Tire particles (TPs) are a major source of microplastic on land, and considering their chemical composition, they represent a potential hazard for the terrestrial environment. We studied the effects of TPs at environmentally relevant concentrations along a wide concentration gradient (0\uffe2\uff80\uff93160 mg g\uffe2\uff88\uff921) and tested the effects on plant growth, soil pH and the key ecosystem process of litter decomposition and soil respiration. The addition of TPs negatively affected shoot and root growth already at low concentrations. Tea litter decomposition slightly increased with lower additions of TPs but decreased later on. Soil pH increased until a TP concentration of 80 mg g\uffe2\uff88\uff921 and leveled off afterwards. Soil respiration clearly increased with increasing concentration of added TPs. Plant growth was likely reduced with starting contamination and stopped when contamination reached a certain level in the soil. The presence of TPs altered a number of biogeochemical soil parameters that can have further effects on plant performance. Considering the quantities of yearly produced TPs, their persistence, and toxic potential, we assume that these particles will eventually have a significant impact on terrestrial ecosystems.
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It has been reported that the conversions have led to reduction in soil organic matter and nutrient availability. Soil microbes play crucial roles in nutrient cycling. However, the effects of forest conversion on soil microbes are not yet well understood in temperate forest ecosystems. In this study, the structure and function of bacterial and fungal communities were compared between larch plantations and adjacent secondary forests relative to surface litter and two soil layers (0\u201310\u00a0cm and 10\u201320\u00a0cm) using Illumina MiSeq sequencing. We found that the impacts of the forest conversion on soil microbes mainly occurred in the top (0\u201310\u00a0cm) soil layer. Soils in secondary forests were associated with a higher proportion of copiotrophic bacteria (Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria). In contrast, larch plantation soil was enriched with Acidobacteria, which are oligotrophs that appear to be well suited to acidic conditions. These differences in soil bacterial communities confirm that the forest conversion resulted in soil acidification and a large decline in available soil nutrient in larch plantations. Furthermore, the results of bacterial functional genes, inferred by PICRUSt, and the results of extracellular enzyme assays indicate that fungi likely dominated soil organic carbon decomposition in forest soils. Sordariomycetes was the most abundant fungal class in soils of secondary forests. The abundance of Sordariomycetes fungi was related to higher levels of almost all enzymes measured, except for cellobiohydrolase and \u03b2-1,4-N-acetyl-glucosamidase. These two enzymes were positively associated with Agaricomycetes fungi in soils of secondary forests. The fungal community in the soils of larch plantations was dominated by the class Agaricomycetes, which was positively associated with activities of both hydrolytic and oxidative enzymes. These results indicate that fungal classes, Sordariomycetes and Agaricomycetes, are most likely responsible for the decomposition of soil organic matter in secondary forests, while Agaricomycetes fungi might be more important in controlling decomposition in larch plantations.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Liquid flow and dissolved NAPL transport are coupled with a biofilm growth model to correctly describe the complex dynamics of the processes including fluid flow, NAPL dissolution/biodegradation and biofilm growth. Fluid flow is simulated using an immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann (IB-LB) model; while solute transport is solved by a cut-cell finite volume method (FVM). A uniform dissolution approach is also adopted to capture the temporal evolution of trapped blobs. Spatio-temporal distributions of the biomass are investigated using a cellular automaton algorithm combined with the immersed boundary method (IBM). Simulations focused on NAPL dissolution in both abiotic and biotic conditions are conducted to assess the capability of the model. In abiotic conditions, we analyze the effects of the hydrodynamic regimes and the spatial distribution of NAPL blobs on the dissolution rate under different assumptions (i.e., blob size and Peclet number). In biotic conditions, a series of impact factors are also investigated (i.e., spatial distribution, reaction kinetics and NAPL-induced toxicity). Finally, the current model is used to evaluate the pore scale relevance of a local equilibrium assumption between fluid phase and biofilm phase in the vicinity of the NAPL source.", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "570", "biofilm growth", "cellular automata", "0208 environmental biotechnology", "0207 environmental engineering", "[SPI.MECA.MEFL] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Fluids mechanics [physics.class-ph]", "02 engineering and technology", "530", "[SPI.MECA.MEFL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Fluids mechanics [physics.class-ph]", "porous media", "immersed boundary method", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "[SDU.STU.HY] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology", "NAPL biodegradation", "[SDU.STU.HY]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology", "lattice Botzmann method"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.01.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Advances%20in%20Water%20Resources", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.01.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.01.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.01.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2007.01.017", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-26T16:16:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-03-01", "title": "Energy Budget In Organic And Conventional Olive Groves", "description": "Abstract An energy analysis, combined with an economic one, in conventional and organic olive groves is useful in evaluating present situation and deciding best management strategies. The objective of this study was to evaluate the differences in the energy budget between organic and conventional olive groves in three locations in the island of Thasos and to calculate CO 2 -emissions based on the used fossil energy. The data were collected through personal interviews with farmers during 2000\u20132003. Twenty-four farmers, who owned olive groves about 1\u00a0ha each, were randomly selected to participate in this study [(4 conventional and 4 organic)\u00a0\u00d7\u00a03 locations]. The means averaged over all locations for fertilizer application energy was significantly higher in conventional than in organic olive groves, while the opposite occurs for insect trapping energy. Means averaged over the two farming systems for weed control energy were significantly higher in the northeastern part of the island, followed by the northwestern and southern part. The means averaged over all locations for labor and fertilizers energy were significantly higher in conventional than in organic olive groves, while the opposite was observed for tools energy. Means averaged over the two farming systems for labor and tools energy were significantly higher in the northwestern part of the island. Means averaged over the two farming systems for electric and pesticides energy were significantly higher in the northwestern part of the island. Total energy inputs were not affected by any of the studied parameters, while outputs were affected by the location, by the farming system and their interaction. Outputs in the northeastern part of the island and production in all parts of the island were significantly lower in organic than in conventional olive groves. Outputs and production were lower in the southern part of the island than in the other parts, since olive groves in southern Thasos are located in slopes with less productive soils. The results show a clear response of energy inputs to energy outputs that resulted from the farming system and location. Global warming potential and CO 2 -emissions were not affected by the farming system and location. Organic olive groves tended to have lower CO 2 -emissions caused by the different uses of fossil energy.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2007.01.017"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2007.01.017", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2007.01.017", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2007.01.017"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2014.02.035", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:16:42Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-03-26", "title": "Soil Organic Carbon And Total Nitrogen Stocks Under Different Land Uses In A Semi-Arid Watershed In Tigray, Northern Ethiopia", "description": "Abstract In Ethiopia, massive deforestation of natural forests and extensive use of agricultural lands have resulted in soil degradation. Soil organic carbon (SOC) quantity and quality are crucial to soil quality. However, knowledge on the effects of land use change on soil carbon storage in semi-arid northern Ethiopia is very limited. To address this problem, a study was undertaken within a semi-arid watershed in eastern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, to estimate SOC and total nitrogen (TN) concentrations and stocks in 0\u20135, 5\u201310, 10\u201320 and 20\u201330\u00a0cm soil layers for five land uses: rainfed crop production (RF), agroforestry based crop production (AF), open communal pasture (OP), silvopasture (SP) and irrigation based fruit production (IR) each with five replications. Generally, both magnitude and difference in SOC and TN concentrations showed a decreasing trend with depth within and among most land uses. SOC and TN concentrations were highly correlated in all land uses and depths. Total stocks in 0\u201330\u00a0cm layer were 25.8, 16.1, 52.6, 24.4 and 39.1\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121 for SOC compared with 2.7, 1.6, 4.9, 1.9 and 3.5\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121 for TN in AF, RF, OP, IR and SP land uses, respectively. With RF as baseline and the duration of 50 years since land use conversion, the average rate of accumulation was 0.73, 0.46, and 0.19\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121 in comparison with 0.065, 0.038, and 0.022\u00a0Mg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121 for OP, SP and AF, respectively. Soils under IR also accumulated 0.56\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121 and 0.019\u00a0Mg\u00a0TN\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121 in the 0\u201330\u00a0cm layer and in comparison with the RF land use system on an average of 15 years. The results of this study revealed that conversion of croplands to grasslands or integration of appropriate agroforestry trees in cropping fields in the region has large technical potential of SOC and TN sequestrations.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.02.035"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2014.02.035", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2014.02.035", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2014.02.035"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2014.08.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:16:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-08-09", "title": "Effects Of Long-Term Straw Incorporation On The Net Global Warming Potential And The Net Economic Benefit In A Rice\u2013Wheat Cropping System In China", "description": "Abstract Straw incorporation has multiple effects on greenhouse gas emissions and soil productivity. However, few studies have comprehensively evaluated the effects of long-term straw incorporation. An ongoing long-term straw incorporation experiment in a rice\u2013wheat cropping system in China was established in 1990 and was used in the present study to evaluate the net global warming potential (NGWP) and the net economic benefit (NEB) of the straw return. The following four field treatments were included: a control (CK); N, P and K fertilization (NPK); fertilization plus a moderate rate of straw application (NPKS1); and fertilization plus a high rate of straw application (NPKS2). We calculated the increase in the soil organic carbon (SOC) and the straw-induced emissions of CH4 and N2O, which were expressed as the global warming potential (GWP) in units of CO2-equivalent (CO2-eq) at the 100-year scale. The straw-induced NEB was defined as the difference between the economic income, which was calculated by multiplying the increase in straw-induced crop grain yield by the grain price, and the economic loss was computed by multiplying the increase in straw-induced CO2-eq emissions by the carbon price. The results showed that long-term straw incorporation significantly increased the CH4 emissions and the topsoil SOC density. The GWP of the straw-induced CH4 emissions was 3.21\u20133.92 times that of the straw-induced SOC sequestration rate, suggesting that long-term direct straw incorporation in the rice\u2013wheat systems worsens rather than mitigates the climate change. Additionally, continuous straw incorporation slightly enhanced the rice and wheat grain yields, contributing to the production of the NEB. We determined that under the current carbon price, ranging from 2.55 to 31.71 EUR per ton CO2-eq, the direct straw incorporation will produce a positive NEB, ranging from 156 to 658 RMB\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0year\u22121, if the grain yield prices do not fluctuate, which does not provide a significant incentive for farmers to change from their traditional direct straw incorporation pattern. Considering the other benefits that the straw application produced, such as improving soil fertility and the water retention capacity, we recommend that the government should establish an incentive for ecological compensation to encourage farmers to implement proper straw incorporation, such as composting straw under aerobic conditions before application.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Shuwei Wang, Longlong Xia, Xiaoyuan Yan,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.08.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2014.08.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2014.08.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2014.08.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2014.09.011", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:16:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-11-13", "title": "Effect Of No-Tillage With Weed Cover Mulching Versus Conventional Tillage On Global Warming Potential And Nitrate Leaching", "description": "Abstract Abandoned agricultural land could potentially accumulate soil organic carbon (SOC) when it is no longer used for cultivation and is allowed to revert to natural vegetation. In Japan, no tillage with weed mulching will be adopted in marginal farmland as a new organic farming system because this system minimizes the disturbance of the soil ecosystem and reduces the cost for crop production. The present study aimed to compare the effects of two organic farming systems, namely no-tillage with weed cover mulching and conventional tillage (CT), and two organic fertilizer application modes, namely no fertilizer (N\u2212) and organic fertilizer (N+; 50\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121 during 2010 and 2011 and 80\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121 during 2012) on greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes, soil carbon sequestration, net global warming potential (GWP), and nitrate leaching. Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) was cultivated as the main crop in 2010 and 2011, whereas mixed cropping of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.), bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), and eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) was implemented in 2012. Tillage management increased CH4 uptake immediately after the tillage; however, the effects did not continue in the long term. On the contrary, NTW increased CH4 uptake, and the soil carbon content at the soil surface linearly increased every year after conversion to NTW indicating that improving soil physics by continuing NTW contributed to enhanced CH4 uptake. N2O emissions in NTW were higher only immediately after a weed mowing; however, NTW did not increase the annual N2O emission. In addition, the difference between initial and final SOC (\u0394SOC) was greater in NTW than in CT, which significantly decreased net GWP in NTW in comparison with CT. Nitrate leaching was 48.6% and 47.3% lower in NTW than in CT at soil depths of 30\u201360 and 60\u201390\u00a0cm, respectively. These results show that no-tillage with weed cover mulching contributed to conserve the regional and global environment by reducing nitrate leaching and net GWP from the agro-ecosystem by increasing the annual CH4 uptake and soil carbon sequestration. This system will be adopted for abandoned agricultural land because it reduces net GWP shortly after conversion to this management.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.09.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agriculture%2C%20Ecosystems%20%26amp%3B%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.agee.2014.09.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.agee.2014.09.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.agee.2014.09.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2015.12.026", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:16:44Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-01-18", "title": "Long-Term Agricultural Management Maximizing Hay Production Can Significantly Reduce Belowground C Storage", "description": "Liming and fertilization of grasslands have been used for centuries to sustain hay production. Besides improving hay yields, these practices induce compositional shifts in plant and soil microbial communities, including symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. However, in spite of increasing interest in soil carbon (C) sequestration to offset anthropogenic CO", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Nitrogen", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "Phosphorus", "Arbuscular mycorrhiza", "15. 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This research evaluated the effect of the surface application of lime and phosphogypsum on the quality and amount of SOM in a long-term crop rotation under no-till conditions. The research was performed in a kaolinitic, thermic Typic Haplorthox for 12 years with annual crops under no-till. The treatments included no soil amendments, and amendment with phosphogypsum, lime, and lime\u00a0+\u00a0phosphogypsum. After three applications of soil amendments (2002, 2004, and 2010), surface liming increased the SOM input through addition of aboveground and root biomass, varying amount according to crop species, growing season, and soil depth. Although phosphogypsum had no effect on plant biomass production, the application of phosphogypsum with lime increased nitrogen (N) by up to 50% in the uppermost soil depths. The application of lime alone significantly increased the total organic carbon (TOC) at all depths, although the greatest effects were observed at 0.10\u20130.20 and 0.20\u20130.40\u00a0m, with an increase of 44% and 41%, respectively. Moreover, lime\u00a0+\u00a0phosphogypsum also exhibited the highest potential for C mineralization, which was attributed to an increased proportion of TOC as particulate organic carbon (POC). The proportion of TOC as humin and fulvic acid increased with the application of lime\u00a0+\u00a0phosphogypsum at 0\u20130.05\u00a0m, with an increase from 55% to 92% and from 1.4% to 1.6%, respectively. Overall, the combination of lime and phosphogypsum increased both the labile and stable C pools.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil acidity", "Dolomitic lime", "13. Climate action", "Root growth", "Humic substances", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "630", "6. 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Phenological observations of leaves and wood formation were performed weekly from summer 2017 to summer 2018 for pedunculate oak, European beech and silver birch in Belgium. The variability of bud-burst was correlated to previous' year autumn phenology (i.e. the onset of leaf senescence and the cessation of wood formation) and tree size but with important differences among species. In fact, variability of bud-burst was primarily related to onset of leaf senescence, cessation of wood formation and tree height for oak, beech and birch, respectively. The inter-individual variability of onset of leaf senescence was not related to the tree characteristics considered and was much larger than the inter-individual variability in bud-burst. Multi-species multivariate models could explain up to 66% of the bud-burst variability. These findings represent an important advance in our fundamental understanding and modelling of phenology and tree functioning of deciduous tree species.", "keywords": ["Agriculture and Food Sciences", "0106 biological sciences", "Atmospheric Science", "polno olistanje", "Broadleaved forest", "Silver birch", "Edellauvskog", "coloration", "01 natural sciences", "fenologija", "navadna bukev", "Pedunculate oak", "FAGUS-SYLVATICA", "PHLOEM", "Global and Planetary Change", "LEAF PHENOLOGY", "CLIMATE-CHANGE", "VDP::\u00d8kologi: 488", "Physics", "Forestry", "VDP::Ecology: 488", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "dob", "navadna breza", "Chemistry", "Phenology", "info:eu-repo/classification/udc/630*811", "rumenenje listov", "XYLEM", "MODELS", "Article", "leaf unfolding", "Fenologi", "Coloration", "nastanek lesa", "Biology", "Wood formation", "kambij", "Leaf unfolding", "RADIAL GROWTH", "15. 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In this experiment, the growth and physiological responses of two barley genotypes, wild type barley Steptoe (WT) and its correspondent ABA-deficient mutant barley Az34, to three N-fertigation regimes at ambient CO2 (a[CO2]) (400 ppm) and e [CO2] (800 ppm) were investigated. From tillering to grain filling stage, the plants were subjected to three Nfertigation regimes: 1) N-fertigation at full irrigation volume (FIN); 2) N-fertigation at reduced irrigation volume (DIN); 3) alternate N-fertigation at reduced irrigation volume (PRDN). Although e[CO2] had little effect on gs, Tr and plant water use of WT, especially under DIN and PRDN, it increased An, resulting in an increased WUE at stomatal, leaf and whole plant levels. For Az34, the positive effect of e[CO2] on WUE was attributed to both significantly enhanced An and lowered gs and Tr. For both genotypes, e[CO2] increased 100-grain weight and shoot dry biomass but didn\u2019t affect grain yield and WUE for grain production (WUEg). PRDN increased grain yield, HI and WUEg of both genotypes regardless of [CO2], compared to FIN. DIN and PRDN increased N uptake of both genotypes at e[CO2] compared to FIN. Compared to a[CO2], e[CO2] increased 15N uptake and 15N recovery rate of both genotypes by enhancing plant biomass. In addition, both genotypes grown under DIN and PRDN allocated more N to the grain compared to the FIN plants. Collectively, N-fertigation at reduced irrigation volume promoted N allocation to the grain and increased WUE, particularly under e[CO2]. Such information is conductive for optimizing WUE and N nutrition of crops in a future water-limited and CO2-enriched environment", "keywords": ["N nutrition", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "N-fertigation", "Water use efficiency", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Elevated CO2", "Growth", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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Multiple questions such as where, when, and how bioenergy is deployed have thus not been sufficiently addressed within a single modeling framework. Moreover, techno-economic models that can capture the dependencies of bioenergy supply chain variables among end-use sectors still need to be explored. The present research connects these gaps by presenting the development of a spatio-temporal techno-economic optimization model for cross-sectoral bioenergy policy evaluations under high spatial resolution and long-term temporal resolution. The research recognizes not only the need for energy decarbonization, but also the importance of improving resource efficiency in the palm oil industry, in this case, Malaysia\u2019s palm oil bioenergy industry. The findings highlight the need for multi-sectoral collaboration between the energy sectors to deliver cost-optimal energy decarbonization at the national scale. This is represented by the substitution of up to 30%, 27%, and 12% of the energy demands in the power, heat, and transport sectors with bioenergy, respectively. The conflict between policy targets was also highlighted, namely, that new policies prioritizing bioenergy in the power and transport sectors reduce CO2 more effectively than policies targeting CO2 reduction alone, however, requiring up to 37% more cost in meeting the CO2 reduction commitment. The findings also outline the requirement of co-locating bioenergy production facilities with the existing facilities (e.g., agricultural mills, coal plants) and extending the existing infrastructure network to deliver the bioenergy capacities needed to meet the policy targets.", "keywords": ["690", "550", "9. Industry and infrastructure", "13. Climate action", "8. 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Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116460"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Applied%20Energy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116460", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116460", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116460"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.7910/DVN/V2ISRH", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:28:01Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "Forest carbon dioxide gross removals (sequestration)", "description": "Displays gross carbon dioxide removals (sequestration) by standing and new forests globally from 2001 onwards. Geospatial data are in 10x10 degree geotifs. The northwest corner of each geotif is noted in the file name, e.g., 50N_030E has its northwest corner at (50 deg N, 30 deg E) and has its southeast corner at (40 deg N, 40 deg E). Use the shapefile in GFW_Hansen_tile_footprints.zip to determine which 10x10 degree geotifs cover your area(s) of interest.
Description (adapted from GFW Open Data Portal, https://data.globalforestwatch.org/datasets/gfw::forest-carbon-removals/about):
This carbon removals layer is part of the forest carbon flux model described in\u202fHarris et al. (2021). This paper introduces a geospatial monitoring framework for estimating global forest carbon fluxes which can assist a variety of actors and organizations with tracking greenhouse gas fluxes from forests and in decreasing emissions or increasing removals by forests. Forest carbon removals from the atmosphere (sequestration) by forest sinks represent the cumulative carbon captured (megagrams CO2/ha) by the growth of established and newly regrowing forests during the model period between 2001-2023. Removals include accumulation of carbon in both aboveground and belowground live tree biomass. Following IPCC Tier 1 assumptions for forests remaining forests, removals by dead wood, litter, and soil carbon pools are assumed to be zero. In each pixel, carbon removals are calculated following IPCC Guidelines for\u202fnational greenhouse gas inventories\u202fwhere forests existed in 2000 or were established between 2000 and 2020 according to Potapov et al. 2022. Atmospheric carbon removed in each pixel is based on maps of forest type (e.g., mangrove, plantation), ecozone (e.g., humid Neotropics), forest age (e.g., primary, old secondary), and number of years of carbon removal. This layer reflects the cumulative removals during the model period (2001-2023) and must be divided by 23 to obtain an annual average during the model duration; removal rates cannot be assigned to individual years of the model. All input layers were resampled to a common resolution of 0.00025 x 0.00025 degrees each to match\u202fHansen et al. (2013). Removals are available for download in megagrams of CO2/ha from 2001 onwards. It is appropriate for visualizing (mapping) removals because it represents the density of removals per hectare from 2001 onwards.
Each year, the tree cover loss, drivers of tree cover loss, and burned area are updated. In 2023 and 2024, a few model input data sets and constants were changed as well, as described below. Please refer to https://www.globalforestwatch.org/blog/data/whats-new-carbon-flux-monitoring/ for more information.
1. The source of the ratio between belowground carbon and aboveground carbon. Previously used one global constant; now uses map from Huang et al. 2021 2. The years of tree cover gain. Previously used 2000-2012; now uses 2000-2020 from Potapov et al. 2022.
3. The source of fire data. Previously used MODIS burned area; now uses tree cover loss from fires from Tyukavina et al. 2022.
4. The source of peat maps. New tropical data sets have been included and the data set above 40 degrees north has been changed.
5. Global warming potential (GWP) constants for CH4 and N2O. Previously used GWPs from IPCC Fifth Assessment Report; now uses GWPs from IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.
6. Removal factors for older (>20 years) secondary temperate forests and their associated uncertainties. Previously used removal factors published in Table 4.9 of the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories; now uses corrected removal factors and uncertainties from the 4th Corrigenda to the 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.
7. Planted tree extent and removal factors. Previously used Spatial Database of Planted Trees (SDPT) Version 1.0; now uses SDPT Version 2.0 and associated removal factors.
Cautions:
1. Data are the product of modeling and thus have an inherent degree of error and uncertainty. Users are strongly encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata and other available documentation prior to data use.
2. Values are applicable to forest areas (canopy cover >30 percent and >5 m height or areas with tree cover gain). See Harris et al. (2021) for further information on the forest definition used in the analysis.
3. Carbon removals reflect the total removals over the model period of 2001-2023, not an annual time series from which a trend can be derived. Thus, values must be divided by 23 to calculate average annual removals.
4. Uncertainty is higher in gross removals than emissions, particularly driven by uncertainty in removal factors.
5. Carbon removals reflect a gross estimate, i.e., carbon emissions from previous or subsequent loss of tree cover are not included. Instead, gross carbon emissions are accounted for in the companion forest carbon emissions layer.
6. Removals data contain temporal inconsistencies because tree cover gain represents a cumulative total from 2000-2020, rather than annual gains as estimated through 2023.
7. Forest carbon removals reflect those occurring only within forest ecosystems and do not reflect carbon stock increases in the harvested wood products (HWP) pool.
8. Large jumps in removals along some boundaries are due to the use of ecozone-specific removal factors. The changes in removals occur at ecozone boundaries, where different removal factors are applied on each side.
9. This dataset has been updated since its original publication. See Overview for more information.", "keywords": ["Carbon dioxide", "Earth and Environmental Sciences", "Sink", "Sequestration", "Forest", "Growth"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Gibbs, David, Rose, Melissa, Harris, Nancy,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/V2ISRH"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.7910/DVN/V2ISRH", "name": "item", "description": "10.7910/DVN/V2ISRH", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.7910/DVN/V2ISRH"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.034", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:02Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-10-18", "title": "Combined Effects Of Nitrogen Fertilization And Biochar On The Net Global Warming Potential, Greenhouse Gas Intensity And Net Ecosystem Economic Budget In Intensive Vegetable Agriculture In Southeastern China", "description": "Field experiments were conducted to determine the effects of nitrogen (N) fertilization and biochar addition on the net global warming potential (net GWP), greenhouse gas intensity (GHGI) and net ecosystem economic budget (NEEB). These experiments were conducted in an intensive vegetable field with 4 consecutive vegetable crops in 2012 and 2013 in southeastern China. The experiment was conducted with a 32 factorial design in triplicate at N fertilizer rates of 0, 1475, 1967\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121 and biochar rates of 0, 20, and 40\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121. Although CH4 emissions were not obviously affected by N fertilization, N2O emissions increased by 27.2\u2013116.2% and the net GWP increased by 30.6\u2013307.2%. Consequently, the GHGI increased significantly, but vegetable yield and the NEEB did not improve. Furthermore, biochar amendments did not significantly influence CH4 emissions, but significantly decreased the N2O emissions by 1.7\u201325.4%, the net GWP by 89.6\u2013700.5%, and the GHGI by 89.5\u2013644.8%. In addition, vegetable yields significantly increased by 2.1\u201374.1%, which improved the NEEB. Thus, N fertilization did not increase vegetable yields or the NEEB. However, N fertilization did increase the net GWP and GHGI. In contrast, biochar additions resulted in lower N2O emissions and net GWP and GHGI, but increased vegetable yield and the NEEB in the intensive vegetable production system. Therefore, appropriate biochar amendment should be studied to combat changing climate and to improve the economic profits of vegetable production.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "12. 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Given today\u2019s high energy prices and interests in energy security, that set-aside area could be converted to produce bioenergy feedstocks. This study evaluates the economic and environmental impacts of such a policy change using a Taiwanese agricultural sector model. The results show that such a strategy provides increased farm revenue, increased rural employment, increased energy sufficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions but also increased government expenditures. These outcomes indicate that the agricultural sector could play a positive role by producing renewable energy.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "8. Economic growth", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "0202 electrical engineering", " electronic engineering", " information engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "7. Clean energy", "12. Responsible consumption"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Chunto Tso, Ching-Cheng Chang, Bruce A. 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Production On The Loess Plateau Of China", "description": "Although irrigation increases maize yield, its environmental costs, especially those associated with greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, remain unclear. This study evaluated the differences and mitigated potentials of carbon footprint in irrigated and rainfed maize systems, based on a survey of 120 farmers and a life cycle assessment (LCA). The results indicated that the GHG emission of irrigated system was 5.33\u00a0Mg\u00a0CO2\u00a0eq\u00a0ha\u22121, 40% higher than that in rainfed system, mainly due to the increased consumption of electricity and increased fertiliser application (especially nitrogen). However, the average yield in irrigated system was 10.0\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121, 2.1 times that of rainfed system (4.7\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121), and therefore the carbon footprint was lower by 37%. Fertiliser production, transportation and application contributed 85\u201395% to the carbon footprint in rainfed system and 79\u201386% in irrigated system, while the electricity used for irrigation accounted for 9\u201316% of the carbon footprint in irrigated system. Grouping assessment found that higher yield and lower carbon footprint existed in win\u2013win group in both systems. In addition, scenario analysis shows that the carbon footprint could be reduced to 362\u00a0kg\u00a0CO2\u00a0eq\u00a0Mg\u22121 for rainfed system and to 285\u00a0kg\u00a0CO2\u00a0eq\u00a0Mg\u22121 for irrigated system by optimising crop, fertiliser, and water management. In conclusion, the irrigated system could produce more grain with a lower carbon footprint even though it required more energy, water and fertilisers in this study. And the carbon footprint could be further cut down through optimised integrative management in both rainfed and irrigated systems.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.12.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biosystems%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.12.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.12.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2017.12.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.cej.2019.02.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:10Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-02-02", "title": "Heterogeneous photocatalysis using UVA-LEDs for the removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria from urban wastewater treatment plant effluents", "description": "Secondary urban wastewater samples were spiked with azithromycin (AZT), trimethoprim (TMP), ofloxacin (OFL) and
sulfamethoxazole (SMX) at 100 \u03bcg L\u22121 to investigate the efficiency of a TiO2-photocatalytic treatment using UVA-LEDs.
Different operating parameters were studied, such as the irradiation conditions, catalyst load and the use of methanol as
carrier solvent and radical scavenger. The most efficient conditions to treat spiked urban wastewater (4 LEDs symmetrically
distributed and 1.00 g L\u22121 of catalyst) were also assessed on the removal of the antibiotics at real concentrations,
as well as on the inactivation and regrowth of bacteria after 3-day storage (total and resistant heterotrophs,
Escherichia coli and enterococci). Clindamycin (CLI) was targeted when SMX was not detected. One-hour treatment was
enough to reduce the analysed antibiotics to values below the detection limits and to decrease the bacterial load by 2
log-units. Bacterial regrowth was observed for total heterotrophs, after the storage of photocatalytic treated wastewater,
to values close to pre-treatment. However, the antibiotic resistance percentage of such stored wastewater was always
similar or lower than that of secondary urban wastewater. Thus, the potential of this process as part of the tertiary
treatment is demonstrated, but conditions must be adjusted to minimize microbial regrowth.", "keywords": ["TiO2-P25", "Micropollutant", "Light emitting diodes (LEDs)", "Bacterial regrowth", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "TiO-P25", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Disinfection", "Antibiotic resistant bacteria", "11. Sustainability", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.02.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Chemical%20Engineering%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.cej.2019.02.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.cej.2019.02.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.cej.2019.02.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.07.056", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-10-01", "title": "Integration Of Toxicological And Chemical Tools To Assess The Bioavailability Of Metals And Energetic Compounds In Contaminated Soils", "description": "Bioavailability is critical for understanding effects that might result from exposure of biota to contaminated soils. Soils from military range and training areas (RTAs) are contaminated principally by energetic materials (EM) and metals. Their chemical characteristics are relatively well known and toxicity assessment of soils from RTAs are in some cases available. However, bioavailability on these sites needs to be comprehensively characterized. A holistic approach to bioavailability, incorporating both chemical and earthworm toxicological indicators, was applied to soils from an anti-tank firing range at a Canadian Forces Base. Results showed that HMX and the metals Zn, Pb, Bi and Cd, though not consistently the prevailing toxicants, were the most accessible to earthworms. Some metals (notably Cu, Zn, Cr and Bi) were also accumulated in earthworm tissue but those were not necessarily expected given their bioaccessibility (i.e., the chemical availability of contaminants in the environment for the organisms) at the beginning of the exposure. The tested soils impaired earthworm reproduction and reduced adult growth. Measurement of selected sublethal parameters indicated that lysosomal integrity (determined as the neutral red retention time--NRRT) was decreased, while elevated superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity suggested that earthworms experienced oxidative stress. The correspondence between the NRRT and metal contamination pattern suggested that metals may be the main cause of lysosomal disruption in EM-contaminated soils. The approach to bioavailability appraisal adopted in this case appears to be a promising practice for site-specific assessment of contaminated land.", "keywords": ["zinc/metabolism/pharmacokinetics/toxicity", "assessment", "metals", "Biological Availability", "lead/metabolism/pharmacokinetics/toxicity", "01 natural sciences", "biological availability", "soil pollutants/metabolism/pharmacokinetics/toxicity", "Animals", "Soil Pollutants", "bismuth/metabolism/pharmacokinetics/toxicity", "Oligochaeta", "oligochaeta/rug effects/growth & development/metabolism", "soils", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "metals/metabolism/pharmacokinetics/ toxicity", "explosives", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "bioaccessibility", "6. Clean water", "Zinc", "Lead", "Metals", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "cadmium/metabolism/pharmacokinetics/toxicity", "bioavailability", "Bismuth", "Cadmium"], "contacts": [{"organization": "\u00c9meline Valton, Bertin Trottier, Aurelie Auroy, Aurelie Auroy, Yann Berthelot, Pierre Yves Robidoux, Pierre Yves Robidoux,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.07.056"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Chemosphere", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.07.056", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.07.056", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.07.056"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137472", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-12-07", "title": "Assembled mixed co-cultures for emerging pollutant removal using native microorganisms from sewage sludge", "description": "The global pharmaceutical pollution caused by drug consumption (>100,000 tonnes) and its disposal into the environment is an issue which is currently being addressed by bioremediation techniques, using single or multiple microorganisms. Nevertheless, the low efficiency and the selection of non-compatible species interfere with the success of this methodology. This paper proposes a novel way of obtaining an effective multi-domain co-culture, with the capacity to degrade multi-pharmaceutical compounds simultaneously. To this end, seven microorganisms (fungi and bacteria) previously isolated from sewage sludge were investigated to enhance their degradation performance. All seven strains were factorially mixed and used to assemble different artificial co-cultures. Consequently, 127 artificial co-cultures were established and ranked, based on their fitness performance, by using the BSocial analysis web tool. The individual strains were categorized according to their social behaviour, whose net effect over the remaining strains was defined as 'Positive', 'Negative' or 'Neutral'. To evaluate the emerging-pollutant degradation rate, the best 10 co-cultures, and those which contained the social strains were then challenged with three different Pharmaceutical Active compounds (PhACs): diclofenac, carbamazepine and ketoprofen. The co-cultures with the fungi Penicillium oxalicum XD-3.1 and Penicillium rastrickii were able to degrade PhACs. However, the highest performance (>80% degradation) was obtained by the minimal active microbial consortia consisting of both Penicillium spp., Cladosporium cladosporoides and co-existing bacteria. These consortia transformed the PhACs to derivate molecules through hydroxylation and were released to the media, resulting in a low ecotoxicity effect. High-throughput screening of co-cultures provides a quick, reliable and efficient method to narrow down suitable degradation co-cultures for emerging PhAC contaminants while avoiding toxic metabolic derivatives.", "keywords": ["Sewage", "Bacteria", "Fungi", "HTGrowth", "Waste Disposal", " Fluid", "01 natural sciences", "Coculture Techniques", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Biodegradation", " Environmental", "Pharmaceutical Preparations", "13. Climate action", "Environmental Pollutants", "BSocial", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137472"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Chemosphere", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137472", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137472", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137472"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.cropro.2009.05.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:15Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-06-29", "title": "Integration Of Edible Beans (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) Into The Push\u2013Pull Technology Developed For Stemborer And Striga Control In Maize-Based Cropping Systems", "description": "Smallholder farming systems in eastern Africa are characterized by cereal/edible legume intercrops in fields severely constrained by parasitic weed, Striga hermonthica, cereal stemborers and declining soil fertility. The push\u2013pull technology concurrently addresses these constraints. It involves intercropping maize with stemborer repellent fodder legume, Desmodium spp. (push), with an attractant crop, Napier grass, Pennisetum purpureum (pull), planted around this intercrop, thus making it difficult to interplant edible legumes. We assessed farmers\u2019 practice and perceptions on intercropping and willingness to integrate beans in their push\u2013pull plots from a sample of 300 farmers in six districts in western Kenya. All the respondents traditionally intercropped maize with beans, planted either between the rows of maize, in the same holes with maize or in between maize plants within a row. The majority (92%) were willing to integrate beans in their push\u2013pull plots. We, therefore, evaluated effects of integrating beans in the maize\u2013desmodium intercrops. Treatments comprised a maize monocrop, maize\u2013bean intercrop and three maize\u2013desmodium intercrops, two of which were integrated with beans, either in the same holes with maize or in between maize plants in a row (bean integration plots). On-farm trials were similarly established among 56 farmers in four districts in western Kenya to assess the two integration methods. S. hermonthica counts and stemborer damage to maize were significantly lower and maize yields significantly higher in the maize\u2013desmodium and bean integration plots than in the other systems. Overall, integration of beans in the maize\u2013desmodium intercrops and the planting arrangement did not compromise the S. hermonthica and stemborer control efficacy of desmodium. Integration of beans significantly increased labour and total variable costs, with these being significantly higher in plots with both crops in different holes than in the same hole. Total revenue, gross benefits and benefit cost ratios did not significantly differ between the bean integration and maize\u2013desmodium intercrops. Furthermore, these parameters were for most part not affected by the planting arrangements, both on-station and on-farm. These results show that integration of beans in the maize\u2013desmodium and indeed push\u2013 pull technology while guaranteeing an additional crop, a protein source, to the farmers does not compromise the observed benefits of the technology but yields same economic benefits. Where labour is easily available, farmers are, however, advised to plant maize and beans in separate holes to avoid the risk of competition for moisture and nutrients where these might be limiting.", "keywords": ["580", "2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "Push\u2013pull", "Stemborers", "Economics", "Bean", "Striga", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "Maize", "Farmers' perceptions", "Intercropping", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Western Kenya"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2009.05.014"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Crop%20Protection", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.cropro.2009.05.014", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.cropro.2009.05.014", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.cropro.2009.05.014"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.03.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:16Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-05-08", "title": "Carbon Allocation Dynamics One Decade After Afforestation With Pinus Radiata D. Don And Betula Alba L. Under Two Stand Densities In Nw Spain", "description": "Silvopastoral systems can contribute to the mitigation of climate change by functioning as sinks for greenhouse gases better than exclusively agricultural systems. Tree species, density, and an adequate management of the pasture carrying capacity contribute to the capacity of carbon sequestration. In this study, the capacities for carbon sequestration in silvopastoral systems that were established with two different forest species (Pinus radiata D. Don and Betula alba L.) and at two distinct densities (833 and 2500 trees ha\u22121) were evaluated. Tree, litterfall, pasture and soil carbon storage determinations were carried out to deliver carbon sequestration in the different pools within the first 11 years of a plantation establishment. The results show that the global capacity for carbon sequestration in silvopastoral systems with pine canopy was higher than with birch cover. Independently of the forest species, the capacity for carbon sequestration increased when the systems were established at higher plantation densities. There were found strong differences in the relative proportions of carbon in each component of the system (litterfall, tree, pasture and soil). The soil component was found to be most important in the case of the broadleaf forest established at low density. The establishment of a silvopastoral system enhanced soil carbon storage, since afforestation was carried out, which results in a more enduring storage capacity compared with treeless areas.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "Birch", "Silvopastoral systems", "Production", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Growth", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Pine", "Carbon"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.03.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.03.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.03.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.03.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.009", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-11-07", "title": "An indicator-based approach to analyse the effects of non-native tree species on multiple cultural ecosystem services", "description": "Open AccessPeer reviewed", "keywords": ["Inspiration", "0106 biological sciences", "Alien plants", "Aesthetics", "Cultural Heritage", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "Meta-analysis", "8. Economic growth", "11. Sustainability", "Recreation and ecotourism", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.009"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Indicators", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.009", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.009", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.009"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.046", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:18Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-04-29", "title": "Tillage Effects On Carbon Footprint And Ecosystem Services Of Climate Regulation In A Winter Wheat-Summer Maize Cropping System Of The North China Plain", "description": "Abstract Inappropriate farm practices can increase greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions and reduce soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration, thereby increasing carbon footprints (CFs), jeopardizing ecosystem services, and affecting climate change. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to assess the effects of different tillage systems on CFs, GHGs emissions, and ecosystem service (ES) values of climate regulation and to identify climate-resilient tillage practices for a winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)-summer maize (Zea mays L.) cropping system in the North China Plain (NCP). The experiment was established in 2008 involving no-till with residue retention (NT), rotary tillage with residue incorporation (RT), sub-soiling with residue incorporation (ST), and plow tillage with residue incorporation (PT). The results showed that GHGs emissions from agricultural inputs were 6432.3\u20136527.3\u00a0kg\u00a0CO2-eq\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121 during the entire growing season, respectively. The GHGs emission from chemical fertilizers and irrigation accounted for >80% of that from agricultural inputs during the entire growing season. The GHGs emission from agricultural inputs were >2.3 times larger in winter wheat than that in the summer maize season. The CFs at yield-scale during the entire growing season were 0.431, 0.425, 0.427, and 0.427 without and 0.286, 0.364, 0.360, and 0.334\u00a0kg\u00a0CO2-eq\u00a0kg\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121 with SOC sequestration under NT, RT, ST, and PT, respectively. Regardless of SOC sequestration, the CFs of winter wheat was larger than that of summer maize. Agricultural inputs and SOC change contributed mainly to the component of CFs of winter wheat and summer maize. The ES value of climate regulation under NT was \u00a5159.2, 515.6, and 478.1\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0yr\u22121 higher than that under RT, ST, and PT during the entire growing season. Therefore, NT could be a preferred \u201cClimate-resilient\u201d technology for lowering CFs and enhancing ecosystem services of climate regulation for the winter wheat\u2013summer maize system in the NCP.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "11. Sustainability", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.046"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Indicators", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.046", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.046", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.03.046"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111112", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-04-08", "title": "Combining national forest inventories reveals distinct role of climate on tree recruitment in European forests", "description": "Open AccessISSN:0167-8892", "keywords": ["Forest recruitment modelling", "Ingrowth", "Forest dynamic models", "Forest regeneration", "Forest regeneration; Forest recruitment modelling; Ingrowth; Forest dynamic models"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111112"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Modelling", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111112", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111112", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111112"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.eja.2022.126569", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:22Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-07-08", "title": "Mixing process-based and data-driven approaches in yield prediction", "description": "Yield prediction models can be divided between data-driven and process-based models (crop growth models). The first category contains many different types of models with parameters learned from the data themselves and where domain knowledge is only used to select the predictors and engineer features. In the second category, models are based upon biophysical principles, whose structure and parameters are derived primarily from domain knowledge. Here we investigate if the integration of the two approaches can be beneficial as it allows to overcome the limitations of the two approaches taken individually - lack of sufficiently large, reliable and orthogonal datasets for data-driven approaches and the need of many inputs for process-based models. The applications of the two categories of models have been reviewed, paying special attention to the cases where the two approaches have been mixed. By analysing the literature we identified three major cases of integration between the two approaches: (1) using crop growth models to engineer features and expand the predictors space, (2) use data-driven approaches to estimate missing inputs for process-based models (3) using data-driven approaches to produce meta-models to reduce computation burden. Finally we propose a methodology based on metamodels and transfer learning to integrate data-driven and process-based approaches.", "keywords": ["Process-based", "0106 biological sciences", "2. 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Differences in earthworm biomass between sites is mostly not accounted for in ecological risk assessment. These differences may be large depending on soil properties and pollution status. A survey of earthworm biomass and colonisation rate was carried out on dredged sediment-derived soils (DSDS). Results were compared with observations for the surrounding alluvial plains. Mainly grain size distribution and time since disposal determined earthworm biomass on DSDS, while soil pollution status of the DSDS was of lesser importance. Highest earthworm biomass was observed on sandy loam DSDS disposed at least 40 years ago.", "keywords": ["LUMBRICUS-RUBELLUS", "Geologic Sediments", "Time Factors", "colonisation", "COPPER", "earthworms", "CONFINED DISPOSAL FACILITIES", "alluvial", "Risk Assessment", "01 natural sciences", "ECOLOGICAL RISK", "CADMIUM", "EISENIA-FETIDA", "Metals", " Heavy", "Animals", "Soil Pollutants", "landfills", "MICROORGANISMS", "Biomass", "Oligochaeta", "Ecosystem", "risk", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Biology and Life Sciences", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "CONTAMINATED SOILS", "15. Life on land", "ORGANIC-MATTER", "13. 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The occurrence of five tetracycline ARGs (tetA, tetB, tetC, tetG and tetW), two sulfonamide ARGs (sul1 and sul2) and one genetic element (IntI1) was quantified. NPK application showed only slight or no impact on soil ARGs abundances compared with the control without fertilizer. Soil ARGs abundances could be increased by manure-NPK application but was related to manure dosage (2250-9000 kg ha(-1)). Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that the soil ARG profile of the treatment with 9000 kg ha(-1) manure separated clearly from the other treatments; the ARGs that contributed most to the discrimination of this treatment were tetA, tetG, tetW, sul1, sul2 and IntI1. Community level physiological profile (CLPP) analysis showed that increasing manure dosage from 4500 kg ha(-1) to 9000 kg ha(-1) induced a sharp increase in almost all of the detected ARGs but would not change the microbial community at large. However, 9000 kg ha(-1) manure application produced a decline in soil microbial activity. Determination of antibiotics and heavy metals in soils suggested that the observed bloom of soil ARGs might associate closely with the accumulation of copper and zinc in soil.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Minerals", "Rotation", "Agriculture", "Drug Resistance", " Microbial", "Oryza", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Anti-Bacterial Agents", "Manure", "Soil", "Metals", " Heavy", "8. 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This study aims to examine and compare the effects of microplastics on two monocotyledonous (barley, Hordeum vulgare and wheat, Triticum aestivum), and two dicotyledonous (carrot, Daucus carota and lettuce, Lactuca sativa) plant species through two complimentary experiments. First, we investigated the effects of low, medium, and high (103, 105, 107 particles per mL) concentrations of 500\u00a0nm polystyrene microplastics (PS-MPs) on seed germination and early development. We found species-dependent effects on the early development, with microplastics only significantly affecting lettuce and carrot. When acutely exposed during germination, PS-MPs significantly delayed the germination of lettuce by 24%, as well as promoted the shoot growth of carrot by 71% and decreased its biomass by 26%. No effect was recorded on monocot species. Secondly, we performed a chronic (21\u00a0d) hydroponic experiment on lettuce and wheat. We observed that PS-MPs significantly reduced the shoot growth of lettuce by up to 35% and increased its biomass by up to 64%, while no record was reported on wheat. In addition, stress level indicators and defence mechanisms were significantly up-regulated in both lettuce and wheat seedlings. Overall, this study shows that PS-MPs affect plant development: impacts were recorded on both germination and growth for dicots, and responses identified by biochemical markers of stress were increased in both lettuce and wheat. This highlights species-dependent effects as the four crops were grown under identical conditions to allow direct comparison. For future research, our study emphasizes the need to focus on crop specific effects, while also working towards knowledge of plastic-induced impacts at environmentally relevant conditions.", "keywords": ["2. 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Soil microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE), defined as the ratio of organic C allocated to growth over organic C taken up, strongly affects soil carbon (C) cycling. Despite the importance of the microbial CUE for the terrestrial C cycle, very little is known about how it is affected by nutrient availability. Therefore, we studied microbial CUE and microbial biomass turnover time in soils of a long-term fertilization experiment in a temperate grassland comprising five treatments (control, PK, NK, NP, NPK). Microbial CUE and the turnover of microbial biomass were determined using a novel substrate-independent method based on incorporation of 18O from labeled water into microbial DNA. Microbial respiration was 28-37% smaller in all three N treatments (NK, NP, and NPK) compared to the control, whereas the PK treatment did not affect microbial respiration. N-fertilization decreased microbial C uptake, while the microbial growth rate was not affected. Microbial CUE ranged between 0.31 and 0.45, and was 1.3- to 1.4-fold higher in the N-fertilized soils than in the control. The turnover time ranged between 80 and 113 days and was not significantly affected by fertilization. Net primary production (NPP) and the abundance of legumes differed strongly across the treatments, and the fungal:bacterial ratio was very low in all treatments. Structural equation modeling revealed that microbial CUE was exclusively controlled by N fertilization and that neither the abundance of legumes (as a proxy for the quality of the organic matter inputs) nor NPP (as a proxy for C inputs) had an effect on microbial CUE. Our results show that N fertilization did not only decrease microbial respiration, but also microbial C uptake, indicating that less C was intracellularly processed in the N fertilized soils. The reason for reduced C uptake and increased CUE in the N-fertilization treatments is likely an inhibition of oxidative enzymes involved in the degradation of aromatic compounds by N in combination with a reduced energy requirement for microbial N acquisition in the fertilized soils. In conclusion, the study shows that N availability can control soil C cycling by affecting microbial CUE, while plant community-mediated changes in organic matter inputs and P and K availability played no important role for C partitioning of the microbial community in this temperate grassland.
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Biochar amendment can contribute to climate change mitigation by suppressing emissions of N2O from soil, although the mechanisms underlying this effect are poorly understood. We investigated the effect of biochar on soil N2O emissions and N cycling processes by quantifying soil N immobilisation, denitrification, nitrification and mineralisation rates using 15N pool dilution techniques and the FLUAZ numerical calculation model. We then examined whether biochar amendment affected N2O emissions and the availability and transformations of N in soils. Our results show that biochar suppressed cumulative soil N2O production by 91% in near-saturated, fertilised soils. Cumulative denitrification was reduced by 37%, which accounted for 85\u201395 % of soil N2O emissions. We also found that physical/chemical and biological ammonium (NH4+) immobilisation increased with biochar amendment but that nitrate (NO3\u2212) immobilisation decreased. We concluded that this immobilisation was insignificant compared to total soil inorganic N content. In contrast, soil N mineralisation significantly increased by 269% and nitrification by 34% in biochar-amended soil. These findings demonstrate that biochar amendment did not limit inorganic N availability to nitrifiers and denitrifiers, therefore limitations in soil NH4+ and NO3\u2212 supply cannot explain the suppression of N2O emissions. These results support the concept that biochar application to soil could significantly mitigate agricultural N2O emissions through altering N transformations, and underpin efforts to develop climate-friendly agricultural management techniques.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Nitrous oxide", "denitrification", "mineralisation", "nitrous oxide", "Mineralisation", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Nitrate", "Nitrification", "01 natural sciences", "nitrification", "6. 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Economic growth", "Denitrification", "Immobilisation", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "biochar", "Ammonium", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Biology%20and%20Biochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-02-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.01.006", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:18:29Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-01-21", "title": "Effects Of Temperature And Processing Conditions On Biochar Chemical Properties And Their Influence On Soil C And N Transformations", "description": "There have been limited studies of how the pyrolysis process and activation conditions affect the chemical properties of biochar and how these properties alter soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) transformations when used as an amendment. This study compared the chemical properties of biochars produced through slow pyrolysis at 200, 400 and 600\u00a0\u00b0C, in the presence or absence of steam and CO2 activation at 800\u00a0\u00b0C. Quantitative solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and elemental analysis were used to evaluate processing condition effects on biochar chemical properties. Biochars were added at a rate of 0.75% by weight and soils were incubated for 28\u00a0d, during which soil inorganic N and CO2 and N2O emissions were determined. Thereafter, adsorption of ammonium (NH4+) and nitrate (NO3\u2212)\u2212N were investigated further. While constituents of biochar feedstock were not altered at pyrolysis temperature of 200\u00a0\u00b0C, NMR data showed that biochars produced at 400 and 600\u00a0\u00b0C converted >82% of labile C constituents to aromatic C structures, which increased their recalcitrance. Also the later pyrolysis temperatures increased biochar cation exchange capacity (CEC) and pH, however, exposure to steam and CO2 activation decreased their CEC. Compared to unamended soil, amendment with biochar produced at 200\u00a0\u00b0C significantly increased cumulative CO2 and N2O emissions by more than 3 fold, whereas those produced at 400\u00a0\u00b0C had no effect on CO2 emissions but had a similar effect on cumulative N2O emissions. Biochar produced at 600\u00a0\u00b0C had no effect on either CO2 or N2O emissions. In contrast, activation of biochar significantly decreased cumulative CO2 emissions by 18%. Amendment with biochars produced at 400 and 600\u00a0\u00b0C and activated biochars significantly decreased soil inorganic N, which was attributed to their increased adsorptive capacity for NH4+ by 62\u201381%. This study highlights the importance of production conditions for designing biochars for use as amendments to sequester soil C and N, by promoting the formation of stable soil organic matter and by increasing retention of soil inorganic N. From a soil amendment perspective, this study suggests that activation of biochar did not benefit soil C and N transformations.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "7. Clean energy", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "R. P. Voroney, Hongjie Zhang, G.W. Price,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.01.006"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Biology%20and%20Biochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.01.006", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.01.006", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.01.006"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.06.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:18:29Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-06-16", "title": "Organic Carbon Dynamics In Soils With Pyrogenic Organic Matter That Received Plant Residue Additions Over Seven Years", "description": "The effect of repeated application of plant residues on mineralization of different organic carbon (OC) pools in a pyrogenic organic matter (PyOM) amended soil was determined using an incubation study conducted over 7.1 years. At five occasions during this period, sugarcane residues (C4) were mixed with the soil (C4) with or without PyOM (C3) amendments. Organic C mineralized during the incubation period or remaining in different physical soil fractions after 7.1 years was partitioned into PyOM carbon (PyOM-C) and native soil organic matter C (nSOM-C) or sugarcane C plus nSOM-C (SC-C\u00a0+\u00a0nSOM-C). When compared to the control, total cumulative OC (comprising both nSOM-C and PyOM-C) mineralized in the presence of PyOM was 40% higher after the first 2.5 years, but equal by 6.2 years and 3% lower by the end of the incubation period. The cumulative nSOM mineralization after 7.1 years was 2.57\u00a0mg\u00a0CO2\u2013C\u00a0g\u22121 soil with PyOM compared to 3.16\u00a0mg\u00a0CO2\u2013C\u00a0g\u22121 soil without PyOM addition (p\u00a0=\u00a00.13; n\u00a0=\u00a03). More than 60% of the added PyOM-C was present in the free-light fraction by the end of the 7.1 years. In total, 93% of the added PyOM-C remained in soil compared to 25\u201328% of SC-C\u00a0+\u00a0nSOM-C. Sugarcane residues increased the remaining PyOM-C in the occluded-light fraction by 3% (p\u00a0 \u00a00.05), so PyOM may reduce nSOM mineralization in the long term.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Johannes Lehmann, Dominic Woolf, R. Saman Dharmakeerthi, R. Saman Dharmakeerthi, Thea Whitman, Kelly Hanley,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.06.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20Biology%20and%20Biochemistry", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.06.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.06.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.06.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-09-29", "title": "The Effect Of Tillage, Crop Rotation And Residue Management On Maize And Wheat Growth And Development Evaluated With An Optical Sensor", "description": "Abstract Crop growth and development as well as yield are the result of the efficiency of the chosen agricultural management system within the boundaries of the agro-ecological environment. End-of-season yield results do not permit the evaluation of within-season management interactions with the production environment and do not allow for full understanding of the management practice applied. Crop growth and development were measured during the 2004, 2006 and 2008 crop cycles with an optical handheld NDVI sensor for all plots of the different management treatments of a long-term (since 1991) sustainability trial in the highlands of Mexico. Cropping systems varying in (1) tillage (conventional vs. zero tillage); (2) residue management (retention vs. removal); (3) rotation (monocropping vs. a maize [ Zea mays L.]/wheat [ Triticum aestivum L.] rotation) were compared. The NDVI-handheld sensor was evaluated as a tool to monitor crop growth and development and was found to be an excellent tool for this purpose. There was a strong relation between NDVI and biomass accumulation of maize and wheat. The measurement with the handheld sensor was non-destructive and fast so that a representative plot area could be measured easily and time-efficiently. Zero tillage induced different crop growth dynamics over time compared to conventional tillage. Zero tillage with residue retention is characterized by a slower initial crop growth, compensated for by an increased growth in the later stages, positively influencing final grain yield. Also crop rotation influenced early crop growth, with lower NDVI values for crops sown after wheat than crops after maize. Zero tillage with residue removal had low NDVI values throughout the growing season. Zero tillage with retention of crop residues results in time efficient use of resources, as opposed to conventional tillage, regardless of residue management, and zero tillage with residue removal. The results indicated that different tillage, rotation and residue management practices influence crop growth and development. It is important to monitor and understand crop growth under different management systems to select the right varieties and adjust timing and practice of input supply (fertilizer, irrigation etc.) in a holistic way in each cropping system.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation agriculture", "Ecoagriculture", "Residue management", "Triticum aestivum", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Crop rotations", "Semiarid zones", "Zero tillage", "Soil conservation", "Crop growth", "Zea mays l.", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Field Scale", "Rainfed agriculture", "Ndvi hand-held sensor"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Field%20Crops%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.fcr.2010.08.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.fcr.2013.09.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-10-13", "title": "Cumulative Effects And Economic Benefits Of Intercropping Maize With Food Legumes On Striga Hermonthica Infestation", "description": "The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica, commonly known as striga, is a major biotic constraint to maize production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where it causes serious food insecurity and poverty in smallholder farming communities. We previously discovered an effective control method for it involving intercropping cereals with fodder legumes in the genus Desmodium, commonly known as desmodium. The objectives of the current study were to evaluate cumulative effects of intercropping maize with the commonly grown food legumes on striga infestation, and to establish any economic benefits of the same. Treatments comprised maize plots planted in monocrop stands or intercropped with five different food legume species or desmodium. Intercropping maize with desmodium gave the most consistent and significant suppression of striga. Out of the food legume intercrops, only crotalaria, groundnut and greengram intercrops had significantly lower striga counts and only in some of the cropping seasons. Grain yields were consistently and significantly higher with desmodium intercrop, although they were also increased with food legume intercrops compared to maize monocrop, thus confirming superiority of intercropping with legumes over maize monocrop. Although production costs in terms of total labor and variable costs were significantly higher for the intercrops than for the maize monocrop, total revenue and net benefits were significantly higher in the former, especially for desmodium. The desmodium intercrop gave the highest economic benefits followed by crotalaria and greengram intercrops. These results confirmed the effectiveness of desmodium in suppressing striga and improving yields and economic returns to smallholder farmers. They also showed that it is profitable to invest in food legume intercrop systems, especially the crotalaria and greengram systems, and indicate that intensifying maize cropping systems through integration of these food legumes in combination with other approaches can contribute to an integrated management of striga and provide a more sustainable and profitable productive system to smallholder farmers.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "8. Economic growth", "1. No poverty", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2013.09.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Field%20Crops%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.fcr.2013.09.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.fcr.2013.09.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.fcr.2013.09.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.fcr.2014.12.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-01-23", "title": "Rice Production, Nitrous Oxide Emission And Ammonia Volatilization As Impacted By The Nitrification Inhibitor 2-Chloro-6-(Trichloromethyl)-Pyridine", "description": "Abstract The effectiveness of nitrification inhibitor use in rice paddy fields is variable. In this regard, the impact of 2-chloro-6-(trichloromethyl)-pyridine (CP) nitrification inhibitor on rice yields and nitrogen (N) losses via nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emission and ammonia (NH 3 ) volatilization from rice paddy fields was studied using five treatments: CK (no N applied), N180 and N240 (180\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 and 240\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 applied) and their counterparts N180\u00a0+\u00a0CP and N240\u00a0+\u00a0CP (N use plus CP). The field experiment was conducted in a major rice cultivation region of China in 2012 and 2013. The results showed that N180\u00a0+\u00a0CP increased rice yield by 10% in 2012 and 17% in 2013 compared with N180, and reached the same yield as N240. The N 2 O losses were 0.88% of N applied in 2012 and 0.38% in 2013 for N180, while they were reduced to 0.44% and 0.19% for N180\u00a0+\u00a0CP in the two years, respectively. For N240, CP decreased N 2 O losses from 0.78% to 0.71% in 2012 and from 0.38% to 0.22% in 2013. However, NH 3 volatilization was increased by CP from 7.6% of applied N in N180 to 10.2% in N180\u00a0+\u00a0CP in 2012 and from 8.5% to 13.0% in 2013. The NH 3 volatilization for N240 was increased by CP from 14.3% to 24.3% in 2012 and from 26.6% to 35.3% in 2013. Our results suggested that the decrease in N application was permitted by the use of CP since the same yield with 180\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 with CP was obtained as with 240\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 in the absence of CP and decreased direct emission of N 2 O. Despite the increase in NH 3 volatilization with CP, and the consequent increase in indirect N 2 O emissions, we calculated that CP led to an overall decrease in global warming potential.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2014.12.012"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Field%20Crops%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.fcr.2014.12.012", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.fcr.2014.12.012", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.fcr.2014.12.012"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.fcr.2015.07.007", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:33Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-07-18", "title": "Rice Straw Incorporation Affects Global Warming Potential Differently In Early Vs. Late Cropping Seasons In Southeastern China", "description": "Paddy fields are a major global anthropogenic source of methane (CH\u2084) and nitrous oxide (N\u2082O), which are very potent greenhouse gases. China has the second largest area under rice cultivation, so developing valid and reliable methods for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases while sustaining crop productivity in paddy fields is of paramount importance. We examined the effects of applying straw, a residual product of rice cultivation containing high amounts of carbon and nutrients, to rice crops during both an early crop season (5 April - 25 July 2012) and a late crop season (1 August - 6 November 2012) on CH\u2084 and N\u2082O emissions in a subtropical paddy field in southeastern China. CH\u2084 fluxes had two seasonal peaks, on 5 May and 28 June, in the early crop but only one peak, on 13 August, in the late crop, which could be attributed to the lower temperatures after the final tillering stage in the late crop. Straw application significantly increased mean CH\u2084 cumulative production (g m\u05be\u00b2) relative to the control in the late crop (37.3 vs. 8.34 mg m\u207b\u00b2 P < 0.05) but not in the early crop (0.83 vs. 01.13 mg m\u207b\u00b2 P > 0.05). The application of straw significantly increased N\u2082O cumulative production relative to the control in the late crop (75.9 vs. 43.4 \u03bcg m\u207b\u00b2 h\u207b\u00b9) but decreased N\u2082O cumulative production by over 43% in the early crop (15.60 vs. 27.27 \u03bcg m\u207b\u00b2 h\u207b\u00b9) (P < 0.05). Straw application increased rice yield by 9.63% and 12.58% in early and late crop respectively. Straw incorporation decreased global warming potential in the early season, but increased it in the late season. Thus, despite straw application enhances emissions of greenhouse gases in some situations, its application in the adequate season (here early crop) may be an effective soil amendment that can increase soil fertility without enhancing or even mitigating emissions of greenhouse gases and thus climate change.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "CH\u2084 flux", "Straw application", "13. Climate action", "Seasonal variation", "8. Economic growth", "N\u2082O flux", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Rice paddy", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2015.07.007"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Field%20Crops%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.fcr.2015.07.007", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.fcr.2015.07.007", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.fcr.2015.07.007"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.035", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-05-04", "title": "Response Of Pinus Radiata Seedlings To Application Of Mixed Wood-Bark Ash At Planting In A Temperate Region: Nutrition And Growth", "description": "Abstract The aim of the present study was to evaluate the initial effects of the application of mixed wood-bark ash (MWBA) on growth and nutritional status of a Pinus radiata plantation, and on the dynamics of some of the nutrients. A field experiment, which included four treatments and four replicates in a completely random design, was established on an acidic, mineral soil rich in organic matter. The treatments were two different doses of ash (5 and 10\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121), a soluble NPK fertilizer 8:24:16 (N:P2O5:K2O, 200\u00a0g per plant) and an unfertilized control. The MWBA was incorporated into the soil after cutting and chopping the existing shrub vegetation and before planting. Application of the ash produced an increase in soil pH, and in the availability of P, Ca, Mg and K. The effects on soil pH and available Ca and Mg persisted for five growing seasons. The prolonged response in this study may be attributable to the effect of ash incorporation, which may have enhanced the solubility of wood ash compounds, despite the partly combusted material present in the ash. The ash improved the nutritional status, mainly in terms of Ca and Mg, and the vector analysis indicated that these elements were limiting forest production. The soluble NPK fertilizer did not produce any improvement in growth relative to the control. The concentrations of heavy metals in both soil and plant tissue were always low and did not increase significantly after application of the wood-bark ash. The positive effect of ash application on height and diameter growth was significant after 5 years, with similar results for both doses of ash. The improvement was attributed to the increases in Ca and Mg in soil. The differences between the treatments with ash and the control were much greater when the values of biomass per unit area were considered, due to the accumulative effect of a lower mortality and the enhanced growth in basal diameter and height.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Pinus radiata", "Tree growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Foliar analysis", "15. Life on land", "Mixed wood-bark ash", "Vector analysis", "Forest fertilization"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Solla Gull\u00f3n, Fernando, Santalla Seoane, Mart\u00edn, P\u00e9rez Cruzado, C\u00e9sar, Merino Garc\u00eda, Agust\u00edn, Rodr\u00edguez Soalleiro, Roque,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.035"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Forest%20Ecology%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.035", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.035", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.035"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.023", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-10-03", "title": "Biomass Production Physiology And Soil Carbon Dynamics In Short-Rotation-Grown Populus Deltoides And P. Deltoides X P. Nigra Hybrids", "description": "Abstract Fast-growing woody species grown in dense, short-rotation plantations on land previously in agriculture offer potential economic benefits in products such as engineered construction material, boiler fuel, non-food-based biofuel feed stocks and other carbon (C)-based products and credits. However, information on the effects on major C pools of short-rotation culture is relatively sparse. In this study, Populus deltoides and P. deltoides\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0P. nigra hybrid clones were grown for 5 years at 1\u00a0m\u00a0\u00d7\u00a01\u00a0m spacing in plantations on a former pasture of high native fertility in the Missouri River floodplain in the lower Midwest U.S.A. Above- and below-ground biomass production, leaf area-based production efficiency, photosynthetic attributes and soil C dynamics were studied. Populus clones yielded up to 70\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121 over 5 years, results that compare favorably to poplar culture in other regions. P. deltoides clones yielded almost twice as much as hybrids (66.3 vs. 36.9\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121) despite more rapid early growth by the latter. Superior yields of P. deltoides clones were associated with greater (32\u2013120%) production efficiency (total biomass yield per unit of time-integrated leaf area) and greater (17\u201342%) photosynthetic capacity, but not with differential allocation patterns of C above and below ground. Soil C losses were observed over 5 years, mostly from the top 12.5\u00a0cm of soil. Soil C loss in this study was associated with conversion from organic matter input-rich pasture culture, and subsequent rotations might not be accompanied by losses of the magnitude observed in the first. Net C sequestration in measured carbon stocks ranged from 11.4 to 33.5\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121 in the two plantations.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Stephen G. Pallardy, Julie L. Rhoads, Daniel E. Gibbins, Ryan C. Dowell,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.023"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Forest%20Ecology%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.023", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.023", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.023"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.023,", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:39Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-10-03", "title": "Biomass Production Physiology And Soil Carbon Dynamics In Short-Rotation-Grown Populus Deltoides And P. Deltoides \u00d7 P. Nigra Hybrids", "description": "Abstract Fast-growing woody species grown in dense, short-rotation plantations on land previously in agriculture offer potential economic benefits in products such as engineered construction material, boiler fuel, non-food-based biofuel feed stocks and other carbon (C)-based products and credits. However, information on the effects on major C pools of short-rotation culture is relatively sparse. In this study, Populus deltoides and P. deltoides\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0P. nigra hybrid clones were grown for 5 years at 1\u00a0m\u00a0\u00d7\u00a01\u00a0m spacing in plantations on a former pasture of high native fertility in the Missouri River floodplain in the lower Midwest U.S.A. Above- and below-ground biomass production, leaf area-based production efficiency, photosynthetic attributes and soil C dynamics were studied. Populus clones yielded up to 70\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121 over 5 years, results that compare favorably to poplar culture in other regions. P. deltoides clones yielded almost twice as much as hybrids (66.3 vs. 36.9\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121) despite more rapid early growth by the latter. Superior yields of P. deltoides clones were associated with greater (32\u2013120%) production efficiency (total biomass yield per unit of time-integrated leaf area) and greater (17\u201342%) photosynthetic capacity, but not with differential allocation patterns of C above and below ground. Soil C losses were observed over 5 years, mostly from the top 12.5\u00a0cm of soil. Soil C loss in this study was associated with conversion from organic matter input-rich pasture culture, and subsequent rotations might not be accompanied by losses of the magnitude observed in the first. Net C sequestration in measured carbon stocks ranged from 11.4 to 33.5\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121 in the two plantations.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "8. Economic growth", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Stephen G. Pallardy, Julie L. Rhoads, Daniel E. Gibbins, Ryan C. Dowell,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.023,"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Forest%20Ecology%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.023,", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.023,", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.08.023,"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.028", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Restricted", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:40Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-04-21", "title": "Growth Effects Of Thinning Damage In A Corsican Pine (Pinus Laricio Poiret) Stand In Central Italy", "description": "Abstract Damage to residual stand after partial harvesting or thinning may lead to serious economic losses in terms of both timber quality at the final harvest, and tree growth reduction. Logging damages and their effect on tree growth were studied in a long term experiment on Corsican pine in central Italy. Damage frequency, agent (felling, skidding), position (root damage, stem base, between 0.3 and 1\u00a0m a.g.l., >1\u00a0m a.g.l.) and severity (light, severe) and tree growth were measured after selective thinning from below and at 10 years after the treatment. In detail, we aimed at: monitoring mechanical damages to trees at the end of thinning and after 10 years; and assessing stand stability, growing stock, ring width and basal area at 10 years after the thinning. The thinning removed about 20% of volume, 38% of trees and 26% of basal area. The basal area decreased from 56\u00a0m 2 \u00a0ha \u22121 to 42\u00a0m 2 \u00a0ha \u22121 but after 10 years it increased again to 56\u00a0m 2 \u00a0ha \u22121 . Immediately after thinning, 13.6% of the standing trees was damaged, out of these 36.17% showed severe injuries. Damages to standing trees were mainly due to skidding. Ten years after thinning, the percentage of damaged trees was about 17%, out of which 86.67% showed severe wounds. An increase of damaged trees and of trees with severe wounds was observed suggesting that a deeper knowledge on long-term effect of logging damages is needed. This study did not highlight any effect of logging damage on tree growth. In fact, no difference in ring width was recorded between damaged and undamaged trees.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Pinus laricio Poir; thinning; forestry utilization; harvesting wounds; tree growth"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.028"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Forest%20Ecology%20and%20Management", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.028", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.028", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.028"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.045", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-06-26T16:17:41Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-08-27", "title": "The Manipulation Of Organic Residues Affects Tree Growth And Heterotrophic Co2 Efflux In A Tropical Eucalyptus Plantation", "description": "Fast-growing plantations are increasingly being established on tropical soils, where fertility is largely supported by soil organic matter (SOM) and where different management options of harvest organic residues is thought to impact the long-term sustainability of these plantations. The objectives of this study were: (1) to quantify the effect of contrasting methods of organic residue management on tree growth and soil CO2 effluxes in the first 2 years after planting and (2) to evaluate the impact of organic residue manipulations on the mineralization of soil organic matter over the length of the experiment. Three treatments were setup in 0.125 ha plots and replicated in three blocks at the harvesting of a Congolese Eucalyptus stand, resulting in an aboveground organic residue mass ranging from 0 to 6.3 kg m \ufffd 2 . The mineralization of SOM was deduced in each treatment by partitioning sources of soil CO2 effluxes using decomposition experiments and by upscaling specific root respiration. Soil CO2 effluxes were greatly affected by seasons and organic residue manipulation, although there were no significant changes in topsoil water content and topsoil temperature over most of the study period. Aboveground organic residue was the first contributor to soil CO2 efflux in the two treatments with a litter layer. Organic residue management did not significantly influence the mineralization of SOM in our study, probably due to the low quality of Eucalyptus litter, or to the hypothetical lack of dissolved organic carbon transfers from litter to soil. A strong relationship was found between cumulative heterotrophic CO2 efflux and tree growth, supporting the hypothesis that the early growth of Eucalyptus trees in a sandy tropical soil is largely dependent on the nutrients released by the decomposition of organic residues.", "keywords": ["P33 - Chimie et physique du sol", "0106 biological sciences", "Tropical forest plantation", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "MATTER DYNAMICS", "F62 - Physiologie v\u00e9g\u00e9tale - Croissance et d\u00e9veloppement", "Eucalyptus growth", "01 natural sciences", "630", "Harvest organic residue", "NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION", "STAND-LEVEL", "SOIL CARBON BALANCE", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33553", "ABOVEGROUND LITTER", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_16118", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35657", "580", "BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES", "2. 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Don)), western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla ([Raf.] Sarg.)) and amabilis fir (Abies amabilis ([Dougl. ex Loud] Dougl. ex Forbes)). Seedlings were planted at two different sites (forest interior: 4.5% mean above canopy photosynthetically active radiation [ACPAR], and forest edge: 41.5% mean ACPAR), in a 90-year-old, windthrow origin, unmanaged mesic western hemlock-amabilis fir stand. Seedlings were planted in 1997, and re-measured in 1998 and 2001 (after five growing seasons). To assess the effects of deer browsing on redcedar survival and growth, additional seedlings of this species were planted and protected with Vexar\u00a9 tubes. To examine for nutrient-light interactions, half of these seedlings were fertilized with N-P-K and micronutrients at planting. Western redcedar had high levels of survival after 4 years (98% in edge plots and 93% in interior plots). Redcedar seedlings in edge plots were more vigorous but were browsed more heavily than in the interior plots. At edge sites, the negative effects of the Vexar\u00a9 tubes may have been lower than their positive effects. Hemlock survival was about 50% in the stand interior but 80% in the edge plots. Amabilis fir in the interior plots had the lowest survival of the three species, with only 40% of initial seedlings surviving over the next four years, but had high survival in edge plots (95%). Height, biomass, and root collar diameter growth were significantly higher in edge plots for fir and hemlock. However, for redcedar, only biomass was significantly higher and no differences were detected for height and diameter. 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Empirical growth and yield modelling methods derived from terrestrial forestry, which are often robust with respect to forestry forecasting and management, have not often been assessed in mangrove forests yet they are important for underpinning sustainable forest management. We surveyed 89 Rhizophora apiculata mangrove plantations with age ranges from 4 to 26\u202fyear old in Vietnam, destructively harvesting 25 trees for biomass measurements and 70 for stem analyses, to assess increments in biomass and standing timber. Systems of equations were developed to model site index, mean diameter, dominant height, stocking, biomass and timber volume. We found that conventional forest growth modelling methods fitted the observed data well. Similar to terrestrial forests, stand height is a good indicator of site productivity. Mean errors for stand volume and biomass estimated from yield tables were both less than 5.3%. The root mean square error (RMSE) of the biomass model was 12 and RMSE of the volume model was 10.8, suggesting that these methods are applicable to evenly aged monoculture mangrove plantations in Vietnam. Our research also indicated high variation in mean annual increment of biomass (MAI) in the surveyed plantations due to a wide range of age and site conditions. Some R. apiculata plantations in Vietnam can reach a peak aboveground biomass MAI of 22.7\u202fMg\u202fha\u22121 year\u22121, which is among the highest of published values from plantations of the same species worldwide. Further studies addressing the application of terrestrial forest growth methods to mangrove systems are suggested in order to develop reliable and useful tools for sustainable management of this important ecosystem.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Monitoring", "Policy and Law", "Rhizophora apiculata plantation", "1107 Forestry", "Growth and yield modelling", "15. 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We measured CH 4 and N 2 O emissions during two cropping seasons in the Philippines from field plots exposed to contrasting treatments during the fallow before land preparation for rice cultivation. The fallow treatments were continuous soil flooding (flooded), soil drying with exclusion of rainfall (dry), soil drying with dry tillage (dry\u00a0+\u00a0tillage), and a control with soil drying and wetting from rainfall (dry and wet). All plots were subdivided into removal of all aboveground rice residues from the previous crop (without residue) and retention of standing biomass after harvest of the previous rice crop (with residue). Emitted gas was collected weekly using chambers. Fallow treatments greatly influenced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during rice growth. 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