Multilevel Collapsibility of Loess under Irrigation in Jinya Town, Gansu Province, China by Xiaozhou Zhang, Yudong Lu, Xin Li, Yangchun Lu, Jianzhong Sun, Wangsheng Pan

“…The determination of the collapsibility process and characteristics of loess are crucial to foundation construction and residents’ life in the Loess Plateau. Thus, a large-scale in situ irrigation collapse experiment was conducted on a 10 m2 test pit. …”
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Comprehensive prediction of potential spatiotemporal distribution patterns, priority planting regions, and introduction adaptability of Elymus sibiricus in the Chinese region by Huan-Huan Lu, Yu-Ying Zheng, Yong-Sen Qiu, Liu-Ban Tang, Yan-Cui Zhao, Wen-Gang Xie

“…It was widely distributed in Qilian Mountains (northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau), Taihang Mountains (junction of Loess Plateau and Inner Mongolia Plateau), and Tianshan Mountains; (2) with the passage of time, the suitable distribution regions of E. sibiricus generally showed a collapse trend, but its main distribution regions did not show obvious change, and the suitable regions (centroid) generally migrated to the southwest of China by 2.93 km; (3) the spatial distribution of E. sibiricus in the current period was significantly affected by the annual range of monthly near-surface relative humidity, mean annual air temperature, annual range of monthly potential evapotranspiration, mean monthly potential evapotranspiration, annual range of monthly climate moisture index, elevation, exchangeable Ca2+, available P, mean monthly near-surface relative humidity, exchangeable H+, and annual precipitation amount, respectively; (4) the potential planting area of E. sibiricus cover 2.059 × 105 km2, which was mainly distributed in Qilian Mountains (northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau), Taihang Mountains (southeast of Inner Mongolia Plateau), the middle part of Tianshan Mountains, and the southeast of Altai Mountains; (5) the introduction adaptability regions of six E. sibiricus germplasm (LM01–LM06) were all distributed in the high-elevation regions of western China. …”
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Topographic and Edaphic Influences on the Spatiotemporal Soil Water Content Patterns in Underground Mining Regions by Yaodong Jing, Yu Chen, Jason Yang, Haoxi Ding, Hongfen Zhu

“…This study investigates the spatial and temporal patterns of SWC and its interaction with topographic and edaphic factors in coal mining and non-coal mining areas of the Chenghe watershed, located in the southeast of the Chinese Loess Plateau, which is divided by a river. Our findings revealed that the capacity to retain moisture in the top layer of coal mining areas is significantly higher (25.21%) compared to non-coal mining areas, although deeper layers exhibit lower SWC, indicating altered moisture dynamics due to underground mining disturbances. …”
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Influence of sedentary behavior on sleep quality in postmenopausal women in high-altitude regions of China: a cross-sectional study by Rilang Leng, Ailin Guo, Guoping Qian, Sujie Mao

“…This study aims to identify modifiable risk factors influencing sleep quality in this high-altitude population.MethodsThis cross-sectional study focused on postmenopausal women (aged ≥50 years, ≥12 months post-menopause) across four primary plateau regions in China: Qinghai-Tibet, Yunnan-Guizhou, Inner Mongolia, and the Loess Plateau. Sedentary behavior was evaluated with the Older Adults Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire, and sleep quality was assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. …”
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Microscopic Mechanism Affecting Shear Strength in Lignin-Treated Loess Samples by Wei Liu, Juan Wang, Gaochao Lin, Li Wen, Qian Wang

“…In China, engineers have worked to create additional usable land for building construction by flattening the ridges of hills and filling in the adjacent valleys. China’s Loess Plateau comprises a type of soil (loess) with a large pore structure that can collapse and become unstable when exposed to groundwater. …”
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Early Identification of Geological Hazards Along the Power Transmission Line in Weinan Based on SBAS-InSAR by Bo Shan, Jianguo Qi, Wucheng Tian, Kuanxing Zhu, Tie Jin, Qingkun Yang, Xiguan An, Guang Yang, Qi Hu, Chen Cao

“…Landslides and ground subsidence pose significant threats to the successful construction and operation of transmission line projects in the Loess Plateau region. This study aims to explore an accurate early identification method for geological hazards, providing support for the construction and smooth operation of the transmission project along the route from Baishui County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province to Lantian County, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province. …”
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Yolk free egg substitute improves the serum phospholipid profile of mice with metabolic syndrome based on lipidomic analysis by Zhihui Yu, Lingyu Fan, Fei Tai, Lixin Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yisheng Chen

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Estimation of Anthocyanins in Apple Leaves Based on Ground Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning Models by Yu Zhang, Mi Zou, Yanjun Li, Qingrui Chang, Xing Chen, Zhiyong Dai, Weihao Yuan

“…This study utilizes ground hyperspectral imaging to estimate anthocyanins in Fuji apple leaves in the Loess Plateau through spectral transformation, feature extraction (including band selection and spectral indices construction), and regression algorithm selection, establishing models for three growth stages. …”
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An Experimental and Numerical Study of Landslides Triggered by Agricultural Irrigation in Northwestern China by Tianfeng Gu, Pingping Sun, Jiading Wang, Herry Lin, Yuanjun Xu, Jiaxu Kong, Bin Sun

“…Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) has become one of the high-incidence areas of landslide disasters in China, especially at the edge of the tablelands where irrigation has been practiced at a large scale since the 1960s. …”
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Probability of rainfall-induced landslides coupled with effective-duration threshold and soil moisture by Kailiang Zhao, Haijun Qiu, Ya Liu, Zijing Liu, Wenchao Huangfu, Bingzhe Tang, Dongdong Yang, Guoqing Yang

“…Study region: Shaanxi Province, including the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, the Guanzhong Plain, and the Qinba Mountains in southern Shaanxi. …”
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Geographical feature and method factors significantly influence the reliability of ecological source information transmission at multi-scale by Kai Li, Wei Wu, Shiqi Tian, Linjuan Li, Zhe Li, Yue Cao

“…This study was conducted in two regions with distinct geographical features: the Yangtze River Delta Region (YRDR) and the Loess Plateau Region (LPR). We employed Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis (MSPA) and Comprehensive Evaluation (CE) methods to identify ecological sources across different extents and grain sizes, while analyzing the influence of various factors on information transmission. …”
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Genome wide identification of Dof transcription factors in Carmine radish reveals RsDof33 role in cadmium stress and anthocyanin biosynthesis by Caiming Gou, Jia Li, Bo Chen, Guoting Cheng, Zhangfei Zheng, Hua Peng, Ahmed H. El-Sappah

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Nutrient uptake and rhizosphere microbial community as related to yield advantage in broomcorn millet‒alfalfa intercropping under different row configurations by Shengzhican Li, Ashanjiang Yiminijiang, Ruoxuan Li, Mandi Wu, Mingxiu Long, Peizhi Yang, Shubin He

“…., P1M1 (1 row of broomcorn millet intercropped with 1 row of alfalfa), P2M3, P1M2, P1M3 and broomcorn millet alone (SP), was conducted on the Loess Plateau of China. We analyzed the yield, nutritional content of broomcorn millet, the soil nutrient availability and the diversity and community composition of AMF (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) and diazotrophs in the rhizosphere of broomcorn millet. …”
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Distribution Pattern of Cadmium in the Profile of Shallow Fissure Soil and Its Influencing Factors in Karst Areas with High Geological Background by FAN Pingping, CHEN Jia, ZHANG Feng, NIU Yong, FANG Nufang, WU Zeyan, CAI Huayin

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The application of biochar and organic fertilizer substitution regulates the diversities of habitat specialist bacterial communities within soil aggregates in proso millet farmland by Lixin Tian, Yawei Wang, Doudou Jin, Yulong Zhou, Bauyrzhan Mukhamed, Dan Liu, Baili Feng

“…., habitat specialists and generalists) within soil aggregates on the Loess Plateau. A field experiment, containing six treatments, namely no fertilizer (CK), no fertilizer plus 104 kg ha−1 biochar (CK + B), traditional N fertilizer (TF, 150 kg N ha−1), traditional N fertilizer plus 104 kg ha−1 biochar (TF + B), organic fertilizer replacing (OF), and organic fertilizer replacing plus 104 kg ha−1 biochar (OF + B), was adopted to explore the influences of biochar and organic fertilizer substitution on the size distribution, nutrient levels, extracellular enzymatic stoichiometry, bacterial meta-community and sub-community diversities, structures, ecological networks, and assembly processes within bulk soil, large macro-aggregates (> 2 mm), small macro-aggregates (0.25–2 mm), and micro-aggregates (< 0.25 mm) in proso millet farmland. …”
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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of ecosystem service interactions and their determining thresholds across distinct climate zones in the temperate desert steppe of northern China by Xin Li, Xiangdong Li, Xiaoqian Li, Zhi Dong, Xinchuang Chen, Jianying Guo, Hongxiao Liu

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Towards quantitative reconstruction of past monsoon precipitation based on tetraether membrane lipids in Chinese loess by J. Guo, J. Guo, M. Ziegler, L. Fuchs, Y. Sun, F. Peterse

“…Here, we use the positive relationship between the degree of cyclization (DC) of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) in modern surface soils from the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) and mean annual precipitation (MAP) to quantify past monsoon precipitation changes on the CLP. …”
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Temporal dynamics of climate sensitivity of litter decomposition in a semi-arid grassland by Zhen Li, Fuwei Wang, Yue Wen, Chenglong Ye, Peng Wang, Tongshuo Bai, Xudong Gu, Liang Guo, Yunpeng Qiu, Yi Zhang, Yi Wang, Shuijin Hu

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Assembly mechanisms, not species pool, shape β-diversity of soil methanotrophic communities in steppes of China by Yongping Kou, Zhe Feng, Huan Li, Yanjiao Liu, Yanjiao Liu, Lin Xu, Lin Xu, Xiangzhen Li

“…While biodiversity patterns across geographical gradients are often attributed both to local assembly processes and regional species pools, the distinct roles of these factors in shaping soil aerobic methanotrophic diversity remain underexplored.MethodsUsing amplicon sequencing and bioinformatics analysis, this study focuses on comparing the relative importance of species pool and community assembly processes in shaping soil methanotrophic communities across three distinct plateaus in China: the Loess Plateau, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, and the Inner Mongolian Plateau. …”
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Nano-Zinc Oxide Can Enhance the Tolerance of Apple Rootstock M9-T337 Seedlings to Saline Alkali Stress by Initiating a Variety of Physiological and Biochemical Pathways by Jietao Zhai, Xulin Xian, Zhongxing Zhang, Yanxiu Wang

“…Soil salinization severely restricts the growth and development of crops globally, especially in the northwest Loess Plateau, where apples constitute a pillar industry. …”
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