Soil Microbial Properties of Durum Grown after Camelina, Carinata, Cover Crops, and Fallow by Sadikshya R. Dangi, Brett L. Allen, Jay D. Jabro, Tatyana A. Rand, Joshua W. Campbell, Rosalie B. Calderon

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Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) oviposition preference on native milkweeds (Asclepias) of the northern Great Plains by Grace Damiano, Lora Perkins

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Emotion-based design research of rural street spaces using eye-tracking technology: A case study of Huixingtou Village in Handan City. by Ruili Wang, Fan Yang, Qingqin Wang

“…This study delineates three typical scales of rural street spaces in China northern plains region, utilizing eye-tracking technology, investigates the constituent elements and materials of various optimized design schemes, analyzing people's emotional perceptions of different elements and materials. …”
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Writing the history of North America from Indian country: the view from the north-central Plains, 1800-1870 by Raymond J. DeMallie, Gilles Havard

“…As a case study, we focus our analysis on tribes of the central and northern Plains between 1800 and 1870. Taking the view from this Indian country and using sources produced by Indian people themselves, such as the 1806 Arikara map of Too-Ne, it becomes easier to understand how Plains people envisioned territory and social groupings in their own ways. …”
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Drought Early Warning and the Timing of Range Managers’ Drought Response by Tonya R. Haigh, Jason A. Otkin, Anthony Mucia, Michael Hayes, Mark E. Burbach

“…This study investigates U.S. Northern Plains range and livestock managers’ decision-making in response to the 2016 flash drought, by means of a postdrought survey of agricultural landowners and using the Protective Action Decision Model theoretical framework. …”
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Fire in Feces: Bats Reliably Record Fire History in Their Guano by Alexandra Tsalickis, Richard S. Vachula, J. Conner Welch, Joshua W. Campbell, Matthew N. Waters

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TreeGrid: A Spatial Planning Tool Integrating Tree Species Traits for Biodiversity Enhancement in Urban Landscapes by Shrey Rakholia, Reuven Yosef, Neelesh Yadav, Laura Karimloo, Michaela Pleitner, Ritvik Kothari

“…To address these challenges, we developed TreeGrid, a functionality-based spatial tree planning tool designed specifically for urban settings in the Northern Plains of India. The tool integrates species trait datasets, ecological scoring metrics, and spatial simulations to optimize tree placement for enhanced ecosystem service delivery, biodiversity support, and urban cooling. …”
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LuTan-1 Satellite-Based Geological Disaster Detection in Lingbao City, Western Henan of China by J. Lu, X. Tang, L. Wei, L. Guo, T. Li, X. Zhang, X. Zhang

“…Henan Province, with 44.3% mountainous and hilly areas, is highly vulnerable, particularly in the western, northern, and southern highlands, northern plains, and eastern areas. These disasters have increased year-round due to climate change and human activities. …”
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A Mixture of Summer Legume and Nonlegume Cover Crops Enhances Winter Wheat Yield, Nitrogen Uptake, and Nitrogen Balance by Jun Wang, Upendra M. Sainju, Shaohong Zhang

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Seed production potential of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) under protected and open conditions in Indo-Gangetic plains of northern India by RAMPREET KAUR, RAJINDER SINGH, LAVANYA VIJ, NAVJYOT KAUR

“…High temperature above 35°C during April-May in northern plains of India causes poor fruit and seed set under open conditions. …”
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Current Situation and Development Trend of China’s Agricultural Machinery Distribution by T. Chen

“…In terms of crops, the level of comprehensive mechanization of wheat, rice and maize is relatively high, while the level of comprehensive mechanization of cash crops such as cotton oil, sugar and vegetable tea is relatively low; from a regional perspective, the level of mechanization in the northern plains is relatively high, and the level of mechanization in the hilly and mountainous areas of the south is relatively low; from an industrial point of view, the level of mechanization of planting industry is relatively high, while the level of mechanization of animal husbandry, fi shery and processing is low. …”
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Reduction in Nitrogen Fertilization Rate for Spring Wheat Due to Carbon Mineralization-Induced Nitrogen Mineralization by Upendra M. Sainju

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Forecasting and Evaluation of Ecosystem Services Supply-Demand Under SSP-RCP Scenarios in the Henan Segment of the Yellow River Basin, China by Chaokun Wang, Yujie Chang, Benxin Guo, Pengfei Liu

“…Surplus areas for WY and CS are aggregated in the northwest, southwest, and central areas, while FP surpluses are found in the eastern and northern plains. Deficits for all three services are primarily located in urban areas. (3) The dominant spatial patterns of supply–demand matching also vary. …”
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Drivers of Vegetation Carbon Sinks in Zhejiang Province: A Case Study in Rapidly Urbanizing Subtropical Ecosystems by Juntao Xu, Nguyễn Thị Hằng, Mengqi Ran, Junqia Kong

“…Spatially, NEP was higher in the western and southern mountainous regions and lower in the eastern coastal and northern plains. NEP in Zhejiang Province was driven by both natural and anthropogenic factors, with NDVI (q = 0.502) and elevation (q = 0.373) being the primary natural drivers, and nighttime light intensity (q = 0.327) and impervious surface dynamics (q = 0.295) being the main anthropogenic drivers. …”
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Optimizing maize cultivation through Fuzzy AHP: Balancing land suitability, land use, and environmental sustainability by Samsu Arif, Sumbangan Baja, Nurmiaty Nurmiaty, Erfan Syamsuddin, Syamsuddin Syamsuddin

“…Spatial autocorrelation (Moran’s I = 0.81, p = 0.001) revealed S1/S2 hotspots in the northern plains, ideal for maize expansion, and N coldspots in the eastern highlands, limited by steep slopes and landslide risks. …”
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Cultivated Land Suitability Prediction in Southern Xinjiang Typical Areas Based on Optimized MaxEnt Model by Yilong Tian, Xiaohuang Liu, Hongyu Li, Run Liu, Ping Zhu, Chaozhu Li, Xinping Luo, Chao Wang, Honghui Zhao

“…The highly suitable areas are mainly distributed in the northern plains and parts of the southern mountains. This study clarifies the suitable areas for land development and environmental thresholds, providing a scientific basis for the development of land resources in arid regions and the implementation of the “store grain in the land” strategy.…”
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Barriers and unmet needs related to healthcare for American Indian and Alaska Native communities: improving access to specialty care and clinical trials by Donald Warne, Twyla Baker, Michael Burson, Allison Kelliher, Melissa Buffalo, Jonathan Baines, Jeremy Whalen, Michelle Archambault, Kimberly Jinnett, Kimberly Jinnett, Shalini V. Mohan, Rebekah J. Fineday

“…In this review, we describe patient, provider, and institutional barriers to healthcare, particularly specialty care and clinical research, for AI/AN peoples, with a focus on the Northern Plains AI communities. Examples and best practices to improve AI/AN patient access to health services, including screening and specialty care, as well as to clinical research, are provided. …”
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Soil-Water Retention Curves and Pore-Size Distribution in a Clay Loam Under Different Tillage Systems by Jay Jabro, William Stevens, William Iversen, Upendra Sainju, Brett Allen, Sadikshya Dangi, Chengci Chen

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Winter legume cover crop with adequate nitrogen fertilization enhance dryland maize yield and water-use efficiency by Jinfa Chen, Upendra M. Sainju, Rui Liu, Guangye Tan, Mengmeng Wen, Jie Zhao, Jinlin Pu, Jiangru Feng, Jun Wang

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Confronting food insecurity through agricultural interventions: the Farmer FIRST program in India by Purushothaman Venkatesan, Nilakandan Sivaramane, Ch Srinivasa Rao, Ramanujam Venkattakumar, Sethuraman Sivakumar, Palanisamy Mooventhan, Rajarshi Roy Burman, Bommu Kalyani, Lalitha Navya Challa

“…The results revealed that post-intervention of the FFP, cereal availability increased by 147.74% in the Northern Plain, while pulses recorded over 200% growth in three regions. …”
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