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The scope of the meta-analysis was to evaluate whether microbial abundances are affected or not by organic fertilization or no fertilization, crop diversification (intercropping and crop rotations) and conservation tillage (reduced tillage/no-tillage) as an alternative to intensive conventional monocultures in agriculture. Only papers showing data on phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs), providing indicators about soil microbial (total PLFA), fungal and bacterial biomass reached a critical mass to perform the meta-analysis. Therefore, soil microbial diversity could not be analyzed considering different management practices. Results showed that intercropping and crop rotations only significantly increased the abundance of fungi, with the corresponding increase in the fungal-to-bacterial ratio. Organic fertilization contributed to significant increases in bacterial and fungal abundance and total PLFA compared to mineral fertilization. Contrarily, the lack of fertilization negatively affected total PLFA, with no significant effect on bacterial and fungal abundances. Reduced tillage significantly increased total PLFA, fungal and bacterial abundances compared to conventional tillage, while no tillage had only a positive effect on fungi. Thus, as a general pattern, the adoption of sustainable management practices, mostly organic fertilization and reduced tillage, has overall positive effects on soil total microbial, fungal and bacterial abundance. These variables were not related to soil physicochemical properties and climatic factors, suggesting a positive global effect of sustainable management practices on soil microbial abundances. Thus, this study shows new insights by a meta-analysis of global studies about the effect of sustainable management practices on soil microbial abundances, needed for land-managers, policy-makers and farmers to select sustainable cropping systems that enhance microbial abundance. 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Extruded and non-extruded quinoa (red and white) flour, potato starch, tara gum, and potato, pea and rice protein isolates were investigated in different recipes, some of them included egg white as an initial reference point. Results showed that extruded quinoa flour, potato starch and tara gum had deteriorating effects on GF and egg-free pasta firmness and cooking quality. Lupine flour addition itself was not able to replace egg white when added in the same amounts, but after increasing the concentration to 12%, the firmness and cooking quality decreasing effects could be improved again, especially when tara gum was absent in the formulations. In the final recipe, the content of lupine flour was increased to 30% because its protein is complementary to the quinoa protein. From the three studied protein isolates, pea protein was superior to potato or rice protein, addition of the oxidizing enzyme POx could even further improve texture firmness. After these trials, the final recipe containing lupine flour, pea protein and POx showed satisfying GF noodle quality and possessed a valuable nutritional composition with high protein and dietary fibre content.", "keywords": ["Gluten-free", "2. 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It is, however, unclear if additional N is taken up by the vegetation or accumulates in the soil. To address this question two small, forested catchments in southern Norway were experimentally manipulated by increasing air temperature (+3\u00b0C in summer to +5\u00b0C in winter) and CO2 concentrations (+200 ppmv) in one catchment (CO2T-T) and soil temperature (+3\u00b0C in summer to +5\u00b0C in winter) using heating cables in a second catchment (T-T). During the first treatment year, the climate treatments caused significant increases in soil extractable NH4 under Vaccinium in CO2T-T. In the second treatment year extractable NH4 in CO2T-T and NO3 in T-T significantly increased. Soil solution NH4 concentrations did not follow patterns in extractable NH4 but changes in soil NO3 pools were reflected by changes in dissolved NO3. The anomalous behavior of soil solution NH4 compared to NO3 was most likely due to the higher NH4 adsorption capacity of the soil. The data from this study showed that after 2 years of treatment soil inorganic N pools increased indicating that increases in mineralization, as observed in previous studies, exceeded plant demand and leaching losses.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "temperature", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "carbon-dioxide", "chemistry", "release", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "13. 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For this reason, we have carried out a thirty-two-year-old long-term trial in Kabete, Kenya. These soils were treated with organic (maize stover (MS) at 10 t ha\u22121, farmyard manure (FYM) at 10 t ha\u22121) and inorganic fertilizers 120 kg N, 52.8 kg P (N2P2), N2P2 + MS, N2P2 + FYM, a control, and a fallow for over 30 years. We examined 16S rRNA gene and 28S rRNA gene fingerprints of bacterial and fungal diversity by PCR amplification and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis separation, respectively. The PCR bacterial community structure and diversity were negatively affected by N2P2 and were more closely related to the bacterial structure in the soils without any addition (control) than that of soils with a combination of inorganic and organic or inorganic fertilizers alone. The effect on fungal diversity by N2P2 was different than the effect on bacterial diversity since the fungal diversity was similar to that of the N2P2 + FYM and N2P2 + MS-treated. However, soils treated with organic inputs clustered away from soils amended with inorganic inputs. Organic inputs had a positive effect on both bacterial and fungal diversity with or without chemical fertilizers. Results from this study suggested that total diversity of bacterial and fungal communities was closely related to agro-ecosystem management practices and may partially explain the yield differences observed between the different treatments.", "keywords": ["[SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences", "Microbial diversity", "soil microorganisms", "engrais organique", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_27870", "Organic and inorganic amendments", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "rendement des cultures", "630", "fertilisation", "biodiversit\u00e9", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4592", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36669", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2018", "inorganic fertilizers", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10795", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34326", "fertility", "2. 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Among these applications, it is worth mentioning the possibility of using metagenomic analyses to determine food authenticity, to assess the microbiological safety of foods thanks to the detection and tracking of pathogens, antibiotic resistance genes and other undesirable traits, as well to identify the microorganisms responsible for food processing defects. Metataxonomics and metagenomics are currently the gold standard methodologies to explore the full potential of metagenomes in the food industry. However, there are still a number of challenges that must be solved in order to implement these methods routinely in food chain monitoring, and for the regulatory agencies to take them into account in their opinions. These challenges include the difficulties of analysing foods and food-related environments with a low microbial load, the lack of validated bioinformatics pipelines adapted to food microbiomes and the difficulty of assessing the viability of the detected microorganisms. This review summarizes the methods of microbiome analysis that have been used, so far, in foods and food-related environments, with a specific focus on those involving Next-Generation Sequencing technologies.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "Food metagenome", "0303 health sciences", "Food microbiome", "3309 Tecnolog\u00eda de Los Alimentos", "Tecnolog\u00eda de los alimentos", "Metataxonomics", "Microbiota", "3309.90 Microbiolog\u00eda de Alimentos", "Drug Resistance", " Microbial", "Resistome", "03 medical and health sciences", "Food Industry", "Metagenome", "Metagenomics"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10123-021-00215-8.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s10123-021-00215-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/International%20Microbiology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s10123-021-00215-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s10123-021-00215-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s10123-021-00215-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-10-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11367-020-01824-7", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:15:08Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-10-09", "title": "Using life cycle assessment to quantify the environmental benefit of upcycling vine shoots as fillers in biocomposite packaging materials", "description": "AbstractPurpose<p>The objective of the present study was to better understand the potential environmental benefit of using vine shoots (ViShs), an agricultural residue, as filler in composite materials. For that purpose, a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of a rigid tray made of virgin poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) PHBV, polylactic acid (PLA) or polypropylene (PP), and increasing content of ViSh particles was performed. The contribution of each processing step in the life cycle on the different environmental impacts was identified and discussed. Furthermore, the balance between the environmental and the economic benefits of composite trays was discussed.</p>Methods<p>This work presents a cradle-to-grave LCA of composite rigid trays. Once collected in vineyards, ViShs were dried and ground using dry fractionation processes, then mixed with a polymer matrix by melt extrusion to produce compounds that were finally injected to obtain rigid trays for food packaging. The density of each component was taken into account in order to compare trays with the same volume. The maximum filler content was set to 30 vol% according to recommendations from literature and industrial data. The ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint Hierarchist (H) methodology was used for the assessment using the cutoff system model.</p>Results and discussion<p>This study showed that bioplastics are currently less eco-friendly than PP. This is in part due to the fact that LCA does not account for, in existing tools, effects of microplastic accumulation and that bioplastic technologies are still under development with low tonnage. This study also demonstrated the environmental interest of the development of biocomposites by the incorporation of ViSh particles. The minimal filler content of interest depended on the matrices and the impact categories. Concerning global warming, composite trays had less impact than virgin plastic trays from 5 vol% for PHBV or PLA and from 20 vol% for PP. Concerning PHBV, the only biodegradable polymer in natural conditions in this study, the price and the impact on global warming are reduced by 25% and 20% respectively when 30 vol% of ViSh are added.</p>Conclusion<p>The benefit of using vine shoots in composite materials from an environmental and economical point of view was demonstrated. As a recommendation, the polymer production step, which constitutes the most important impact, should be optimized and the maximum filler content in composite materials should be increased.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "660", "Biomateriau", "Extrusion", "600", "02 engineering and technology", "[SDV.IDA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering", "/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production; name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production", "01 natural sciences", "12. 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Economic growth", "Emballage alimentaire", "/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action; name=SDG 13 - Climate Action", "Vine shoots", "0210 nano-technology", "Biocomposite", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11367-020-01824-7.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01824-7"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20International%20Journal%20of%20Life%20Cycle%20Assessment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11367-020-01824-7", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11367-020-01824-7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11367-020-01824-7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-10-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-015-2427-3", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:15:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-03-11", "title": "Enhanced Biological N-2 Fixation And Yield Of Faba Bean (Vicia Faba L.) In An Acid Soil Following Biochar Addition: Dissection Of Causal Mechanisms", "description": "Acid soils constrain legume growth and biochars have been shown to address these constraints and enhance biological N2 fixation in glasshouse studies. A dissection of causal mechanisms from multiple crop field studies is lacking. In a sub-tropical field study, faba bean (Vicia faba L.) was cultivated in rotation with corn (Zea mays) following amendment of two contrasting biochars, compost and lime in a rhodic ferralsol. Key soil parameters and plant nutrient uptake were investigated alongside stable 15\u2009N isotope methodologies to elucidate the causal mechanisms for enhanced biological N2 fixation and crop productivity. Biological N2 fixation was associated with plant Mo uptake, which was driven by reductions in soil acidity following lime and papermill (PM) biochar amendment. In contrast, crop yield was associated with plant P and B uptake, and amelioration of soil pH constraints. These were most effectively ameliorated by PM biochar as it addressed both pH constraints and low soil nutrient status. While liming resulted in the highest biological N2 fixation, biochars provided greater benefits to faba bean yield by addressing P nutrition and ameliorating Al toxicity.", "keywords": ["Molybdenum", "2. Zero hunger", "compost", "abundance", "Plant Sciences", "Soil Science", "Plant Science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Rhodic ferralsol", "natural 15N isotope", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "field assessment", "lime", "phosphorus", "Boron"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2427-3"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-015-2427-3", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-015-2427-3", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-015-2427-3"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-03-12T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.agee.2007.08.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:15:20Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-09-22", "title": "Cattle Manure And Grass Residues As Liming Materials In A Semi-Subsistence Farming System", "description": "Abstract   A field experiment was conducted on an acid soil in a semi-subsistence farming area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa to investigate the possibility of using organic amendments as liming materials within a minimum tillage (strip cultivation) system to produce maize. Amendments (cattle manure, grass residues and dolomitic lime) were incorporated to a depth of 20\u00a0cm in bands 15\u00a0cm wide down plant rows at rates of 10 and 20\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121  (in the amended area) for organic materials and 2.5 and 5.0\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121  for lime. The remainder of the field remained untilled. Additions of cattle manure rapidly increased soil pH, and concentrations of exchangeable K, Ca and Mg and extractable P were also greatly elevated. Grass residue additions increased pH progressively and increased exchangeable K and Mg and those of dolomitic lime increased pH, exchangeable Ca and Mg. Addition of each of the amendments decreased concentrations of exchangeable Al; the effect was greatest for animal manure after 6 weeks and for lime and grass residues at harvest. At harvest, addition of all three amendments had significantly reduced concentrations of both phytotoxic monomeric and total Al in soil solution. The system not only resulted in an increase in pH and extractable nutrients in row soil compared to that in the inter-row but also an increase in the size and activity of the soil microbial community. Maize yields were increased by additions of amendments under both unfertilised and fertilised conditions and yields were generally greatest at the higher rate of addition. Under unfertilised conditions, cattle manure treatments gave the greatest yields. Fertiliser additions increased yields greatly particularly in the control, grass residue and lime treatments. It was concluded that the strip tillage system used is a practicable way of applying high rates of organic materials to soils, that cattle manure has a rapid liming effect as well as being a nutrient source and that grass residues from rangeland decompose slowly and, therefore, have a slow liming effect.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. 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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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A solvent-free gas-phase ester-ification applied to cellulose particles allowed to graft palmitoyl moieties on their surface in order to make them more compatible with non-polar polymers for composite applications. The efficiency of the treatment was evidenced from FT-IR analysis, and the degree of substitution (DS) was quantified by solid-state 13 C NMR spectroscopy. The effect of surface grafting on resulting intrinsic characteristics of cellulose particles, i.e. crys-tallinity, thermal stability, morphology, surface free energy and water vapor sorption were investigated respectively by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, SEM observations coupled with image analysis, contact angle measurements and dynamic vapor sorption system (DVS). It was shown that a DS as low as 0.01 was enough to drastically increase the hydrophobicity of cellulose particles without affecting the inner properties of cellulose.", "keywords": ["660", "Degree of substitution", "Surface free energy", "est\u00e9rification", "matrice polym\u00e9rique", "cristallinit\u00e9", "Ing\u00e9nierie des aliments", "Gas-phase esterification", "02 engineering and technology", "[SDV.IDA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering", "540", "Water vapor sorption", "01 natural sciences", "Cellulose;Gas-phase esterification;Degree of substitution;Surface free energy;Crystallinity;Water vapor sorption", "sorption de l'eau", "0104 chemical sciences", "[SDV.IDA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering", "biomat\u00e9riau", "Food engineering", "fibre cellulosique", "Cellulose", "0210 nano-technology", "Crystallinity"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.03.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/European%20Polymer%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.03.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.03.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.03.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.envpol.2005.10.017", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:16:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2005-11-30", "title": "Field Evaluation Of In Situ Remediation Of A Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Using Lime And Red-Mud", "description": "We evaluated the effectiveness of lime and red mud (by-product of aluminium manufacturing) to reduce metal availability to Festuca rubra and to allow re-vegetation on a highly contaminated brown-field site. Application of both lime and red mud (at 3 or 5%) increased soil pH and decreased metal availability. Festuca rubra failed to establish in the control plots, but grew to a near complete vegetative cover on the amended plots. The most effective treatment in decreasing grass metal concentrations in the first year was 5% red mud, but by year two all amendments were equally effective. In an additional pot experiment, P application in combination with red mud or lime decreased the Pb concentration, but not total uptake of Pb in Festuca rubra compared to red mud alone. The results show that both red mud and lime can be used to remediate a heavily contaminated acid soil to allow re-vegetation.", "keywords": ["Festuca", "Geologic Sediments", "Time Factors", "Lime", "Phosphate", "Phosphorus", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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Products of plastic degradation, such as microplastics (MPs), potentially threaten living organisms, biodiversity and agricultural ecosystem functioning. Thus, biodegradable plastic materials have been introduced to agriculture. However, the effects of biodegradable plastic substitutes on soil ecosystems are even less known than those of traditional ones. Here, we studied the effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of MPs prepared from a biodegradable plastic (a starch-polybutylene adipate terephthalate blend, PBAT-BD-MPs) on the growth and defense mechanisms of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) in CLIMECS system (CLImatic Manipulation of ECosystem Samples). PBAT-BD-MPs in the highest concentrations negatively affected some traits of growth, i.e., dry weight percentage, specific leaf area, and both C and N contents. We observed more profound changes in plant physiology and biochemistry, as PBAT-BD-MPs decreased chlorophyll content and triggered a concerted response of plant defense mechanisms against oxidative stress. In conclusion, exposure to PBAT-BD-MPs induced plant oxidative stress and activated plant defense mechanisms, leading to oxidative homeostasis that sustained plant growth and functioning. Our study highlights the need for in-depth understanding of the effect of bioplastics on plants.", "keywords": ["580", "Chlorophyll", "0301 basic medicine", "570", "0303 health sciences", "salicylic acid", "Microplastics", "Lipid peroxidation", "lipid peroxidation", "Salicylic acid", "Biodegradable Plastics", "Plant Leaves", "Oxidative Stress", "03 medical and health sciences", "Starch-polybutylene adipate terephthalate", "Biodegradation", " Environmental", "total phenolic content", "starch-polybutylene adipate terephthalate", "Soil Pollutants", "PBAT", "Total phenolic content", "CLIMECS system", "Lactuca"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Sylwia Adamczyk, Laura J. Zantis, Sam van Loon, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, Thijs Bosker, Rachel Hurley, Luca Nizzetto, Bartosz Adamczyk, Sannakajsa Velmala,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125307"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Pollution", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125307", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125307", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125307"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.fcr.2008.02.013", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:16:08Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-05-06", "title": "Field Crop Responses To Lime In The Mid-North Region Of South Australia", "description": "Abstract   In the cropping regions of South Australia there is little information on whether acidity and acidification associated with high-input agriculture is affecting crop production and profitability. In much of the mid-north of South Australia, where thermic Calcic Palexeralf soils predominate, the levels of Al are low compared with other acid-soil types reported in comparable studies in Australia. In this study lime requirement curves have been used to predict the lime rate that achieves 80\u201390% maximum yield for different crop species on 3 sites on the red-brown earth soil type in the mid-north of South Australia. The results given demonstrate that the approach used for predicting lime responsiveness, with lime requirement calculated using the model of [Hochman, Z., Godyn, D.L., Scott, B.J., 1989. The integration of data on lime use by modelling. In: Robson, A.D. (Ed.). Soil Acidity and Plant Growth. Academic Press, Sydney, Australia, pp. 265\u2013301], has provided good estimates of final pH changes. Yield response curves show that the largest yield gains mostly occurred in the second season of the experiment when lime at about 2.0\u00a0t/ha increased pHCa to 5.5\u20136.0. With the lime treatments calculated, yield of wheat, barley and faba beans were increased by about 70%, and durum by 30% compared with the control. It would appear that liming to achieve a pHCa of 5.2 has removed Al toxicity, and further liming to achieve pHCa 5.5\u20136.0 may have improved other soil properties to realise further yield gains. With cropping in this region commonly using practices that include high fertiliser nitrogen input and retention of crop residues, acidification is likely to be an on-going issue with these red-brown earth soils. Thus it is appropriate that soil testing and, where required, liming at the rate of 1.5\u00a0t/ha is used by farmers to both improve cropping profitability and also offset acid input associated with the farming practice.", "keywords": ["Acidification", "2. Zero hunger", "Lime application", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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The objective of this study was to understand the farming system, and to evaluate the suitability of maize\u2013legume intercropping to alleviate the biophysical and socio-economic constraints faced by smallholder farmers in Ruaca and Vunduzi villages, central Mozambique. To achieve this we characterised the farming systems and measured grain yields, rainfall infiltration, economic returns and acceptability of maize\u2013legume intercrops under different N and P application rates. Two intercropping strategies were tested: (a) an additive design of within-row intercropping in which legume was intercropped with alternating hills of maize within the same row; maize plant population was the same as sole crop maize, and (b) a substitutive design with distinct alternating rows of maize and legume (local practice). Fertiliser treatments imposed on all treatments were: (i) no fertiliser, (ii) 20\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha \u22121 , (iii) 20\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0+\u00a030\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 , and (iv) 20\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0+\u00a060\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha \u22121 . Intercrops were relatively more productive than the corresponding sole crops; land equivalent ratios (LER) for within-row intercropping ranged between 1.1 and 2.4, and between 1.0 and 1.9 for distinct-row intercropping. Average maize yield penalty for intercropping maize and pigeonpea in the within-row was small (8%) compared with 50% in the distinct-row design; average (season\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0fertiliser) sole maize yield was 3.2\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 . Intercropping maize and cowpea in within-row led to maize yield loss of only 6%, whereas distinct-row intercropping reduced maize yield by 25% from 2.1\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121  of sole maize (season\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0fertiliser). Cowpea yield was less affected by intercropping: sole cowpea had an average yield of 0.9\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 , distinct-row intercropping (0.8\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 ) and the within-row intercropping yielded 0.9\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 . Legumes were comparatively less affected by the long dry spells which were prevalent during the study period. Response to N and P fertiliser was weak due to poor rainfall distribution. In the third season, maize in rotation with pigeonpea and without N fertiliser application yielded 5.6\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 , eight times more than continuous maize which was severely infested by striga ( Striga asiatica ) and yielded only 0.7\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 . Rainfall infiltration increased from 6\u00a0mm\u00a0h \u22121  to 22\u00a0mm\u00a0h \u22121  with long-term maize\u2013legume intercropping due to a combination of good quality biomass production which provided mulch combined with no tillage. Intercropping maize and pigeonpea was profitable with a rate of return of at least 343% over sole maize cropping. Farmers preferred the within-row maize\u2013legume intercropping with an acceptability score of 84% because of good yields for both maize and legume. Intercropping increased the labour required for weeding by 36% compared with the sole crops. Farmers in Ruaca faced labour constraints due to extensification thus maize\u2013pigeonpea intercropping may improve productivity and help reduce the area cultivated. In Vunduzi, land limitation was a major problem and intensification through legumes is amongst the few feasible options to increase both production and productivity. The late maturity of pigeonpea means that free-grazing of cattle has to be delayed, which allows farmers to retain crop residues in the fields as mulch if they choose to; this allows the use of no-tillage practises. We conclude that maize\u2013legume intercropping has potential to: (a) reduce the risk of crop failure, (b) improve productivity and income, and (c) increase food security in vulnerable production systems, and is a feasible entry point to ecological intensification.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "rendement des cultures", "agro\u00e9cologie", "petite exploitation agricole", "extensification", "nitrogen-fixation", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "630", "analyse \u00e9conomique", "l\u00e9gume sec", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6214", "striga", "syst\u00e8me de culture", "intensification", "2. Zero hunger", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10967", "soil fertility", "1. 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However, fresh vegetables might harbour several pathogenic microorganisms or contribute to spread antibiotic resistance, thus representing a hazard for consumers. In addition, little is known about the transmission routes of the residential microbiome from the food handling environment to vegetables. Therefore, we collected environmental and food samples from three manufactures producing fresh vegetables to estimate the relevance of the built environment microbiome on that of the finished products. Our results show that food contact surfaces sampled after routine cleaning and disinfection procedures host a highly diverse microbiome, including pathogens such as the enterotoxigenic Bacillus cereus sensu stricto. In addition, we provide evidence of the presence of a wide range of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes on food contact surfaces associated with multiple taxa, thus supporting the hypothesis that selection of resistant and pathogenic taxa might occur on sanitized surfaces. This study also highlights the potential of microbiome mapping routinely applied in food industries monitoring programs to ensure food safety.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "Food industry", "Virulence", "3309 Tecnolog\u00eda de Los Alimentos", "Antimicrobials", "Biolog\u00eda", "Tecnolog\u00eda de los alimentos", "Biofilm", "Microbiota", "Drug Resistance", " Microbial", "Anti-Bacterial Agents", "03 medical and health sciences", "Bacillus cereus", "Vegetables", "Antimicrobials; Bacillus cereus; Biofilm; Food industry; Metagenomics", "Metagenomics", "2414 Microbiolog\u00eda"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.iris.unina.it/bitstream/11588/903001/1/1-s2.0-S0963996922012601-main.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112202"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Food%20Research%20International", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112202", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112202", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112202"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112162", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:16:10Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-11-19", "title": "High pressure processing at the early stages of ripening enhances the safety and quality of dry fermented sausages elaborated with or without starter culture", "description": "To study the quality of chorizo de Le\u00f3n dry fermented sausages (DFS), high pressure processing (HPP) applied at the early stages of ripening and the use of a functional starter culture were evaluated as additional safety measures. Furthermore, the ability to control the populations of artificially inoculated Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella Typhimurium was investigated and the evolution of microbial communities was assessed by amplicon 16S rRNA metataxonomics. The use of HPP and the starter culture, independently or combined, induced a reduction of Listeria monocytogenes of 1.5, 4.3 and\u00a0>\u00a04.8 log CFU/g respectively, as compared to control. Salmonella Typhimurium counts were under the detection limit (<1 log) in all treated end-product samples. Both additional measures reduced the activity of undesirable microbiota, such as Serratia and Brochothrix, during the production of DFS. Moreover, the starter culture highly influencedthe taxonomic profile of samples.No adverse sensory effects were observed, and panelists showed preference for HPP treated DFS. In conclusion, this new approach of applying HPP at the early stages of ripening of DFS in combination with the use of a defined starter culture improved the safety and quality of the meat product.", "keywords": ["Salmonella typhimurium", "2. Zero hunger", "Tecnolog\u00eda de los alimentos", "Ripening", "Microbial communities", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Preservation", "Meat Products", "High Hydrostatic Pressure", "0404 agricultural biotechnology", "RNA", " Ribosomal", " 16S", "Fermentation", "Lactic acid bacteria", "Fermented meat", "0405 other agricultural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112162"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Food%20Research%20International", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112162", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112162", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112162"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109043", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:16:26Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-01-08", "title": "Unraveling the emergence and population diversity of Listeria monocytogenes in a newly built meat facility through whole genome sequencing", "description": "The food processing environments of a newly opened meat processing facility were sampled in ten visits carried out during its first 1.5\u00a0years of activity and analyzed for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. A total of 18 L. monocytogenes isolates were obtained from 229 samples, and their genomes were sequenced to perform comparative genomic analyses. An increase in the frequency of isolation of L. monocytogenes and in the diversity of sequence types (STs) detected was observed along time. Although the strains isolated belonged to six different STs (ST8, ST9, ST14, ST37, ST121 and ST155), ST9 was the most abundant (8 out of 18 strains). Low (0 and 2) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) distances were found between two pairs of ST9 strains isolated in both cases 3\u00a0months apart from the same processing room (Lm-1267 and Lm-1705, with a 2 SNPs distance in the core genome; Lm-1265 and Lm-1706, with a 0 SNPs distance), which suggests that these strains may be persistent L. monocytogenes strains in the food processing environment. Most strains showed an in silico attenuated virulence potential either through the truncation of InlA (in 67% of the isolates) or the absence of other virulence factors involved in cell adhesion or invasion. Twelve of the eighteen L. monocytogenes isolates contained a plasmid, which ranged in size from 4 to 87 Kb and harbored stress survival, in addition to heavy metals and biocides resistance determinants. Identical or highly similar plasmids were identified for various sets of L. monocytogenes ST9 isolates, which suggests the clonal expansion and persistence of plasmid-containing ST9 strains in the processing environments of the meat facility. Finally, the analysis of the L. monocytogenes genomes available in the NCBI database, and their associated metadata, evidenced that strains from ST9 are more frequently reported in Europe, linked to foods, particularly to meat and pork products, and less represented among clinical isolates than other L. monocytogenes STs. It also showed that the ST9 strains here isolated were more closely related to the European isolates, which clustered together and separated from ST9 North American isolates.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Meat", "Food Handling", "Swine", "Virulence Factors", "Tecnolog\u00eda de los alimentos", "Food processing environment", "Persistence", "03 medical and health sciences", "Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities", "Floors and Floorcoverings", "Animals", "2. 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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different Se application forms and sources on rice growth, grain yield, and rice Se concentration and accumulation, as well the content of N, P, Mg, S, B, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn in rice grains. The experiment was carried out in a greenhouse with 4-dm 3  pots containing a sandy clay loam Red-Yellow Latosol. The experimental design was a completely randomized 2\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02\u00a0\u00d7\u00a02 factorial scheme (two Se doses\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0two forms of Se application, soil or foliar\u00a0\u00d7\u00a0two Se sources, selenate or selenite), with five replicates. Selenium in rice plants was analyzed by total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (TXRF). The results shows that soil selenate application was more effective for shoot dry matter production and grain Se accumulation than selenite. Foliar application of both selenate and selenite increased grain yield. This study provides useful information concerning agronomic biofortification of rice, showing that both soil and foliar Se application could be used for increasing Se content in edible parts, which could result in health benefits.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Pr\u00e1ticas hort\u00edcolas", "Nutrient contents", "Selenite", "Arroz - Teor de nutrientes", "Composi\u00e7\u00e3o alimentar", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Oryza sativa", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Arroz - Biofortifica\u00e7\u00e3o", "Rice - Biofortification", "Selenate", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2013.06.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Journal%20of%20Food%20Composition%20and%20Analysis", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.jfca.2013.06.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.jfca.2013.06.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.jfca.2013.06.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108661", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:16:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-08-24", "title": "Application of lactic acid bacteria for the biopreservation of meat products: A systematic review", "description": "The increasing concern of consumers about food quality and safety and their rejection of chemical additives has promoted the breakthrough of the biopreservation field and the development of studies on the use of beneficial bacteria and their metabolites as potential natural antimicrobials for shelf life extension and enhanced food safety. Control of foodborne pathogens in meat and meat products represents a serious challenge for the food industry which can be addressed through the intelligent use of bio-compounds or biopreservatives. This article aims to systematically review the available knowledge about biological strategies based on the use of lactic acid bacteria to control the proliferation of undesirable microorganisms in different meat products. The outcome of the literature search evidenced the potential of several strains of lactic acid bacteria and their purified or semi-purified antimicrobial metabolites as biopreservatives in meat products for achieving longer shelf life or inhibiting spoilage and pathogenic bacteria, especially when combined with other technologies to achieve a synergistic effect.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Meat", "Natural antimicrobials", "Bacteria", "3309 Tecnolog\u00eda de Los Alimentos", "Tecnolog\u00eda de los alimentos", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Biopreservation", "Anti-Bacterial Agents", "Meat Products", "Foodborne pathogens", "0404 agricultural biotechnology", "Bacteriocins", "Lactobacillales", "Food Preservation", "Lactic acid bacteria", "Food Microbiology", "Animals"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108661"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Meat%20Science", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108661", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108661", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108661"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01313.x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:18:34Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-01-19", "title": "Plant Species Richness, Elevated Co2, And Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Alter Soil Microbial Community Composition And Function", "description": "Abstract<p>We determined soil microbial community composition and function in a field experiment in which plant communities of increasing species richness were exposed to factorial elevated CO2 and nitrogen (N) deposition treatments. Because elevated CO2 and N deposition increased plant productivity to a greater extent in more diverse plant assemblages, it is plausible that heterotrophic microbial communities would experience greater substrate availability, potentially increasing microbial activity, and accelerating soil carbon (C) and N cycling. We, therefore, hypothesized that the response of microbial communities to elevated CO2 and N deposition is contingent on the species richness of plant communities. Microbial community composition was determined by phospholipid fatty acid analysis, and function was measured using the activity of key extracellular enzymes involved in litter decomposition. Higher plant species richness, as a main effect, fostered greater microbial biomass, cellulolytic and chitinolytic capacity, as well as the abundance of saprophytic and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. Moreover, the effect of plant species richness on microbial communities was significantly modified by elevated CO2 and N deposition. For instance, microbial biomass and fungal abundance increased with greater species richness, but only under combinations of elevated CO2 and ambient N, or ambient CO2 and N deposition. Cellobiohydrolase activity increased with higher plant species richness, and this trend was amplified by elevated CO2. In most cases, the effect of plant species richness remained significant even after accounting for the influence of plant biomass. Taken together, our results demonstrate that plant species richness can directly regulate microbial activity and community composition, and that plant species richness is a significant determinant of microbial response to elevated CO2 and N deposition. The strong positive effect of plant species richness on cellulolytic capacity and microbial biomass indicate that the rates of soil C cycling may decline with decreasing plant species richness.</p>", "keywords": ["Extracellular Enzymes", "Complementary Resource Use", "Science", "Ecology and Evolutionary Biology", "Grassland Ecosystem", "Phospholipid Fatty Acid (PLFA)", "Global Change", "14. Life underwater", "complimentary resource use", "global change", "580", "2. Zero hunger", "Plant Diversity", "microbial biomass", "Geology and Earth Sciences", "grasslands", "Soil Fungi", "extracellular enzymes", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Microbial Biomass", "Soil C Cycling", "plant diversity", "13. 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Herein, menthofuran was compared with routinely used nucleophiles, phloroglucinol and 2-mercaptoethanol. At 30 \u00b0C and in the presence of 0.1 M HCl, menthofuran displayed the outstanding ability to enable the fast and full depolymerization of procyanidin B2 using only a 1:1 molar ratio of both reactants. Under the same conditions, phloroglucinol and 2-mercaptoethanol led to a reaction equilibrium with significantly lower conversion yields. Application to commercial tannin extracts showed that a menthofuran-to-extract weight ratio of 1 gave the same yields of procyanidin constitutive units as 10-fold higher molecular equivalent phloroglucinol and 100-fold 2-mercaptoethanol. Finally, guidelines for implementing the menthofuran depolymerization method are proposed to assess the tannin content and composition of extracts as well as of plant materials without prior extraction.", "keywords": ["[CHIM.ANAL] Chemical Sciences/Analytical chemistry", "m\u00e9thode analytique", "Ing\u00e9nierie des aliments", "Menthofuran", "Analytical method", "01 natural sciences", "Catechin", "Chemistry Techniques", " Analytical", "Polymerization", "[CHIM.ANAL]Chemical Sciences/Analytical chemistry", "Food engineering", "Biflavonoids", "Condensed tannins", "Proanthocyanidins", "tanin", "Plant Extracts", "UHPLC-DAD-MS", "540", "6. 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Here, we investigate the existence of this layer during erosion events recorded in Iceland and Jordan. Size\uffe2\uff80\uff90resolved dust fluxes were estimated at three levels between 2 and 4\uffc2\uffa0m using the eddy\uffe2\uff80\uff90covariance method. Dust fluxes were found mainly constant only between the two upper levels in Iceland, the lower dust flux being often stronger and richer in coarse particles, while dust fluxes in Jordan were nearly constant across all levels. The wind dynamics could not explain the absence of a constant dust flux layer in Iceland. We show that the presence of stationary dust source patches in Iceland, related to surface humidity, created a non\uffe2\uff80\uff90uniform dust layer near the surface, named dust roughness sublayer (DRSL), where individual plumes behind each patch interact but do not fully mix. The lowest dust measurement level was probably located within this sublayer while the upper ones were located above, such that there the emitted dust became spatially well\uffe2\uff80\uff90mixed. This explains near the surface in Iceland, the more intermittent dust concentration, its low correlation with the dust concentrations above, and the richer dust flux in coarse particles due to their lower deposition contribution. Our findings highlight the importance of estimating dust fluxes above a dust blending height whose characteristics depend on the dust source patchiness caused by surface humidity or the presence of sparse non\uffe2\uff80\uff90erosive elements.</p", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "Aeolian erosion events", "550", "dust flux", "Soil wind erosion", "Ensure access to affordable", " reliable", " sustainable and modern energy for all", "Dust flux layer", "0207 environmental engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "Constant flux layer", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida", "551", "01 natural sciences", "Make cities and human settlements inclusive", " safe", " resilient and sustainable", "Dust flux", "Simulaci\u00f3 per ordinador", "Atmospheric surface layer", "size distribution", "Climate science", "500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften", " Geologie::551 Geologie", " Hydrologie", " Meteorologie", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "ddc:550", "Size distribution", "15. 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Using this methodology, we investigated the genomic diversity of a panel of 288 diverse tomato (Solanum lycopersicumL.) accessions enriched in \uffe2\uff80\uff98da serbo\uffe2\uff80\uff99 (called \uffe2\uff80\uff98de penjar\uffe2\uff80\uff99 in Spain) long shelf life (LSL) materials (152 accessions) mostly originating from Italy and Spain. The rest of the materials originate from different countries and include landraces for fresh consumption, elite cultivars, heirlooms, and breeding lines. Apart from their LSL trait, \uffe2\uff80\uff98da serbo\uffe2\uff80\uff99 landraces are of remarkable interest for their resilience. We identified 32,799 high-quality SNPs, which were used for model ancestry population structure and non-parametric hierarchical clustering. Six genetic subgroups were revealed, clearly separating most \uffe2\uff80\uff98da serbo\uffe2\uff80\uff99 landraces, but also the Spanish germplasm, suggesting a subdivision of the population based on type and geographical provenance. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) in the collection decayed very rapidly within &lt;5\uffe2\uff80\uff89kb. We then investigated SNPs showing contrasted minor frequency allele (MAF) in \uffe2\uff80\uff98da serbo\uffe2\uff80\uff99 materials, resulting in the identification of high frequencies in this germplasm of several mutations in genes related to stress tolerance and fruit maturation such asCTR1andJAR1. Finally, a mini-core collection of 58 accessions encompassing most of the diversity was selected for further exploitation of key traits. Our findings suggest the presence of a genetic footprint of the \uffe2\uff80\uff98da serbo\uffe2\uff80\uff99 germplasm selected in the Mediterranean basin. Moreover, we provide novel insights on LSL \uffe2\uff80\uff98da serbo\uffe2\uff80\uff99 germplasm as a promising source of alleles for tolerance to stresses.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "GENETICA", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "Genetic markers", "Genomics", "Plant breeding", "Article", "02.- Poner fin al hambre", " conseguir la seguridad alimentaria y una mejor nutrici\u00f3n", " y promover la agricultura sostenible"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/451962/1/41438_2020_article_353.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41438-020-00353-6.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-020-00353-6"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Horticulture%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s41438-020-00353-6", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41438-020-00353-6", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41438-020-00353-6"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1038/s41438-020-00395-w", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:17:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-11-01", "title": "Morphoagronomic characterization and whole-genome resequencing of eight highly diverse wild and weedy S. pimpinellifolium and S. lycopersicum var. cerasiforme accessions used for the first interspecific tomato MAGIC population", "description": "Abstract<p>The wildSolanum pimpinellifolium(SP) and the weedyS. lycopersicumvar.cerasiforme(SLC) are largely unexploited genetic reservoirs easily accessible to breeders, as they are fully cross-compatible with cultivated tomato (S. lycopersicumvar.lycopersicum). We performed a comprehensive morphological and genomic characterization of four wild SP and four weedy SLC accessions, selected to maximize the range of variation of both taxa. These eight accessions are the founders of the first tomato interspecific multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population. The morphoagronomic characterization was carried out with 39 descriptors to assess plant, inflorescence, fruit and agronomic traits, revealing the broad range of diversity captured. Part of the morphological variation observed in SP was likely associated to the adaptation of the accessions to different environments, while in the case of SLC to both human activity and adaptation to the environment. Whole-genome resequencing of the eight accessions revealed over 12 million variants, ranging from 1.2 to 1.9 million variants in SLC and from 3.1 to 4.8 million in SP, being 46.3% of them (4,897,803) private variants. The genetic principal component analysis also confirmed the high diversity of SP and the complex evolutionary history of SLC. This was also reflected in the analysis of the potential footprint of common ancestors or old introgressions identified within and between the two taxa. The functional characterization of the variants revealed a significative enrichment of GO terms related to changes in cell walls that would have been negatively selected during domestication and breeding. The comprehensive morphoagronomic and genetic characterization of these accessions will be of great relevance for the genetic analysis of the first interspecific MAGIC population of tomato and provides valuable knowledge and tools to the tomato community for genetic and genomic studies and for breeding purposes.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "GENETICA", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "BOTANICA", "Article", "02.- Poner fin al hambre", " conseguir la seguridad alimentaria y una mejor nutrici\u00f3n", " y promover la agricultura sostenible"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.nature.com/articles/s41438-020-00395-w.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-020-00395-w"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Horticulture%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1038/s41438-020-00395-w", "name": "item", "description": "10.1038/s41438-020-00395-w", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1038/s41438-020-00395-w"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1080/10643389.2018.1471957", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:18:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-08-24", "title": "A research challenge vision regarding management of agricultural waste in a circular bio-based economy", "description": "Agricultural waste is a huge pool of untapped biomass resources that may even represent economic and environmental burdens. They can be converted into bioenergy and bio-based products by cascading conversion processes, within circular economy, and should be considered residual resources. Major challenges are discussed from a transdisciplinary perspective, focused on Europe situation. Environmental and economic consequences of agricultural residue management chains are difficult to assess due to their complexity, seasonality and regionality. Designing multi-criteria decision support tools, applicable at an early-stage of research, is discussed. Improvement of Anaerobic Digestion (AD), one of the most mature conversion technologies, is discussed from a technological point of view and waste feedstock geographical and seasonal variations. Using agricultural residual resources for producing high-value chemicals is a considerable challenge analysed here, taking into account innovative eco-efficient and cost-effective cascading conversion processes (bio-refinery concept). Moreover, the promotion of agricultural residues-based business is discussed through industrial ecology, to promote synergy, on a local basis, between different agricultural and industrial value chains. Finally, to facilitate a holistic approach and optimise materials and knowledge flows management, the connection of stakeholders is discussed to promote cross-sectorial collaboration and resource exchange at appropriate geographic scales.", "keywords": ["bio-based materials", "circular economy", " agriculture", " biogas", " economics", "330", "Circular economy", "Ing\u00e9nierie des aliments", "Biogas", "/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/responsible_consumption_and_production; name=SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "630", "/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth; name=SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth", "12. 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Climate action", "biomat\u00e9riau", "outil d'aide \u00e0 la d\u00e9cision", "\u00e9coconception"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://cris.unibo.it/bitstream/11585/679111/4/Gontard.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10643389.2018.1471957"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2018.1471957"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Critical%20Reviews%20in%20Environmental%20Science%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1080/10643389.2018.1471957", "name": "item", "description": "10.1080/10643389.2018.1471957", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1080/10643389.2018.1471957"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-03-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/ismejo/wrae156", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:18:08Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-08-06", "title": "Distinct microbial communities are linked to organic matter properties in millimetre-sized soil aggregates", "description": "Abstract                <p>Soils provide essential ecosystem services and represent the most diverse habitat on Earth. It has been suggested that the presence of various physico-chemically heterogeneous microhabitats supports the enormous diversity of microbial communities in soil. However, little is known about the relationship between microbial communities and their immediate environment at the micro- to millimetre scale. In this study, we examined whether bacteria, archaea, and fungi organize into distinct communities in individual 2-mm-sized soil aggregates and compared them to communities of homogenized bulk soil samples. Furthermore, we investigated their relationship to their local environment by concomitantly determining microbial community structure and physico-chemical properties from the same individual aggregates. Aggregate communities displayed exceptionally high beta-diversity, with 3\uffe2\uff80\uff934 aggregates collectively capturing more diversity than their homogenized parent soil core. Up to 20%\uffe2\uff80\uff9330% of ASVs (particularly rare ones) were unique to individual aggregates selected within a few centimetres. Aggregates and bulk soil samples showed partly different dominant phyla, indicating that taxa that are potentially driving biogeochemical processes at the small scale may not be recognized when analysing larger soil volumes. Microbial community composition and richness of individual aggregates were closely related to aggregate-specific carbon and nitrogen content, carbon stable-isotope composition, and soil moisture, indicating that aggregates provide a stable environment for sufficient time to allow co-development of communities and their environment. We conclude that the soil microbiome is a metacommunity of variable subcommunities. Our study highlights the necessity to study small, spatially coherent soil samples to better understand controls of community structure and community-mediated processes in soils.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "millimetre-scale", "archaea", "Nitrogen", "bulk soil samples", "individual aggregates", "diversity", "soil", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "106026 Ecosystem research", "bacteria", "Soil Microbiology", "106022 Mikrobiologie", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "Microbiota", "Fungi", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "Archaea", "Carbon", "106026 \u00d6kosystemforschung", "106022 Microbiology", "Original Article", "fungi", "community structure", "environment"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae156"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20ISME%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/ismejo/wrae156", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/ismejo/wrae156", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/ismejo/wrae156"}, {"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": "10.1139/x03-218", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:18:54Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2004-04-01", "title": "The Effects Of Gaps And Liming On Forest Floor Decomposition And Soil C And N Dynamics In Afagus Sylvaticaforest", "description": "<p>Despite the importance of gaps in the dynamics and management of many forest types, very little is known about the medium- to long-term soil C and N dynamics associated with this disturbance. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that gap creation and lime application, a routine measure in many European forests to ameliorate soil acidity, lead to accelerated litter decomposition and thus a reduction in the forest floor and soil C and N pools. Four gaps were created in 1989 in a mature European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forest on acid soil with a moder humus, and lime (3 t dolomite\uffc2\uffb7ha&#150;1) was applied to two of these and surrounding areas. Litter and fine-root decomposition was measured in 1992&#150;1993 and 1996&#150;1998 using litterbags. Forest floor (L, F, and H layers) and mineral soil (0&#150;40 cm) C and N pools were determined in 1989 and 1997. Eight years following silvicultural treatments, there was no change in C and N over the entire forest soil profile including forest floor. Reductions in the F and H layers in limed gaps were compensated for by increases in soil C and N in the surface (0&#150;10 cm) mineral soil. Decomposition of F litter was significantly accelerated in limed gaps, leading to the development of a mull&#150;moder, whereas gap creation alone had no effect on mass loss of F material in litterbags. Gap size disturbances in this acid beech forest appear to have minimal influences on soil C and N stocks. However, when combined with liming, changes in the humus form and vertical distribution of soil C and N may occur.</p>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Decomposition", "soil nutrient", "550", "Nitrogen", "Fagus sylvatica", "forest management", "Forestry", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "910", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Humus", "gap dynamics", "forest floor", "Floor decomposition", "hypothesis testing", "Fagus", "Soils", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Litterbags", "Keywords: Carbon", "Reduction", "Limed gaps", "nutrient dynamics"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/88024/5/01_Cowling_The_effects_of_gaps_and_liming_2004.pdf.jpg"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1139/x03-218"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Canadian%20Journal%20of%20Forest%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1139/x03-218", "name": "item", "description": "10.1139/x03-218", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1139/x03-218"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2004-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1175/bams-d-23-0005.1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:18:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-08-23", "title": "Observing Mineral Dust in Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe: Current Capabilities and Challenges ahead for the Development of Dust Services", "description": "Abstract <p>Mineral dust produced by wind erosion of arid and semiarid surfaces is a major component of atmospheric aerosol that affects climate, weather, ecosystems, and socioeconomic sectors such as human health, transportation, solar energy, and air quality. Understanding these effects and ultimately improving the resilience of affected countries requires a reliable, dense, and diverse set of dust observations, fundamental for the development and the provision of skillful dust-forecast-tailored products. The last decade has seen a notable improvement of dust observational capabilities in terms of considered parameters, geographical coverage, and delivery times, as well as of tailored products of interest to both the scientific community and the various end-users. Given this progress, here we review the current state of observational capabilities, including in situ, ground-based, and satellite remote sensing observations in northern Africa, the Middle East, and Europe for the provision of dust information considering the needs of various users. We also critically discuss observational gaps and related unresolved questions while providing suggestions for overcoming the current limitations. Our review aims to be a milestone for discussing dust observational gaps at a global level to address the needs of users, from research communities to nonscientific stakeholders.</p", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "Mineral dusts", "Dust services", "550", "103039 Aerosol physics", "105208 Atmospheric chemistry", "Mineral dust", "Earth system -- environmental sciences", "[SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]", "Middle East", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia", "SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being", "Simulaci\u00f3 per ordinador", "11. Sustainability", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "Northern Africa", "103039 Aerosolphysik", "observation capabilities", "current capabilities and challenges", "mineral dust", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "Earth radiation", "ddc:550", "health", "15. Life on land", "Remote sensing", "Atmospheric aerosols", "Aerosols/ particulates; In situ atmospheric observations; Remote sensing; Air quality and health", "105208 Atmosph\u00e4renchemie", "Europe", "Earth sciences", "13. Climate action", "103037 Environmental physics", "SDG 3 \u2013 Gesundheit und Wohlergehen", "SDG 13 \u2013 Ma\u00dfnahmen zum Klimaschutz", "In situ atmospheric observations", "Air quality", "dust service", "Aerosols/ particulates", "Dust observation", "Satellite remote sensing observations", "103037 Umweltphysik", "Atmospheric aerosol"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/452880/1/prod_491741-doc_205111.pdf"}, {"href": "https://www.iris.unisa.it/bitstream/11386/4857971/1/bams-BAMS-D-23-0005.1-2.pdf"}, {"href": "https://journals.ametsoc.org/downloadpdf/journals/bams/104/12/BAMS-D-23-0005.1.xml"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-23-0005.1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Bulletin%20of%20the%20American%20Meteorological%20Society", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1175/bams-d-23-0005.1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1175/bams-d-23-0005.1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1175/bams-d-23-0005.1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1186/s40168-021-01131-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:19:01Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-10-14", "title": "Microbial colonization and resistome dynamics in food processing environments of a newly opened pork cutting industry during 1.5 years of activity", "description": "AbstractBackground<p>The microorganisms that inhabit food processing environments (FPE) can strongly influence the associated food quality and safety. In particular, the possibility that FPE may act as a reservoir of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms, and a hotspot for the transmission of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is a concern in meat processing plants. Here, we monitor microbial succession and resistome dynamics relating to FPE through a detailed analysis of a newly opened pork cutting plant over 1.5 years of activity.</p>Results<p>We identified a relatively restricted principal microbiota dominated byPseudomonasduring the first 2 months, while a higher taxonomic diversity, an increased representation of other taxa (e.g.,Acinetobacter,Psychrobacter), and a certain degree of microbiome specialization on different surfaces was recorded later on. An increase in total abundance, alpha diversity, and \uffce\uffb2-dispersion of ARGs, which were predominantly assigned toAcinetobacterand associated with resistance to certain antimicrobials frequently used on pig farms of the region, was detected over time. Moreover, a sharp increase in the occurrence of extended-spectrum \uffce\uffb2-lactamase-producingEnterobacteriaceaeand vancomycin-resistantEnterococcaceaewas observed when cutting activities started. ARGs associated with resistance to \uffce\uffb2-lactams, tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, and sulphonamides frequently co-occurred, and mobile genetic elements (i.e., plasmids, integrons) and lateral gene transfer events were mainly detected at the later sampling times in drains.</p>Conclusions<p>The observations made suggest that pig carcasses were a source of resistant bacteria that then colonized FPE and that drains, together with some food-contact surfaces, such as equipment and table surfaces, represented a reservoir for the spread of ARGs in the meat processing facility.</p>", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "Food Handling", "Swine", "Tecnolog\u00eda de los alimentos", "Research", "QR100-130", "610", "Food processing environments", "Antimicrobial resistance", "Gen\u00e9tica", "630", "Anti-Bacterial Agents", "Microbial ecology", "Red Meat", "03 medical and health sciences", "Genes", " Bacterial", "Pork Meat", "Animals", "Metagenomics"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40168-021-01131-9.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01131-9"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Microbiome", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1186/s40168-021-01131-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1186/s40168-021-01131-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1186/s40168-021-01131-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-10-14T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1590/s0103-90162006000500013", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:19:23Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2006-10-19", "title": "Surface Application Of Lime Ameliorates Subsoil Acidity And Improves Root Growth And Yield Of Wheat In An Acid Soil Under No-Till System", "description": "<p>Crop root growth and grain yield can be affected by chemical modifications in the soil profile due to surface lime application. A field trial was carried out on a loamy dystrophic Typic Hapludox at Ponta Grossa, State of Paran\uffc3\uffa1, Brazil, to evaluate root growth and grain yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. CD 104, moderately susceptible to Al), about 10 years after surface liming (0, 2, 4, and 6 Mg ha-1) and three years after surface re-liming (0 and 3 Mg ha-1), in a long-term no-till cultivation system. Soil acidity limited wheat root growth and yield severely, probably as a result of extended water deficits during the vegetative stage. Surface liming caused increases up to 66% in the root growth (0-60 cm) and up to 140% in the grain yield. Root density and grain yield were correlated positively with soil pH and exchangeable Ca2+, and negatively with exchangeable Al3+ and Al3+ saturation, in the surface and subsurface layers.</p>", "keywords": ["calcium", "aluminum", "c\u00e1lcio", "dolomitic lime", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "alum\u00ednio", "Triticum aestivum L.", "calc\u00e1rio dolom\u00edtico"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Caires, Eduardo F\u00e1vero, Corr\u00eaa, Jos\u00e9 Cristov\u00e3o Leal, Churka, Susana, Barth, Gabriel, Garbuio, Fernando Jos\u00e9,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1590/s0103-90162006000500013"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Scientia%20Agricola", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1590/s0103-90162006000500013", "name": "item", "description": "10.1590/s0103-90162006000500013", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1590/s0103-90162006000500013"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "2117/345158", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:24:38Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-06-22", "title": "ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS): A global fine resolution dust optical depth dataset", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Abstract. Monitoring and describing the spatiotemporal variability of dust aerosols is crucial to understand their multiple effects, related feedbacks and impacts within the Earth system. This study describes the development of the MIDAS (ModIs Dust AeroSol) dataset. MIDAS provides columnar daily dust optical depth (DOD at 550\u2009nm) at global scale and fine spatial resolution (0.1\u00b0\u2009\u00d7\u20090.1\u00b0) over a decade (2007\u20132016). This new dataset combines quality filtered satellite aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals from MODIS-Aqua at swath level (Collection 6, Level 2), along with DOD-to-AOD ratios provided by MERRA-2 reanalysis to derive DOD on the MODIS native grid. The uncertainties of MODIS AOD and MERRA-2 dust fraction with respect to AERONET and CALIOP, respectively, are taken into account for the estimation of the total DOD uncertainty (including measurement and sampling uncertainties). MERRA-2 dust fractions are in very good agreement with CALIOP column-integrated dust fractions across the dust belt, in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Arabian Sea; the agreement degrades in North America and the Southern Hemisphere where dust sources are smaller. MIDAS, MERRA-2 and CALIOP DODs strongly agree when it comes to annual and seasonal spatial patterns; however, deviations of dust loads' intensity are evident and regionally dependent. Overall, MIDAS is well correlated with ground-truth AERONET-derived DODs (R\u2009=\u20090.882), only showing a small negative bias (\u22120.009 or \u22125.307\u2009%). Among the major dust areas of the planet, the highest R values (up to 0.977) are found at sites of N. Africa, Middle East and Asia. MIDAS expands, complements and upgrades existing observational capabilities of dust aerosols and it is suitable for dust climatological studies, model evaluation and data assimilation.</p></article>", "keywords": ["Dust forecast", ":Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia [\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC]", "Dust particles", "TA715-787", "Environmental engineering", "TA170-171", "Tropospheric aerosols", "Satellite aerosol optical depth", "16. Peace & justice", "ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS)", "01 natural sciences", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia", "Earthwork. Foundations", "Conjunts de dades", "13. Climate action", "Stratospheric aerosols", "Dust aerosols", "Data sets", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/14/309/2021/amt-14-309-2021.pdf"}, {"href": "https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/14/309/2021/amt-14-309-2021-supplement.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/2117/345158"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Atmospheric%20Measurement%20Techniques", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "2117/345158", "name": "item", "description": "2117/345158", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/2117/345158"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-06-22T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.31428/10317/11116", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:20:11Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-02-29", "title": "Movilidad de metales en balsas mineras enmendadas con biochar y compost urbano: resultados de un bioensayo empleando una especie vegetal pionera", "description": "Open Access[SPA] El fitomanejo permite reducir el riesgo ambiental de balsas mineras abandonadas. El objetivo del trabajo fue evaluar la movilidad de metales en balsas mineras enmendadas con biochar y/o compost urbano y la efectividad de las enmiendas reduciendo la toxicidad de la soluci\u00f3n ed\u00e1fica para una planta pionera (Zygophyllum fabago). Se llev\u00f3 a cabo un experimento en mesocosmos (20 meses) con residuo minero con y sin enmienda. Los mesocosmos se mantuvieron a capacidad de campo con agua de la red y se drenaron en diferentes momentos. Se monitoriz\u00f3 la soluci\u00f3n ed\u00e1fica regularmente (pH, conductividad el\u00e9ctrica, carbono org\u00e1nico soluble \u2013COS--, nitr\u00f3geno total soluble \u2013NTS- y metales -Mn, Zn-), al igual que el drenaje. Se realiz\u00f3 un bioensayo con semillas de Z. fabago con la soluci\u00f3n ed\u00e1fica de mitad del experimento (germinaci\u00f3n de semillas, crecimiento de pl\u00e1ntulas). Los tratamientos con compost urbano mostraron mayor concentraci\u00f3n inicial de COS y metales en soluci\u00f3n. Se observ\u00f3 un descenso temporal de la concentraci\u00f3n de DOC y metales en la soluci\u00f3n ed\u00e1fica debido a su lixiviaci\u00f3n en el drenaje. A pesar del mayor contenido de metales, el compost urbano favoreci\u00f3 la elongaci\u00f3n de la ra\u00edz debido al mayor contenido de COS y NTS en soluci\u00f3n. [ENG] Phytomanagement allows to reduce the environmental risks of abandoned mine tailings. The aim of this work was to assess metal mobility in mine tailings amended with biochar and/or urban compost and the effectiveness of these amendments for reducing the toxicity of soil solution to a pioneer plant species (Zygophyllum fabago). A mesocosm experiment was performed (20 months) with mine wastes with and without amendment. Mesocosms were maintained at field capacity with tap water and drained at different times. Soil solution was regularly monitored (pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved organic carbon \u2013DOC-, dissolved total nitrogen \u2013TDN- and metals -Mn, Zn-), as well as drainage. A bioassay with seeds of Z. fabago was performed with midterm soil solution (seed germination, seedling performance). Treatments containing urban compost showed higher initial DOC and metal concentrations in solution. A decrease of DOC and metal concentrations in soil solution with time occurred due to their lixiviation in the drainage water. In spite of the higher metal pool, urban compost favoured root length due to its greater content of DOC and TDN in soil solution.", "keywords": ["Enmiendas org\u00e1nicas", "WiA", "Metal availability", "Soil contamination", "Contaminaci\u00f3n del suelo", "11. Sustainability", "Impactos de la miner\u00eda", "Organic amendment", "Disponibilidad de metales", "Tecnolog\u00eda de los Alimentos", "15. Life on land", "Mining impacts"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Mart\u00ednez Or\u00f3, D., P\u00e1rraga Aguado, Isabel Mar\u00eda, Gonz\u00e1lez Alcaraz, Mar\u00eda Nazaret, Conesa Alcaraz, H\u00e9ctor Miguel,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.31428/10317/11116"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%207th%20Workshop%20on%20Agri-Food%20research.%20WiA", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.31428/10317/11116", "name": "item", "description": "10.31428/10317/11116", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.31428/10317/11116"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-02-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3389/fsufs.2024.1410205", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:20:19Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-08-26", "title": "Building a solid foundation: advancing evidence synthesis in agri-food systems science", "description": "<p>Enhancing the reliability of literature reviews and evidence synthesis is crucial for advancing the transformation of agriculture and food (agri-food) systems as well as for informed decisions and policy making. In this perspective, we argue that evidence syntheses in the field of agri-food systems research often suffer from a suite of methodological limitations that substantially increase the risk of bias, i.e., publication and selection bias, resulting in unreliable and potentially flawed conclusions and, consequently, poor decisions (e.g., policy direction, investment, research foci). We assessed 926 articles from the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER) and recent examples from agri-food systems research to support our reasoning. The analysis of articles from CEEDER (n\uffe2\uff80\uff89=\uffe2\uff80\uff89926) specifically indicates poor quality (Red) in measures to minimize subjectivity during critical appraisal (98% of all reviews), application of the eligibility criteria (97%), cross-checking of extracted data by more than one reviewer (97%), critical appraisal of studies (88%), establishment of an a priori method/protocol (86%), and transparent reporting of eligibility decisions (65%). Additionally, deficiencies (Amber) were found in most articles (&amp;gt;50%) regarding the investigation and discussion of variability in study findings (89%), comprehensiveness of the search (78%), definition of eligibility criteria (72%), search approach (64%), reporting of extracted data for each study (59%), consideration and discussion of the limitations of the synthesis (56%), documentation of data extraction (54%) and regarding the statistical approach (52%). To enhance the quality of evidence synthesis in agri-food science, review authors should use tried-and-tested methodologies and publish peer-reviewed a priori protocols. Training in evidence synthesis methods should be scaled, with universities playing a crucial role. It is the shared duty of research authors, training providers, supervisors, reviewers, and editors to ensure that rigorous and robust evidence syntheses are made available to decision-makers. We argue that all these actors should be cognizant of these common mistakes to avoid publishing unreliable syntheses. Only by thinking as a community can we ensure that reliable evidence is provided to support appropriate decision-making in agri-food systems science.</p", "keywords": ["Agricultura--Aspectes econ\u00f2mics", "bias", "330", "systematic reviews", "610", "Ressenyes sistem\u00e0tiques (Investigaci\u00f3 m\u00e8dica)", "01 natural sciences", "Food processing and manufacture", "12. 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Increasing pest/disease incidence is contributing to inadequate application of pesticides and external fertilizers. This study aims to identify critical agri-environmental challenges currently faced by potato growers in Europe, assessing the needs and priorities of end-users to determine the feasibility of integrating more sustainable farming practices into potato cultivation. Additionally, we identified sustainable strategies to reduce reliance on external inputs. A total of 203 potato stakeholders from six European pedoclimatic areas completed a survey in 2020 to identify agronomic and environmental problems, priorities for action, and best-suited sustainable farming practices. Statistical and multicriteria decision analysis was then performed. Subsequently, focus group meetings with stakeholders were organized to present and discuss results and validate and complement them. Stakeholders perceived that more sustainable potato production involved reducing tillage intensity, using organic nutrient sources, increasing soil organic matter and, especially, diversifying crop rotations. Barriers to adopting new sustainable practices included farmers\u2019 lack of knowledge regarding novel farming practices and the need for expert technical advice. Some practices are complex, but also economic impediments. Therefore, thorough research, clear demonstrations, and tailored advice are crucial to farmers to lead agriculture toward profitable, sustainable systems.</p></article>", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "330", "Stakeholders\u2019 perception", "S", "potato production", "agricultural practices", "soil conservation", "Agriculture", "12. 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Poner fin al hambre", " lograr la seguridad alimentaria y la mejora de la nutrici\u00f3n y promover la agricultura sostenible", "stakeholders' perception", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "25 Ciencias de la Tierra y del Espacio::2511 Ciencias del Suelo (Edafolog\u00eda)", "stakeholders\u2019 perception", "Potato production", "Multicriteria decision method (MCDM)", "sustainable farming"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Alicia Morug\u00e1n-Coronado, Mar\u00eda Dolores G\u00f3mez-L\u00f3pez, Laura Meno, David Fern\u00e1ndez-Calvi\u00f1o, Hilde Wustenberghs, Stefan Schrader, David-Alexander Bind, Anne P\u00f5der, Merrit Shanskiy, Eija Pouta, Annika Tienhaara, Javier Calatrava,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14122762"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Agronomy", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/agronomy14122762", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/agronomy14122762", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/agronomy14122762"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-11-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/foods11152331", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:20:25Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-08-05", "title": "Microbiological safety and shelf-life of low-salt meat products-a review.", "description": "<p>Salt is widely employed in different foods, especially in meat products, due to its very diverse and extended functionality. However, the high intake of sodium chloride in human diet has been under consideration for the last years, because it is related to serious health problems. The meat-processing industry and research institutions are evaluating different strategies to overcome the elevated salt concentrations in products without a quality reduction. Several properties could be directly or indirectly affected by a sodium chloride decrease. Among them, microbial stability could be shifted towards pathogen growth, posing a serious public health threat. Nonetheless, the majority of the literature available focuses attention on the sensorial and technological challenges that salt reduction implies. Thereafter, the need to discuss the consequences for shelf-life and microbial safety should be considered. Hence, this review aims to merge all the available knowledge regarding salt reduction in meat products, providing an assessment on how to obtain low salt products that are sensorily accepted by the consumer, technologically feasible from the perspective of the industry, and, in particular, safe with respect to microbial stability.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Shelf-life", "Chemical technology", "Tecnolog\u00eda de los alimentos", "3309.90 Microbiolog\u00eda de Alimentos", "microbiological safety", "TP1-1185", "Review", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "low-salt meat products", "3. Good health", "shelf-life", "Microbiological safety", "0404 agricultural biotechnology", "water activity", "Low-salt meat products", "Water activity"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/15/2331/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11152331"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Foods", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/foods11152331", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/foods11152331", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/foods11152331"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-08-04T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/ma11040557", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:20:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-04-04", "title": "Hydroxyapatite and Other Calcium Phosphates for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage: A Review", "description": "<p>The present paper reviews the methods and the performance of in situ formation of calcium phosphates (CaP) for the conservation of materials belonging to cultural heritage. The core idea is to form CaP (ideally hydroxyapatite, HAP, the most stable CaP at pH &gt; 4) by reaction between the substrate and an aqueous solution of a phosphate salt. Initially proposed for the conservation of marble and limestone, the treatment has been explored for a variety of different substrates, including sandstones, sulphated stones, gypsum stuccoes, concrete, wall paintings, archaeological bones and paper. First, the studies aimed at identifying the best treatment conditions (e.g., nature and concentration of the phosphate precursor, solution pH, treatment duration, ionic and organic additions to the phosphate solution, mineralogical composition of the new CaP phases) are summarized. Then, the treatment performance on marble and limestone is reviewed, in terms of protective and consolidating effectiveness, compatibility (aesthetic, microstructural and physical) and durability. Some pilot applications in real case studies are also reported. Recent research aimed at extending the phosphate treatment to other substrates is then illustrated. Finally, the strengths of the phosphate treatment are summarized, in comparison with alternative products, and some aspects needing future research are outlined.</p>", "keywords": ["Ammonium oxalate; Ammonium phosphate; Calcium phosphates; Consolidation; Durability; Hydroxyapatite; Limestone; Marble; Octacalcium phosphate; Protection; Materials Science", "2. Zero hunger", "11. Sustainability", "Review", "02 engineering and technology", "ING-IND/22 Scienza e tecnologia dei materiali", "0210 nano-technology", "6. Clean water", "marble limestone consolidation protection durability calcium phosphates hydroxyapatite octacalcium phosphate ammonium phosphate ammonium oxalate", "12. Responsible consumption"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Sassoni, Enrico", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://cris.unibo.it/bitstream/11585/643011/1/Sassoni%20%282018%29%20Review%20HAP%20for%20CH.pdf"}, {"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/11/4/557/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11040557"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Materials", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/ma11040557", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/ma11040557", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/ma11040557"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-04-04T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/polym11020200", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:20:31Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-01-24", "title": "Mitigating the Impact of Cellulose Particles on the Performance of Biopolyester-Based Composites by Gas-Phase Esterification", "description": "<p>Materials that are both biodegradable and bio-sourced are becoming serious candidates for substituting traditional petro-sourced plastics that accumulate in natural systems. New biocomposites have been produced by melt extrusion, using bacterial polyester (poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)) as a matrix and cellulose particles as fillers. In this study, gas-phase esterified cellulose particles, with palmitoyl chloride, were used to improve filler-matrix compatibility and reduce moisture sensitivity. Structural analysis demonstrated that intrinsic properties of the polymer matrix (crystallinity, and molecular weight) were not more significantly affected by the incorporation of cellulose, either virgin or grafted. Only a little decrease in matrix thermal stability was noticed, this being limited by cellulose grafting. Gas-phase esterification of cellulose improved the filler\uffe2\uff80\uff99s dispersion state and filler/matrix interfacial adhesion, as shown by SEM cross-section observations, and limiting the degradation of tensile properties (stress and strain at break). Water vapor permeability, moisture, and liquid water uptake of biocomposites were increased compared to the neat matrix. The increase in thermodynamic parameters was limited in the case of grafted cellulose, principally ascribed to their increased hydrophobicity. However, no significant effect of grafting was noticed regarding diffusion parameters.</p>", "keywords": ["biocomposite", "660", "est\u00e9rification", "matrice polym\u00e9rique", "Ing\u00e9nierie des aliments", "poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate) (PHBV)", "Gas-phase esterification", "02 engineering and technology", "[SDV.IDA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering", "poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate) (PHBV);Biocomposite;Gas-phase esterification;Water transfer", "7. Clean energy", "cellulose", "Article", "structure mol\u00e9culaire", "gas-phase esterification", "13. Climate action", "poly(hydroxybutyrate-<i>co</i>-valerate) (PHBV)", "[SDV.IDA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering", "biomat\u00e9riau", "Water transfer", "Food engineering", "water transfer", "0210 nano-technology", "Biocomposite"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/2/200/pdf"}, {"href": "https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02625163/file/David-Polymers-2019-CC-BY_1.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11020200"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Polymers", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/polym11020200", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/polym11020200", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/polym11020200"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-01-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/su12229719", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:20:36Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-11-23", "title": "Factors Influencing Adoption of Sustainable Farming Practices in Europe: A Systemic Review of Empirical Literature", "description": "<p>Modern practices of industrial farming, such as mineral fertilization, caused a widespread degradation of agricultural land and water bodies in Europe. Different farm management strategies exist to reduce the impact of mineral fertilization while preserving soil productivity. The aim of this paper is to provide a thorough systemic review of contemporary literature exploring factors and conditions affecting EU farmers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 adoption of sustainable farming practices. The specific focus is on widely adopted and empirically explored measures, such as organic farming, manure treatment technologies and manure fertilization, as well as soil and water conservation methods. In total, 23 peer-reviewed studies were extracted by means of Google Scholar covering the time period between 2003 and 2019. The main findings show that farmers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 environmental and economic attitudes in addition to their sources of information have a strong effect on the adoption of organic farming, although there is a lack of evidence of their impact on adopting manure treatment and conservation measures. Similarly, farmers\uffe2\uff80\uff99 age and education are found to systemically influence organic farming adoption, but not adoption of other reviewed technologies. While other factors, such as farm physical characteristics or technological attributes, may be important determinants of adoption, it is hard to recognize definite patterns of their impact across technologies given a shortage of empirical evidence. More research utilizing standardized surveys and methods of analysis is needed to formulate qualified guidelines and recommendations for policymakers.</p>", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Animal waste", "Organic farming", "Conservation agriculture", "05 social sciences", "Manure treatment", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Agricultura biol\u00f2gica", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. Climate action", ":Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Agricultura::Agricultura sostenible [\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC]", "0502 economics and business", "Agrotech", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Agricultura::Agricultura sostenible", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/22/9719/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229719"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/su12229719", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/su12229719", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/su12229719"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-11-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5194/amt-2020-222", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:21:06Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-06-22", "title": "ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS): A global fine resolution dust optical depth dataset", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Abstract. Monitoring and describing the spatiotemporal variability of dust aerosols is crucial to understand their multiple effects, related feedbacks and impacts within the Earth system. This study describes the development of the MIDAS (ModIs Dust AeroSol) dataset. MIDAS provides columnar daily dust optical depth (DOD at 550\u2009nm) at global scale and fine spatial resolution (0.1\u00b0\u2009\u00d7\u20090.1\u00b0) over a decade (2007\u20132016). This new dataset combines quality filtered satellite aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals from MODIS-Aqua at swath level (Collection 6, Level 2), along with DOD-to-AOD ratios provided by MERRA-2 reanalysis to derive DOD on the MODIS native grid. The uncertainties of MODIS AOD and MERRA-2 dust fraction with respect to AERONET and CALIOP, respectively, are taken into account for the estimation of the total DOD uncertainty (including measurement and sampling uncertainties). MERRA-2 dust fractions are in very good agreement with CALIOP column-integrated dust fractions across the dust belt, in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Arabian Sea; the agreement degrades in North America and the Southern Hemisphere where dust sources are smaller. MIDAS, MERRA-2 and CALIOP DODs strongly agree when it comes to annual and seasonal spatial patterns; however, deviations of dust loads' intensity are evident and regionally dependent. Overall, MIDAS is well correlated with ground-truth AERONET-derived DODs (R\u2009=\u20090.882), only showing a small negative bias (\u22120.009 or \u22125.307\u2009%). Among the major dust areas of the planet, the highest R values (up to 0.977) are found at sites of N. Africa, Middle East and Asia. MIDAS expands, complements and upgrades existing observational capabilities of dust aerosols and it is suitable for dust climatological studies, model evaluation and data assimilation.                         </p></article>", "keywords": ["Dust forecast", ":Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia [\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC]", "Dust particles", "CALIOP", "TA715-787", "Environmental engineering", "Dust", "TA170-171", "Tropospheric aerosols", "Satellite aerosol optical depth", "16. Peace & justice", "ModIs Dust AeroSol (MIDAS)", "01 natural sciences", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia", "DUST-GLASS", "MODIS", "Earthwork. Foundations", "Conjunts de dades", "13. Climate action", "Stratospheric aerosols", "Dust aerosols", "Data sets", "MIDAS", "MERRA-2", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/14/309/2021/amt-14-309-2021.pdf"}, {"href": "https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/14/309/2021/amt-14-309-2021-supplement.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2020-222"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Atmospheric%20Measurement%20Techniques", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5194/amt-2020-222", "name": "item", "description": "10.5194/amt-2020-222", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5194/amt-2020-222"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-06-22T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5194/acp-2021-4", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:21:04Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-01-18", "title": "Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Abstract. Even though desert dust is the most abundant aerosol by mass in Earth's atmosphere, the relative contributions of the world\u2019s major dust source regions to the global dust cycle remain poorly constrained. This problem hinders accounting for the potentially large impact of regional differences in dust properties on clouds, the Earth's energy balance, and terrestrial and marine biogeochemical cycles. Here, we constrain the contribution of each of the world\u2019s main dust source regions to the global dust cycle. We use an analytical framework that integrates an ensemble of global model simulations with observationally informed constraints on the dust size distribution, extinction efficiency, and regional dust aerosol optical depth. We obtain a data set that constrains the relative contribution of each of nine major source regions to size-resolved dust emission, atmospheric loading, optical depth, concentration, and deposition flux. We find that the 22\u201329\u2009Tg (one standard error range) global loading of dust with geometric diameter up to 20\u2009\u03bcm is partitioned as follows: North African source regions contribute ~50\u2009% (11\u201315\u2009Tg), Asian source regions contribute ~40\u2009% (8\u201313\u2009Tg), and North American and Southern Hemisphere regions contribute ~10\u2009% (1.8\u20133.2\u2009Tg). Current models might on average be overestimating the contribution of North African sources to atmospheric dust loading at ~65\u2009%, while underestimating the contribution of Asian dust at ~30\u2009%. However, both our results and current models could be affected by unquantified biases, such as due to errors in separating dust aerosol optical depth from that produced by other aerosol species in remote sensing retrievals in poorly observed desert regions. Our results further show that each source region's dust loading peaks in local spring and summer, which is partially driven by increased dust lifetime in those seasons. We also quantify the dust deposition flux to the Amazon rainforest to be ~10\u2009Tg/year, which is a factor of 2\u20133 less than inferred from satellite data by previous work that likely overestimated dust deposition by underestimating the dust mass extinction efficiency. The data obtained in this paper can be used to obtain improved constraints on dust impacts on clouds, climate, biogeochemical cycles, and other parts of the Earth system.                         </p></article>", "keywords": ["Atmospheric sciences", "550", "QC1-999", "Global dust cycle", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida", "01 natural sciences", "Atmospheric Sciences", "Atmospheric models", "Earth's atmosphere", "Simulaci\u00f3 per ordinador", "Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences", "Dust; Aerosols; Climate Models; Earth System Models;", "14. Life underwater", "[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", " environment", "Life Below Water", "QD1-999", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", " Atmosphere", "[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "Atmosphere", "Climate change science", "ddc:550", "[SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", " Atmosphere", "Physics", "Aerosol model simulations", "15. Life on land", "Atmosfera -- Aspectes ambientals", "[SDU.ENVI] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", " environment", "Climate Action", "Earth sciences", "Chemistry", "13. Climate action", ":Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida [\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC]", "Air quality", "Earth Sciences", "Aerosols--Measurement", "Desert dust", "[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", "environment", "Astronomical and Space Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://boa.unimib.it/bitstream/10281/321610/1/Kok_2021_ACP_Dust-global.pdf"}, {"href": "https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/21/8169/2021/acp-21-8169-2021.pdf"}, {"href": "https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/21/8169/2021/acp-21-8169-2021-supplement.pdf"}, {"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt31s4c3tr/qt31s4c3tr.pdf"}, {"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt4f95b02f/qt4f95b02f.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-4"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Goldschmidt2021%20abstracts", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5194/acp-2021-4", "name": "item", "description": "10.5194/acp-2021-4", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5194/acp-2021-4"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5194/acp-2022-742", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:21:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-11-07", "title": "Insights into the single particle composition, size, mixing state and aspect ratio of freshly emitted mineral dust from field measurements in the Moroccan Sahara using electron microscopy", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Abstract. The chemical and morphological properties of mineral dust aerosols emitted by wind erosion from arid and semi-arid regions influence climate, ocean and land ecosystems, air quality, and multiple socio-economic sectors. However, there is an incomplete understanding of the emitted dust particle size distribution (PSD) in terms of its constituent minerals that typically result from the fragmentation of soil aggregates during wind erosion. The emitted dust PSD affects the duration of particle transport and thus each mineral\u2019s global distribution, along with its specific effect upon climate. This lack of understanding is largely due to the scarcity of relevant in situ measurements in dust sources. To advance our understanding of the physicochemical properties of the emitted dust PSD, we present insights into the elemental composition and morphology of individual dust particles collected during the FRontiers in dust minerAloGical coMposition and its Effects upoN climaTe (FRAGMENT) field campaign in the Moroccan Sahara in September 2019. We analyzed more than 300,000 freshly emitted individual particles by performing offline analysis in the laboratory using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) coupled with Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry (EDX). Eight major particle-type classes were identified where clay minerals make up the majority of the analyzed particles by number, with carbonates and quartz contributing to a lesser extent. We provide an exhaustive analysis of the size distribution and potential mixing state of different particle types, focusing largely on iron-rich (Fe-oxi/hydroxides) and feldspar particles, which are key to the effects of dust upon radiation and clouds. Nearly pure or externally mixed Fe-oxi/hydroxides are present only in diameters smaller than 2 \u00b5m and mainly below 1 \u00b5m. Fe-oxi/hydroxides tend to be increasingly internally mixed with other minerals, especially clays, as particle size increases, i.e., the volume fraction of Fe-oxi/hydroxides in aggregates decreases with particle size. Pure (externally-mixed) feldspar grains represented 3.7 % of all the particles, of which we estimated about a quarter to be K-feldspar. The externally-mixed total feldspar and K-feldspar abundances are relatively invariant with particle size, in contrast to the increasing abundance of feldspar-like (internally-mixed) aggregates with particle size. We also found that overall the median aspect ratio is rather constant across particle size and mineral groups, although we obtain slightly higher aspect ratios for internally-mixed particles. The detailed information on the composition of freshly emitted individual dust particles along with the quantitative analysis of their mixing state presented here can be used to constrain climate models including mineral species in their representation of the dust cycle.                         </p></article>", "keywords": ["Atmospheric chemistry", "550", "QC1-999", "http://metadata.un.org/sdg/3", "Mineral dust", "01 natural sciences", "Climate models", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia", "Aerosols Measurement", "Pols minerals", "QD1-999", "Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "mineral dust", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "electron microscopy", "ddc:550", "Physics", "15. Life on land", "info:eu-repo/classification/udc/502.3/.7", "Pollution", "Moroccan Sahara", "Earth sciences", "Chemistry", "13. Climate action", "Mineral dust particles", "Air quality", "Desert dust"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/23/3861/2023/acp-23-3861-2023.pdf"}, {"href": "https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/23/3861/2023/acp-23-3861-2023-supplement.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2022-742"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Atmospheric%20Chemistry%20and%20Physics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5194/acp-2022-742", "name": "item", "description": "10.5194/acp-2022-742", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5194/acp-2022-742"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-11-07T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5194/acp-21-8127-2021", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:21:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-05-27", "title": "Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Abstract. Even though desert dust is the most abundant aerosol by mass in Earth's atmosphere, atmospheric models struggle to accurately represent its spatial and temporal distribution. These model errors are partially caused by fundamental difficulties in simulating dust emission in coarse-resolution models and in accurately representing dust microphysical properties. Here we mitigate these problems by developing a new methodology that yields an improved representation of the global dust cycle. We present an analytical framework that uses inverse modeling to integrate an ensemble of global model simulations with observational constraints on the dust size distribution, extinction efficiency, and regional dust aerosol optical depth. We then compare the inverse model results against independent measurements of dust surface concentration and deposition flux and find that errors are reduced by approximately a factor of 2\u00a0relative to current model simulations of the Northern Hemisphere dust cycle. The inverse model results show smaller improvements in the less dusty Southern Hemisphere, most likely because both the model simulations and the observational constraints used in the inverse model are less accurate. On a global basis, we find that the emission flux of dust with a geometric diameter up to 20\u2009\u00b5m (PM20) is approximately 5000\u2009Tg\u2009yr\u22121, which is greater than most models account for. This larger PM20 dust flux is needed to match observational constraints showing a large atmospheric loading of coarse dust. We obtain gridded datasets of dust emission, vertically integrated loading, dust aerosol optical depth, (surface) concentration, and wet and dry deposition fluxes that are resolved by season and particle size. As our results indicate that this dataset is more accurate than current model simulations and the MERRA-2 dust reanalysis product, it can be used to improve quantifications of dust impacts on the Earth system.                     </p></article>", "keywords": ["Atmospheric sciences", "550", "QC1-999", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida", "Dust emissions", "01 natural sciences", "Earth system -- environmental sciences", "Atmospheric Sciences", "Dust; Aerosol; Climate Models; Earth System Models;", "Atmospheric models", "Simulaci\u00f3 per ordinador", "Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences", "Atmospheric model simulations", "QD1-999", "Earth system", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", "Atmosphere", "Climate change science", "ddc:550", "[SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean", " Atmosphere", "Physics", "Dust", "Computer simulation", "15. Life on land", "Atmosfera -- Aspectes ambientals", "520", "[SDU.ENVI] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", " environment", "Climate Action", "Earth sciences", "Chemistry", "Model simulation", "13. Climate action", ":Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida [\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC]", "Earth Sciences", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament hum\u00e0 i sostenible::Degradaci\u00f3 ambiental::Contaminaci\u00f3 atmosf\u00e8rica", "Aerosols--Measurement", "Desert dust", "[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces", "environment", "Astronomical and Space Sciences", ":Desenvolupament hum\u00e0 i sostenible::Degradaci\u00f3 ambiental::Contaminaci\u00f3 atmosf\u00e8rica [\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC]"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://boa.unimib.it/bitstream/10281/321612/2/10281-321612_VoR.pdf"}, {"href": "https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/21/8127/2021/acp-21-8127-2021.pdf"}, {"href": "https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/21/8127/2021/acp-21-8127-2021-supplement.pdf"}, {"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt5g7457v8/qt5g7457v8.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8127-2021"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Atmospheric%20Chemistry%20and%20Physics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5194/acp-21-8127-2021", "name": "item", "description": "10.5194/acp-21-8127-2021", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5194/acp-21-8127-2021"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-11-23T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5194/acp-22-3553-2022", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:21:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-03-17", "title": "Quantification of the dust optical depth across spatiotemporal scales with the MIDAS global dataset (2003\u20132017)", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Abstract. Quantifying the dust optical depth (DOD) and its uncertainty across spatiotemporal scales is key to understanding and constraining the dust cycle and its interactions with the Earth System. This study quantifies the DOD along with its monthly and year-to-year variability between 2003 and 2017 at global and regional levels based on the MIDAS (ModIs Dust AeroSol) dataset, which combines Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-Aqua retrievals and Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 (MERRA-2), reanalysis products. We also describe the annual and seasonal geographical distributions of DOD across the main dust source regions and transport pathways. MIDAS provides columnar mid-visible (550\u2009nm) DOD at fine spatial resolution (0.1\u2218\u00d70.1\u2218), expanding the current observational capabilities for monitoring the highly variable spatiotemporal features of the dust burden. We obtain a global DOD of 0.032\u00b10.003 \u2013 approximately a quarter (23.4\u2009%\u00b12.4\u2009%) of the global aerosol optical depth (AOD) \u2013 with about 1\u00a0order of magnitude more DOD in the Northern Hemisphere (0.056\u00b10.004; 31.8\u2009%\u00b12.7\u2009%) than in the Southern Hemisphere (0.008\u00b10.001; 8.2\u2009%\u00b11.1\u2009%) and about 3.5 times more DOD over land (0.070\u00b10.005) than over ocean (0.019\u00b10.002). The Northern Hemisphere monthly DOD is highly correlated with the corresponding monthly AOD (R2=0.94) and contributes 20\u2009% to 48\u2009% of it, both indicating a dominant dust contribution. In contrast, the contribution of dust to the monthly AOD does not exceed 17\u2009% in the Southern Hemisphere, although the uncertainty in this region is larger. Among the major dust sources of the planet, the maximum DODs (\u223c1.2) are recorded in the Bod\u00e9l\u00e9 Depression of the northern Lake Chad Basin, whereas moderate-to-high intensities are encountered in the Western Sahara (boreal summer), along the eastern parts of the Middle East (boreal summer) and in the Taklamakan Desert (spring). Over oceans, major long-range dust transport is observed primarily along the tropical Atlantic (intensified during boreal summer) and secondarily in the North Pacific (intensified during boreal spring). Our calculated global and regional averages and associated uncertainties are consistent with some but not all recent observation-based studies. Our work provides a simple yet flexible method to estimate consistent uncertainties across spatiotemporal scales, which will enhance the use of the MIDAS dataset in a variety of future studies.                     </p></article>", "keywords": ["Mineral dusts", ":Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia [\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC]", "Physics", "QC1-999", "MIDAS global dataset", "16. Peace & justice", "01 natural sciences", "Atmospheric Sciences", "Climate Action", "Chemistry", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia", "13. Climate action", "Mineral dust particles", "Simulaci\u00f3 per ordinador", "Pols", "Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences", "Datasets", "Dust optical depth (DOD)", "Earth System", "QD1-999", "Astronomical and Space Sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/22/3553/2022/acp-22-3553-2022.pdf"}, {"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt9v38c6qs/qt9v38c6qs.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3553-2022"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Atmospheric%20Chemistry%20and%20Physics", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5194/acp-22-3553-2022", "name": "item", "description": "10.5194/acp-22-3553-2022", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5194/acp-22-3553-2022"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-07-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5194/bg-18-2379-2021", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:21:08Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-04-16", "title": "Functional convergence of biosphere\u2013atmosphere interactions in response to meteorological conditions", "description": "<p>Abstract. Understanding the dependencies of the terrestrial carbon and water cycle with meteorological conditions is a prerequisite to anticipate their behaviour under climate change conditions. However, terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere interact via a multitude of variables across temporal and spatial scales. Additionally these interactions might differ among vegetation types or climatic regions. Today, novel algorithms aim to disentangle the causal structure behind such interactions from empirical data. The estimated causal structures can be interpreted as networks, where nodes represent relevant meteorological variables or land-surface fluxes and the links represent the dependencies among them (possibly including time lags and link strength). Here we derived causal networks for different seasons at 119\uffc2\uffa0eddy covariance flux tower observations in the FLUXNET network. We show that the networks of biosphere\uffe2\uff80\uff93atmosphere interactions are strongly shaped by meteorological conditions. For example, we find that temperate and high-latitude ecosystems during peak productivity exhibit biosphere\uffe2\uff80\uff93atmosphere interaction networks very similar to tropical forests. In times of anomalous conditions like droughts though, both ecosystems behave more like typical Mediterranean ecosystems during their dry season. Our results demonstrate that ecosystems from different climate zones or vegetation types have similar biosphere\uffe2\uff80\uff93atmosphere interactions if their meteorological conditions are similar. We anticipate our analysis to foster the use of network approaches, as they allow for a more comprehensive understanding of the state of ecosystem functioning. Long-term or even irreversible changes in network structure are rare and thus can be indicators of fundamental functional ecosystem shifts.                     </p>", "keywords": ["Evolution", "0207 environmental engineering", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "Behavior and Systematics", "Life", "QH501-531", "CARBON-DIOXIDE UPTAKE", "TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE", "QH540-549.5", "Earth-Surface Processes", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "climeate", "QE1-996.5", "NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE", "Ecology", "TEMPERATE", "Geology", "WATER-VAPOR FLUXES", "15. Life on land", "13. Climate action", "Earth and Environmental Sciences", "BALANCE", "biosphere-atmosphere interaction", "SOIL CO2 EFFLUX", "SPRUCE FORESTS", "INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY", "SOUTHERN FINLAND"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/18/2379/2021/bg-18-2379-2021.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2379-2021"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Biogeosciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5194/bg-18-2379-2021", "name": "item", "description": "10.5194/bg-18-2379-2021", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5194/bg-18-2379-2021"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-04-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5194/essd-2021-358", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:21:16Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-10-28", "title": "The MONARCH high-resolution reanalysis of desert dust aerosol over Northern Africa, the Middle East and Europe (2007\u20132016)", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Abstract. One of the challenges in studying desert dust aerosol along with its numerous interactions and impacts is the paucity of direct in-situ measurements, particularly in the areas most affected by dust storms. Satellites typically provide columnintegrated aerosol measurements, but observationally-constrained continuous 3D dust fields are needed to assess dust variability, climate effects and impacts upon a variety of socio-economic sectors. Here, we present a high resolution regional reanalysis data set of desert dust aerosols that covers Northern Africa, the Middle East and Europe along with the Mediterranean sea and parts of Central Asia, and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans between 2007 and 2016. The horizontal resolution is 0.1\u00b0 latitude\u2009\u00d7\u20090.1\u00b0 longitude, and the temporal resolution is 3 hours. The reanalysis was produced using Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter (LETKF) data assimilation in the Multiscale Online Non-hydrostatic AtmospheRe CHemistry model (MONARCH) developed at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). The assimilated data are coarse-mode dust optical depth retrieved from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Deep Blue Level 2 products. The reanalysis data set consists of upper air (dust mass concentrations and extinction coefficient), surface (dust deposition and solar irradiance fields, among them) and total column (e.g., dust optical depth and load) variables. Some dust variables, such as concentrations and wet and dry deposition, are expressed for a binned size distribution that ranges from 0.2 to 20\u2009\u03bcm in particle diameter. Both analysis and first-guess (analysis-initialized simulation) fields are available for the variables that are diagnosed from the state vector. A set of ensemble statistics is archived for each output variable, namely the ensemble mean, standard deviation, maximum and median. The spatial and temporal distribution of the dust fields follows well-known dust cycle features controlled by seasonal changes in meteorology and vegetation cover. The analysis is statistically closer to the assimilated retrievals than the first-guess, which proves the consistency of the data assimilation method. Independent evaluation using AERONET dust-filtered optical depth retrievals indicates that the reanalysis data set is highly accurate (mean bias\u2009=\u2009\u22120.05, RMSE\u2009=\u20090.12, r\u2009=\u20090.81 when compared to retrievals from the spectral de-convolution algorithm on a 3-hourly basis). Verification statistics are broadly homogeneous in space and time with regional differences that can be partly attributed to model limitations (e.g., poor representation of small-scale emission processes), presence of aerosols other than dust in the observations used in the evaluation, and differences in the number of observations among seasons. Such a reliable high-resolution historical record of atmospheric desert dust will allow a better quantification of dust impacts upon key sectors of society and economy, including health, solar energy production and transportation. The reanalysis data set (Di Tomaso et al., 2021) is distributed via a Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Service (THREDDS) at BSC and freely available at http://hdl.handle.net/21.12146/c6d4a608-5de3-47f6-a004-67cb1d498d98.                         </p></article>", "keywords": ["Desert dust aerosol", "550", "Climate", "MINERAL-COMPOSITION", "Aerosols atmosf\u00e8rics", "01 natural sciences", "Dust emission", "[SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]", "LETKF", "Local ensemble transform Kalman filter", "DATA ASSIMILATION", "\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia", "Pols -- Control", "SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being", "MONARCH", "SAHARAN DUST", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "SIZE DISTRIBUTION", "GE1-350", "Desert", "CONVECTIVE ADJUSTMENT SCHEME", "Aerosol measurements", "Multiscale Online Nonhydrostatic AtmospheRe CHemistry model", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "QE1-996.5", "info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550", ":Enginyeria agroaliment\u00e0ria::Ci\u00e8ncies de la terra i de la vida::Climatologia i meteorologia [\u00c0rees tem\u00e0tiques de la UPC]", "ddc:550", "Geology", "1 MODEL DESCRIPTION", "OPTICAL-PROPERTIES", "MONARCH modeling system", "Atmospheric aerosols", "Environmental sciences", "Earth sciences", "PM10 CONCENTRATIONS", "900", "Dust aerosol", "13. Climate action", "[SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences", "SINGLE-SCATTERING ALBEDO", "MEDITERRANEAN BASIN", "Dust control"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://iris.cnr.it/bitstream/20.500.14243/417480/1/prod_471097-doc_191235.pdf"}, {"href": "https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/2785/2022/essd-14-2785-2022.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-358"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Earth%20System%20Science%20Data", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5194/essd-2021-358", "name": "item", "description": "10.5194/essd-2021-358", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5194/essd-2021-358"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-10-28T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "11353/10.2114337", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:24:05Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-08-05", "title": "Distinct microbial communities are linked to organic matter properties in millimetre-sized soil aggregates", "description": "Abstract                   <p>Soils provide essential ecosystem services and represent the most diverse habitat on Earth. It has been suggested that the presence of various physico-chemically heterogeneous microhabitats supports the enormous diversity of microbial communities in soil. However, little is known about the relationship between microbial communities and their immediate environment at the micro- to millimetre scale. In this study, we examined whether bacteria, archaea, and fungi organize into distinct communities in individual 2-mm-sized soil aggregates and compared them to communities of homogenized bulk soil samples. Furthermore, we investigated their relationship to their local environment by concomitantly determining microbial community structure and physico-chemical properties from the same individual aggregates. Aggregate communities displayed exceptionally high beta-diversity, with 3\uffe2\uff80\uff934 aggregates collectively capturing more diversity than their homogenized parent soil core. Up to 20%\uffe2\uff80\uff9330% of ASVs (particularly rare ones) were unique to individual aggregates selected within a few centimetres. Aggregates and bulk soil samples showed partly different dominant phyla, indicating that taxa that are potentially driving biogeochemical processes at the small scale may not be recognized when analysing larger soil volumes. Microbial community composition and richness of individual aggregates were closely related to aggregate-specific carbon and nitrogen content, carbon stable-isotope composition, and soil moisture, indicating that aggregates provide a stable environment for sufficient time to allow co-development of communities and their environment. We conclude that the soil microbiome is a metacommunity of variable subcommunities. Our study highlights the necessity to study small, spatially coherent soil samples to better understand controls of community structure and community-mediated processes in soils.</p", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "millimetre-scale", "archaea", "Nitrogen", "bulk soil samples", "individual aggregates", "diversity", "soil", "Soil", "03 medical and health sciences", "106026 Ecosystem research", "bacteria", "Soil Microbiology", "106022 Mikrobiologie", "0303 health sciences", "Bacteria", "Microbiota", "Fungi", "Biodiversity", "15. Life on land", "Archaea", "Carbon", "106026 \u00d6kosystemforschung", "106022 Microbiology", "Original Article", "fungi", "community structure", "environment"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article-pdf/18/1/wrae156/58820679/wrae156.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/11353/10.2114337"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20ISME%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "11353/10.2114337", "name": "item", "description": "11353/10.2114337", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/11353/10.2114337"}, {"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": "10317/11116", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:23:54Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-02-29", "title": "Movilidad de metales en balsas mineras enmendadas con biochar y compost urbano: resultados de un bioensayo empleando una especie vegetal pionera", "description": "Open Access[SPA] El fitomanejo permite reducir el riesgo ambiental de balsas mineras abandonadas. El objetivo del trabajo fue evaluar la movilidad de metales en balsas mineras enmendadas con biochar y/o compost urbano y la efectividad de las enmiendas reduciendo la toxicidad de la soluci\u00f3n ed\u00e1fica para una planta pionera (Zygophyllum fabago). Se llev\u00f3 a cabo un experimento en mesocosmos (20 meses) con residuo minero con y sin enmienda. Los mesocosmos se mantuvieron a capacidad de campo con agua de la red y se drenaron en diferentes momentos. Se monitoriz\u00f3 la soluci\u00f3n ed\u00e1fica regularmente (pH, conductividad el\u00e9ctrica, carbono org\u00e1nico soluble \u2013COS--, nitr\u00f3geno total soluble \u2013NTS- y metales -Mn, Zn-), al igual que el drenaje. Se realiz\u00f3 un bioensayo con semillas de Z. fabago con la soluci\u00f3n ed\u00e1fica de mitad del experimento (germinaci\u00f3n de semillas, crecimiento de pl\u00e1ntulas). Los tratamientos con compost urbano mostraron mayor concentraci\u00f3n inicial de COS y metales en soluci\u00f3n. Se observ\u00f3 un descenso temporal de la concentraci\u00f3n de DOC y metales en la soluci\u00f3n ed\u00e1fica debido a su lixiviaci\u00f3n en el drenaje. A pesar del mayor contenido de metales, el compost urbano favoreci\u00f3 la elongaci\u00f3n de la ra\u00edz debido al mayor contenido de COS y NTS en soluci\u00f3n. [ENG] Phytomanagement allows to reduce the environmental risks of abandoned mine tailings. The aim of this work was to assess metal mobility in mine tailings amended with biochar and/or urban compost and the effectiveness of these amendments for reducing the toxicity of soil solution to a pioneer plant species (Zygophyllum fabago). A mesocosm experiment was performed (20 months) with mine wastes with and without amendment. Mesocosms were maintained at field capacity with tap water and drained at different times. Soil solution was regularly monitored (pH, electrical conductivity, dissolved organic carbon \u2013DOC-, dissolved total nitrogen \u2013TDN- and metals -Mn, Zn-), as well as drainage. A bioassay with seeds of Z. fabago was performed with midterm soil solution (seed germination, seedling performance). Treatments containing urban compost showed higher initial DOC and metal concentrations in solution. A decrease of DOC and metal concentrations in soil solution with time occurred due to their lixiviation in the drainage water. In spite of the higher metal pool, urban compost favoured root length due to its greater content of DOC and TDN in soil solution.", "keywords": ["Enmiendas org\u00e1nicas", "WiA", "Metal availability", "Soil contamination", "Contaminaci\u00f3n del suelo", "11. Sustainability", "Impactos de la miner\u00eda", "Organic amendment", "Disponibilidad de metales", "Tecnolog\u00eda de los Alimentos", "15. Life on land", "Mining impacts"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Mart\u00ednez Or\u00f3, D., P\u00e1rraga Aguado, Isabel Mar\u00eda, Gonz\u00e1lez Alcaraz, Mar\u00eda Nazaret, Conesa Alcaraz, H\u00e9ctor Miguel,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10317/11116"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Proceedings%20of%20the%207th%20Workshop%20on%20Agri-Food%20research.%20WiA", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10317/11116", "name": "item", "description": "10317/11116", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10317/11116"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-02-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10261/375649", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-05-24T16:23:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2024-08-26", "title": "Building a solid foundation: advancing evidence synthesis in agri-food systems science", "description": "<p>Enhancing the reliability of literature reviews and evidence synthesis is crucial for advancing the transformation of agriculture and food (agri-food) systems as well as for informed decisions and policy making. In this perspective, we argue that evidence syntheses in the field of agri-food systems research often suffer from a suite of methodological limitations that substantially increase the risk of bias, i.e., publication and selection bias, resulting in unreliable and potentially flawed conclusions and, consequently, poor decisions (e.g., policy direction, investment, research foci). We assessed 926 articles from the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER) and recent examples from agri-food systems research to support our reasoning. The analysis of articles from CEEDER (n\uffe2\uff80\uff89=\uffe2\uff80\uff89926) specifically indicates poor quality (Red) in measures to minimize subjectivity during critical appraisal (98% of all reviews), application of the eligibility criteria (97%), cross-checking of extracted data by more than one reviewer (97%), critical appraisal of studies (88%), establishment of an a priori method/protocol (86%), and transparent reporting of eligibility decisions (65%). Additionally, deficiencies (Amber) were found in most articles (&amp;gt;50%) regarding the investigation and discussion of variability in study findings (89%), comprehensiveness of the search (78%), definition of eligibility criteria (72%), search approach (64%), reporting of extracted data for each study (59%), consideration and discussion of the limitations of the synthesis (56%), documentation of data extraction (54%) and regarding the statistical approach (52%). To enhance the quality of evidence synthesis in agri-food science, review authors should use tried-and-tested methodologies and publish peer-reviewed a priori protocols. Training in evidence synthesis methods should be scaled, with universities playing a crucial role. It is the shared duty of research authors, training providers, supervisors, reviewers, and editors to ensure that rigorous and robust evidence syntheses are made available to decision-makers. We argue that all these actors should be cognizant of these common mistakes to avoid publishing unreliable syntheses. Only by thinking as a community can we ensure that reliable evidence is provided to support appropriate decision-making in agri-food systems science.</p", "keywords": ["Agricultura--Aspectes econ\u00f2mics", "bias", "330", "systematic reviews", "610", "Ressenyes sistem\u00e0tiques (Investigaci\u00f3 m\u00e8dica)", "01 natural sciences", "Food processing and manufacture", "12. 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In this perspective, we argue that evidence syntheses in the field of agri-food systems research often suffer from a suite of methodological limitations that substantially increase the risk of bias, i.e., publication and selection bias, resulting in unreliable and potentially flawed conclusions and, consequently, poor decisions (e.g., policy direction, investment, research foci). We assessed 926 articles from the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence Database of Evidence Reviews (CEEDER) and recent examples from agri-food systems research to support our reasoning. The analysis of articles from CEEDER (n\uffe2\uff80\uff89=\uffe2\uff80\uff89926) specifically indicates poor quality (Red) in measures to minimize subjectivity during critical appraisal (98% of all reviews), application of the eligibility criteria (97%), cross-checking of extracted data by more than one reviewer (97%), critical appraisal of studies (88%), establishment of an a priori method/protocol (86%), and transparent reporting of eligibility decisions (65%). Additionally, deficiencies (Amber) were found in most articles (&amp;gt;50%) regarding the investigation and discussion of variability in study findings (89%), comprehensiveness of the search (78%), definition of eligibility criteria (72%), search approach (64%), reporting of extracted data for each study (59%), consideration and discussion of the limitations of the synthesis (56%), documentation of data extraction (54%) and regarding the statistical approach (52%). To enhance the quality of evidence synthesis in agri-food science, review authors should use tried-and-tested methodologies and publish peer-reviewed a priori protocols. Training in evidence synthesis methods should be scaled, with universities playing a crucial role. It is the shared duty of research authors, training providers, supervisors, reviewers, and editors to ensure that rigorous and robust evidence syntheses are made available to decision-makers. We argue that all these actors should be cognizant of these common mistakes to avoid publishing unreliable syntheses. Only by thinking as a community can we ensure that reliable evidence is provided to support appropriate decision-making in agri-food systems science.</p", "keywords": ["Agriculture--Economic aspects", "Agricultura--Aspectes econ\u00f2mics", "2. Zero hunger", "bias", "330", "Nutrition. 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