The technology of freezing saline water irrigation (FSWI) with plastic mulching has been regarded as an effective way to reclaim the highly saline soil in coastal plains, which enabled the growth of crops in heavy saline soil that was not suitable for any crop growth before. However, after long-term treatment with FSWI, the microenvironment of the soil has been found to be affected by the growt...

The abundant and widespread Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is currently declining across much of Europe due to landscape changes caused by agricultural intensification. The proximate mechanisms causing adverse effects to breeding Starlings are unclear, hampering our ability to implement cost-efficient agri-environmental schemes to restore populations to former levels. This study aimed to sh...

Sustainable intensification of cropping systems is a strategy to increase productivity and reduce disservices conventional agroecosystems. Camelina [Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz] field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) are winter annual oilseed crops well suited fill the fallow period between corn (Zea mays soybean [Glycine max Merr.] in U.S. northern Corn Belt, but resources use could limit their...