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The microbial C:N ratio in these soils ranged from 6 to 11 and the microbial C:P ratio from 18 to 27. The conversion of forests into other land-uses resulted in a remarkable decline in the amounts of soil nutrients and microbial C, N and P. The microbial nutrients in the Himalayan region are very sensitive to land-use/cover changes. Therefore, the conversion of forest to agricultural land should be reversed. Agroforestry systems should be included in agricultural land in mountainous regions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. 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The biogeochemistry of P has received much attention as P-enrichment is expected to negatively impact on species diversity in wetlands. It is known that N, sulphur (S) and hydrological conditions affect the biogeochemistry of P, yet their interactive effects on P-dynamics are largely unknown. Additionally, in Europe, climate change has been predicted to lead to increases in summer drought. We performed a greenhouse experiment to elucidate the interactive effects of N, S and a single drought event on the P-availability for Phalaris arundinacea. Additionally, the response of plant phosphatase activity to these factors was measured over the two year experimental period. In contrast to results from earlier experiments, our treatments hardly affected soil P-availability. This may be explained by the higher pH in our soils, hampering the formation of Fe-P or Fe-Al complexes. Addition of S, however, decreased the plants N:P ratio, indicating an effect of S on the N:P stoichiometry and an effect on the plant's P-demand. Phosphatase activity increased significantly after addition of S, but was not affected by the addition of N or a single drought event. Root phosphatase activity was also positively related to plant tissue N and P concentrations, plant N and P uptake, and plant aboveground biomass, suggesting that the phosphatase enzyme influences P-biogeochemistry. Our results demonstrated that it is difficult to predict the effects of wetland restoration, since the involved mechanisms are not fully understood. Short-term and long-term effects on root phosphatase activity may differ considerably. Additionally, the addition of S can lead to unexpected effects on the biogeochemistry of P. Our results showed that natural resource managers should be careful when restoring degraded fens or preventing desiccation of fen ecosystems.", "keywords": ["summer", "0106 biological sciences", "plant tissue", "550", "Sulphate induced enzyme activity", "phosphorus limitation", "plant", "sulfate", "drought", "deposition", "Plant Roots", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "iron", "biogeochemistry", "Root-surface phosphatase", "SDG 13 - Climate Action", "Phalaris", "species richness", "phosphorus", "N:P stoichiometry", "manager", "Plant Proteins", "2. Zero hunger", "pH", "grasslands", "Phosphorus", "dynamics", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "wetland", "6. 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Adult L. rubellus were collected from 12 polluted and from one unpolluted field site. Earthworms collected at the unpolluted site were kept in their native soil and in soil from each of the 12 Biesbosch sites. Earthworms collected in the Biesbosch were kept in their native soils. Non-polluted poplar (Populus sp.) litter was offered as a food source and litter consumption and earthworm biomass were determined after 54 days. Cd, Cu and Zn concentrations were determined in soil, pore water and 0.01 M CaCl&lt;inf&gt;2&lt;/inf&gt; extracts of the soil and in earthworms. In spite of low available metal concentrations in the polluted soils, Cd, Cu and Zn concentrations in L. rubellus were increased. The litter consumption rate per biomass was positively related to internal Cd and Zn concentrations of earthworms collected from the Biesbosch and kept in native soil. A possible explanation is an increased demand for energy, needed for the regulation and detoxification of heavy metals. Litter consumption per biomass of earthworms from the reference site and kept in the polluted Biesbosch soils, was not related to any of the determined soil characteristics and metal concentrations. \u00a9 2005 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "P.H.F. Hobbelen, J.E. 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Earthworms are known to closely interact with above-ground and under-ground soil biota and particularly with plants and microfaunal communities. This study was aimed at investigating, under greenhouse conditions, the effects of the earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on banana growth and nutrient uptake, and assessing the influences of this earthworm on the development of an inoculated population of R. similis. Six-week-old tissue culture banana plants were submitted to four treatments: with P. corethrurus, R. similis, P. corethrurus+R. similis, and a control with no earthworms or nematodes. At the end of the experiment, the P. corethrurus treatments showed significantly higher leaf surface areas, shoot dry root weights, and root fresh weights than those without earthworms. This root growth enhancement probably contributed to the evident but non-significant decrease in the density of nematodes in the roots, even though earthworms did not reduce the total number of nematodes per whole root system. Moreover, the presence of earthworms slightly alleviated the severity of root damage. N bioavailability in the soil, along with N, Ca, and Mg content of banana plants, were also significantly increased in the presence of earthworms. Our results demonstrated that banana plant growth and nutrition were positively influenced by earthworms. Cropping practices that boost the development of earthworm communities in soil should therefore be promoted to enhance sustainability and to naturally alleviate nematode impact.", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "PRATYLENCHIDAE", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "endogeic species", "nutrient uptake", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29111", "pratylenchidae", "F62 - Physiologie v\u00e9g\u00e9tale - Croissance et d\u00e9veloppement", "lutte antin\u00e9matode", "Musa acuminata", "630", "[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "absorption de substances nutritives", "Oligochaeta", "GLOSSOSCOLECIDAE", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4993", "580", "2. 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PA extracts are commonly used for fertilizer or as pest control in Brazil, where phosphorus (P) availability and nitrogen (N) leaching are among the most severe limitations for agriculture. Microbes play an important role in nutrient cycling and solubilizing of phosphate. BR, microbial biomass, population growth and the microbe's efficiency (expressed by the metabolic quotient) increased linearly and significantly with increasing charcoal concentrations (50, 100 and 150\u00a0g\u00a0kg \u22121  soil). Application of PA caused a sharp increase in all parameters. We suppose that the condensates from smoke contain easily degradable substances and only small amounts of inhibitory agents, which could be utilized by the microbes for their metabolism.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.08.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.08.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.08.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.08.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.05.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-01", "title": "Long-Term Fertilization Regimes Influence Fame Profiles Of Microbial Communities In An Arable Sandy Loam Soil In Northern China", "description": "Soil samples collected from a long-term (19-year) experimental field with seven treatments were analyzed for fatty acids methyl esters (FAMEs) to determine fertilization regime effects on microbial community structure in sandy loam soils. The amounts of FAMEs in bacteria, actinomycetes, and fungi were highest with the two organic manure (OM)-fertilized treatments (OM and 1/2 OMN \u2013 half OM plus half mineral fertilizer), lowest with the NK treatment, and fell in the middle levels with three mineral P-fertilized treatments (NPK, NP and PK) and the control with no fertilizer (CK), with the exception of fungi which showed no significant difference among the five treatments without OM fertilization. Principal component analysis of FAME patterns indicated that NPK was not significantly different from CK, but the two manure-containing treatments and the P-deficiency treatment (NK) were significantly different from CK and NPK. Redundancy analysis plot showed that FAME amounts significantly correlated to soil organic C and total N contents, while soil available P and total P contents, which were greatly decreased by the NK treatment, also had positive and substantial effects on soil microbial FAMEs. The results demonstrated the importance of P fertilization as well as organic manure in maintaining soil microbial biomass and impacting community structure.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.05.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.05.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.05.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.05.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.03.004", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2009-04-23", "title": "Effects Of Different Land Use On Soil Chemical Properties, Decomposition Rate And Earthworm Communities In Tropical Mexico", "description": "Summary   The effects of land use on soil chemical properties were evaluated, and earthworm communities and the decomposition rate of three typical land use systems in tropical Mexico, namely banana plantations (B), agroforestry systems (AF) and a successional forest (S) were compared.  The study was carried out from November 2005 to April 2006. A completely randomized sampling design was established in six sites (B1, B2, AF1, AF2, S1 and S2). Soil properties and chemical characteristics (texture, pH, organic carbon (Corg), nutrients, and available Zn and Mn), earthworm communities and the decomposition of Bravaisia integerrima and Musa acuminata litter were analyzed over a period of 8 weeks.  All soils were loamy clays with a medium to high content of nutrients. Three principal clusters were generated with the soil chemical properties: a first cluster for forest soils with high Corg and Ntot and low available Zn content, a second cluster for AF1 and a third cluster for B1, B2 and A2.  The decomposition of B. integerrima litter was significantly faster (half-life time: 1.8 (AF2)\u20133.1 (B1) weeks) than that of M. acuminata (4.1 (AF2)\u20135.8 (S2) weeks). However, the decomposition rates did not differ significantly among the different sites.  The greatest earthworm diversities were observed in AF2 and B1. Native species were dominant in the forest soils, whereas exotic species dominated in AF and in the banana plantations. The abundance and biomass of certain earthworm species were correlated to physical and chemical soil parameters. However, litter decomposition rates were not correlated with any of the soil physical\u2013chemical parameters.  While none of the land use systems studied led to a decrease in nutrient status, earthworm biodiversity and abundance, or in litter decomposition rate, they did result in a change in earthworm species composition.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "native earthworms", "leaf-litter decomposition", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "wet forest"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.03.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.03.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.03.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.03.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.02.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-02-17", "title": "Inter-Annual Variation In Soil Extra-Cellular Enzyme Activity In Response To Simulated Global Change And Fire Disturbance", "description": "Abstract   The interactive effects of global change drivers (e.g. climate change, nitrogen deposition, and elevated CO2) on soil microbial activity have important implications for ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling. However, these interactions have primarily been explored in single-year, single-factor studies despite the reality of multiple simultaneous global changes. We measured the activity of six enzymes (\u03b2-glucosidase, \u03b1-glucosidase, cellobiohydrolase, xylosidase, acid phosphatase, and N-acetylglucosaminidase) for 3 years (2004\u20132006) following wildfire (2003) at the Jasper Ridge Global Change Experiment (JRGCE), a long-term multi-factor global change experiment in a California annual grassland. JRGCE manipulations include climate change (elevated temperature and precipitation), nitrogen addition, and elevated CO2. In general we found only minimal interactions among treatments and found the strongest main effects from nitrogen addition and burning. Enzyme activities increased under elevated nitrogen, a response that persisted throughout the 3 years of the study. Wildfire was slightly related to decreased enzyme activities (by 10\u201320%) in 2004, with a larger decrease (by 25\u201350%) in 2005. The response was gone by 2006, suggesting that the microbial community was able to recover by 3 years following wildfire. Finally, enzyme responses to treatments, even where statistically significant, were of smaller magnitude than annual variation in activity. We propose that overall decreases in enzyme activity from 2004 to 2006 were due to decreased temperature and increased precipitation in 2005 and 2006 relative to 2004. Our results suggest that while it is important to assess response to specific global change treatment and treatment interactions, these responses (A) may change over time and (B) should be characterized within the context of inter-annual fluctuation in microbial community function.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.02.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.02.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.02.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.02.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.12.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-01-07", "title": "Fine Scale Variability In Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activity Is Insensitive To Rain Events And Temperature In A Mesic System", "description": "Abstract   While soil extracellular enzyme assays (EEAs) are frequently used to infer soil microbial function, the data typically reflect a small number of sampling points across a season, and it is unclear to what extent soil EEA may vary on the time scale of days to weeks. Rain events, in particular, may cause rapid shifts in EEA, and fine scale temporal data are needed to properly assess the generality of EEA data collected at coarser time scales. We examined soil EEA 2\u20133 times per week in the field from June to November in the context of natural rain events and temperature fluctuations, and explored how long-term water addition altered EEA responses. We also tested the short-term effects of water addition on the distribution of EEA in intact soil mesocoms and leachate. There was little temporal variation in EEA for the hydrolases phosphatase, N-acetyl-glucosaminidase and \u03b2-glucosidase, despite the occurrence of multiple large rain events and large soil temperature fluctuations. Phenol oxidase activity correlated significantly with seasonal trends in temperature and soil moisture, but was highly variable at short time scales, and the latter did not correlate significantly with short-term changes in soil microclimate. EEA generally increased in response to long-term water addition, and in soil mesocosms water addition did not significantly redistribute EEA among the upper and lower soil layers, and leachate EEA was three orders of magnitude lower than soil EEA. Overall, our results reveal relatively minor short-term variation in EEA for hydrolase enzymes, and no discernable response to temperature fluctuations or precipitation over the short term. However, high short-term variation in phenol oxidase activity suggests that it may be difficult to infer temporal trends in EEA for this enzyme from a limited number of sampling points.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.12.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.12.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.12.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.12.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.07.002", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-07-23", "title": "Interactive Effects Of Temperature, Soil Moisture And Enchytraeid Activities On C Losses From A Peatland Soil", "description": "Abstract   Recent evidence indicates that our current soil C stores may be already changing from carbon sinks to sources, with reported increasing C losses in both gaseous (soil respiration) and aqueous (dissolved organic carbon, DOC forms) across large areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Current debates have mainly focused on climatic variables; however, accounting for the abiotic and biotic interactions is required to enable better quantifications of C dynamics. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the interactive effects of temperature, moisture and dominant mesofauna (enchytraeids) changes on C losses by incubating root-free sieved soil samples from a peatland soil during 13 weeks at two temperature (14 and 19\u00a0\u00b0C) and two moisture (85 and 60% WHC) treatments under laboratory conditions. Our results showed that neither temperature nor moisture and invertebrates had a significant effect on respiration rates. In contrast, under favourable moisture conditions, the temperature induced changes in enchytraeid population numbers resulted in more DOC being released from these soils, possibly linked to the positive effects of animal activities on iron mobilisation and buffering the pH of the soil solution. Our results also confirmed that moisture contents of 60% WHC could severely affect their population numbers in these organic soils and hence, the functioning of these vulnerable ecosystems. Importantly, in agreement with previous studies, availability of easily accessible C sources seems to be a critical factor in the progressive declines of soil respiration and DOC production rates over time. Taken these findings together it is possible to conclude that the combined action of abiotic factors and their influence on soil fauna populations plays a key role in controlling SOM decomposition rates of these peatland soils.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.07.002"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.07.002", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.07.002", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.07.002"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-10-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2012.03.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-03-10", "title": "The Impact Of Exogenous Organic Matter On Som Contents And Microbial Soil Quality", "description": "Abstract   Eight fertilization strategies were compared in a field trial on Alfisol in Belgium (humid temperate climate): cattle slurry (CSL); farmyard manure (FYM); vegetable, fruit and garden waste compost (VFG); high C/N farm compost (FCP1); low C/N farm compost (FCP2); exclusively mineral fertilizer (MIN N); no fertilization (NF+), no fertilization and no crop (NF\u2212). After five growing seasons, VFG resulted in the highest soil organic C (1.46% SOC) and total N contents (0.117%TN). SOC and TN contents of the MIN N plots, on the other hand, remained unchanged and were even similar to those of NF+ plots, despite greater biomass production on the MIN N plots than on the NF+ plots. Application of organic matter mostly increased dehydrogenase, \u03b2-glucosidase and \u03b2-glucosaminidase activity, but only FYM raised the activity of all three enzymes significantly compared to MIN N. Of the five organic amendments tested, only VFG suppressed  Rhizoctonia solani  (65% suppressiveness). Plots treated with FCP1, on the other hand, were highly conducive to  R. solani  (28.3% suppressiveness). Suppressiveness against  R. solani  probably depended on the maturity and cellulose content of the organic amendments. Highest microbial biomass C contents were found in the VFG plots. PLFA 16:1\u03c95c contents sensitively reacted to the different treatments and were significantly higher in VFG than in MIN N plots (3.84 and 2.20\u00a0nmol\u00a0g \u22121  dry soil, respectively). Finally, a soil quality index was developed using stepwise canonical discriminant analysis. \u03b2-glucosaminidase and \u03b2-glucosidase activity, and TN content were the most important parameters of the index. According to this index, FYM resulted in a significantly higher soil quality than the other treatments. We conclude that farmyard manure seems to be the preferred organic amendment for maintaining soil quality in arable fields under temperate climatic conditions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2012.03.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2012.03.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2012.03.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2012.03.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-05-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2015.10.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-10-31", "title": "Grazing, Regional Climate And Soil Biophysical Impacts On Microbial Enzyme Activity In Grassland Soil Of Western Canada", "description": "Abstract   Grasslands cover more than 25% of the terrestrial surface of the Earth and hold 30% of the world\u2019s terrestrial carbon (C) pool. While nearly all native grassland ecosystems are used for livestock production, sustainably managed grasslands also provide many ecosystem goods and services such as C storage. Despite the importance of grasslands to the global C cycle, little is known about how long-term management practices, including the presence or absence of grazing, directly and indirectly affect the soil microbial processes that regulate C and nutrient cycling. We measured the effect of long-term cattle grazing on microbial extra cellular enzyme activity (EEA) at 12 locations stratified among three distinct grassland types (foothills fescue, aspen parkland, and mixed grass prairie) across Alberta, Canada. Each location included paired grazed and non-grazed plant communities managed this way for at least 30 years. Specifically, we quantified EEA of enzymes responsible for C (\u03b2-1,4-glucosidase, \u03b2- d -cellobiosidase, \u03b2-xylosidase), C and nitrogen ( N -actyl-glucosaminidase), and phosphorous (phosphatase) cycling in soil from 0 to 15 and 15\u201330\u00a0cm depths. Although grazing effects on EEA remained weak (0.05\u00a0\u2264\u00a0 p \u00a0\u2264\u00a00.10) they were relatively consistent among enzymes ( n \u00a0=\u00a03/5), with \u03b2- d -cellobiosidase,  N -actyl-glucosaminidase, and phosphatase EEAs all greater in non-grazed plant communities than in grazed communities. All EEAs were greater in the foothills fescue and mixed grass regions than in the parkland with the exception of \u03b2-1,4-glucosidase, which was relatively high at all locations. Multivariate analyses suggested the soil properties that best describe EEA are soil pH, organic matter and moisture content, together with total nitrogen (N). Additionally, EEAs were correlated with the cover of several dominant plant species. Four of five EEAs were positively correlated with the grass Festuca campestris , while N and C degrading enzymes were negatively correlated with the grasses  Bouteloua gracilis and Koeleria macrantha , respectively. Net C cycling appears to be strongly controlled by \u03b2-1,4-glucosidase. In conclusion, grazing and associated changes in plant communities appear to decrease the EEAs of some enzymes, suggesting that microbes in non-grazed communities are actively decomposing a relatively greater amount of organic matter. However, when working across broad spatial ranges, our marginally significant results and post-hoc power analysis suggest the need for larger sample sizes (>23 replicates) to further elucidate relationships between EEAs and low intensity disturbances such as cattle grazing.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2015.10.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2015.10.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2015.10.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2015.10.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2015-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-05-13", "title": "Priorities for research in soil ecology", "description": "The ecological interactions that occur in and with soil are of consequence in many ecosystems on the planet. These interactions provide numerous essential ecosystem services, and the sustainable management of soils has attracted increasing scientific and public attention. Although soil ecology emerged as an independent field of research many decades ago, and we have gained important insights into the functioning of soils, there still are fundamental aspects that need to be better understood to ensure that the ecosystem services that soils provide are not lost and that soils can be used in a sustainable way. In this perspectives paper, we highlight some of the major knowledge gaps that should be prioritized in soil ecological research. These research priorities were compiled based on an online survey of 32 editors of Pedobiologia - Journal of Soil Ecology. These editors work at universities and research centers in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia.The questions were categorized into four themes: (1) soil biodiversity and biogeography, (2) interactions and the functioning of ecosystems, (3) global change and soil management, and (4) new directions. The respondents identified priorities that may be achievable in the near future, as well as several that are currently achievable but remain open. While some of the identified barriers to progress were technological in nature, many respondents cited a need for substantial leadership and goodwill among members of the soil ecology research community, including the need for multi-institutional partnerships, and had substantial concerns regarding the loss of taxonomic expertise.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "aboveground-belowground interactions", "Biologia", "Aboveground-belowground interactions", "910", "soil processes", "soil microbial ecology", "Microbial ecology", "Novel environments", "Soil food web", "11. Sustainability", "Climate change", "0503 Soil Sciences", "Global change", "biodiversity", "ecosystem management", "2. Zero hunger", "biodiversity\u2013ecosystem functioning", "0303 health sciences", "Plant-microbe interaction", "Agronomy & Agriculture", "Soil processes", "climate change", "ekosysteemipalvelut", "Biogeography", "international", "570", "Soil management", "Ecosystem service", "Biodiversity\u2013ecosystem functioning", "0607 Plant Biology", "plant-microbe interactions", "soil biodiversity", "Chemical ecology", "Aboveground-belowground interactions; Biodiversity\u2013ecosystem functioning; Biogeography; Chemical ecology; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Global change; Microbial ecology; Novel environments; Plant-microbe interactions; Soil biodiversity; Soil food web; Soil management; Soil processes", "climatic changes", "eli\u00f6maantiede", "12. 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Climate action", "ilmastonmuutos", "novel environments", "ta1181", "soil management", "Plant-microbe interactions", "0703 Crop And Pasture Production"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://usiena-air.unisi.it/bitstream/11365/1134372/2/Eisenhauer_et_al_research_priorities_20170503.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.003"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.06.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-06-27", "title": "Leaf and root C-to-N ratios are poor predictors of soil microbial biomass C and respiration across 32 tree species", "description": "Soil microorganisms are the main primary decomposers of plant material and drive biogeochemical processes like carbon and nitrogen cycles. Hence, knowledge of their nutritional demands and limitations for activity and growth is of particular importance. However, potential effects of the stoichiometry of soil and plant species on soil microbial activity and carbon use efficiency are poorly understood. Soil properties and plant traits are assumed to drive microbial carbon and community structure. We investigated the associations between C and N concentrations of leaf, root, and soil as well as their ratios and soil microbial biomass C and activity (microbial basal respiration and specific respiratory quotient) across 32 young native angiosperm tree species at two locations in Central Germany. Correlations between C:N ratios of leaves, roots, and soil were positive but overall weak. Only regressions between root and leaf C:N ratios as well as between root and soil C:N ratios were significant at one site. Soil microbial properties differed significantly between the two sites and were significantly correlated with soil C:N ratio across sites. Soil C concentrations rather than N concentrations drove significant effects of soil C:N ratio on soil microbial properties. No significant correlations between soil microbial properties and leaf as well as root C:N ratios were found. We found weak correlations of C:N ratios between plant aboveground and belowground tissues. Furthermore, microorganisms were not affected by the stoichiometry of plant tissues in the investigated young trees. The results suggest that soil stoichiometry represents a consistent determinant of soil microbial biomass and respiration. Our study indicates that stoichiometric relationships among tree organs can be weak and poor predictors of soil microbial properties in young tree stands. Further research in controlled experimental settings with a wide range of tree species is needed to study the role of plant chemical traits like the composition and stoichiometry of root exudates in determining interactions between above- and belowground compartments.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.06.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.06.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.06.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.06.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.57745/KAMGHR", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:24:39Z", "type": "Dataset", "title": "The effects of earthworm species on organic matter transformations and soil microbial communities are only partially related to their bioturbation activity", "description": "This dataset was acquired to investigate the effects of earthworm species on soil bioturbation, biogeochemical transformations of soil organic matter, and soil microbial communities under controlled conditions. Six earthworm species (Lumbricus terrestris, Allolobophora chlorotica, Octolasion cyaneum, Octodrilus complanatus, Aporrectodea caliginosa meridionalis and Microscolex dubius) were incubated in soil cores with soil and alfalfa litter for 6 weeks, at 16 \u00b0C. The soil is a silty loam sampled in an agricultural plot in Estr\u00e9es-Mons, northern France. Two series of soil cores were performed, including controls (3 with litter and without earthworm, 3 without litter and without earthworm per series). At the end of the incubation period, the entire cores were scanned using a medical scanner for bioturbation measurements. All images were processed the same way to compute the number of macropores (set of connected voxels), the volume of burrows (sum of all the macropore volume), the vertical barycentre of the burrow system (the centre of mass of the burrow system when only the vertical dimension is taken into account), the diameter (assessed as the median of the diameter of all vertical pores with a circularity 0.8) and burrow system continuity (number of burrows whose vertical length was higher than 30% of the depth of the soil core). In cores with earthworms, the soil was sampled from three different compartments: surface casts, the drilosphere (i.e., soil surrounding burrows, up to 4 mm from the burrow walls), and surrounding bulk soil. In control cores without earthworms, the soil was sampled from three different depths: surface (0-2 cm from the soil surface), middle (8-12 cm) and bottom (18-22 cm). Biogeochemical measurements, performed on the different soil compartments, included : soil humidity, dissolved organic carbon (C), total C, total nitrogen (N), mineral N, organic N contents, C to N ratio, nitrate (NO3-) and ammonium (NH4+) contents at the time if sampling and after 8 days in incubation at 20\u00b0C, carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes measured with Isotope-ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) method after 46, 91, 136, and 181 hours of microcosm incubation at 20\u00b0C, CO2 fluxes measured with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) traps after 46, 94, 142, and 190 hours of microcosm incubation at 20\u00b0C. Microbiological measurements, performed on the different soil compartments, included: total DNA concentration in soil, 16S rRNA copy number, 18S rRNA copy number, bacterial operational taxonomic unit (OUT) composition, and Shannon index, calculated on bacterial OTU. This work was supported by the the AgroEcoSystem Division of INRAE through the funding of the \u201cGloWorms\u201d project.", "keywords": ["Earth and Environmental Science", "Decomposition", "Agricultural Sciences", "Nitrogen", "Life Sciences", "Agriculture", " Forestry", " Horticulture", " Aquaculture", "Carbon", "Soil", "Earth and Environmental Sciences", "Earthworm", "Agriculture", " Forestry", " Horticulture", " Aquaculture and Veterinary Medicine", "mineralization", "Environmental Research", "Natural Sciences", "Agriculture", " Forestry", " Horticulture", "Geosciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Lashermes, Gwena\u00eblle, Vion-Guibert, Luna, Capowiez, Yvan, Alavoine, Gonzague, Delfosse, Olivier, Hedde, Micka\u00ebl, Marsden, Claire,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.57745/KAMGHR"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.57745/KAMGHR", "name": "item", "description": "10.57745/KAMGHR", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.57745/KAMGHR"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2014.08.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-08-28", "title": "Timing Patterns Of Nitrogen Application Alter Plant Production And Co2 Efflux In An Alpine Meadow On The Tibetan Plateau, China", "description": "Abstract   Nitrogen (N) availability is an important factor that determines ecosystem productivity and respiration, especially in N-limited alpine ecosystems. However, the magnitude of this response depends on the timing and amounts of N input. Moreover, we have only a limited understanding of the potential effects of the timing of N fertilization on ecosystem carbon (C) and N processes, and activities of the soil microbes. A nitrogen fertilization experiment was conducted in an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau to determine how plant productivity and ecosystem respiration ( RE ) respond to the timing and amount of N application. In this study, half of the N was added either in the early spring (ES), before the growing season, or in the late fall (LF), after the growing season. All treatments received the other half of the N in mid-July. Three N levels (10, 20, 40\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0hm \u22122 \u00a0yr \u22121 ) were used for each of two N treatments, with no N addition used as a control. Plant aboveground biomass, ecosystem respiration ( RE ) and soil respiration ( RS ) were measured for the 2011 and 2012 growing seasons. The LF treatment enhanced ecosystem CO 2  efflux compared with the ES treatment at high N addition levels, resulting from an increase of soil dissolved organic C (DOC) and soil microbial activity. The ES treatment resulted in increased plant aboveground biomass when compared with LF during both growing seasons, although this increase accounted for little variation in ecosystem and soil respiration. Overall, the ES treatment is likely to increase the ecosystem C pool, while the LF treatment could accelerate ecosystem C cycling, especially for the high N treatment. Our results suggest that supplying N during the early stage of the growing season benefits both forage production and soil C sequestration in this alpine ecosystem.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2014.08.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2014.08.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2014.08.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2014.08.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.01.001", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-01-05", "title": "Earthworm Populations Are Affected From Long-Term Crop Sequences And Bio-Covers Under No-Tillage", "description": "Abstract   Earthworms are crucial for improving soil biophysical properties in cropping systems. Consequently, effects of cropping rotation and bio-covers were assessed on earthworm populations under no-tillage. Main effects of six different cropping [corn ( Zea mays ), cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum ), and soybean ( Glycine max )] rotations ranging from monocultures to greater rotation complexity were implemented in four-year cycles for 12 years at two sites in Tennessee, USA with split-block bio-cover treatments of hairy vetch ( Vicia villosa ), wheat ( Triticum aestivum ), poultry litter, and a fallow control. Earthworms were collected to a 15\u00a0cm depth, hand sorted, and identified spring of 2013 and 2015 as one of three species (i.e.,  Diplocardia caroliniana ,  Lumbricus rubellus , or  Amyntha  spp.). Species richness and relative abundance were significantly affected by bio-covers and cropping sequences for both years at one site, but only by bio-covers at the other location. Under continuous cotton, overall earthworm populations were reduced 55\u201368%, and  D. caroliniana  decreased as much as 88%. Conversely, sequences with soybean and corn had larger populations of  D. caroliniana , which did not differ when in rotations, indicating favorable food sources in their rhizospheres. Poultry litter supported 2.2 times as many  D. caroliniana  and  L. rubellus  across locations and years, compared to cover crops and the control. Consequently, earthworm populations were greatest under nutrient rich bio-covers (poultry litter) and high residue, less pesticide-intensive rotations (soybean and corn), suggesting a more dynamic soil ecology in these systems. Negative effects of cotton might be mitigated by fewer pesticide inputs, increased crop rotations, and poultry litter amendments.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil Science", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Ecology", " Evolution", " Behavior and Systematics"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Martin J. Shipitalo, Donald D. Tyler, Daniel H. Pote, Fred L. Allen, Amanda J. Ashworth,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.01.001"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pedobiologia", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.01.001", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.01.001", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.01.001"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.pedobi.2017.05.005", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:50Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-05-11", "title": "Tree diversity regulates soil respiration through accelerated tree growth in a mesocosm experiment", "description": "Soil respiration is an essential component of carbon (C) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Despite increasing awareness of the significance of aboveground-belowground interactions, little is known about tree diversity effects on soil respiration and the underlying mechanisms. Here, we conducted a 105-days microcosm experiment in a climate chamber to test the effects of tree diversity (1, 2, and 4 species) on soil respiration. We expected tree diversity to affect soil respiration through changes in tree growth and surface litter decomposition (indicated by the litter mass loss). Our results show that soil respiration varied among the four focal tree species and increased with tree species richness. Path analysis revealed tree growth as the main mechanism driving soil respiration and explaining the tree diversity effect in this short-term experiment. Our results indicate that tree diversity and particular tree traits regulate C dynamics through balancing C storage (plant productivity) and C release (soil respiration).", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "13. 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Some plant species are suitable for a multitude of biotechnological applications such as bioenergy production and phytoremediation. A sustainable practice is to use energy crops to clean up polluted lands or to treat wastewater in constructed wetlands without claiming further arable land for biofuel production. However, the disposal of combustion by-products may add significant costs to the whole process, especially when it deals with toxic waste. This study aimed to investigate the possibility of recycling ash from energy biomass as a fertilizer for agriculture and forestry. In particular, the concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Pb and Zn were analyzed in the plant tissues and corresponding ash of the grasses Phragmites australis and Arundo donax, collected in an urban stream affected by domestic sewage. Results showed that the metal concentration in ash is 1.5-3 times as high as the values in plant tissues. However, metal enriched ash showed much lower element concentrations than the legal limits for ash reutilization in agriculture and forestry. This study found that biomass ash from constructed wetlands may be considered as a potential fertilizer rather than hazardous waste. Energy from biomass can be a really sustainable and clean option not only through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but also through ash recycling for beneficial purposes, thus minimizing the negative impacts of disposal.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Sewage", "Agriculture", "Forestry", "Incineration", "15. Life on land", "Poaceae", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "bionenergy; ashes; reeds", "6. Clean water", "12. Responsible consumption", "Biodegradation", " Environmental", "Italy", "13. Climate action", "Biofuels", "Metals", " Heavy", "Wetlands", "Ash; Constructed wetlands; Energy biomass; Macrophytes; Recycling; Trace elements", "11. 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In a microcosm study, we investigated the effects of litter functional diversity and two major groups of soil macro-detritivores on the mass loss of tree leaf litter mixtures. Furthermore, we tested the effects of litter trait community means and dissimilarity on litter mass loss for seven traits relevant to decomposition. We expected macro-detritivore effects on litter mass loss to be most pronounced in litter mixtures of high functional diversity. We used 24 leaf mixtures differing in functional diversity, which were composed of litter from four species from a pool of 16 common European tree species. Earthworms, isopods, or a combination of both were added to each litter combination for two months. Litter mass loss was significantly higher in the presence of earthworms than in that of isopods, whereas no synergistic effects of macro-detritivore mixtures were found. The effect of functional diversity of the litter material was highest in the presence of both macro-detritivore groups, supporting the notion that litter diversity effects are most pronounced in the presence of different detritivore species. Species-specific litter mass loss was explained by nutrient content, secondary compound concentration, and structural components. Moreover, dissimilarity in N concentrations increased litter mass loss, probably because detritivores having access to nutritionally diverse food sources. Furthermore, strong competition between the two macro-detritivores for soil surface litter resulted in a decrease of survival of both macro-detritivores. These results show that the effects of litter functional diversity on decomposition are contingent upon the macro-detritivore community and composition. We conclude that the temporal dynamics of litter trait diversity effects and their interaction with detritivore diversity are key to advancing our understanding of litter mass loss in nature.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "570", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Thus, trait-based approaches are promising tools to more mechanistically understand compositional and functional shifts in ecological communities as well as the dependency of response and effect traits upon global change. Such approaches have been particularly successful for the study of plant communities in terrestrial ecosystems. However, given the intimate linkages between aboveground and belowground compartments as well as the significance of plants as integrating organisms across those compartments, the role of plant traits in affecting soils communities has been understudied. This special issue contains empirical studies and reviews of plant trait effects on soil organisms and functions. Based on those contributions, we discuss here plasticity in trait expression, the context-dependency of plant trait effects, time lags in soil biotic responses to trait expression, and limitations of measured plant traits. We conclude that plant trait-based approaches are an important tool to advance soil ecological research, but also identify critical limitations and next steps.", "keywords": ["580", "2. Zero hunger", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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We measured total organic C, total N, organic C associated with particle-size fractions, dissolved organic C and microbial biomass and activity at three soil depths under annual oats cultivated for hay for 28 years, introduced perennial pasture (8 years after establishment) and native pasture at an alpine site in western China.  Compared with native pasture, the soil under annual oats had 26\u201342% lower total organic C and total N at different depths. In perennial pasture, total organic C and total N decreased by 10\u201318%, but only at 0\u201310\u00a0cm depth. Native pasture contained 19, 6.3 and 4.1\u00a0g of coarse organic C (0.1\u20132\u00a0mm size) per kg soil at 0\u201310, 10\u201320 and 20\u201330\u00a0cm depths, respectively. Corresponding amounts of fine organic C (0.05\u20130.1\u00a0mm size) were 3.2, 1.9 and 1.3\u00a0g\u00a0kg\u22121 soil, and those of stable organic C (", "keywords": ["2. 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The few remaining individuals occur in areas dominated by alien grasses like Urochloa decumbens. We tested the impact of nitrogen (N) availability and symbionts' presence on mitigating the effects of competition from U. decumbens. Dimorphandra wilsonii seedlings were 50-week pot-cultivated under limiting (3mM) or non-limiting (10mM)\u2009N, with or without U. decumbens, and inoculated or not with a N-fixer (Bradyrhizobium sp.) and an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF - Glomus etunicatum), both forming symbioses in the field. Since D. wilsonii seedlings grew more and 'lost' fewer nutrients under the symbionts' presence, symbionts mitigated plant-plant competition. Under limiting N, inoculated D. wilsonii seedlings grew more (despite no nodulation), but N fixation was only suggested when inoculated D. wilsonii seedlings competed with U. decumbens. D. wilsonii13C, and substrate's carbon and respiration suggest that only the microbes performing key functions received plant carbon. Under non-limiting N, inoculated D. wilsonii seedlings became enriched in 13C, substrate accumulated carbon and microbial respiration increased, suggesting a more generalist microbial community. Data suggest inoculating D. wilsonii seeds/seedlings with AMF and N-fixers as a conservation measure. However, long-term field-studies need to confirm these conclusions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "03 medical and health sciences", "Nitrogen", "Mycorrhizae", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Fabaceae", "Bradyrhizobium", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Symbiosis", "3. 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The experimental plots were under conventional or reduced tillage with straw retained, removed or burnt. Wet sieving was done to study organic carbon and soil composition divided in four fractions: 1) large macroaggregates, 2) small macroaggregates, 3) microaggregates and 4) silt and clay. To further estimate the stability of carbon in the soil, coarse particulate organic matter, microaggregates and silt and clay were isolated from the macroaggregates. Total carbon stock in the topsoil (equivalent to 200 kg m(-2)) was slightly lower under reduced tillage (5.0 kg m(-2)) than under conventional tillage (5.2 kg m(-2)). Reduced tillage changed the soil composition by increasing the percentage of macroaggregates and decreasing the percentage of microaggregates. There was no evidence of differences in the composition of the macroaggregates or carbon content in the macroaggregate-occluded fractions. However, due to the higher total amount of macroaggregates in the soil, more carbon was bound to the macroaggregate-occluded microaggregates in reduced tillage. Compared with plowed soil, the density of deep burrowing earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) was considerably higher under reduced tillage and positively associated with the percentage of large macroaggregates. The total amount of microbial biomass carbon did not differ between the treatments. Straw management did not have discernible effects either on soil aggregation or soil carbon stock. We conclude that although reduced tillage can improve clay soil structure, generally the chances to increase topsoil carbon sequestration by reduced tillage or straw management practices appear limited in cereal monoculture systems of the boreal region. This may be related to the already high C content of soils, the precipitation level favoring decomposition and aggregate turnover in the winter with topsoil frost.", "keywords": ["lierot", "olki", "hiili", "01 natural sciences", "630", "soil aggregation", "kevennetty maanmuokkaus", "soil carbon", "particulate organic matter", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "maaper\u00e4", "stubble management", "reduced tillage", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "viljelymaa", "ta4111", "15. Life on land", "kasvinviljely", "13. 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Inconsistent data of the effect of rootstocks over gas-exchange can be found in literature, being necessary an integrative analysis of the effect of grafting over photosynthetic parameters. With this aim, we present a compilation of the effect of graft on the net CO2 assimilation rate (AN) and other photosynthetic parameters across different species with agronomic interest. No differences were observed in any photosynthetic parameter between non-grafted and self-grafted plants under non-stress conditions. However, differences were found depending on the used rootstock, particularly for the intrinsic water-use efficiency (WUEi). We observed that variations in AN induced by rootstocks were related to changes in both diffusive and biochemical parameters. Under drought or salt stress, different photosynthetic performances were observed depending on the rootstock, although the high variability among studies promted to remarkable results. Overall, we observed that grafting can be a useful technique to improve plant photosynthetic performance, and therefore, crop yield and WUE, and that the rootstock selection for a target environment is determinant for the variations in photosynthesis.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "0106 biological sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Salinity", "Scion", "Drought", "Water use efficiency", "Carbon Dioxide", "15. Life on land", "Plant Roots", "01 natural sciences", "Crop Production", "6. Clean water", "03 medical and health sciences", "Stress", " Physiological", "13. 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This study investigated the changes of microbial community activity and composition in a rice paddy four years after a single incorporation of biochar at 20 and 40t/ha. The results indicated that biochar amendment after four years increased soil pH, soil organic C (SOC), total N and C/N ratio and decreased bulk density, particularly for the 40t/ha treatment compared to the control (0t/ha). Though no significant difference was observed in soil basal respiration, biochar amendment increased soil microbial biomass C and resulted in a significantly lower metabolic quotient. Besides, dehydrogenase and \u03b2-glucosidase activities were significantly decreased under biochar amendment relative to the control. The results of Illumina Miseq sequencing showed that biochar increased \u03b1-diversity of bacteria but decreased that of fungi and changed both bacterial and fungal community structures significantly. Biochar did not change the relative abundances of majority of bacteria at phylum level with the exception of a significant reduction of Actinobacteria, but significantly changed most of bacterial groups at genus level, particularly at 40t/ha. In contrast, biochar significantly decreased the relative abundances of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota by 11% and 66% and increased the relative abundances of Zygomycota by 147% at 40t/ha compared to the non-amended soil. Redundancy analysis (RDA) indicated that biochar induced changes in soil chemical properties, such as pH, SOC and C/N, were important factors driving community composition shifts. This study suggested that biochar amendment may increase microbial C use efficiency and reduce some microorganisms that are capable of decomposing more recalcitrant soil C, which may help stabilization of soil organic matter in paddy soil in long term.", "keywords": ["2. 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A 3-year field experiment was conducted from 2010 to 2012 to investigate combined effect of straw and microbial inoculant on methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, global warming potential (GWP) and greenhouse gas intensity (GHGI) in a rice field in Jurong, Jiangsu Province, China. The experiment was designed to have treatment NPK (N, P and K fertilizers only), treatment NPKS (NPK plus wheat straw), treatment NPKSR (NPKS plus Ruilaite microbial inoculant) and treatment NPKSJ (NPKS plus Jinkuizi microbial inoculant). Results show that compared to NPK, NPKS increased seasonal CH4 emission by 280-1370%, while decreasing N2O emission by 7-13%. When compared with NPKS, NPKSR and NPKSJ increased seasonal CH4 emission by 7-13% and 6-12%, respectively, whereas reduced N2O emission by 10-27% and 9-24%, respectively. The higher CH4 emission could be attributed to the higher soil CH4 production potential triggered by the combined application of straw and microbial inoculant, and the lower N2O emission to the decreased inorganic N content. As a whole, the benefit of lower N2O emission was completely offset by increased CH4 emission, resulting in a higher GWP for NPKSR (5-12%) and NPKSJ (5-11%) relative to NPKS. Due to NPKSR and NPKSJ increased rice grain yield by 3-6% and 2-4% compared to NPKS, the GHGI values for NPKS, NPKSR and NPKSJ were comparable. These findings suggest that incorporating straw together with microbial inoculant would not influence the radiative forcing of rice production in the terms of per unit of rice grain yield relative to the incorporation of straw alone.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Air Pollutants", "China", "Nitrous Oxide", "Agriculture", "Oryza", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Agricultural Inoculants", "15. Life on land", "Global Warming", "7. 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However, inadequate or excessive fertilization can reduce plant growth and nutritive quality and contribute to soil degradation and environmental pollution. This study investigated the effects of salinity (0, 100 or 150\u202fmM NaCl) and nitrogen form (sole NO3- or NH4+, or combined NO3-:NH4+ at 25:75 or 50:50) on growth, photosynthesis, and water and ion status of a commercial variety of maize (Zea mays SY Sincero). In the absence of NaCl, the media containing ammonium only or both nitrogen forms had higher aboveground growth rates than that containing nitrate only. Indeed, the maize growth, expressed as leaf dry matter, seen on NH4+ in the absence of salinity, was nearly double the biomass compared to that with NO3-treatment. Irrespective of N form, the presence of NaCl severely reduced leaf and roots growth; the presence of ammonium in the nutrient solution diminished these negative effects. Compared to the NH4+ only and combined treatments, the leaves of plants in the NO3--only medium showed signs of nitrogen deficiency (general chlorosis), which was more pronounced in the lower than upper leaves, indicating that nitrate is partly replaced by chloride during root uptake. NH4+ favored maize growth more than NO3-, especially when exposed to saline conditions, and may improve the plant's capacity to osmotically adjust to salinity by accumulating inorganic solutes.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Proline", "Nitrogen", "Water", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Salt Stress", "Zea mays", "6. 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Therefore, the objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of soil water and N stresses on growth, physiological responses, leaf structure, carbon gain and WUE of maize. The plants were subjected to different soil water and N regimes to maturity. The results showed that the photosynthesis (A<sub>n</sub>) and stomatal conductance (G<sub>s</sub>) decreased significantly under the water stressed treatments across the N treatments mainly ascribed to the decreased plant water status. The moderate water stress reduced the photosynthetic capacity and activity and also caused damage to the structure of leaves, resulting in the significant reduction of A<sub>n</sub>, and thus decreased WUE<sub>i</sub>. The dark respiration (R<sub>d</sub>) was significantly decreased due to the damage of mitochondria, however, the R<sub>d</sub>/A<sub>n</sub> increased significantly and the carbon gain was seriously compromised, eventually inhibiting biomass growth under the moderately water stressed treatment. Increasing N dose further aggravated the severity of water deficit, decreased A<sub>n</sub>, G<sub>s</sub> and WUE<sub>i</sub>, damaged the structure and reduced the number of mitochondria of leaves, while increased R<sub>d</sub>/A<sub>n</sub> considerably under moderate water stress. Consequently, the biomass accumulation, carbon gain and plant level WUE<sub>p</sub> in the moderately water stressed treatment decreased markedly under the high N supply. Therefore, excessive N application should be avoided when plants suffer soil water stress in maize production.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Nitrogen", "Respiration", "Water potential", "Water", "Stomatal conductance", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Zea mays", "01 natural sciences", "Carbon", "6. 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The results showed that conservation tillage can improve soil nutrient content. Soil alkali-hydrolysis nitrogen, available phosphorus and potassium content were outstandingly advanced under ST and NT compared with CT, and the effect of ST was better than that of NT. In contrast to CT, available potassium content was evidently increased under DT treatment. Compared with CT, the grain yield of NT and ST was increased by 10.22% and 9.26% respectively.", "keywords": ["Winter wheat", "2. Zero hunger", "Tillage management", "Yield", "Dryland area", "Soil nutrient", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. 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To test this, dehydration treatment was applied on avocado fruit by storing them at low relative humidity (RH) during ripening treatment. Furthermore, to demonstrate that the hypothesis was not only valid for a single instrument and in general valid for any type of Vis-NIR instrument the avocados were also measured with two different spectrometers i.e., lab-based, and hand-held. Since the two instruments have two different measurement geometries i.e., diffuse reflection and interaction, the study also tests which geometry was best for the measurement of DMC in dehydrated avocados. The results showed that the dehydration of avocado fruit negatively affects the performance of Vis-NIR calibrations compared to the non-dehydrated fruit. The root mean squared error of cross-validation (RMSEcv) on internal test set for dehydrated and non-dehydrated fruit were up to 1.49 % dw/fw and 1.02 % dw/fw, respectively. The hypothesis was true for both lab-based and hand-held instruments, and the root mean squared error of prediction on internal test set were up to 28 % higher for dehydrated fruits. The performance of interaction measurement mode was better (RMSEcv\u2009=\u20090.98 % dw/fw) than the diffuse reflection mode (RMSEcv\u2009=\u20091.21 % dw/fw) for non-dehydrated fruit, however, both modes achieved similar performance (RMSEcv = \u223c1.42 % dw/fw) for dehydrated fruit. The poorer performance of Vis-NIR models on dehydrated avocado fruit can be accepted as a limitation of Vis-NIR spectroscopy for avocado fruit analysis.", "keywords": ["0404 agricultural biotechnology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Chemometrics", "0405 other agricultural sciences", "Fruit storage", "Multivariate", "Quality"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2021.111739"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Postharvest%20Biology%20and%20Technology", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.postharvbio.2021.111739", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.postharvbio.2021.111739", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2021.111739"}, {"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": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.079", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2015-12-04", "title": "Interactive Effects Of Straw-Derived Biochar And N Fertilization On Soil C Storage And Rice Productivity In Rice Paddies Of Northeast China", "description": "Impacts of biochar on greenhouse gas emissions and C sequestration in agricultural soils have been considered as the key to mitigate climate change. There is limited knowledge regarding the effects of rice straw-derived biochar and interaction with N fertilization on soil C sequestration and rice productivity in fertile paddy fields. A 2-year (2013 and 2014) consecutive field trial was performed using straw treatment (5.05 t ha(-1)) and biochar amendment (0, 1.78, 14.8 and 29.6 t ha(-1)) with or without urea application in a rice paddy in Northeast China. A super high yielding rice variety (Oryza sativa L. subsp. Japonica cv. 'Shennong 265') was cultivated with permanent flooding. Results showed that biochar amendments significantly decreased CH4 emissions relative to straw treatment irrespective of N fertilization, especially in N-fertilized soils with 1.78 t ha(-1) biochar. There were no differences in CO2 emissions with respect to biochar amendments, except for 14.8 t ha(-1) biochar with N fertilization. Straw treatment had the highest global warming potential over a 100-year time frame, which was nearly 1.5 times that of 14.8 t ha(-1) biochar amendment without N fertilization. Biochar addition increased total soil C by up to 5.75 mg g(-1) and 11.69 mg g(-1) (with 14.8 and 29.6 t ha(-1) biochar, respectively), whereas straw incorporation increased this value by only 3.92 mg g(-1). The aboveground biomass of rice in biochar-amended soils increased to varying degrees compared with that in straw-treated soils. However, biochar application had no effects on rice yield, regardless of N fertilization. This study indicated that transforming straw to biochar was more stabilized and more suitable to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and increase C storage in agriculture soils in Northeast China.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water", "12. 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However, little is known about the effect of particle size on soil microbial community structure and function. To investigate short-term soil microbial responses to biochar addition having varying particle sizes and addition rates, we established a laboratory incubation study. Biochar produced via pyrolysis of bamboo was ground into three particle sizes (diameter size<0.05mm (fine), 0.05-1.0mm (medium) and 1.0-2.0mm (coarse)) and amended at rates of 0% (control), 3% and 9% (w/w) in an intensively managed bamboo (Phyllostachys praecox) plantation soil. The results showed that the fine particle biochar resulted in significantly higher soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), available potassium (K) concentrations than the medium and coarse particle sizes. The fine-sized biochar also induced significantly higher total microbial phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) concentrations by 60.28% and 88.94% than the medium and coarse particles regardless of addition rate, respectively. Redundancy analysis suggested that the microbial community structures were largely dependent of particle size, and that improved soil properties were key factors shaping them. The cumulative CO2 emissions from biochar-amended soils were 2-56% lower than the control and sharply decreased with increasing addition rates and particle sizes. Activities of \u03b1-glucosidase, \u03b2-glucosidase, \u03b2-xylosidase, N-acetyl-\u03b2-glucosaminidase, peroxidase and dehydrogenase decreased by ranging from 7% to 47% in biochar-amended soils over the control, indicating that biochar addition reduced enzyme activities involved carbon cycling capacity. Our results suggest that biochar addition can affect microbial population abundances, community structure and enzyme activities, that these effects are particle size and rate dependent. The fine particle biochar may additionally produce a better habitat for microorganisms compared to the other particle sizes.", "keywords": ["2. 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Clean water", "Carbon Cycle"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.190"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.190", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.190", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.190"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.proci.2020.08.052", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:51Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-10-30", "title": "Using cellular automata to simulate field-scale flaming and smouldering wildfires in tropical peatlands", "description": "Abstract   Peat wildfires are the largest fires on Earth involving both flaming and smouldering combustion, with one leading to the other. A common ignition source of smouldering fires in tropical peatlands are intentional flaming fires used to clear surface vegetation. To capture the behaviour of these fires, it is necessary to consider the interaction between flaming vegetation and smouldering peat. However, doing so is infeasible with the state-of-the-art wildfire models, as they do not consider the transition from flaming to smouldering and are computationally too expensive at the field-scale hundreds of hectares. In this work, we overcome these limitations and model both flaming and smouldering at the field-scale using cellular automata: that is a discrete mathematical model that uses simple rules to capture complex behaviour while remaining computationally light. The model was calibrated against existing experiments in the literature and used to predict the effect of peat moisture content on the behaviour of peatland wildfires. The model shows how flaming creates smouldering hotspots and how these hotspots merge \u2013 flaming spreads rapidly, consuming surface vegetation, leaving behind hotspots of smouldering peat which consumes most of the peat. The model was then applied to study a real prescribed fire of 573\u202fha peatland in Borneo in 2015, observed by drone footage. The model captured the spread patterns of the fire and predicted that 2.9\u202fha of peatland burnt after 3 months with 70% peat moisture content (dry-based). This ioutcome could have been reduced to 0.02\u202fha if the peat moisture content had been above 100%. This work improves the fundamental understanding of how peat wildfires spread at the field scale which has received little attention until now.", "keywords": ["Cellular automata", "Technology", "Engineering", " Chemical", "Energy & Fuels", "0904 Chemical Engineering", "Chemical", "0902 Automotive Engineering", "Prescribed fire", "FIRE", "01 natural sciences", "630", "Modelling", "Engineering", "Smouldering", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Science & Technology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "624", "Peat fire", "15. Life on land", "Mechanical", "Engineering", " Mechanical", "MODEL", "13. 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In addition, we describe traditional modelling and experimental methods, and how images obtained from X-ray Computed Tomography can be used in combination with direct pore-scale modelling to answer questions on water movement in the rhizosphere. The focus of this review is on the need for micro-scale experiments to parameterize image-based modelling on the pore-scale, and to show how variations in these parameters can lead to different macroscopic parameters when considering the movement of water on the plant scale. We finish the review with an illustrative example which highlights the importance of fluid-to-fluid contact angle, and the need for care in image preparation when using detailed models of this type.", "keywords": ["550", "13. Climate action", "0207 environmental engineering", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/415238/1/171019_WaterDynamicsReview_Accepted.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2017.10.004"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Rhizosphere", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.rhisph.2017.10.004", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.rhisph.2017.10.004", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.rhisph.2017.10.004"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.022", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:52Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-11-09", "title": "Micromorphology And Development Of Loess-Derived Surface And Buried Soils Along A Precipitation Gradient In Northern Iran", "description": "Abstract   The northern footslopes of the Alborz Mountains and an extensive hill area in eastern Golestan Province are covered by thick (\u223c70\u00a0m) loess deposits, divided by different types of interstadial and interglacials paleosols. The area shows a precipitation gradient of about 800\u00a0mm over 80\u00a0km north-south. Along this gradient, eight pedons of modern soils and six paleosols were selected in order to investigate the types of modern and past soil forming processes and to compare the degree of soil development of surface and buried soils.  The soils were described and sampled using standard sedimentological/pedological laboratory analysis. The soil pH and calcium carbonate contents show a decreasing trend with precipitation, while soil organic carbon, clay content and cation exchange capacity increase with rainfall. The silt content, however, shows a decreasing trend with rainfall. Clay mineralogy of parental loess is illite\u00a0>\u00a0chlorite\u00a0>\u00a0smectite\u00a0>\u00a0kaolinite. From north to south, the relative proportion of smectite in soil horizons increases, reaching almost dominance in regions with typic xeric soil moisture regime (SMR; \u223c600\u00a0mm of rainfall). In the areas with udic SMR, vermiculite increases and sometimes dominates. Micromorphology provides evidence for the formation of Bt horizons and intensified decalcification and increase of clay mobilisation as indicated by b-fabrics with increasing rainfall. Soils within the xeric and udic SMRs are either Alfisols or Mollisols, both showing clay illuviation features, whereas clay mobilisation is very limited in the arid part of the area.  The paleosols show differential weathering degrees indicated by trends of increasing carbonate depletion, clay mobilisation, and clay enrichment with assumed paleo-precipitation. Pedogenesis, micromorphological properties and clay minerals in the last interglacial paleosols suggest similar climate controlled trends to those reflected in the modern soils.", "keywords": ["0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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A four-year field experiment was conducted to determine how Q10 responded to these biochemical and physiological changes in rain-fed agro-ecosystems on the semi-arid Loess Plateau. Soil respiration, as well as biotic and abiotic factors were measured in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), with three fertilization treatments: (no fertilization (CK), 160kgNhm-1 (N), and 160kgNha-1 with 39kgPha-1 (N+P). Mean annual soil respiration rate (calculated by averaging the four years) in the N treatment and N+P treatment was 18% and 48% higher than that in the CK treatment, respectively; and it was increased by 26% (14%-48%) in the N+P treatment as compared with that in the N treatment. The decrease of Q10 in the N and N+P treatments against the CK treatment was not stable for each year, ranging from 0.01 to 0.28. The maximum decrease of Q10 in the N and N+P treatments was 10% and 15% in 2014-2015, while in other years the decrease of Q10 was numerical but not significant. Soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC) was increased by 10% and 50%, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was increased by 6% and 21%, and photosynthesis rate was increased ranging from 6% to 33% with N and N+P fertilization. The relative abundance of Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria and Chloroflexi were significantly higher by 32.9%-54.1% in N addition soils (N and N+P) compared to CK treatment, whereas additional P application into soils increased the relative abundance of the family Micrococcaceae, Nocardioidaceae and Chitinophagaceae. Soil respiration was positively related to SMBC, DOC and photosynthesis rate (p<0.05). However, variation in Q10 may be related to the increase of soil mineral N content and variation of the relative abundance of soil microbial community in our study. Nitrogen and additional phosphorus fertilization regimes affect soil respiration and temperature sensitivity differently.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. 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The aim of this article is to understand critical success and risk factors of eco-innovative business models that contribute to a circular economy via agricultural unavoidable waste or by-products valorisation.  39 cases were studied focusing on agricultural side stream conversion into valuable products. Semi-structured interviews were performed and secondary data collected. Cases were analysed according to types of initiatives, main objectives, resources and valorisation pathways, as well as external and internal factors that have influenced the businesses over time.  Following success and risk factor categories are identified: (1) technical and logistic, (2) economic, financial and marketing, (3) organisational and spatial, (4) institutional and legal, (5) environmental, social and cultural. Herein, specific factors for the agricultural sector are innovative conversion technologies, flexible in and out logistics, joint investments in R&D, price competitiveness for bio-based products, partnerships with research organisations, space availability, subsidies, agricultural waste management regulations, local stakeholder involvement and acceptance of bio-based production processes.  Insights from this study can help farmers and agribusiness managers by defining and adapting their strategies within their local contexts. They also show that for shifting from linear agro-food chains to a circular system, individual businesses need to evolve towards more dynamic and integrated business models, in which the macro-environment sets the boundary conditions for successful operations.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Circular economy", "9. Industry and infrastructure", "05 social sciences", "Success factors", "[SDV.IDA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering", "650", "Bioeconomy", "Business models", "JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics \u2022 Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q57 - Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services \u2022 Biodiversity Conservation \u2022 Bioeconomics \u2022 Industrial Ecology", "Agricultural waste valorisation", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. Climate action", "[SDV.IDA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food engineering", "0502 economics and business", "11. Sustainability", "8. 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However, traditional phosphate resources are dwindling, thus a more efficient use of phosphorus fertilisers is required for sustainable farming. This study demonstrates the scope of image-based models parameterised by elemental maps by assessing how a dynamic root system architecture may improve phosphorus root uptake from a fertiliser pellet. A multi-image based modelling method was developed by utilising structural imaging coupled with elemental maps. Structural imaging was used to capture barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Optic) root, soil and fertiliser pellet configurations as a domain for numerical simulations. Elemental mapping was used to image phosphorus in soil thin-sections of the same samples. These two imaging modes were aligned using an automated method and image-based models describing the diffusion and root-uptake of phosphorus in soil were parametrised using the elemental maps. Structural imaging showed root length density was increased inside and near the fertiliser pellet. Averaging elemental data revealed phosphorus gradients from the pellet. Modelling results suggested: the pellet only enhances phosphorus uptake of roots within 2\u202fmm over 30 days, densely packed roots decrease phosphorus uptake efficiency, and a root system that responded to nutrients from a fertiliser have comparatively increased phosphorus uptake efficiency near the pellet. The combination of structural and elemental imaging provides the means to accurately parameterise both the geometric and chemical aspects of models describing phosphorus movement in root-soil-fertiliser systems. This approach may be applicable to other plant-soil systems where structure and elemental quantities are important to the problem.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "570", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2019.100152"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Rhizosphere", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.rhisph.2019.100152", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.rhisph.2019.100152", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.rhisph.2019.100152"}, {"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.rse.2016.02.046", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-03-05", "title": "Comparison of remote sensing and simulated soil moisture datasets in Mediterranean landscapes", "description": "AbstractThis paper presents the comparison of three global soil moisture products (ASCAT, AMSR and SMOS) versus a land surface model over a region representative of several Mediterranean landscapes located in the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Our approach has been for agricultural and water management applications at the regional and local scale. Despite being a rather small area, we were able to observe different signal behaviours corresponding to major land cover classes in Mediterranean areas i.e.: dryland and irrigated crops, forests and natural vegetation (grass-shrubs). The area also allowed assessing the impact of topography. The first result of the study is that the results are very dependent on the normalizations used to make the data comparable, thus their impact must be carefully analysed. In this study, we applied two different normalisation methods (called ZV35 and ZV) and different moving average windows (1, 10 and 30days) in order to enhance seasonal effects. Using no smoothing window, ASCAT is the soil moisture product that correlates best with the LSM over all cover classes, whatever the method. Using smoothing window, AMSR-E tends to outperform other soil moisture products with the ZV method. The ZV35 method is not able to identify a small heavily irrigated area. The reason for these different results is that ZV35, tends to eliminate the monthly scale soil moisture memory and therefore becomes more sensitive to precipitation and less sensitive to the monthly evolution of superficial soil moisture. The comparison shows in general good agreement for all soil moisture products with the LSM on the temporal series simulated over flat, non irrigated areas which are not close to the sea. SMOS has difficulties in areas close to the sea and in areas with steep relief and the current version of the L2 Operational Algorithm (V5.51) depicts few values in forested areas. ASCAT, in its turn, shows some limitations over agricultural and natural vegetation where it shows an increase of soil moisture from June to October probably due to increase of penetration depth in dry soil moisture conditions. AMSR-E LPRM shows a clear vegetation cycle over all the land cover classes. From all the remote sensing products, SMOS is the only one able to see irrigation and the only that does not show clear vegetation or roughness effects. In this study, we were able to assess the impact of higher resolution soil moisture products to map irrigated areas.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0207 environmental engineering", "Soil Science", "Agriculture", "Geology", "AMSR-E", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "16. Peace & justice", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Water management", "ASCAT", "13. Climate action", "Regional scale", "LSM", "Soil moisture", "Computers in Earth Sciences", "Irrigation", "SMOS", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.046"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Remote%20Sensing%20of%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.046", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.046", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.046"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.226", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:56Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-04-22", "title": "Biosolids Applied To Agricultural Land: Influence On Structural And Functional Endpoints Of Soil Fauna On A Short- And Long-Term Scale", "description": "Biosolids have well-documented crop and soil benefits similar to other sources of organic amendment, but there is environmental concern due to biosolids-associated pollutants. The present study investigated two field sites that had received biosolids at commercial-scale rates in parallel to associated field sections which were managed similarly but without receiving biosolids (controls). The investigated endpoints were abundance and diversity of soil organisms (nematodes, enchytraeids and earthworms) and soil fauna feeding activity as measured by the bait lamina assay. Repeated sampling of one of the field sites following the only biosolids application demonstrated an enrichment effect typical for organic amendments, which was mostly exhausted after 44months. After an initial suppression, the proportion of free-living plant-parasitic nematodes tended to increase in the biosolids-amended soil over time. Yet, none of the endpoints at this site indicated significant negative effects resulting from the biosolids until 44months post application. In contrast to the repeatedly tilled first field site, the second one was left fallow after three biosolids applications, and was sampled 96months post last application. It was only at this field site that potential evidence for a long-term impact of biosolids was detected with regard to two endpoints: earthworm abundance and structure of the nematode assemblage. Agricultural management and correlation with abiotic soil parameters explained the observed difference in earthworm abundance. Yet, the development of a highly structured and mature nematode assemblage at the control but not at the biosolids-amended section of this fallow field could not be explained by such correlations nor by soil metal concentrations. Overall, the present study found only weak evidence for negative long-term impacts of biosolids applied at commercial rates on soil fauna. High-level community parameters such as the nematode structure index (SI) appeared more suitable to detect deleterious effects on soil fauna than simple abundance measurements.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Waste Disposal", " Fluid", "01 natural sciences", "13. Climate action", "Animals", "Soil Pollutants", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Oligochaeta", "Fertilizers", "Environmental Monitoring", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.226"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Science%20of%20The%20Total%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.226", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.226", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.226"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.rse.2023.113621", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-05-13", "title": "Optimisation of AquaCrop backscatter simulations using Sentinel-1 observations", "description": "In preparation for active microwave-based data assimilation into a crop modeling system, the mapping of daily 1-km AquaCrop model (v6.1) biomass and surface soil moisture to backscatter was optimised, using two forward operators, i.e. the Water Cloud Model (WCM) and the Support Vector Regression (SVR). Both forward operators were calibrated (2014\u20132018) with 1-km Sentinel-1 backscatter ( ) observations in VV and VH polarisation, for three different study domains in Europe. For the validation period (2019\u20132021), the simulations showed reasonable performances around Czech Republic and the Iberian Peninsula, to good performances over Belgium, but with strong variations within each domain. The domain-averaged root mean square difference between the model and Sentinel-1 remained below 2 dB for both forward operators and all three study domains, and the mean bias for VV remained close to 0 dB, and close 0.5 dB for the VH polarisation. The WCM and SVR performed better in VV than VH and overall the SVR performed slightly better in mapping the AquaCrop soil moisture and vegetation to backscatter than the WCM. Additionally, the assumed linear relationship in the WCM between soil moisture and soil holds better for VV than for VH. The remaining differences between WCM or SVR simulations and Sentinel-1 observations are mainly caused by AquaCrop model errors.", "keywords": ["Agriculture and Food Sciences", "Crop biomass", "YIELD RESPONSE", "ASSIMILATION", "Backscatter modeling", "LEAF-AREA INDEX", "RADAR BACKSCATTER", "BIOMASS", "SAR BACKSCATTER", "AquaCrop optimisation", "13. 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Remote Sensing of Environment, 251, 112050.", "description": "Abstract   Radar data at C-band has shown great potential for the monitoring of soil and canopy hydric conditions of wheat crops. In this study, the C-band Sentinel-1 time series including the backscattering coefficients \u03c30 at VV and VH polarization, the polarization ratio (PR) and the interferometric coherence \u03c1 are first analyzed with the support of experimental data gathered on three plots of irrigated winter wheat located in the Haouz plain in the center of Morocco covering five growing seasons. The results showed that \u03c1 and PR are tightly related to the canopy development. \u03c1 is also sensitive to soil preparation. By contrast, \u03c30 was found to be widely linked to changes in surface soil moisture (SSM) during the first growth stages when Leaf Area Index remains moderate (", "keywords": ["[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Interferometric coherence", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "02 engineering and technology", "15. Life on land", "Surface soil moisture", "630", "Backscattering coefficient", "Winter wheat", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "Sentinel-1", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Semi-arid region", "C-band"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112050"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Remote%20Sensing%20of%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.rse.2020.112050", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.rse.2020.112050", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112050"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.rse.2025.114918", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:53Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2025-07-23", "title": "Spectral indices in remote sensing of soil: definition, popularity, and issues. A critical overview", "description": "Serving as a powerful proxy in remote sensing studies, spectral indices can generate meaningful environmental interpretation from either raw or atmospherically corrected spectral data, and characterise and quantify some important properties of various objects on Earth\u2019s surface. However, while numerous spectral indices have been developed over time, since the very launch of civilian satellites until now, some critical issues in their usage, such as comparability, remain scarcely studied, which may lead to incorrect, inconsistent, and unreliable results. In this study, we collected 471 spectral indices of various environment components (vegetation, water, and soil) that might be leveraged for soil studies, and traced their popularity in scientific publications over the past decades. The bibliometric analysis revealed a growing interest and utilisation of spectral indices as Earthobserving satellite technology advanced. Based on both literature and, for sake of complementation and illustration, some targeted regional-scale case studies, we discuss the issues of naming confusion, comparability, applicability, accuracy trade-offs, and reproducibility of using spectral indices. Overall, this overview provides an extensive list of spectral indices, both soil indices and soil-related indices, that can be useful for characterising these environment components by remote sensing. It draws attention to some misuses and confusions that must be avoided to prevent scientific pitfalls. The comparisons between different spectral indices, sensors, and correction methods, highlight the confusing effects that the misuse and non-standardised practices of the spectral indices useful for soil, may have on soil property mapping and monitoring. Insights to the judicious and appropriate usage of spectral indices in the remote sensing of soil are provided.", "keywords": ["monitoring", "remote sensing", "vegetation", "soil properties", "[SDU.STU] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences", "spectral indices", "water bodies", "bibliometrics", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114918"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Remote%20Sensing%20of%20Environment", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.rse.2025.114918", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.rse.2025.114918", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114918"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2025-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.140", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-04T16:16:57Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-08-04", "title": "Reduced Carbon Sequestration Potential Of Biochar In Acidic Soil", "description": "Biochar application in soil has been proposed as a promising method for carbon sequestration. While factors affecting its carbon sequestration potential have been widely investigated, the number of studies on the effect of soil pH is limited. To investigate the carbon sequestration potential of biochar across a series of soil pH levels, the total carbon emission, CO2 release from inorganic carbon, and phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) of six soils with various pH levels were compared after the addition of straw biochar produced at different pyrolysis temperatures. The results show that the acidic soils released more CO2 (1.5-3.5 times higher than the control) after the application of biochar compared with neutral and alkaline soils. The degradation of both native soil organic carbon (SOC) and biochar were accelerated. More inorganic CO2 release in acidic soil contributed to the increased degradation of biochar. Higher proportion of gram-positive bacteria in acidic soil (25%-36%) was responsible for the enhanced biochar degradation and simultaneously co-metabolism of SOC. In addition, lower substrate limitation for bacteria, indicated by higher C-O stretching after the biochar application in the acidic soil, also caused more CO2 release. In addition to the soil pH, other factors such as clay contents and experimental duration also affected the phsico-chemical and biotic processes of SOC dynamics. Gram-negative/gram-positive bacteria ratio was found to be negatively related to priming effects, and suggested to serve as an indicator for priming effect. In general, the carbon sequestration potential of rice-straw biochar in soil reduced along with the decrease of soil pH especially in a short-term. Given wide spread of acidic soils in China, carbon sequestration potential of biochar may be overestimated without taking into account the impact of soil pH.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Air Pollutants", "Carbon Sequestration", "China", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "15. 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Measuring the effectiveness of mitigations measures requires rapid monitoring tools, however, conventional methods are labour intensive and costly. This study evaluated the performance of a prototype metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) gas sensor for monitoring NH3. Conventional methods were used to calibrate sensor conductance. The metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) gas sensor was calibrated against NH3 released from a 0.1\u00a0M phosphate buffer spiked with ammonium chloride and NH3 released from recently spread cattle slurry. Field measurements using the MOS sensor were compared with values measuring a Bruker Open Path Air Monitoring System. Sensor conductance and NH3 concentration were described using single site Langmuir adsorption model. Field calibrations suggest a higher detection limit above 0.1\u00a0ppm and coefficients of determination were 0.93 and 0.89 for sensors 1 and 2, respectively. For prototypes deployed under field conditions, sensitivities of 2.2 and 2.4 with nonlinearity constants of 0.53 and 0.51, were found for sensor 1 and 3 respectively. Average R2 values were 0.88 for sensor 1 and 0.92 for sensor 3. The calibrations were used to calculate NH3 concentrations from slurry emissions using MOS sensor conductance. NH3 concentrations between 0.2 and 1\u00a0ppm, were measured with standard deviation of 20% of verified concentrations. The MOS sensor is sensitive enough to detect NH3 emission from agricultural sources with concentrations above 0.2\u00a0ppm. Low power and cost of MOS sensors are an advantage over existing techniques.", "keywords": ["Emission", "Ammonia", "Calibration", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "TA1-2040", "Engineering (General). 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Among the alleviating products tested, kaolin clay particles had a significant positive effect on leaf water content, succulence, leaf tissue density and leaf temperature under both drought and well irrigated conditions. Glycine betaine and kaolin clay particles when applied to drought stressed trees, resulted in increased CO2 assimilation rates compared to control. Furthermore, kaolin clay particles treated leaves exhibited high diurnal CO2 assimilation rates under drought conditions. Based on the results of the present study, kaolin clay particles and glycine betaine proved to be the most effective, among the applied products, on alleviating the negative effects of drought stress.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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Hence, sustainability and climate resilience of gardenpea\u2013french bean cropping system was evaluated by yield trends, C sequestration and emission reduction and soil properties as affected by four application rates of farmyard manure (FYM) (5\u201320\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 )  vis-a-vis  mineral fertilization, integrated nutrient management (INM) practices as 50% recommended NPK\u00a0+\u00a0FYM at 5\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121  and un-amended control after six years of cropping in the Indian Himalayas. The highest sustainable yield index of 0.606 was achieved with the application of 20\u00a0t\u00a0FYM\u00a0ha \u22121  (FYM 20 ). The carbon sequestration potential of FYM 20  plots was about 459 and 193% more than NPK and INM plots, respectively. The same plots reduced 53 and 24% carbon equivalent emission with comparison to NPK and INM application, respectively. The soil cation exchange capacity (CEC) under FYM 20  plots was 22 and 11% higher than NPK and INM plots. The soil cracking volume under FYM 20  plots (57\u00a0cm 3 \u00a0m \u22122  area) was very less compared to NPK (324\u00a0cm 3 \u00a0m \u22122  area) and INM (154\u00a0cm 3 \u00a0m \u22122  area) plots. The morning soil temperature (0\u201315\u00a0cm depth) in coldest week of last year experimentation under FYM 20  plots was moderated by 0.60 and 0.47\u00a0\u00b0C than NPK and INM plots, respectively. Successive increase of FYM level improved soil organic C, microbial colony formation unit, dehydrogenase activity, bulk density and soil cracking surface area and the best values for all soil properties were recorded under FYM 20  plots. Application of 20\u00a0t\u00a0FYM\u00a0ha \u22121  produced 54 and 29% higher gardenpea equivalent pod yield of the system than mineral fertilization and INM, respectively. The principal component analysis revealed that soil CEC was the most important property (among the selected soil parameters) contributing to the pod yield. Soil organic carbon markedly improved other soil properties as evident from correlations. Organic production system with FYM 20\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121  could be recommended for climate resilient sustainable yield and better soil property of gardenpea\u2013french bean cropping system than mineral fertilization and INM in the Indian Himalayan regions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "12. 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