Pub Date : 2026-02-11DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110398
Hao Yang, Wei-Ping Zhang, Surigaoge Surigaoge, Hua-Sen Xu, Ye Su, Ragan M. Callaway, Long Li
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Straw return and sulfur (S) fertilization are widely promoted to improve soil fertility and mitigate cadmium (Cd) risk through regulating Fe–S coupling, yet their field effectiveness in flooded paddy soils remains uncertain. This study aimed to quantify the effects of wheat straw pellets (W) and S, applied alone or jointly, on Cd accumulation in brown rice (BR) and rice yield in Cd-contaminated paddy soil, and to elucidate the associated Fe–S mediated processes in the soil–rice system.
{"title":"Co-application of straw pellets and sulfate reduces cadmium accumulation in brown rice and enhances grain yield via iron-sulfur coupling in flooded paddy fields","authors":"Mingming Tao, Xinhua Peng, Xianlin Ke, Yanhua Qiu, Xizi Wang, Zhengyi Hu, Fulai Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110390","url":null,"abstract":"Straw return and sulfur (S) fertilization are widely promoted to improve soil fertility and mitigate cadmium (Cd) risk through regulating Fe–S coupling, yet their field effectiveness in flooded paddy soils remains uncertain. This study aimed to quantify the effects of wheat straw pellets (W) and S, applied alone or jointly, on Cd accumulation in brown rice (BR) and rice yield in Cd-contaminated paddy soil, and to elucidate the associated Fe–S mediated processes in the soil–rice system.","PeriodicalId":12143,"journal":{"name":"Field Crops Research","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146146712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Excessive nitrogen (N) fertilization in drip fertigation potato production can lead to ecological and environmental risks in North China’s agro‑pastoral ecotone (APE). While N surplus (Nsur) is a vital indicator for sustainable N management, the Nsur benchmarks of APE remain undefined in drip fertigation potato systems.
{"title":"Establishing nitrogen surplus benchmarks for sustainable potato production in intensive drip fertigation systems","authors":"Haibo Yang, Yunfei Di, Yuncai Hu, Hailin Zhang, Wei Wang, Fei Li","doi":"10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110394","url":null,"abstract":"Excessive nitrogen (N) fertilization in drip fertigation potato production can lead to ecological and environmental risks in North China’s agro‑pastoral ecotone (APE). While N surplus (N<ce:inf loc=\"post\">sur</ce:inf>) is a vital indicator for sustainable N management, the N<ce:inf loc=\"post\">sur</ce:inf> benchmarks of APE remain undefined in drip fertigation potato systems.","PeriodicalId":12143,"journal":{"name":"Field Crops Research","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146146754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-10DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110391
John G. Howieson, Robert J. Harrison, Ron J. Yates, Belinda F. Hackney
The ley farming system of southern Australia emerged in the early 20th century as a flexible, resilient, sustainable and profitable form of agriculture. Ley farming relied upon a self-regenerating annual legume pasture (ley) to emerge without the intervention of machinery after a cereal crop phase. One key to the success of this system was that the pasture legume produced seed with physical dormancy (PY) to form a “seed bank” that would persist in the soil for several seasons. When the field was “rested” from cropping, the legume would germinate, feed grazing animals, and fix biological nitrogen.
{"title":"Fifty years of change: The decline of the Australian ley farming system as agriculture intensified, and pathways to its sustainable renewal","authors":"John G. Howieson, Robert J. Harrison, Ron J. Yates, Belinda F. Hackney","doi":"10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110391","url":null,"abstract":"The ley farming system of southern Australia emerged in the early 20th century as a flexible, resilient, sustainable and profitable form of agriculture. Ley farming relied upon a self-regenerating annual legume pasture (ley) to emerge without the intervention of machinery after a cereal crop phase. One key to the success of this system was that the pasture legume produced seed with physical dormancy (PY) to form a “seed bank” that would persist in the soil for several seasons. When the field was “rested” from cropping, the legume would germinate, feed grazing animals, and fix biological nitrogen.","PeriodicalId":12143,"journal":{"name":"Field Crops Research","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146146756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-04DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2025.110291
Yannik Schlup, Lukas Graz, Andreas Kägi, Johan Six, Susanne Vogelgsang
{"title":"Mixed cropping of narrow-leaved lupin and oat enhances plant health and yield buffering while maintaining protein yield","authors":"Yannik Schlup, Lukas Graz, Andreas Kägi, Johan Six, Susanne Vogelgsang","doi":"10.1016/j.fcr.2025.110291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2025.110291","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12143,"journal":{"name":"Field Crops Research","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146134141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Substituting straw with biochar enhances rice production and net economic benefit while reducing the carbon footprint in a double-cropping rice system","authors":"Shiqi Yang, Yanghaojun Xu, Wenyang Kuang, Wenhao Fan, Xueming Tan, Xiaohua Pan, Yanhua Zeng","doi":"10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2026.110385","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12143,"journal":{"name":"Field Crops Research","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146110601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}