and ecosystem service values of intercropping of grain legumes and cereals, a practice that has long been used by small-scale producers to mitigate the risk of crop failure and to safeguard household food availability. Despite its historical use, there are significant knowledge gaps regarding multiple aspects of intercropping, including examination of the different crop combinations on ecosystem services from agriculture. Using meta-analysis approach of land equivalent ratio (LER), a widely-accepted index to assess the efficiency of intercropping production systems, we found that intercropping of cereals with legumes resulted in an elevated LER (i.e., 1.31), regardless of species combination. A significantly greater LER than the overall LER (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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In this context, it is important that hydrological processes in the soil-crop system are accurately modelled. We suggest here that empirical treatments of soil water flow, water uptake by plant mots and transpiration limit the applicability of crop models and increase prediction errors. We further argue that this empiricism is to a large extent unnecessary, as parsimonious physics-based descriptions of these water flow processes in the soil-crop system are now available. Recent reviews and opinion articles, whilst strongly advocating the need for improvements to crop models, fail to mention the significant role played by accurate treatments of soil hydrology. It seems to us that empirical models of soil water flow have become the elephant in the room.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0207 environmental engineering", "Soil Science", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "15. 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Defining agricultural marginal land is a task that involves more than just considering the land\u2019s quality, its definition changed a lot during the last two centuries. OBJECTIVE: Development of new technologies and policy trends require the concepts of prime land and marginal land to be renewed from time to time. Although much research has been done on the concept of marginal land, it is currently limited by the lack of a clear, globally accepted definition. METHOD: There are four major sources of criteria of marginal lands: economic (e.g., rent cost, land value), geographical (e.g., temperature, slope, precipitation), ecosystem-based (e.g., protected areas, recreation, ecosystem services), soil suitability (e.g., yield capability, physical and chemical soil properties). The categorisation of agricultural land into groups like productive, marginal or unproductive often depends on the cultivation or management type. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Since conceptions of marginal land are dynamic both in time and space, flexible policy and practical solutions are needed for their non-degrading use, which in any case shall support naturebased socioeconomic development. To maintain the socioeconomic value of these areas, it is crucial to develop rural areas that are economically or biophysically marginalised. High nature value farming, bioenergy crops by sustainable land management and afforestation are highly recommended. Choosing the right management can transform marginal land into an optimal soil condition or incorrect management can degrade prime land into marginal land (unproductive land). SIGNIFICANCE: This paper provides a review and categorisation of the historical and new developments of marginal land concepts especially those which are working with agricultural aspects, including land management and reclamation. 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A field experiment was carried out between October 1997 and October 2001 in the \u201cCaldenal-Jarillal\u201d botanic district of Argentina, a natural rangeland ecosystem with a high water deficit throughout much of the year. The trial was conducted on a Typic Ustortent and consisted of the following treatments: a control, the undisturbed natural condition (N), and rolled with (I) and without (R) interseeding of Panicum coloratum . Results showed that I and R improved soil water content within the upper 100\u00a0cm, dry matter production of grasses, amount of litter and water use efficiency as compared to N. The positive effect of rolling on soil water content was detected only in autumn months when water balance was positive. In summer months, when a negative water balance occurred, soil water content of rolled treatments was not different from that of the unrolled one. Consumptive water use was similar in rolled and unrolled treatments, and equivalent to the rainfall, reflecting the low soil water-holding capacity. The higher efficiency of water use in rolled treatments indicated that grasses were more efficient in using the consumed water. The I and R treatments had similar values of soil water content within the upper 100\u00a0cm, grass dry matter production, amount of litter and water use efficiency. However, a higher grass dry matter production in R than in I was noticed in part of the last year of this study. Grass dry matter production increased at the same rate in all treatments after 4 years, but litter remained constant in the unrolled treatment and decreased in the rolled ones. Mechanical shrub control with a roller chopper decreased shrub competition, thereby increasing the productivity of the ecosystem.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. 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The objectives of this study were to: (1) quantify the yield response of corn to deficit irrigation, and (2) determine which of several seasonal water variables correlated best to corn yield in a semiarid climate. Eight (T1\u2013T8) and nine (T1\u2013T9) deficit-irrigated treatments (including dryland), were compared in 2003 and 2004 in North Platte, Nebraska. The actual seasonal crop evapotranspiration (ETd) (calculated with procedures in FAO-56) for the different treatments was 37\u201379% in 2003 and 63\u201391% in 2004 compared with the seasonal crop evapotranspiration when water is not limited (ETw). Quantitative relationships between grain yield and several seasonal water variables were developed. Water variables included, irrigation (I), total water (Wall), rain\u00a0+\u00a0irrigation (WR+I), evaporation (E), crop evapotranspiration (ETd), crop transpiration (Td), and the ratios of ETd and Td to evapotranspiration and transpiration when water is not limited (ETw and Tw). Both years, yield increased linearly with seasonal irrigation, but the relationship varied from year to year. Combining data from both years, ETd had the best correlation to grain yield (yield\u00a0=\u00a00.028ETd\u20135.04, R2\u00a0=\u00a00.95), and the water variables could be ranked from higher to lower R2 when related to grain yield as: E T d ( R 2 = 0.95 ) > T d ( R 2 = 0.93 ) > E T d / E T w ( R 2 = 0.90 ) = T d / T w ( R 2 = 0.90 ) > W all ( R 2 = 0.89 ) > E ( R 2 = 0.75 ) > W R + I ( R 2 = 0.65 ) > I ( R 2 = 0.06 ) . Crop water productivity (CWP) (yield per unit ETd) linearly increased with ETd/ETw (R2\u00a0=\u00a00.75), which suggests that trying to increase CWP by deficit-irrigating corn is not a good strategy under the conditions of this study.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "571", "330", "Evapotranspiration", "Corn", "Corn / maize", "Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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An autumn irrigation system employing the application of a large volume of water (2200-2600 m(3) ha(-1)) is being developed in the Hetao Irrigation District of China. since the 1980s with the goal to reduce salinity levels in the root zone and increase the water availability for the following spring crops. However, the autumn irrigation can cause significant quantities of NO3- to leach from the plant root zone into the groundwater. In this study. we investigated the changes in soil water content, NO3-N and salinity within a 150 cm deep soil profile in four different types of farmlands: spring wheat (F-W), maize (F-M), spring wheat-maize inter-planting (FW-M) and sunflower (F-S). Our results showed that (1) salt losses mainly occurred in the upper 60 cm of the soil and in the upper 40 cm for NO3-N; (2) the highest losses of salt and NO3-N could be observed in F-W, whereas the lowest losses were found in FW-M. NO3-N concentration, pH and electrical conductivity (EC) in the groundwater were also monitored before and after the autumn irrigation. We found that the autumn irrigation caused the groundwater concentration of NO3-N to increase from 1.73 to 21.6 mg L-1, thereby, exceeding the standards of the World Health Organization (WHO). Our results suggest that extensive development of inter-planting tillage might be a viable measure to reduce groundwater pollution, and that the application of optimized minimum amounts of water and nitrogen to meet realistic yield goals, as well as the timely application of N fertilizers and the use of slow release fertilizers can be viable measures to minimize nitrate leaching. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Zhaozhong Feng, Zongwei Feng, Xiaoke Wang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2004.07.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2004.07.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2004.07.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2004.07.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2005-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2005.05.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-06-30", "title": "Water-Yield Relation And Water Use Efficiency Of Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) And Second Crop Corn (Zea Mays L.) In Western Turkey", "description": "Abstract A field study was carried out during the 2003 and 2004 cropping season in the western Turkey. The effect of water deficit or water stress on crop yield, yield response, water use efficiencies, dry matter yield (DM) and leaf area index (LAI) were evaluated. Cotton (named as S letter for cotton) and corn (named as T letter for corn) were grown under five irrigation treatments. Treatments were designated as S-100 and T-100 full irrigation; S-70, T-70; S-50, T-50; S-30, T-30; and S-00, T-00, received 70, 50, 30 and 0% times the soil water depletion in the treatment S-100 and T-100 on the same day. The average seasonal water use values ranged from 174 to 558\u00a0mm in corn treatments and 257 to 867\u00a0mm in cotton treatment. Water deficit significantly affected both crop yields. The average corn grain yield varied from 2880 to 11,340\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121 and average seed cotton yield varied from 1780 to 5490\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121. Highest average corn and cotton yield were obtained from the full irrigation treatments (S-100; T-100). The average water use efficiency (WUE) ranged from 1.65 to 2.15\u00a0kg\u00a0m\u22123 for corn and 0.61 to 0.72\u00a0kg\u00a0m\u22123 for cotton, respectively, while average irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) were between 2.30 and 3.52\u00a0kg\u00a0m\u22123 for corn and between 0.77 and 1.40\u00a0kg\u00a0m\u22123 for cotton. Yield response factors (ky), 1.04 for corn and 0.92 for cotton, were determined based on averages of 2 years. Leaf area index (LAI) and dry matter yields (DM) increased with increasing water use for both treatments. This study demonstrated that well irrigated treatments (S-100 and T-100) could be used for the semiarid climatic conditions under no water shortage.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Fuat Sezgin, Ersel Yilmaz, Necdet Da\u011fdelen, Talih G\u00fcrb\u00fcz,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2005.05.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2005.05.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2005.05.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2005.05.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2006.08.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-09-27", "title": "Effects Of Conservation Tillage Practices On Winter Wheat Water-Use Efficiency And Crop Yield On The Loess Plateau, China", "description": "In the semi-humid to arid loess plateau areas of North China, water is the limiting factor for rain-fed crop yields. Conservation tillage has been proposed to improve soil and water conservation in these areas. From 1999 to 2005, we conducted a field experiment on winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to investigate the effects of conservation tillage on soil water conservation, crop yield, and water-use efficiency. The field experiment was conducted using reduced tillage (RT), no tillage with mulching (NT), subsoil tillage with mulching (ST), and conventional tillage (CT). NT and ST improved water conversation, with the average soil water storage in 0\ufffd200 cm soil depth over the six years increased 25.24 mm at the end of summer fallow periods, whereas RT soil water storage decreased 12 mm, compared to CT. At wheat planting times, the available soil water on NT and ST plots was significantly higher than those using CT and RT. The winter wheat yields were also significantly affected by the tillage methods. The average winter wheat yields over 6 years on NT or ST plots were significantly higher than that in CT or RT plots. CT and RT yields did not vary significantly between them. In each study year, NT and ST water-use efficiency (WUE) was higher than that of CT and RT. In the dry growing seasons of 1999\ufffd2000, 2004\ufffd2005 and the low-rainfall fallow season of 2002, the WUE of NT and ST was significantly higher than that of CT and RT, but did not vary significantly in the other years. For all years, CT and RT showed no WUE advantage. In relation to CT, the economic benefit of RT, NT, and ST increased 62, 1754, and 1467 yuan ha-1, respectively, and the output/input ratio of conservation tillage was higher than that of CT. The overall results showed that NT and ST are the optimum tillage systems for increasing water storage and wheat yields, enhancing WUE and saving energy on the Loess Plateau.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Jun Gao, Guanghui Jiang, Roger Hartmann, Junjie Lv, Ziyou Su, Jian Huang, D Cai, Jinsong Zhang, Donald Gabri\u00ebls, Wenliang Wu,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2006.08.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2006.08.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2006.08.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2006.08.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2007.05.016", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-07-26", "title": "Ammonia Volatilization From Urea In Rice Fields With Zero-Drainage Water Management", "description": "Abstract Three field experiments located at Yuhang (YH), Changshu (CS), and Jiaxing (JX) Agricultural Research Stations in the Taihu region of China were conducted to elucidate ammonia volatilization (AV) during rice growing seasons through \u2018zero-drainage water management\u2019, combined with sound irrigation, rainfall forecasting and field drying. The experiment at each site had five N rates (0\u2013360\u00a0kg\u00a0N/ha in 90\u00a0kg increments). AV was measured by the continuous airflow enclosure method. Results show that AV was completed within 10\u201312 days after urea application. The peak values of AV rates after the first topdressing (AF1) at N360 treatment could reach 11.2, 9.0, and 8.5\u00a0kg\u00a0N/ha\u00a0day within 2\u20134 days at the YH, CS, and JX sites, respectively. It was only necessary to maintain a higher water level during the first \u2018flooding\u2013drying\u2019 cycle after the AF1. The seasonal averages of the total AV fluxes accounted for 4.4\u201315.5%, 4.4\u201312.6%, and 4.6\u201310.9% of the applied urea at the YH, CS, and JX sites, respectively, suggesting that the zero-drainage water management with flooding\u2013drying cycles was effective for controlling AV. This study also speculates that the total AV flux during the rice season was more N rates and seasons related than sites.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Guangming Tian, Xinqiang Liang, Yingxu Chen, Hua Li, Zhijian Zhang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2007.05.016"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2007.05.016", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2007.05.016", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2007.05.016"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2008.03.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-04-23", "title": "Tillage And Irrigation Effects On Crop Yields And Soil Properties Under The Rice\u2013Wheat System In The Indian Himalayas", "description": "Abstract Conservation tillage systems generally improve soil organic C (SOC), plant available water capacity (PAWC), aggregation and soil water transmission. A field experiment was conducted for 4 years (2001\u20132002 to 2004\u20132005) to study tillage (conventional tillage (CT) and zero tillage (ZT)) systems. The selected irrigation treatments were at four levels (I1: pre-sowing (PS), I2: PS\u00a0+\u00a0active tillering (AT)/crown root initiation (CRI), I3: PS\u00a0+\u00a0AT/CRI\u00a0+\u00a0panicle initiation (PI)/flowering (FL), and I4: PS\u00a0+\u00a0AT/CRI\u00a0+\u00a0PI/FL\u00a0+\u00a0grain filling (GF)), applied at the critical growth stages on rice (Oryza sativa L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Their effects on direct seeded rice productivity and soil properties (SOC and selected physical properties) after rice and wheat harvest were investigated. Soil organic C contents after rice and wheat harvest in the 0\u201315\u00a0cm soil depth were higher under ZT than under CT. Soil organic C increased significantly with I2 over I1 for both crops and with I4 over I2 for the wheat crop. The PAWC was significantly higher with ZT than CT. Zero tilled and frequently irrigated plots showed enhanced infiltration characteristics (infiltration rate, cumulative infiltration and sorptivity) and saturated hydraulic conductivity. Both direct seeded rice and wheat yields were not significantly different in the plots under ZT and CT. There was a significant increase in both rice and wheat yields in the plots under I2 over I1. However, water use efficiency between irrigation treatments was not significantly different. Hence, under direct seeded rice\u2013wheat system in a sandy clay loam soil of the sub-temperate Indian Himalayas, farmers may adopt ZT with two irrigations in each crop for optimum resource conservation.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Samaresh Kundu, K.G. Singh, Rajasri Bhattacharyya, S. C. Pandey, Hari S. Gupta,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2008.03.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2008.03.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2008.03.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2008.03.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-11-18", "title": "Irrigation, Tillage And Mulching Effects On Soybean Yield And Water Productivity In Relation To Soil Texture", "description": "Abstract Depleting groundwater resources in Indian Punjab call for diversifying from rice to crops with low evapo-transpiration needs and adopting water-saving technologies. Soybean offers a diversification option in coarse- to medium-textured soils. However, its productivity in these soils is constrained by high soil mechanical resistance and high soil temperature during early part of the growing season. These constraints can be alleviated through irrigation, deep tillage and straw mulching. This 3-years field study examines the individual and combined effects of irrigation, deep tillage, and straw mulching regimes on soybean yield and water productivity (WP) in relation to soil texture. Combinations of two irrigation regimes viz., full irrigation (If), and partial irrigation (Ip) in the main plot; two tillage regimes viz., conventional-till (CT)-soil stirring to 0.10\u00a0m depth, and deep tillage (DT)-chiseling down to 0.35\u00a0m depth followed by CT in the subplot; and two mulch rates viz., 0 (M0) and 6\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 (M) in the sub-subplot on two soils differing in available water capacity were evaluated. Seed yield was greater in the sandy loam than in the loamy sand reflecting the effects of available water capacity. Irrigation effects were greater on loamy sand (40%) than on sandy loam (5%) soil. Deep tillage benefits were also more on loamy sand (14%) compared to sandy loam (5%) soil. Yield gains with mulching were comparable on the two soils (19%). An evaluation of interaction effects showed that mulching response was slightly more in Ip (20%) than in If regimes (17%) in the sandy loam; while in the loamy sand, mulching gains were comparable (18-19%) in both irrigation regimes. Benefits of deep tillage in the loamy sand soil were more in Ip (20%) than in If regimes (17%). Deep tillage and straw mulching enhanced WP (ratio of seed yield/water use) from 1.39 to 1.97\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0mm\u22121 in Ip regime, and from 1.87 to 2.33\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0mm\u22121 in If regime in the loamy sand soil. These effects on WP were less in the sandy loam soil with greater available water capacity. Yield and WP gains are ascribed to deeper and denser rooting due to moderation of soil temperature and water conservation with straw mulching and tillage-induced reduction in soil mechanical resistance. Root mass in CTM0, CTM, DTM0 and DTM was 2.79, 5.88, 5.34 and 5.58\u00a0mg\u00a0cm\u22122 at pod-filling in the loamy sand soil. Comparable yield responses to deep tillage or mulching in the loamy sand soil suggest that either of the options, depending on their cost and availability considerations, can be employed for improving soybean yield and water productivity.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "V.K. Arora, S. S. Thind, A. S. Sidhu, C.B. Singh,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2010.10.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.04.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-04-25", "title": "Performance Evaluation Of Aquacrop Model For Maize Crop In A Semi-Arid Environment", "description": "Abstract Crop growth simulation models of varying complexity have been developed for predicting the effects of soil, water and nutrients on grain and biomass yields and water productivity of different crops. These models are calibrated and validated for a given region using the data generated from field experiments. In this study, a water-driven crop model AquaCrop, developed by FAO was calibrated and validated for maize crop under varying irrigation and nitrogen regimes. The experiment was conducted at the research farm of the Water Technology Centre, IARI, New Delhi during kharif 2009 and 2010. Calibration was done using the data of 2009 and validation with the data of 2010. Irrigation applications comprised rainfed, i.e. no irrigation (W 1 ) irrigation at 50% of field capacity (FC) (W 2 ) at 75% FC (W 3 ) and full irrigation (W 4 ). Nitrogen application levels were no nitrogen (N 1 ), 75\u00a0kg\u00a0ha \u22121 (N 2 ) and 150\u00a0kg\u00a0ha \u22121 (N 3 ). Model efficiency ( E ), coefficient of determination ( R 2 ), Root Mean Square error (RMSE) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) were used to test the model performance. The model was calibrated for simulating maize grain and biomass yield for all treatment levels with the prediction error statistics 0.95\u00a0 E R 2 \u22121 . Upon validation, the E was 0.95 and 0.98; MAE was 0.11 and 1.08 and RMSE was 0.1 and 0.75 for grain and biomass yield, respectively. The prediciton error in simulation of grain yield and biomass under all irrigation and nitrogen levels ranged from a minimum of 0.47% to 5.91% and maximum of 4.36% to 11.05%, respectively. The highest and the lowest accuracy to predict yield and biomass was obtained at W 4 N 3 and W 1 N 1 treatments, respectively. The model prediciton error in simulating the water productivity (WP) varied from 2.35% to 27.5% for different irrigation and nitrogen levels. Over all, the FAO AquaCrop model predicted maize yield with acceptable accuracy under variable irrigation and nitrogen levels.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2012.04.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.04.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.04.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2012.04.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.03.010", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-04-19", "title": "Effectiveness Of Oat And Rye Cover Crops In Reducing Nitrate Losses In Drainage Water", "description": "a b s t r a c t Much of the NO3 in the riverine waters of the upper Mississippi River basin in the United States originates from agricultural land used for corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) production. Cover crops grown between maturity and planting of these crops are one approach for reducing losses of NO3. In this experiment, we evaluated the effectiveness of oat (Avena sativa L.) and rye (Secale cereale L.) cover crops in reducing NO3 concentrations and loads in subsurface drainage water. The oat fall cover crop was broadcast seeded into living corn and soybean crops before harvest in late August or early September and was killed by cold temperatures in late November or early December The rye winter cover crop, which had already been used annually for four years, was planted with a grain drill after corn and soybean harvest, overwintered, grew again in the spring, and was killed with herbicides before main crop planting. These treatments were evaluated in subsurface-drained field plots with an automated system for measuring drainage flow and collecting proportional samples for analysis of NO3 concentrations from each plot. The rye winter cover crop significantly reduced drainage water NO3 concentrations by 48% over five years, but this was less than the 58% reduction observed in its first four years of use. The oat fall cover crop reduced NO3 concentrations by 26% or about half of the reduction of the rye cover crop. Neither cover crop significantly reduced cumulative drainage or nitrate loads because of variability in cumulative annual drainage among plots. Both oat and rye cover crops are viable management options for significantly reducing NO3 losses to surface waters from agricultural drainage systems used for corn and soybean production. Published by Elsevier B.V.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Timothy B. Parkin, D. B. Jaynes, T. C. Kaspar, Jeremy W. Singer, T. B. Moorman,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2012.03.010"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.03.010", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.03.010", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2012.03.010"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.06.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-06-26", "title": "Simulation Of Nitrogen Fate For Greenhouse Cucumber Grown Under Different Water And Fertilizer Management Using The Eu-Rotate_N Model", "description": "Abstract The objectives of this study were to compare nitrate leaching for greenhouse vegetable grown under different water and fertilizer management, and to provide the best management practices (BMPs). A greenhouse cucumber experiment with different water and nitrogen management was conducted in Shouguang County of North China from 2009 to 2010. Seven different irrigation and fertilizer treatments were designed, including five treatments with furrow irrigation: no fertilizer (CK), organic manure (OM), conventional fertilizer (farmer's practice, FP), optimal fertilizer application (OPT), crop residues\u00a0+\u00a0farmer practice (CN), and two with drip irrigation: conventional fertilizer (RI) and crop residues\u00a0+\u00a0optimal fertilizer (OPTRI). The EU-Rotate_N model was used to simulate the greenhouse cucumber growth, water movement and N fate. Results indicated that the simulated values of cucumber dry weight, N uptake, soil water content and NO 3 -N concentration in the soil profile all agreed well with the observed values. Also, it was revealed that the irrigation method, amounts of fertilizer input and crop residues had significant effects on nitrate leaching and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). Compared with that under the FP treatment, the amounts of nitrate leaching under the CN and RI treatments were decreased by 26\u201332% and 75\u201380%, respectively, whilst the amount of nitrate leaching under the OPT treatment could be reduced 32\u201336%. Nitrate leaching under the OPTRI treatment was the least, and the reduction was 79\u201386%. On the other hand, NUE was increased by 2\u20133%, 15\u201318% and 40\u201343% under the OPT, CN and RI treatments, respectively. The largest NUE occurred under the OPTRI treatment, about 314.5\u2013337.4\u00a0kg\u00a0kg \u22121 . It is concluded that the optimal fertilizer N, drip irrigation and straw incorporation are the effective measures for reducing N leaching and improving NUE. Amongst all the treatments, the OPTRI treatment yielded the lowest N leaching at the expense of a slight decrease in yield of greenhouse cucumber. Therefore, the OPTRI treatment should be recommended to farmers in order to reduce the risk of groundwater pollution and to develop sustainable vegetable production in the area.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Kelin Hu, Lihua Jiang, Kefeng Zhang, Yu Xu, Yuan Sun,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2012.06.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.06.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.06.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2012.06.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2013.03.011", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-04-10", "title": "An In Situ Study Of Inorganic Nitrogen Flow Under Different Fertilization Treatments On A Wheat\u2013Maize Rotation System Surrounding Nansi Lake, China", "description": "Abstract Nitrogen (N) loss to the environment through water transport has been a serious challenge to agricultural practices for decades. Although much progress has been made in developed countries, suitable strategies for mitigating agricultural N loss in developing countries, such as China, are still required. In particular, studies that comprehensively measure the effect of fertilizer strategies on N loss through runoff and leaching would be beneficial in the design of fertilizer programs that meet the needs of the dominant cropping systems in China, while protecting nearby water bodies. In this study, agricultural plots (n\u00a0=\u00a021) in the Nansi Lake Watershed of Shandong District, China, were fitted with runoff and leachate collection devices to monitor the effect of different N fertilizer treatment strategies, including OPT, CRN, DMS, and STR for a wheat\u2013maize rotation system on N loss through water transport. Runoff and leachates were collected at 10 typical growth stages of the consecutive wheat and maize seasons throughout a 2-year period. Yield and precipitation data for each plot were also collected. One of the main findings was the significant positive correlation between precipitation levels and the quantity of leachates and runoff. In addition, the amount of water collected in the various treatment was affected by agricultural practices, such as straw incorporation and tillage of surface soils. During the different growth stages, NO3\u2212-N and NH4+-N concentrations varied in the leachate and runoff. The NO3\u2212-N concentration had a greater impact on water quality during the R1 period of maize. However, NO3\u2212-N concentrations were too low to cause ground water pollution. The total loss of inorganic N to leaching and runoff was 1.68\u20135.96\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121 among crops. Run off accounted for 63.4\u201373.8% of inorganic N loss. The amount of NO3\u2212-N and NH4+-N lost through leaching and runoff was generally greater during the maize season compared to the wheat season. During the form of nitrogen loss, the ratio of NH4+-N and NO3\u2212-N in the leachate was generally similar (the proportion of NO3\u2212-N during the maize and wheat season was 65.2\u201370.9% and 46.0\u201354.6% respectively). However, there was a predominance of NO3\u2212-N in the runoff (82.5\u201386.4% and 94.2\u201396.5% for the maize and wheat seasons, respectively). The NO3\u2212-N and NH4+-N losses through total leachate and runoff were highest in the FP treatment, followed by OPT and DMS, and finally STR and CRN. To reduce N loss through water transport, in parallel to ensuring continued high agricultural production levels, CRN and OPT in conjunction with wheat straw incorporation should be encouraged during maize production, while CRN and OPT should be encouraged during wheat production.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Zhaohui Liu, Mei Wang, Lihua Jiang, Yu Xu, Deshui Tan, Li Guosheng, Fuli Zheng, Shi Jing, Rongzong Cui, Shuying Tan,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2013.03.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2013.03.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2013.03.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2013.03.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2014.09.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-09-26", "title": "Sustainability and environmental assessment of fertigation in an intensive olive grove under Mediterranean conditions", "description": "Abstract Water and nitrogen surpluses are major concern for the new intensive olive groves in South of Portugal. In this study, field measurements were integrated with a system model, Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM2) to assess the sustainability and environmental impact of fertigation in an intensive olive grove (Olea europaea L. var. Arbequina). The model provided acceptable predictions of evapotranspiration, soil moisture and nitrate contents. Based on model simulations, under current fertigation practices, 57% of the irrigation applied was lost via drainage, while 71% and 5% of fertilizer N inputs were lost through leaching and denitrification, respectively. The non-fertilizer N input from soil organic matter (OM) satisfied 64% of the crop N needs. The tested model was used to predict the impacts of a full irrigation (FIFC) and two regulated deficit irrigation schemes (RDI75, RDI50) on drainage and N leaching. In FIFC the atmospheric demand was met while the application frequency maintained the water storage below the soil field capacity. In RDI75 and RDI50 the irrigation application amount between stone hardening and onset of ripening was 75 and 50% of FIFC respectively. Compared with the current practice, the FIFC decreased drainage and N leaching by 47% and 90% respectively, while maintaining the actual evapotranspiration (ETa). The RDI75 seems to be the most adequate for the studied agro-system since, in relation to the FIFC, it saved 13% of irrigation water with only 5% decrease in ETa. Furthermore, the 15% reduction in leaching, together with the 19% increase in soil OM mineralization optimized the trees N uptake. The study of three different N application rates for each irrigation scenario indicated that, to minimize residual storage, N should be applied according to plant needs, by using a real-time indicator based upon foliar analysis or the chlorophyll meter measurements.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.09.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2014.09.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2014.09.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.09.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.09.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-09-28", "title": "Yield And Water Use Efficiencies Of Maize And Cowpea As Affected By Tillage And Cropping Systems In Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya", "description": "Abstract Soil water conservation through tillage is widely accepted as one of the ways of improving crop yields in rainfed agriculture. Field experiments were conducted between 2007 and 2009 to evaluate the effects of conservation tillage on the yields and crop water use efficiency of maize ( Zea mays L.) and cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L.) in eastern Kenya. Experimental treatments were a combination of three tillage practices and four cropping systems. Tillage practices were tied-ridges, subsoiling-ripping and ox-ploughing. The cropping systems were single crop maize, single crop cowpea, intercropped maize\u2013cowpea and single crop maize with manure. The treatments were arranged in split plots with tillage practices as the main plots and cropping systems as the sub-plots in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). The results showed that tied-ridge tillage had the greatest plant available water content while subsoiling-ripping tillage had the least in all seasons. Averaged across seasons and cropping season, tillage did not have a significant effects on maize grain yield but it did have a significant effect on crop grain and dry matter water use efficiency (WUE). Nevertheless, maize grain yields and WUE values were generally greater under tied-ridge tillage than under subsoiling-ripping and ox-plough tillages. The yields and WUE of cowpea under subsoiling-ripping tillage were less than those of ox-plough tillage. When averaged across the seasons and tillage systems, the cropping system with the manure treatment increased ( P \u00a0\u2264\u00a00.05) maize grain yield, grain WUE and dry matter WUE by 36%, 30%, 26% respectively, compared to treatments without manure. Maize and cowpea when intercropped under ox-plough and ripping tillage systems did not have any yield advantage over the single crop.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Yield", "water use efficiency", "Soil water depletion", "Plant available water", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Rainfall distribution", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Kironchi, G, Esilaba, A O, Heng, L K, Gachene, C K K, Mwangi, D M, Miriti, J M,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2012.09.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.09.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2012.09.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2012.09.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.010", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-03-17", "title": "Effect Of Different Nitrogen And Irrigation Treatments On Yield And Nitrate Leaching Of Summer Maize (Zea Mays L.) Under Lysimeter Conditions", "description": "Abstract We examined the effect of different irrigation and nitrogen (N) fertilizer levels on Zea mays L. (maize) on nitrate-nitrogen (NO3 \u2212 -N) leaching under lysimeter conditions. To do so, we used large lysimeters (2.5\u00a0m\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02.5\u00a0m\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02.0\u00a0m deep) at the Maize Technological Innovation Center (MTIC) of the northern China plain (NCP), which is located at Shandong Agriculture University (36\u00b009\u2032N, 117\u00b009\u2032E, 128\u00a0m above sea level) in Taian, China. Our study carried out during 3 cropping seasons (2010\u20132012) where the crop rotation was corn, grown in the summer, followed by wheat in the winter. Nitrogen leaching mainly occurs during maize growth season in maize\u2013wheat rotation system under natural condition. N management of winter wheat has no significant effect on total N of 0\u2013200\u00a0cm soil. So, this paper mainly aimed to investigate the summer maize N losses, to provide the data needed to develop best management practices to improve nitrogen use efficiency with the goal to better protect the ecological environment. Our experiment used two maize varieties (Zhongnong 99 [Z99] and Lainong 14 [L14]), two levels of irrigation (525 and 263\u00a0mm) during the maize growth period, two fertilizer types (urea and manure), and two N fertilization levels (100 and 200\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 ), with two experimental replicates. We found that the maximum NO 3 \u2212 -N leaching of maize from the 200-cm soil layer was 77.22\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 for Z99 and 47.86\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 for L14 (200-kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 urea; 525\u00a0mm irrigation). The minimum and maximum seasonal average NO 3 \u2212 -N concentrations at a depth of 200\u00a0cm were 41 and 182\u00a0mg l \u22121 , respectively. Our findings suggest that it may be possible to reduce the amount of NO 3 \u2212 -N leaching from the root zone during the growing season by splitting the application of irrigation and fertilizer treatment according to maize growth stage requirements. With the appropriate combination of irrigation and fertilizer management, levels of NO 3 \u2212 -N leaching during agricultural practices may be minimized.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "land and farm management", "land and farm management not elsewhere classified", "Other agricultural", "veterinary and food sciences", "Agriculture", "Civil engineering", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.010"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.010", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.010", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.010"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2014.10.031", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-11-17", "title": "Nutrient removal effectiveness by riparian buffer zones in rural temperate watersheds: The impact of no-till crops practices", "description": "Abstract Riparian buffer zones have the potential to capture chemical contaminants and to mitigate detrimental side-effects in aquatic ecosystems derived from excess fertilizers used in agro-food production. No-till farming systems are well known agricultural practices and are widely used in temperate areas. In that regard, different settings and widths of riparian buffer zones (12, 24, 36, 48 and 60\u00a0m) with woody vegetation, shrubs or grasses were assessed. The methodology was comprised of the evaluation of a large number of experimental sites and the sampling was conducted after the first rain period and respective fertilizer applications. The results point to the fact that effectiveness is largely controlled by buffer zone width and vegetation type. Indeed, buffer zones with 60\u00a0m width composed of woody soils were more effective in phosphorus (99.9%) and nitrogen (99.9%) removal when compared to shrub (66.4% and 83.9%, respectively) or grass vegetation (52.9% and 61.6%, respectively) areas. Woody vegetation has deep rooting systems and woody soils have a higher content of organic matter when compared to grass and shrubs areas.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "water contamination", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "6. Clean water", "3. Good health", "nutrients", "no-till systems", "temperate climate zones", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "14. Life underwater", "phosphorous", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.10.031"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2014.10.031", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2014.10.031", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.10.031"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2015.11.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:58Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-12-07", "title": "Water Use And Productivity Of A Sorghum\u2013Cowpea\u2013Bottle Gourd Intercrop System", "description": "Abstract Water is the main factor affecting crop production in sub-Saharan Africa. It was hypothesized that intercropping sorghum (S) with either cowpea (C) or bottle gourd (B) would result in better productivity and water use efficiency (WUE). This was evaluated using a split-plot design with sub-plots arranged in a randomised complete block manner within the main plot, replicated thrice. Water regimes [full irrigation (FI), deficit irrigation (DI) and rainfed (RF)] were allocated to the main plots. Sub-plots comprised intercrop combinations, SS (sole), C (sole), B (sole), SC (intercrop) and SB (intercrop). Data collected included soil water content (SWC), plant height (PH)/vine length, leaf number (LN), tillering (T)/branching, leaf area index (LAI), relative leaf water content (RWC), stomatal conductance (gs) and chlorophyll content index (CCI) as well as biomass accumulation and partitioning. Yield and yield components, water use (WU) and WUE for grain (WUEg) were calculated at harvest. Land equivalent ratio (LER) was used to evaluate productivity of the intercrop. Sorghum canopy size decreased (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2015.11.014"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2015.11.014", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2015.11.014", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2015.11.014"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2017.03.022", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-03-27", "title": "Reflectance-based crop coefficients REDUX: For operational evapotranspiration estimates in the age of high producing hybrid varieties", "description": "Abstract Methodologies based on earth observation remote sensing allow for a precise estimation of actual water requirements for irrigated crops across large areas. In spite of the many number of experiments using or analyzing the relationship between the basal crop coefficient (Kcb) and the soil adjusted vegetation index (SAVI) for maize, the development of new maize hybrid varieties with modifications related to canopy architecture suggest a possible change of the leaf area index (LAI) for maximum Kcb and its relationship with the SAVI or other vegetation indices. In addition, we noted a lack of analysis of these relationships for cultivated soybean. The objective of this paper is to analyze the Kcb, SAVI and LAI relationships in maize and soybean based on the non-linear relationships proposed by Choudhury et al. (1994). In addition, we propose a modification of the Choudhury et al. (1994) approach based on field-based experimental evidence of a minimum Kcb greater than 0. For sites with limited field data, we also analyze the utility of a simple linear regression based on the Kcb and SAVI values for bare soil and maximum Kcb values. The resulting Kcb-SAVI relationships are assimilated into a remote sensing based soil water balance model. The results of the model are analyzed in terms of irrigation requirements and crop evapotranspiration (ETa) for 11 growing seasons in two fields cultivated with irrigated and rain-fed maize and soybean in eastern Nebraska. Comparisons of measured and modelled ETa values indicate a good agreement, with RMSE lower than 0.7\u00a0mm\u00a0d\u22121 for weekly averaged values. The comparison of actual irrigation applied and irrigation requirements indicate the central pivot systems could not supply adequate water in some growing seasons with higher demands.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.03.022"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2017.03.022", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2017.03.022", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.03.022"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2017.08.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-08-10", "title": "Performance of the two-source energy budget (TSEB) model for the monitoring of evapotranspiration over irrigated annual crops in North Africa", "description": "Abstract The main objective of this study was to evaluate the performance and the domain of validity of the two-source energy balance model (TSEB) for the monitoring of actual evapotranspiration ( ET a ) as a first step towards its use for irrigation planning. Secondary objectives were to analyze the ability of TSEB model to detect water stress and to evaluate evapotranspiration partition between evaporation (E) and transpiration (T) over irrigated annual crops. Within this context, TSEB was compared to the calibrated FAO-56 dual approach, taken as a reference tool for the monitoring of crop water consumption. TSEB computes ET a as the residual of a double component energy balance driven by the radiative surface temperature ( T s ) used as a proxy of crop hydric conditions; the FAO-56 dual crop coefficient approach uses the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as a proxy of Basal Crop Coefficient ( K cb ) and assesses the hydric status directly by solving a two layer soil water budget. Both approaches were evaluated over four plots of wheat and sugar beet located in the Haouz plain (Marrakech, Morocco) that were instrumented with eddy covariance systems during the 2012 and 2013 growing seasons. Series of ASTER images were acquired during the first agricultural season. Both models offered fair performances compared to ET a observations with Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) lower than 1\u00a0mm\u00a0day \u22121 apart from the FAO-56 dual approach on the sugar beet plot because of uncertain irrigation inputs. This highlights a major weakness of this model when water inputs are uncertain; a very likely case at the plot scale. By contrast, the TSEB model offered smoother performances in all cases. The potentialities of both approaches to predict a water stress index based on the departure from potential evapotranspiration ( ET c ) was evaluated: although the FAO-56 dual was better suited to detect high water stresses, the TSEB model was able to detect moderate stresses without a need to prescribe water inputs. Finally, the partition of ET a between soil evaporation and plant transpiration was estimated indirectly by confrontation between simulated soil evaporation and surface (0\u20135\u00a0cm) soil moisture acquired spatially with Theta Probe sensors and taken as a proxy of soil evaporation. TSEB evaporation was well correlated to surface soil moisture (r\u00a0=\u00a00.82) for low Leaf Area Index (LAI) values ( 2 \u00a0m \u22122 ). In addition, TSEB predicted partition compared well to snapshot measurements based on the stable isotope method. This in-depth comparison of two simple tools to monitor ET a leads us to the conclusion that the TSEB model can reasonably be used to map ET a on large scale and possibly for the decision-making process of irrigation scheduling.", "keywords": ["FAO-56", "2. Zero hunger", "550", "Evapotranspiration", "NDVI", "Water stress", "0207 environmental engineering", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "15. 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Clean water", "Surface temperature", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "TSEB"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.08.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2017.08.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2017.08.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.08.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2018.05.020", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-07-18", "title": "Azolla (Azalla Filiculoides) Compost Improves Grain Yield Of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) Under Different Irrigation Regimes", "description": "Abstract The effect of azolla (Azolla filiculoides) compost application on the mitigation of the effect of water deficit stress on rice (Oryza sativa L.; cv. Hashemi) growth and yield was studied for two growing seasons. Azolla compost was applied in the soil at the rates: 0% (control), 2.5%, 5.0%, and 7.5% of soil weight (w/w) and the effect on rice growth and grain yield was studied under i) continuous flooding (CF), ii) intermittent irrigation and withdrawal at flowering until soil moisture reached field capacity (IWF-100FC), and iii) intermittent irrigation and withdrawal at flowering until soil moisture reached 80% of the field capacity (IWF-80FC). The application of azolla compost at 2.5, 5.0 or 7.5% of soil weight (w/w) resulted in a higher tiller number by 16.0, 37.8, and 38.9%, respectively, in the first year and by 18.5, 27.8, and 30.2%, respectively, in the second year, compared with the non-amended control. Moreover, the application of azolla compost at 2.5, 5.0 or 7.5% of soil weight (w/w) resulted in higher spike weight by an average (over irrigation regimes) of 8.6, 20.8, and 21.1%, respectively, in the first year and 34.7, 50.4, and 52.5%, respectively, in the second year, compared with the non-amended control. The application of azolla compost at 5.0% of soil weight provided the highest grain yield, which was on average 13.8% higher than that of the non-amended control. The increase of grain yield might be due to efficient absorption of nitrogen and possibly of other nutrients with azolla, which promoted production and translocation of assimilates from source to sink. Overall, azolla compost can be regarded as a desirable managerial practice in rice production, particularly under water deficit conditions. Considering the agronomic benefits and water saving, azolla compost could contribute to the development of low-input cropping systems for rice production.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.05.020"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2018.05.020", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2018.05.020", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.05.020"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106207", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-05-08", "title": "Dynamic Management Zones for Irrigation Scheduling", "description": "Open AccessIrrigation scheduling decision-support tools can improve water use efficiency by matching irrigation recommendations to prevailing soil and crop conditions within a season. Yet, little research is available on how to support real-time precision irrigation that varies within-season in both time and space. We investigate the integration of remotely sensed NDVI time-series, soil moisture sensor measurements, and root zone simulation forecasts for in-season delineation of dynamic management zones (MZ) and for a variable rate irrigation scheduling in order to improve irrigation scheduling and crop performance. Delineation of MZ was conducted in a 5.8-ha maize field during 2018 using Sentinel-2 NDVI time-series and an unsupervised classification. The number and spatial extent of MZs changed through the growing season. A network of soil moisture sensors was used to interpret spatiotemporal changes of the NDVI. Soil water content was a significant contributor to changes in crop vigor across MZs through the growing season. Real-time cluster validity function analysis provided in-season evaluation of the MZ design. For example, the total within-MZ daily soil moisture relative variance decreased from 85% (early vegetative stages) to below 25% (late reproductive stages). Finally, using the Hydrus-1D model, a workflow for in-season optimization of irrigation scheduling and water delivery management was tested. Data simulations indicated that crop transpiration could be optimized while reducing water applications between 11 and 28.5% across the dynamic MZs. The proposed integration of spatiotemporal crop and soil moisture data can be used to support management decisions to effectively control outputs of crop \u00d7 environment \u00d7 management interactions.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Irrigation -- Management -- Mathematical models", "Precision agriculture", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidr\u00e0ulica", "Hydrus-1D", "Temporal variability", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Remote sensing", "15. 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Clean water", "631", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Enginyeria hidr\u00e0ulica", " mar\u00edtima i sanit\u00e0ria::Canals i regadius", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil moisture", "Regatge -- Optimitzaci\u00f3 matem\u00e0tica", "mar\u00edtima i sanit\u00e0ria::Canals i regadius"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106207"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106207", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106207", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106207"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106774", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-02-05", "title": "Numerically scheduling plant water deficit index-based smart irrigation to optimize crop yield and water use efficiency", "description": "Open AccessThis research was supported partly by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0200303, 2017YFE0118100), National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1706211, 51790532), Special Fund for Scientific Research in the Public Interest (201411009), and the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Project SHui, grant agreement No 773903.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Crop growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Soil water transport", "01 natural sciences", "Irrigation scheduling", "Decision support system", "Regulated deficit irrigation", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106774"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106774", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106774", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106774"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107168", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-09-15", "title": "Alternate partial root-zone N-fertigation increases water use efficiency and N uptake of barley at elevated CO2", "description": "Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration (e[CO2]) increases water use efficiency (WUE) while reducing nitrogen (N) concentration of crops particularly under drought conditions; yet the combined effects of e[CO2] and different N-fertigation regimes on WUE and crop N nutrition remain largely elusive. In this experiment, the growth and physiological responses of two barley genotypes, wild type barley Steptoe (WT) and its correspondent ABA-deficient mutant barley Az34, to three N-fertigation regimes at ambient CO2 (a[CO2]) (400 ppm) and e [CO2] (800 ppm) were investigated. From tillering to grain filling stage, the plants were subjected to three Nfertigation regimes: 1) N-fertigation at full irrigation volume (FIN); 2) N-fertigation at reduced irrigation volume (DIN); 3) alternate N-fertigation at reduced irrigation volume (PRDN). Although e[CO2] had little effect on gs, Tr and plant water use of WT, especially under DIN and PRDN, it increased An, resulting in an increased WUE at stomatal, leaf and whole plant levels. For Az34, the positive effect of e[CO2] on WUE was attributed to both significantly enhanced An and lowered gs and Tr. For both genotypes, e[CO2] increased 100-grain weight and shoot dry biomass but didn\u2019t affect grain yield and WUE for grain production (WUEg). PRDN increased grain yield, HI and WUEg of both genotypes regardless of [CO2], compared to FIN. DIN and PRDN increased N uptake of both genotypes at e[CO2] compared to FIN. Compared to a[CO2], e[CO2] increased 15N uptake and 15N recovery rate of both genotypes by enhancing plant biomass. In addition, both genotypes grown under DIN and PRDN allocated more N to the grain compared to the FIN plants. Collectively, N-fertigation at reduced irrigation volume promoted N allocation to the grain and increased WUE, particularly under e[CO2]. Such information is conductive for optimizing WUE and N nutrition of crops in a future water-limited and CO2-enriched environment", "keywords": ["N nutrition", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "N-fertigation", "Water use efficiency", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Elevated CO2", "Growth", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107168"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107168", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107168", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107168"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107669", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-04-29", "title": "Plant water deficit index-based irrigation under conditions of salinity", "description": "Project Co-ordinators: Dr. Jose Alfonso G\u00f3mez Calero (Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CISC), Dr. Weifeng Xu (Fujian Agriculture and Forest University, FAFU).-- Trabajo desarrollado bajo la financiaci\u00f3n del proyecto \u201cSoil Hydrology research platform underpinning innovation to manage water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping Systems\u201d (773903), coordinado por Jos\u00e9 Alfonso G\u00f3mez Calero, investigador del Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS). In arid and semi-arid regions, water scarcity and soil salinization are major factors impacting sustainable agricultural production. In this study, a macroscopic root-water-uptake model was used to adapt a plant water deficit index (PWDI) for irrigation scheduling under conditions of coexisting soil water and salinity stress-causing factors. The traditional approach, estimating PWDI with average root zone soil water and salt amounts, was improved by weighting the effects of soil water and salinity according to the normalized root length density profile. An experiment growing wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in soil columns and an experiment growing cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in a salinized field were implemented to explore and quantify the effects of soil water and salinity conditions on plant water status, and thus to validate the improvement and evaluate its application, by monitoring soil water and salinity dynamics and plant growth indexes (e.g., leaf area, dry weight, leaf water potential, transpiration and yield). The results indicate that, even under conditions with equal root zone averages of soil matric and osmotic potentials, plant water status might be significantly different. In general, plants were less stressed when more water and less salinity were allocated in the upper root zone with more roots while less water and more salinity occurred in the lower root zone with less roots. By referring to some information in the soil column experiment, a numerical experiment was conducted to further demonstrate the improvement. The root-weighted approach resulted in improved PWDI estimation and thus was more reliable for irrigation scheduling, leading to higher irrigation frequency and quantity, leaf area index, biomass, yield, and transpiration, without significant decrease in water productivity. However, further improvement could be possible by considering the effects of historical soil water and salinity stresses as well as meteorological conditions on plant water status. This research was supported partly by National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1706211, 51790532), Major Scientific and Technological Program of Xinjiang in China (2020A01002\u20133), and the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Project SHui (773903). Peer reviewed", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil salinity", "Soil water", "Plant water deficiency", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Root distribution", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Irrigation scheduling", "Data driven irrigation management", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Liu, Lining, Wang, Tianshu, Wang, Lichun, Wu, Xun, Zuo, Qiang, Shi, Jianchu, Sheng, Jiandong, Jiang, Pingan, Chen, Quanjia, Ben-Gal, Alon,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107669"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107669", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107669", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107669"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.dib.2020.105376", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-03-09", "title": "Quantifying cover crop effects on soil health and productivity", "description": "The dataset presented here supports the research paper entitled 'A calculator to quantify cover crop effects on soil health and productivity'. Soil health (sometimes used synonymously with soil quality) is a concept that describes soil as a living system to sustain plants, animals, and human. Soil physical, chemical, and biological properties, along with their interactions, are required to quantify soil health. The use of cover crops in agricultural rotations may enhance soil health, yet there has been little progress in understanding how external factors such as climate, soil type, and agronomic practices affect soil and cash crop responses. In response, this dataset compiles measurements from 281 studies and provides an analysis of field-measured changes in 38 soil health indicators due to cover crop usage. Environmental and background indicators were also compiled to assess how climatic and management practices affect soil and cash crop responses to cover crops, with specific categories including climate type (tropical, arid, temperate, and continental), soil texture (coarse, medium, and fine), cover crop type (legume, grass, multi-species mixture, and other), and cash crop type (corn, soybean, wheat, vegetable, corn-soybean rotation, corn-soybean-wheat rotation, and other). An unbalanced analysis of variation was used to determine the hierarchy of most to least important factors that affected responsiveness of each soil health indicator. Based on the hierarchy structure, a soil health calculator was then developed to quantify the response of 13 parameters - erosion, runoff, weed suppression, soil aggregate stability, leaching, infiltration, microbial biomass carbon, soil bulk density, soil organic carbon, soil nitrogen, microbial biomass nitrogen, cash crop yield, and saturated hydraulic conductivity - to cover crops. The presented data in the calculator report the mean change in parameter values based on all combinations of climate, soil texture, cover crop type, and cash crop type.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Q1-390", "Science (General)", "Agricultural and Biological Science", "13. Climate action", "Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics", "R858-859.7", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105376"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Data%20in%20Brief", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.dib.2020.105376", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.dib.2020.105376", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105376"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.01.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-04-02", "title": "Manipulation Of Rumen Methanogenesis By The Combination Of Nitrate With Beta 1-4 Galacto-Oligosaccharides Or Nisin In Sheep", "description": "Effects of 1-4 galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) or nisin in combination with nitrate were assessed on rumen methanogenesis, intoxication by nitrate, and metabolic rate in nitrate-treated sheep. Four rumen-fistulated wethers were allocated in a 4 \u00d7 4 Latin square design. Nitrate (1.3 g NaNO3/kg 0.75 of body weight (BW)), with and without 1-4 galacto-oligosaccharides or nisin was administered into the rumen through a fistula 30 min after the morning meal as a single dose, whereas, 1-4 galacto-oligosaccharides (20 g per day) or nisin (3 mg/kg 0.75 of BW per day) was supplemented by sprinkling it onto the feed. Physiological saline was used as control treatment. When compared to saline, nitrate alone markedly lowered rumen methane production and caused a marked accumulation of rumen and plasma nitrite, and formation of blood methemoglobin consequently reduced oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, and metabolic rate. As compared to nitrate alone, simultaneous administration of nitrate with 1-4 galacto-oligosaccharides or nisin lowered the concentration of rumen and plasma nitrite and methemoglobin, while keeping rumen methanogenesis at a low level. A relatively higher rate of oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, and metabolic rate of sheep given nitrate plus nisin was observed versus that in sheep given nitrate alone. Therefore, an appropriate combination of nitrate with 1-4 galacto-oligosaccharides or nisin might be effective manipulators to abate rumen methanogenesis without nitrate intoxication in ruminants. \u00a9 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "03 medical and health sciences", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "C. Sar, R. Morikawa, Budi Santoso, K. Kimura, B. Mwenya, T. Kobayashi, Junichi Takahashi, H. Mizukoshi, Y Gamo,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.01.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.01.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.01.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.01.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.08.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:06Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-09-18", "title": "Effects Of Heavy Metal Contamination From An Abandoned Mine On Nematode Community Structure As An Indicator Of Soil Ecosystem Health", "description": "Abstract Soil nematode community structure reflects soil ecosystem health and is influenced by the soil environment directly and/or indirectly by affecting the soil micro-flora and fauna that they graze. In this study, ecological indices for soil nematode community structure and microbial populations in soils contaminated with mine drainage (CS) from an abandoned mine and of a nearby non-contaminated area (NC) were examined during the seven seasons from July 2007 through December 2008 to reveal influences of mine drainage (especially heavy metals) on the soil nematode community structure. Of the soil physicochemical characteristics measured, nutritional properties such as organic matter content, nitrogen content, and soluble cations were not significantly different between CS and NC; however, significant differences were detected in pH, electrical conductivity (EC), available phosphorus (av.P2O5), and most strikingly, the concentrations of heavy metals such as Cd, Pb, Zn, and Ni. Nematodes were less abundant in CS than in NC, especially for long-living persistor-type nematodes. Comparison of ecological indices between CS and NC indicates that abundance, maturity, richness, and diversity of the soil nematode community were decreased in CS soil, indicating that soil health and function were adversely affected. Of the weighted-soil food-web indices, the structural index (SI) of the soil nematode community was significantly lower in CS than in NC, while no significant difference in the enrichment index (EI) was observed between CS and NC, suggesting that the heavy metal contamination may have disturbed the soil ecosystem by suppressing biological activity. Seasonal changes in the ecological indices during the study period showed that the discrepancies between CS and NC persisted throughout most of the seasons, suggesting that the effect of mine drainage (heavy metal) contamination on nematode community structure may be little influenced by seasonal changes in environmental conditions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Jae-Kook Lee, Hee-Myong Ro, Young Ho Kim, Byeong-Yong Park,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.08.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Soil%20Ecology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.08.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.08.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.08.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108391", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-06-02", "title": "Optimizing relative root-zone water depletion thresholds to maximize yield and water productivity of winter wheat using AquaCrop", "description": "Determination of relative root-zone water depletion (RRWD) thresholds to trigger irrigation is crucial to create optimal irrigation schedules targeting maximum yield and/or water productivity with limited water supply for a crop. In this study, a numerical procedure to determine RRWD thresholds was developed through coupling AquaCrop software with genetic-simplex algorithms. Using a two-year field lysimetric experiment for winter wheat conducted in the North China Plain (NCP), AquaCrop adequately simulated canopy cover, final aboveground biomass, grain yield, seasonal evapotranspiration, and soil water storage, with the normalized root mean squared error (NRMSE) smaller than 15 % and determination coefficient (R2) larger than 0.84. The global optimum range of RRWD thresholds was preliminarily determined using the genetic algorithm, and subsequently final RRWD thresholds were optimized by fine tuning using the simplex algorithm. The RRWD threshold combinations (composed of the RRWD thresholds to trigger different sequential irrigation events) for varying number of irrigation events (i.e.1\u20134) were optimized based on 39 years of historical meteorological data, and the effects of climate change on the optimal crop yield (Ya, opt), water productivity (WPopt), and the combinations of optimized RRWD threshold (RRWDopt) were investigated. The results indicated that both Ya, opt and WPopt generally increased with time showing a tendency of gradually elevated annual CO2 concentration and seasonal average effective temperature. Irrespective of the number of irrigation events during the winter wheat growing season, the differences of RRWDopt for different combinations of irrigation sequence and event in the same kind of hydrological year were relatively small, with a coefficient of variation consistently less than 23 % and a mean of 8 %. When combinations of mean RRWDopt were applied into AquaCrop to trigger irrigation for winter wheat in various hydrological years, the simulated yield (Ya, sim) and water productivity (WPsim) under 1\u20134 irrigation events were found to be comparable to their respective optimums (Ya, opt and WPopt), with all the values of Ya, sim (WPsim) falling in the range of 92 %Ya, opt (90 %WPopt). Therefore, the mean RRWDopt should be helpful to formulate rational irrigation management strategies of winter wheat under changing climatic conditions in the NCP.", "keywords": ["HD9000-9495", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Evapotranspiration", "Agriculture (General)", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Agricultural industries", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Irrigation scheduling", "6. Clean water", "S1-972", "Optimization algorithm", "13. Climate action", "Climate change", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Crop model"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108391"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agricultural%20Water%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108391", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108391", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108391"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.03.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-06-11", "title": "Effects Of Including Beta 1-4 Galacto-Oligosaccharides, Lactic Acid Bacteria Or Yeast Culture On Methanogenesis As Well As Energy And Nitrogen Metabolism In Sheep", "description": "Abstract Effects of adding yeast culture (YC), lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and \u03b21\u20134 galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) on rumen methanogenesis, energy and N utilization in sheep were evaluated. The YC ( Trichosporom sericeum , (1.2\u20132.3) \u00d7 10 7 colony-forming units [cfu]/g), LAB ( Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. Mesenteroides , (1.5\u20131.8) \u00d7 10 9 \u00a0cfu/g) and GOS were added to a basal diet of 40% timothy hay, 30% alfalfa hay cube and 30% concentrate on DM basis. Four wethers fitted with ruminal fistulas were assigned in a 4\u00d74 Latin square design consisting of a digestion study succeeded by a respiratory study. Dietary treatments were: (1) basal diet (control); (2) basal diet plus 20\u00a0g GOS; (3) basal diet plus 4\u00a0g YC; (4) basal diet plus 1\u00a0g LAB/kg feed. Hemicellulose digestibility was higher ( P P P =0.06) in GOS diet than sheep receiving the control diet. However, ruminal oxidation\u2013reduction potential (ORP) was higher ( P P P =0.013) for GOS-supplemented diets compared to control. There was a reduction ( P P P =0.176 and 0.072, respectively) to be higher in GOS and YC supplemented diets compared to the control. Results suggest that GOS and YC supplementation could reduce methane emission and increase energy retention in ruminants fed diets containing hay and concentrates.", "keywords": ["0403 veterinary science", "2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Y Gamo, C. Sar, T. Kobayashi, Junichi Takahashi, I. Arai, Budi Santoso, B. Mwenya,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.03.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.03.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.03.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.03.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.07.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-08-25", "title": "Effect Of Tannin Levels In Sorghum Silage And Concentrate Supplementation On Apparent Digestibility And Methane Emission In Beef Cattle", "description": "Abstract This study evaluated the effect of diets containing sorghum silages with higher (HT) and lower-tannin (LT) concentrations supplemented with concentrate or urea on intake, digestibility, ruminal digestibility, methane emission and rumen parameters in beef cattle. Four treatments were distributed according to a 2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02 factorial arrangement in a duplicate 4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a04 Latin square: LT sorghum silage\u00a0+\u00a0urea, LT sorghum silage\u00a0+\u00a0concentrate, HT sorghum silage\u00a0+\u00a0urea, and HT sorghum silage\u00a0+\u00a0concentrate. Total digestibility of the organic matter was higher when concentrate was included in the diet (0.749 and 0.753 in the LT and HT treatments, respectively). It was observed lower ruminal apparent digested matter of neutral detergent fiber in HT diets. There was no effect of tannin levels on digestibility and methane emission. The supplementation with concentrate in the LT diet decreased gas losses as a function of gross energy intake in comparison to the supplementation of the diet with urea. These results suggest the potential of concentrate supplementation to minimize energy loss as methane emission by ruminants and increase the efficiency of energy utilization.", "keywords": ["2. 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Climate action", "ruminal fermentation", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "nutritive value", "global greenhouse gases", "polyphenols"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.07.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.07.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.07.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.07.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.018", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-07-06", "title": "Digestibility, Methane Production And Chewing Activity Of Steers Fed Whole-Crop Round Bale Corn Silage Preserved At Three Maturities", "description": "Abstract The effects of the lengths of growth of round bale whole-crop corn silage on its nutritive value, the methane production, chewing time, and ruminal fermentation were evaluated in three Holstein steers (599.3\u00a0\u00b1\u00a031.5\u00a0kg). Corn forages were harvested, baled and wrapped on the same day at 129 (D129), 118 (D118) and 107 (D107) days from planting. All steers were fed the three corn silages along with urea at maintenance energy requirements during three 14-day periods in a 3\u00a0\u00d7\u00a03 Latin square design. A balance trial was conducted to investigate whole tract digestibility by the collection of total feces and urine over a 7-day test period. For 2 days of the test period, a head hood-type respiration chamber was used to measure methane production. Ruminal fluid was collected immediately before and 3\u00a0h after, the morning feeding on the last day of the test period. There was no spoilage in any of the silages (n\u00a0=\u00a09). The average fresh weight of the bales was 326.4\u00a0\u00b1\u00a010.7\u00a0kg. The DM content of the corn silage was highest in D118 and lowest in D129 (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "S. Shioya, Kenji Hosoda, Bayaru Eruden, Hiroki Matsuyama, Chuncheng Xu, Takehiro Nishida,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.018"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.018", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.018", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.05.018"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.018", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-12-07", "title": "Effects Of Yucca Schidigera And Quillaja Saponaria With Or Without Beta 1-4 Galacto-Oligosaccharides On Ruminal Fermentation, Methane Production And Nitrogen Utilization In Sheep", "description": "Abstract Effects of Quillaja saponaria extract (QSE) and Yucca schidigera extract (YSE) with or without \u03b2 1\u20134 galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) on ruminal fermentation, methane production and N utilization in wether sheep were evaluated. Four wethers fitted with permanent ruminal fistulae were assigned in a 4\u00a0\u00d7\u00a06 Youden square design experiment and fed a basal diet comprised of concentrate and Italian ryegrass hay (2:3, on a DM basis) at 55\u00a0g/kg metabolic body weight. Treatments were: (1) control (no addition of supplement); (2) 14\u00a0ml of QSE; (3) 14\u00a0ml of YSE; (4) 20\u00a0g of GOS; (5) 14\u00a0ml QSE\u00a0+\u00a020\u00a0g GOS; (6) 14\u00a0ml YSE\u00a0+\u00a020 GOS per day. Digestibility of NDFom increased (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "R. Asa, Junichi Takahashi, S. Yamaguchi, B. Pen, K. Takaura,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.018"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.018", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.018", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.11.018"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.008", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-04-23", "title": "Influences Of Flavomycin, Ropadiar, And Saponin On Nutrient Digestibility, Rumen Fermentation, And Methane Emission From Sheep", "description": "This study focused on the effects of three additives given together with a hay/concentrate-based diet on nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, and methane emission from sheep. The basal diet consisted of 1.29 Kg mixed hay and 0.43 kg concentrate mixture based on dry matter (DM). Treatments consisted of control (no additive), flavomycin(40) (250 mg/d), ropadiar from an oregano extract (250 mg/d), and saponin in the form of a yucca schidigera extract ( 170 mg/d). Results indicated that intake and digestibility were unaffected by treatments (P>0.05). The NH(3)-N concentration of rumen liquor was lower (P<0.05) for additive treatments versus the control treatment. Higher concentrations of volatile fatty acid (VFA) were observed in the saponin (75.8 mmol/L) and ropadiar (73.1 mmol/L) treatments. The proportion of individual fatty acid of rumen liquor was unchanged, whereas lower ratio of acetate to propionate in the saponin treatment was observed (P<0.05). The average methane production expressed on digested organic matter (OM) and neutral detergent fiber (aNDFom) basis were decreased by approximately 33 and 12.0 g/kg. respectively in saponin. and 4.2 and 11.9 g/kg in ropadiar treatment compared to the control. Methane production was positively correlated with the concentrations of NH(3)-N, and negatively correlated with total VFA and the proportion of propionate of rumen liquor (P<0.05). The study found that saponin and ropadiar could have the potential to reduce rumen methanogenesis in sheep. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Shiping Wang, Chengjie Wang, Hang Zhou,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.03.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.03.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-04-16", "title": "Encapsulated Fumaric Acid As A Feed Ingredient To Decrease Ruminal Methane Emissions", "description": "Abstract Decreasing methanogenesis in ruminants would benefit the agricultural industry because it would lead to lower energy losses from the animals as well as being beneficial for the environment in decreasing emissions of a greenhouse gas. Fumaric acid (FA) as a feed supplement has the potential to decrease methane production as well as increase glucogenesis and hence milk yield, but the quantity fed has to be restricted because of a risk of acidosis and a consequent decrease in fibre breakdown and feed intake. The objective of this study was to determine if FA encapsulated in partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (PHVO) could decrease methane formation without the problematic effects on ruminal pH. A commercial sample of encapsulated fumaric acid (EFA) did not affect pH and maintained propionate production when added in vitro to ruminal fluid from sheep receiving 49:51 grass hay:concentrate, and it suppressed methane formation by 19% (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.03.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.03.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.03.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.03.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.10.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-12-13", "title": "Methane Emission By Goats Consuming Diets With Different Levels Of Condensed Tannins From Lespedeza", "description": "Abstract Twenty-four yearling Boer\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0Spanish wethers (7/8 Boer; initial body weight (BW) of 34.1\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.02\u00a0kg) were used to determine effects on methane (CH 4 ) emission of dietary levels of a condensed tannin (CT)-containing forage, Kobe lespedeza ( Lespedeza striata ; K), and a forage very low in CT, sorghum-sudangrass ( Sorghum bicolor ; G). Treatments were dietary K levels (dry matter (DM) basis) of 1.00, 0.67, 0.33, and 0 (100, 67, 33, and 0\u00a0K, respectively). Forages were harvested daily and fed at approximately 1.3 times maintenance metabolizable energy requirement. The experiment lasted 21 days, with most measures on the last 8 days. The CT concentration was 0.3 and 151\u00a0g/kg\u00a0DM in G and K, respectively. DM intake was similar among treatments ( i.e. , 682, 675, 654, and 648\u00a0g/day; S.E.\u00a0=\u00a030.0) and gross energy (GE) digestibility increased linearly (P 4 emission changed quadratically (P In vitro CH 4 emission by incubation of ruminal fluid for 3 weeks with a medium for methanogenic bacteria and other conditions promoting activity by methanogens also was affected quadratically (P 5 \u00a0ml \u22121 for 100, 67, 33, and 0\u00a0K, respectively). The CT-containing forage K decreased CH 4 emission by goats regardless of its feeding level, although the effect per unit of K increased with decreasing K. Forage type ( i.e. , legume versus grass) may have contributed to the effect of K on CH 4 emission, but most of the change appeared attributable to CT, which appeared to directly impact activity of methanogenic bacteria, although alterations of protozoal activity could have been involved. These findings suggest that relatively low dietary levels of CT could be employed to lessen CH 4 emission without a marked detrimental effect on other conditions such as total tract protein digestion.", "keywords": ["0403 veterinary science", "2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.10.014"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.10.014", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.10.014", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.10.014"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.07.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-09-10", "title": "Effect Of Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (Face) On The Chemical Composition And Nutritive Value Of Wheat Grain And Straw", "description": "Abstract The global impact of an increased concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere on plants has been studied extensively, but little information has been published on the effect of enrichment of atmospheric CO2 on the nutritive value of grain and straw used as ruminant feeds. This paper reports the chemical composition and nutritive value of grain and straw harvested from the drought tolerant hard red spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) variety Yecora Rojo managed with two carbon dioxide regimes (ambient, 350\u00a0\u03bcl/l and elevated, 550\u00a0\u03bcl/l), two rates of nitrogen application (low N: 53\u00a0kg\u00a0N/ha and high N: 393\u00a0kg\u00a0N/ha) grown under a water-fed (i.e., no deficit) regime. Accumulation of carbon in straw did not differ among crops grown under elevated CO2 and low N supplementation and crops grown under ambient CO2 with low levels of N supplementation. Increased N application increased sequestration of C (P", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Land and Farm Management", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "0701 Agriculture"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.07.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.07.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.07.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2008.07.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-10-16", "title": "Forestomach Fermentation Characteristics And Diet Digestibility In Alpacas (Lama Pacos) And Sheep (Ovis Aries) Fed Two Forage Diets", "description": "Abstract The objective was to investigate the forestomach fermentation characteristics and diet digestibility in alpacas ( Lama pacos ) and sheep ( Ovis aries ) fed sorghum-sudan or alfalfa at low altitude (793\u00a0m). Four 2-year-old alpacas (48\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.3\u00a0kg) and four 2-year-old sheep (50\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.7\u00a0kg) were used in a study designed as split-plot in two replicated 2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02 Latin square, respectively, for alpacas and sheep. The main plot was species (alpacas and sheep) and the subplot was forage source (sorghum-sudan and alfalfa). Diet consisted of 700\u00a0g\u00a0kg \u22121 forage, which was either sorghum-sudan or alfalfa, and 300\u00a0g\u00a0kg \u22121 corn-based concentrate (dry matter [DM] basis). The animals were housed in metabolism crates and were fed twice daily for 21 days of each experimental period, with 11 days of adaptation and 10 days of sampling. There was interaction between species and forage on total volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations. The concentrations of total VFA decreased by substitution of sorghum-sudan with alfalfa in both species, but the magnitude of the reduction was smaller in alpacas (\u221217%) than in sheep (\u221234%). The molar proportions of acetate and BCFA were higher, whereas those of butyrate were lower in alpacas than in sheep with similar proportion of propionate as well as ratio of acetate to propionate between alpacas and sheep. Replacing sorghum-sudan with alfalfa in the diet reduced the ratio of acetate to propionate due to the reduced proportion of acetate and increased proportion of propionate. Ammonia N concentration was about 28% lower in alpacas than in sheep, with no difference between the forages. Redox potential, forestomach pressure, osmolality and methane production were overall lower in alpacas than in sheep. There were no interactions of species with forage source on digestibilities in the total tract. The species had minimal effect on the total digestibilities of nutrients but digestibilities of fibre were lower with alfalfa than with sorghum-sudan diet. The results revealed not only the great differences in forestomach fermentation, but also the similarity of digestibility of nutrients in the total tract between alpacas and sheep at low altitude (793\u00a0m).", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Pei Caixia, Z.Q. Liang, Junbing Jiang, Wen-jun Gao, H.Q. Li, W.Z. Yang, W.Z. Yang, Q. Liu, Changsheng Dong,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.08.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2010.02.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-03-15", "title": "Methane Emissions From Sheep Fed Fermented Or Non-Fermented Total Mixed Ration Containing Whole-Crop Rice And Rice Bran", "description": "Abstract The effects of ensiling a total mixed ration (TMR) were compared to those of a control TMR whole-crop rice (WCR) ensiled separately and mixed with other ingredients before feeding. Nutritive value, nitrogen balance, ruminal fermentation and the methane production of sheep were evaluated. Four Suffolk sheep (49.5\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.2\u00a0kg) were used in a 2 (treatment)\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02 (period) cross-over design experiment. Experimental treatments were control (not fermented) TMR and fermented TMR (FTMR). Each TMR contained WCR, a compound feed, a vitamin\u2013mineral supplement, dried beet pulp and rice bran in a ratio of 300:250:15:135:300, respectively, on a dry matter basis. The lactic acid contents of the control TMR and FTMR were 5.5 and 73.4\u00a0g/kg, respectively. Apparent digestibility of crude protein, ether extract, acid detergent fibre and gross energy was higher for FTMR, which also had higher digestible crude protein and digestible energy concentrations than the control TMR. There were no differences in ruminal pH by TMR type before feeding or 4\u00a0h after feeding, although pH was higher ( P =0.0039) in FTMR 2\u00a0h after feeding. Total volatile fatty acid and NH 3 -N was higher and butyric acid was lower for FTMR 2 and 4\u00a0h after feeding, whereas propionic acid was higher only 2\u00a0h after feeding. FTMR decreased ( P =0.0001) daily methane emissions and energy lost as methane production. These results show that FTMR increases digestibility and decreases ruminal methane emissions and energy loss compared to non-fermented TMR, and that the depression effect of FTMR on methane emission can contribute to the conversion of lactic acid to propionic acid in the rumen.", "keywords": ["0403 veterinary science", "2. Zero hunger", "13. 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RFI has been shown to be linked with a reduction in CH 4 emissions in studies that used grain based diets. Our study quantified CH 4 emissions from 48 Angus cows selected based on estimated breeding values (EBV) for extremes in RFI. These EBV were based on a post weaning RFI test conducted at the Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food Vasse Research Centre. Two groups of cows with divergent RFI were used being: 25 high RFI ( i.e. , HRFI, low efficiency) cows with an EBV of 0.68\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.220\u00a0kg/d, and 23 low RFI ( i.e. , LRFI, high efficiency) cows with an EBV of \u22120.69\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.335\u00a0kg/d. Methane emissions were measured under grazing conditions in a Western Australian annual pasture production system using the Open Path Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (OP-FTIR) technique. A group average emission rate was obtained for the two RFI lines of cows. Each group was measured separately over a two 6\u00a0d periods being in the summer when the cows were pregnant and grazing annual pastures of a low dry matter (DM) digestibility of 550\u00a0g/kg, and in the winter when the cows were nursing calves and grazing annual pastures with a high DM digestibility of 810\u00a0g/kg. It was hypothesised that LRFI cows would produce less CH 4 when grazing both high and low quality pastures. When pregnant and grazing low quality pastures, both groups of cows produced similar amounts of CH 4 /day (0.26\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.013 versus 0.26\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.018\u00a0g CH 4 /kg of liveweight (LW) for LRFI and HRFI cows respectively. While nursing calves and grazing high quality pastures, there was a difference (P 4 emissions between the LRFI and HRFI cows of 0.34 CH 4 \u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.017 versus 0.46\u00a0\u00b1\u00a00.023\u00a0g CH 4 /kg LW). The hypothesis that LRFI cows produce less CH 4 is not supported by results for these cows grazing low quality summer pasture, but it is supported when grazing high quality winter pastures. Results indicate LRFI cattle may have the potential to contribute to reduced CH 4 emissions under grazing systems when provided with a high nutritional quality pasture source. This paper is part of the special issue entitled: Greenhouse Gases in Animal Agriculture \u2013 Finding a Balance between Food and Emissions, Guest Edited by T. A. McAllister, Section Guest Editor; K.A. Beauchemin, X. Hao, S. McGinn and Editor for Animal Feed Science and Technology, P.H. Robinson.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "GeoQUEST"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Jones, Fiona, Phillips, Frances, Naylor, Travis, Mercer, N.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.020"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Animal%20Feed%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.020", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.020", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.020"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.10.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:00Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-11-12", "title": "Effects Of Grazing Willow Fodder Blocks Upon Methane Production And Blood Composition In Young Sheep", "description": "Abstract A 79-day rotational grazing experiment was conducted over the summer and autumn of 2007 to compare effects of grazing willow ( Salix spp.) fodder blocks, a combination of small trees ( i.e ., 1.0\u00a0m) and herbage, or perennial ryegrass ( Lolium perenne )/white clover ( Trifolium repens ) control pasture on breath methane (CH 4 ) emissions, concentrations and solubility of CH 4 and sulphur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) tracer gas in blood, and haematology variables in young growing female sheep ( i.e ., hoggets). Measurements of gases in blood followed a double equilibration technique with two ( n \u00a0=\u00a020) replicate per treatment. Ten ewe hoggets in each replicate were dosed on day 22 with intraruminal slow release SF 6 capsules, an inorganic tracer gas used to calculate CH 4 emissions. Breath samples were collected over 5-day periods in weeks 5 (period 1) and 11 (period 2). Total condensed tannin (CT) concentrations calculated in the diet selected by the willow fodder block sheep was 12\u00a0g CT kg/dry matter intake, with negligible amounts in control pasture hoggets. Compared to control pasture, grazing willow fodder blocks reduced CH 4 emission/kg metabolic body weight (BW 0.75 ) by 20% in period 1 ( P 4 concentrations (ng/mL blood) were similar for both groups on day 36, but higher ( P 6 blood concentration being higher ( P 4 concentration was 75% in period versus 84% in period 2. Methane and SF 6 Ostwald solubility coefficients in blood were similar in both periods for sheep grazing willow fodder blocks and the control pasture. Hoggets grazing willow fodder blocks had lower BW gain (65\u00a0g/day), carcass weight (16.1\u00a0kg) and carcass fatness (9.2\u00a0mm) than hoggets grazing control pasture (102\u00a0g; 18.3\u00a0kg; 11\u00a0mm). Hoggets dosed with SF 6 capsules had lower ( P P =0.063), platelet ( P =0.073) and monocyte ( P =0.072), white blood cell and total lymphocyte counts ( P 4 emission between periods from grazing willow fodder blocks may be due to more willow leaf being eaten during the CH 4 measurement period in period 1 than in period 2.", "keywords": ["2. 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Ruminal enteric CH4 production represents a loss of 2\u201315% of the animal's gross energy (GE) intake and contributes nearly 20% of US CH4 emissions. Studies have evaluated the CH4 inhibiting potential of select short chain nitrocompounds, such as nitroethane, but results demonstrating their effects on ruminant exhaled CH4 emissions are lacking. Our study determined effects of oral nitroethane administration on CH4 emissions, accumulations of volatile fatty acids (VFA) and on ruminal CH4 producing activity in steers fed a forage based diet containing 8.8\u00a0MJ/kg of metabolizable energy on a dry matter (DM) basis. Effects of nitroethane administration on ruminal nitroethane reducing activity were also determined. Holstein steers (n\u00a0=\u00a024) of 317\u00a0\u00b1\u00a06.5\u00a0kg body weight (BW) were assigned to 4 treatments that included: 0, 30, 60 and 120\u00a0mg\u00a0nitroethane/kg\u00a0BW/d. Treatments were administered via oral gavage twice daily at 08:00 and 16:00\u00a0h for 8\u00a0d. DM intake decreased quadratically as level of nitroethane increased with steers administered 60 and 120\u00a0mg\u00a0nitroethane/kg\u00a0BW consuming 14 and 7% lower DM, respectively, than steers administered 0 or 30\u00a0mg\u00a0nitroethane/kg\u00a0BW. Methane emissions as a proportion of GE intake and ruminal CH4 producing activity both decreased linearly (P This paper is part of the special issue entitled: Greenhouse Gases in Animal Agriculture \u2013 Finding a Balance between Food and Emissions, Guest Edited by T.A. McAllister, Section Guest Editors: K.A. Beauchemin, X. Hao, S. McGinn and Editor for Animal Feed Science and Technology, P.H. Robinson.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. 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The soils taken from an experimental tree plantation site in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand were incubated for 48\u00a0h with and without adding 100\u00a0\u03bcg of P (KH2PO4) per gram soil after adjusting the water holding capacity to 80%. During the incubation period, the microbial biomass carbon (MBC) contents determined using the chloroform fumigation extraction method decreased and P addition stimulated the decreased rate significantly. On the other hand, the P addition increased the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) contents and CO2 emissions. The study suggested that P addition had changed soil microbial activities, possibly including a soil microbial community change. Furthermore, the study showed that the stimulated soil respiration by P addition is not necessarily accompanied by increased MBC. The assessment of the effects of P limitation on soil microbial activities should measure at least the effects of P addition on both soil respiration and MBC, possibly combined with soil microbial community analyses.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "6. 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Twelve non-lactating ruminally cannulated Holstein cows were used in a replicated 4\u00d74 Latin Square design experiment with four diets and four 21\u00a0d periods. Experimental diets (500:500 forage to concentrate ratio; dry matter (DM) basis) were used in a 2\u00d72 factorial design using either chopped grass hay or whole crop barley silage as the forage source with or without ground linseed at 150\u00a0g/kg ration DM as a partial replacement for barley grain. Diets were fed once daily as total mixed rations. Rumen contents were collected on days 14 and 21 of each period. In situ ruminal digestibility of grass hay and barley silage was measured at 24 and 48\u00a0h of incubation on days 15 and 16. Apparent total tract digestibility of dietary nutrients was estimated by collecting fecal samples from the rectum of each cow twice daily from days 15 to 21. Indigestible aNDF was used as an internal marker to estimate apparent diet digestibility in the total tract. Enteric CH4 production was measured from days 17 to 19 using the sulfur hexafluoride tracer gas technique. Without linseed inclusion, cows fed the diet based on grass hay produced 31% less CH4 as g/hd/d and up to 30% less CH4/kg of DM, digested DM or digested organic matter intake, or as MJ CH4/MJ gross energy intake (forage\u00d7linseed interaction, P This paper is part of the special issue entitled: Greenhouse Gases in Animal Agriculture \u2013 Finding a Balance between Food and Emissions, Guest Edited by T.A. McAllister, Section Guest Editors: K.A. Beauchemin, X. Hao, S. McGinn and Editor for Animal Feed Science and Technology, P.H. Robinson.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. 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