OVERGRAZING DEPRESSES SOIL CARBON STOCK THROUGH CHANGING PLANT DIVERSITY IN TEMPERATE GRASSLAND OF THE LOESS PLATEAU

Overgrazing depresses soil carbon stock through changing plant diversity in temperate grassland of the Loess Plateau

This Collections study mainly estimates the effect of grazing on plant diversity and soil storages on the northern Loess Plateau of China.Four grazing intensities of ungrazed (UG), light (LG), moderate (MG), and heavy (HG) grassland were selected according to the vegetation utilization across the study area, in which plant diversity, heights, above

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Using Extra Virgin Olive Oil to Cook Vegetables Enhances Polyphenol and Carotenoid Extractability: A Study Applying the sofrito Technique

Olive oil is the main source of fat in the Mediterranean diet and the most frequently used ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine.Cooking with olive oil has been attracting attention because it can act as a food excipient, thereby increasing the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of ingested bioactive compounds.The aim of this study was to understan

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Management of the aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), using biorational on capsicum under protected cultivation in India

Abstract The peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and silver leaf whitefly, Collections Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are the major pests of capsicum under protected cultivation.The entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are environmentally safe than the chemical pesticides.In the present study, different EPF formulations, Beauveria b

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