ArticleNature communications2025
Degradable film mulching increases soil carbon sequestration in major Chinese dryland agroecosystems.
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- Plastic mulch productivity-sustainability tradeoffs and pathways toward an eco-friendly framework: insights from a global meta-analysis.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
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- China's agricultural plastic mulch transition is a food security imperative with global implications.Nature food · 2026Article
- Optimizing Biodegradable Films with Varying Induction Periods to Enhance Rice Growth and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Saline-alkali gradients reshape soil microbial network complexity and niche breadth.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Biodegradable mulch films promote sugarcane growth by regulating rhizosphere microbial communities and predicted nutrient cycling-related functional potentials.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Corncob Returning Enhances Soil Fertility and Rhizosphere Microbiome Functions to Improve Growth and Nutrient Uptake ofBiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Plastic film mulching (PM), which contributes to nearly half of the increased crop yields in dryland agroecosystems, exacerbates environmental burdens due to its non-degradable nature. Globally, there is a growing demand to replace non-degradable PM with degradable film mulching (DM), yet its impacts on soil organic carbon (SOC) in dryland agroecosystems remains unknown. Here, using multi-field studies and mesocosm experiments, we found that DM strongly increased but PM reduced SOC storage (0-1 m). This difference is likely attributable to the higher microbial C use efficiency in soil under DM, leading to increased microbial-derived C compared to PM. Under the high roading scenario for 2100, DM could reduce the decomposition of SOC (0-1 m) in China's drylands by 9.0 ± 1.0 Mg ha
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