Increased fish pond production is associated with the generation of various waste including fish pond sediments. Fish pond sediments could be a valuable source of nutrients for growing plants, however they require further processing in order to be applied to soil. Composting is considered one of the methods for processing fish pond sediments. The aim of this work was to investigate the potential of organic fish pond sediments to be managed through laboratory composting with selected waste materials and evaluate the fertilizing potential of the obtained compost. The scope included: (1) analysis of organic fish pond sediments, (2) laboratory composting of organic fish pond sediments with wheat straw and green grass, (3) analysis of the obtained composts, (4) preparation of growing media with selected additives, (5) analysis of the properties of the prepared growing media and (6) analysis of the effect of the investigated growing media on the growth ofPhaseolus vulgaris L.in pot experiments. The addition of cardboard waste and woodchips derived biochar to the obtained compost improved significantly the growth of the roots ofCardamine L. Also, the content of carbon and nitrogen in the compost mixtures increased. The addition of M1 (compost from organic fish pond sediments and 1% of biochar) to the soil had a significant impact on the growth of white beans.
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Clean water", "Organic aquaculture", "Organic fertilizers", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12649-020-01074-6.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-020-01074-6"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Waste%20and%20Biomass%20Valorization", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s12649-020-01074-6", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s12649-020-01074-6", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s12649-020-01074-6"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2020-04-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s12665-010-0605-4", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-06-18", "title": "Effects Of Nitrogen Fertilization On Soil Respiration In Temperate Grassland In Inner Mongolia, China", "description": "Nitrogen addition to soil can play a vital role in influencing the losses of soil carbon by respiration in N-deficient terrestrial ecosystems. The aim of this study was to clarify the effects of different levels of nitrogen fertilization (HN, 200 kg N ha(-1) year(-1); MN, 100 kg N ha(-1) year(-1); LN, 50 kg N ha(-1) year(-1)) on soil respiration compared with non-fertilization (CK, 0 kg N ha(-1) year(-1)), from July 2007 to September 2008, in temperate grassland in Inner Mongolia, China. Results showed that N fertilization did not change the seasonal patterns of soil respiration, which were mainly controlled by soil heat-water conditions. However, N fertilization could change the relationships between soil respiration and soil temperature, and water regimes. Soil respiration dependence on soil moisture was increased by N fertilization, and the soil temperature sensitivity was similar in the treatments of HN, LN, and CK treatments (Q (10) varied within 1.70-1.74) but was slightly reduced in MN treatment (Q (10) = 1.63). N fertilization increased soil CO2 emission in the order MN > HN > LN compared with the CK treatment. The positive effects reached a significant level for HN and MN (P 0.05). The pairwise differences between the three N-level treatments were not significant in either year (P > 0.05).", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Qin Peng, Yunshe Dong, Yuchun Qi, Shengsheng Xiao, Yating He, Tao Ma,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-010-0605-4"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Earth%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s12665-010-0605-4", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s12665-010-0605-4", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s12665-010-0605-4"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-06-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s13165-010-0002-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2010-12-15", "title": "Cultivar Mixtures Of Processing Tomato In An Organic Agroecosystem", "description": "At an organic farm in California, managed biodiversity was manipulated by establishing a mustard cover crop (MCC) and fallow during winter, and after incorporation, tomato mixtures of one, three, and five cultivars were planted in the spring (1-cv, 3-cv, and 5-cv, respectively). It was hypothesized that cultivar mixtures may increase yields over a monoculture if disease pressure or nitrogen (N) availability is affected by the previous cover crop. The monoculture (1-cv) of the grower\u2019s preferred cultivar was compared with mixtures of it and other high-yielding cultivars in the region. Soil nitrogen, soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC), soil emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O), crop nutrient uptake, biomass, fruit quality, intercepted photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), and disease symptoms were measured. The MCC reduced soil N leaching potential during winter and immobilized soil N early in the tomato season as suggested by higher soil MBC and CO2 emissions. Tomatoes had higher PAR, aboveground biomass, fruit yields, and harvest index in the winter fallow than in the winter MCC, likely due to higher N availability in the fallow plots after transplanting. All cultivar mixtures had fairly similar yield and shoot biomass within fallow and MCC, probably explained by the low genetic diversity among California modern tomato cultivars. However, at mid-season (75\u00a0days after planting (DAP)), the 3-cv mixture had higher shoot and fruit biomass, by 46% and 63%, than the monoculture in the MCC, indicating some plasticity under lower N availability. In the fallow treatment, soil CO2 emissions were lower in the 3-cv mixture than the monoculture at 77 and 100 DAP. Tomatoes in the 3-cv mixture were redder than the monoculture. The 3-cv mixture thus had some minor advantages compared with the monoculture, but overall, there was little evidence of higher ecosystem functions from mixtures vs. monoculture. Further research on mixtures of processing tomatoes may only be warranted for conditions of higher environmental stress than occur in California organic farms or if specific genotypic traits become available such as for disease resistance or improved nutrient uptake.", "keywords": ["Life Sciences", " general", "0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Fruit quality", "Nitrogen", "Plant Sciences", "Environment", " general", "Life Sciences", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Environment", "Sustainable Development", "15. Life on land", "Solanum lycopersicum L.", "01 natural sciences", "Soil", "general", "Brassica cover crop", "Solanum lycopersicum L", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Barrios-Masias, Felipe H., Cantwell, Marita I., Jackson, Louise E.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt7rc852g0/qt7rc852g0.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s13165-010-0002-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Organic%20Agriculture", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s13165-010-0002-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s13165-010-0002-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s13165-010-0002-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2010-12-15T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s12665-013-2252-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-01-30", "title": "Effect Of Nitrogen Addition On Soil Organic Carbon In Freshwater Marsh Of Northeast China", "description": "Increased nitrogen (N) input to ecosystems could alter soil organic carbon (C) dynamics, but the effect still remains uncertain. To better understand the effect of N addition on soil organic C in wetland ecosystems, a field experiment was conducted in a seasonally inundated freshwater marsh, the Sanjiang Plain, Northeast China. In this study, litter production, soil total organic C (TOC) concentration, microbial biomass C (MBC), organic C mineralization, metabolic quotient (qCO2) and mineralization quotient (qmC) in 0\u201315\u00a0cm depth were investigated after four consecutive years of N addition at four rates (CK, 0\u00a0g\u00a0N\u00a0m\u22122\u00a0year\u22121; low, 6\u00a0g\u00a0N\u00a0m\u22122\u00a0year\u22121; moderate, 12\u00a0g\u00a0N\u00a0m\u22122\u00a0year\u22121; high, 24\u00a0g\u00a0N\u00a0m\u22122\u00a0year\u22121). Four-year N addition increased litter production, and decreased soil organic C mineralization. In addition, soil TOC concentration and MBC generally increased at low and moderate N addition levels, but declined at high N addition level, whereas soil qCO2 and qmC showed a reverse trend. These results suggest that short-term N addition alters soil organic C dynamics in seasonally inundated freshwater marshes of Northeast China, and the effects vary with N fertilization rates.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Rong Mao, Changchun Song, Deyan Liu, Yanyu Song,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2252-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Earth%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s12665-013-2252-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s12665-013-2252-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s12665-013-2252-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-01-31T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s12665-013-2376-1", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-03-26", "title": "Experimental Investigation On Soil Carbon, Nitrogen, And Their Components Under Grazing And Livestock Exclusion In Steppe And Desert Steppe Grasslands, Northwestern China", "description": "Livestock grazing is one of the main causes for the change of soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) in the arid and semi-arid parts in northern China. This paper examined the SOC, TN, and their components of the local steppe and desert steppe, considering continuous grazing and 4-year livestock exclusion, respectively. In steppe where livestock is excluded, both SOC and TN in the topsoil (0\u20130.20\u00a0m) are found to remain unchanged; however, significant growths are found in microbial biomass carbon (MBC), microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN), particulate organic carbon (POC), and particulate organic nitrogen (PON). On the contrary, both POC and PON progressively decrease at the continuous grazing sites, attributed to the reduction of the mass proportions of soil particulate fraction in the top 0.10\u00a0m soil. In the desert steppe where grazing is excluded, the SOC, TN, and their components of the topsoil increase. However, at the continuous grazing sites, POC and PON in the 0.10\u00a0m topsoil are reduced, caused by the decrease of C and N content in soil particulate fraction. Besides, microbial quotients were lower in the continuous grazing sites in the two grasslands. It is also found that both MBC and POC are more sensitive to human-induced activities than SOC, and thus could serve as earlier indicators of the soil-fertility variation caused by short-period grazing management.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Jian Kang, Decao Niu, Hua Fu, Haiyan Wen,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2376-1"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Earth%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s12665-013-2376-1", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s12665-013-2376-1", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s12665-013-2376-1"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-03-27T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s12665-014-3094-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-02-07", "title": "Effects Of Freezing-Thawing Cycle On Peatland Active Organic Carbon Fractions And Enzyme Activities In The Da Xing'Anling Mountains, Northeast China", "description": "Freezing\u2013thawing cycle (FTC) is an important environmental factor affecting soil physicochemical properties and microbial activities. The effects of FTC at mid-high latitudes, especially in the permafrost regions impacted by global warming, have become a hot topic for research. However, the responses of active organic carbon fractions and soil enzyme activities to FTC in the active layers of permafrost regions remain far from certain. In this study, soil samples from three soil layers of (0\u201315, 15\u201330 and 30\u201345 cm) an undisturbed peatlands in Da Xing\u2019anling Mountains, Northeast China, were collected, and then subjected to various FTCs with a large (10 to \u221210 \u00b0C) and a small (5 to \u22125 \u00b0C) amplitudes, respectively. Results showed that the soil active organic carbon fractions and enzyme activities were sensitive to FTCs. The FTCs significantly increased water-extracted organic carbon (WEOC) concentration in the three soil layers by approximately 5\u201328 % for the large amplitude and 22\u201336 % for the small amplitude. In contrast, FTCs significantly decreased microbial biomass carbon (MBC) concentration, cellulase, amylase and invertase activities. Overall, the damage of FTCs to soil enzymes was severe at the deeper soil depths and for the large amplitude. Interestingly, the soil WEOC concentration was lower at the large amplitude of FTC compared with the small amplitude. When the numbers of FTCs increased, WEOC concentration began to decrease and MBC concentration and enzyme activities began to increase. In addition, the significant correlations between active organic carbon fractions and enzyme activities indicate that the increased WEOC by FTCs plays an important role in soil microbes and enzyme activities.", "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"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3094-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Earth%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s12665-014-3094-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s12665-014-3094-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s12665-014-3094-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-02-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s12665-014-3376-5", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-06-05", "title": "Soil C Turnover, Microbial Biomass And Respiration, And Enzymatic Activities Following Rangeland Conversion To Wheat\u2013Alfalfa Cropping In A Semi-Arid Climate", "description": "Conversion from rangeland to cropland potentially influences soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics and biochemical properties. The purpose of the current study was to assess changes in soil properties and investigate the interaction between SOM and enzyme activities following cultivation of native rangelands for more than 40\u00a0years. The quantities of soil organic carbon (C) and microbial biomass C (MBC), aggregate stability, microbial respiration rate (MRR), potential C mineralization (PCM) and the activities of soil enzymes involved in C, N, P and S cycling at the 0\u201320 and 20\u201340\u00a0cm depths were evaluated in never-cultivated natural rangelands and their corresponding farmlands with similar soil type and climatic conditions at Dehnow located in Central west, Iran. Cultivation in native rangelands resulted in a significant decline of most soil properties in farmlands, depending on soil sampling depths. Conversion of rangelands to their farmland counterparts decreased soil C (50\u201366\u00a0%), MBC (48\u201361\u00a0%), MRR (20\u201344\u00a0%), PCM (45\u201359\u00a0%), the activities of urease (5\u201317\u00a0%), invertase (7\u201328\u00a0%) and arylsulfatase (17\u201320\u00a0%) per soil mass, while increased C turnover rate (61\u201363\u00a0%), microbial metabolic quotient (qCO2) values (41\u201354\u00a0%) and enzyme activities per unit C and MBC (61\u2013190\u00a0%) without affecting microbial quotient (MBC/C ratio) values and the activities of soil phosphatases per soil mass. The decreases in soil microbial and biochemical properties were largely the result of a substantial decline in soil C contents and aggregate stability by tillage activities in farmlands. Although the absolute activities of soil enzymes (i.e., activity per dry soil mass) showed inconsistent responses to land use changes and were even less responsive than soil organic C and MBC contents to changing land uses, the specific enzyme activities expressed either per unit of C or MBC tended to increase considerably and consistently with this conversion and were more sensitive than soil C and MBC contents. Soil C turnover rates and metabolic quotients were found to correlate positively with the specific enzyme activities, indicating an interaction between SOM and enzyme activities. The specific enzymatic activity could be an appropriate and integrative simple index to (1) assess soil quality changes, (2) detect changes in soil microbial community; and even (3) associate the losses of SOM with the presence of metabolically more active decomposer biota in rangelands cultivated for the long term.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3376-5"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Earth%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s12665-014-3376-5", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s12665-014-3376-5", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s12665-014-3376-5"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-06-06T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s12665-018-7359-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-02-25", "title": "Persistent Effects Of Biochar On Soil Organic Carbon Mineralization And Resistant Carbon Pool In Upland Red Soil, China", "description": "Biochar as a soil ameliorant has generated great interest for scientists in improving soil quality and carbon sequestration. The objective of this study was to investigate the persistent effects of biochar application on soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization and soil-resistant carbon (Cr) in upland red soil. This experiment was conducted from September 2011 to May 2016. Biochar was applied only once in September 2011 at rates of 0, 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 30 and 40\u00a0t/ha in the field experiment, designated as treatments B0, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6. The chemical properties, dynamics of SOC mineralization and soil-resistant carbon (Cr) were measured at the 1st and 6th year after biochar application. The results were as follows: biochar application at rates of 30 and 40\u00a0t/ha (B5 and B6 treatments) distinctly increased soil pH value and available P relative to B0 in 2011. The pH value, available P, SOC, total N and C/N ratio in B4, B5 and B6 treatments were significantly higher compared with the B0 treatment, where the B6 treatment increased the pH value by 0.80 and C/N ratio by 3.88 while increasing available P, SOC and total N by 24.18, 76.29 and 19.78%, respectively, compared with the B0 treatment in 2016. The cumulative SOC mineralization (Cm) occupied around 4.62\u20136.91% of total organic carbon (Ct), which showed a declining trend in 2016 as compared to 2011. The Cm/Ct ratio also showed a declining trend with biochar amendment at both samplings. The Cr occupied around 26\u201346% of SOC and showed obviously increasing trends both in 2011 and 2016. We further found that Cm/Ct showed highly significant (p\u00a0<\u00a00.01) negative correlations with the rates of biochar application both in 2011 and 2016. The Cr, however, showed very significant (p\u00a0<\u00a00.01) positive correlations with the rates of biochar application both in 2011 and 2016. This study suggested that biochar application to upland red soil persistently improved soil properties and resistant carbon. Cumulative SOC mineralization was clearly restrained by biochar amendment. This study can provide scientific support for improving soil fertility and enhancing carbon sequestration by application of large amount of biochar (40\u00a0t/ha) in upland red soil.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Xiaoling Zhang, Can Chen, Xiaomin Chen, Pengchuang Tao, Zewen Jin, Zhaoqiang Han,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7359-9"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Earth%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s12665-018-7359-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s12665-018-7359-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s12665-018-7359-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-02-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s12665-013-2482-0", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-04-16", "title": "The Effect Of Desertification On Carbon And Nitrogen Status In The Northeastern Margin Of The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau", "description": "Environmental degradation resulting from desertification often accelerates biodiversity loss and alters carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks within grassland ecosystem. In order to evaluate the effect of desertification on plant diversity and carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks, species compositions and C and N contents in plants and soil were investigated along five regions with different degrees of desertification in the northeastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (control, light, moderate, severe and very severe stages). The study showed: (1) species composition and richness changed significantly with the development of grassland desertification; (2) the aboveground biomass C and N contents in the control were 101.60 and 4.03\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122, respectively. Compared to the control, the aboveground tissue C and N contents significantly decreased from light, moderate, severe to very severe stages. (3) The root C and N contents in the control in 0\u201340\u00a0cm depth are 1,372.83 and 31.49\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122, respectively, while the root C and N contents in 0\u201340\u00a0cm were also declining from the control, light, moderate, severe to very severe stages. (4) Compared to the plant, the soil made a greater contribution for C and N distribution, in which the soil organic C and total N contents in 0\u201340\u00a0cm depth in the control are 20,386.70 and 3,587.89\u00a0g\u00a0m\u22122, respectively. At the same time, soil organic C and N contents also decreased significantly from the control to very severe stages. These results suggest that grassland desertification not only alters species compositions and leads to the loss of plant diversity, but also results in greater loss of organic C and N in alpine meadow, in which there is a negative effect on reducing greenhouse gas emission.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "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": "Guangyin Hu, Wenjin Li, Zhibao Dong, Junfeng Lu,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2482-0"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Environmental%20Earth%20Sciences", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s12665-013-2482-0", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s12665-013-2482-0", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s12665-013-2482-0"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-04-17T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s12665-014-3353-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-06-05", "title": "Soil Quality Evaluation Under Different Land Management Practices", "description": "Sustainable agricultural production requires prudent management backed by reliable information that accurately elucidates the complex relationships between land management practices and soil quality trends. Therefore, this study investigates the influence of management on soil properties acquired at different depths, and yields, at five different field sites within Ohio, USA. The principal management systems considered were no till with or without manure and cover crops, natural vegetation (NV) or forest, and conventional tillage (CT) defined as farms with surface residue cover (<30\u00a0%). Analyses of variance (ANOVA), correlation analyses, stepwise regression, and the principal component analyses (PCA) were used to elucidate and model the link between four different management practices and the soil physical and chemical properties. The ANOVA results indicate that the available water capacity and electrical conductivity (EC) were the major variables affected by management. In contrast, soil pH, bulk density (\u03c1 b), porosity, soil organic carbon (SOC), and total nitrogen (TN), were invariable with management, yet only pH and EC did not significantly vary with the interaction of soil type and management effects. In comparison, the PCA results suggest that SOC, TN, porosity, \u03c1 b, and EC were the major determining factors controlling yield variability. Interestingly, the derived models revealed that the highest yields, notably 10 and 2.7\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121 for corn (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) occurred in soils under CT management. Quantifying the nexus between soil properties and management choices as demonstrated in this study, can provide critical insight for sustainable agricultural production.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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The microbial biomass, basal respiration of the soil, and the ash composition dynamics were investigated under the effect of forest fires during the 3\u00a0years at the site of a surface forest fire, a crown forest fire site, and a site unaffected by fire as a control (unburned). Soil samples were collected at 0\u201315\u00a0cm. The analytic data obtained showed that wildfires led to changes in the chemical composition of soil horizons and increased their ash content. Fires led to the accumulation of nutrients (P and K) in the fine earth of the soil. Thus, when the upper horizons are burned, the ash arriving on the soil surface enriches it with nutrients. The calcium content was also increased, leading to an alkaline pH of the upper soil horizons. The values of nutrients decreased as a result of leaching out with a precipitation during the second year after the fire. The unburned soils were characterized by the greatest values of microbial biomass carbon in the top horizon and the biggest values of basal respiration, whereas both parameters decline in postfire soils. Nevertheless, this influence did not extend to depths >10\u00a0cm. Thus, the effects of fire on soils were recognized as a decrease of microbiological activity.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Soils exposed to pronounced cycles of drying and rewetting (D/RW) exhibit disconnected patterns in microbial growth and respiration at RW. These patterns differ depending on the preceding soil moisture history, leading to contrasting amounts of carbon retained in the soil as biomass versus that respired as CO2. The mechanisms underlying these microbially-induced dynamics are still unclear. In this work, we used the process-based soil microbial model EcoSMMARTS to offer candidate explanations for: i) how soil moisture can shape the structure of microbial communities, ii) how soil moisture history affects the responses during D/RW, iii) what microbial mechanisms control the shape, intensity and duration of these responses, and iv) what carbon sources sustain the increased biogeochemical rates after RW. We first evaluated the response to D/RW in bacterial communities previously exposed to two different stress histories (\u2018moderate\u2019 vs \u2018severe\u2019 soil moisture regimes). We found that both the history of soil moisture and the harshness of the dry period preceding the rewetting shaped the structure and physiology of microbial communities. The characteristics of these communities determined the harshness experienced and the nature of the responses to RW obtained. Modelled communities exposed to extended severe conditions showed a resilient response to D/RW, whereas those exposed to moderate environments exhibited a more sensitive response. We then interchanged the soil moisture regimes and found that the progressive adaptation of microbial physiology and structure to new environmental conditions resulted in a switch in the response patterns. These microbial changes also determined the contribution of biomass synthesis, osmoregulation, mineralization by cell residues, and disruption of soil aggregates to CO2 emissions.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Water stress", "Birch effect", "Soil respiration", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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This study investigates the development of coupled structural (soil properties) and functional (nitrogen cycling) attributes of created non-tidal freshwater wetlands of varying ages and natural reference wetlands to determine if created wetlands attain the water quality ecosystem service of nitrogen (N) cycling over time. Soil condition component and its constituents, gravimetric soil moisture, total organic carbon, and total N, generally increased and bulk density decreased with age of the created wetland. Nitrogen flux rates demonstrated age-related patterns, with younger created wetlands having lower rates of ammonification, nitrification, nitrogen mineralization, and denitrification potential than older created wetlands and natural reference wetlands. Results show a clear age-related trajectory in coupled soil condition and N cycle development, which is essential for water quality improvement. These findings can be used to enhance N processing in created wetlands and inform the regulatory evaluation of mitigation wetlands by identifying structural indicators of N processing performance.", "keywords": ["0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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However, little is known about the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) and its fractions after restoration of degraded wetlands. In this study, we selected four wetlands, two degraded (one grazed and one graze-released site), one restored for 6\u00a0years and one natural site from the Zoige wetlands on the Qinghai\u2013Tibetan Plateau, China to investigate the dynamics of SOC following restoration. The concentrations of SOC, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), light fraction organic carbon (LFOC), and heavy fraction organic carbon (HFOC) in the degraded sites were significantly lower than those in the natural wetland. In contrast, soil \u03b413C (i.e. 13C/12C ratio) in the degraded sites was significantly higher than that in the natural site. After 8\u00a0years of restoration, the restored and the natural wetland sites did not differ significantly in SOC, DOC, LFOC, HFOC or \u03b413C. Therefore, restored wetlands regained some of their role in carbon storage over time. SOC turnover was slower in the natural wetland than in the degraded and restored sites.", "keywords": ["15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Guangxing Wang, Jun-Qin Gao, Guangchun Lei, Xuewen Zhang,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-013-0487-9"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Wetlands", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s13157-013-0487-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s13157-013-0487-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s13157-013-0487-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-10-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s13165-013-0038-y", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-05-04", "title": "Effects Of Manure With Different C/N Ratios On Yields, Yield Components And Matter Balances Of Organically Grown Vegetables On A Sandy Soil Of Northern Oman", "description": "Little is known about how organic matter quality affects crop production and matter fluxes in irrigated organic agriculture under subtropical conditions. To contribute to filling this knowledge gap, river buffalos were fed with two diets characterised by a carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio of 11.0 and 27.2 and a ratio of neutral detergent fibre (NDF; i.e. cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin)/soluble carbohydrates (SC; i.e. sugars and starch) of 2.1 and 16.1, respectively. The diets yielded two manure types with a C/N ratio of 19 and a fibre/soluble carbohydrate (NDF/SC) ratio of 17 (ORG1) and 25 and 108 (ORG2), respectively. These uncomposted manures were split-applied at respective rates of 16 and 12\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 (ORG1) and 22 and 16\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 (ORG2) for 2\u00a0years in a factorial cropping systems experiment consisting of a cropping sequence of radish followed by either cauliflower (radish\u2013cauliflower) or carrot (radish\u2013carrot). The control treatment consisted of an equivalent combination of mineral fertilizers (MIN). Target levels of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) were 590\u00a0kg, 251\u00a0kg and 320\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121, respectively. Despite consistently higher radish yields in ORG1 compared to ORG2 plots, these differences were not significant. Cauliflower yield, stem diameter and plant height (P\u2009<\u20090.001) increased with higher NPK availability from ORG2 to ORG1 and MIN, whereas carrot root length increased from ORG1 to MIN to ORG2 treatments (P\u2009<\u20090.001). Estimated N and P balances were positive across soil amendments (361\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121 and 196\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha\u22121 for radish\u2013carrot and 299\u00a0kg\u00a0N\u00a0ha\u22121 and 184\u00a0kg\u00a0P\u00a0ha\u22121 for radish\u2013cauliflower), but K balances were negative (\u221259 and \u221273\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121). Estimated C balances were strongly negative on MIN plots for both cropping systems (\u22127.3 and \u22125.0\u00a0t C ha\u22121). The results underline the difficulty of maintaining soil organic C under irrigated subtropical conditions with year-round high ambient temperatures.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Siegfried, Konrad, Dietz, Herbert, Amthauer Gallardo, Daniel, Schlecht, Eva, Buerkert, Andreas,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s13165-013-0038-y"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Organic%20Agriculture", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s13165-013-0038-y", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s13165-013-0038-y", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s13165-013-0038-y"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-03-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s13157-011-0153-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2011-02-17", "title": "Salt Marsh-Upland Ecotones In Central California: Vulnerability To Invasions And Anthropogenic Stressors", "description": "Ecotones, zones of abrupt biological transition typically reflecting strong physical gradients, may be particularly sensitive to changes in environmental conditions. Our characterization of the ecotone between salt marshes and uplands in the Elkhorn Slough watershed in central California revealed that extent of appropriate habitat for native high marsh species endemic to this zone is extremely limited. The ecotone is highly invaded, with non-native upland weeds accounting for a significant proportion of cover. We investigated responses to two anthropogenic landscape management strategies, restriction of tidal exchange through water control structures and cattle grazing. Moderate tidal restriction resulting in muted tidal exchange dramatically decreased ecotone width, native marsh plant richness, and cover by native ecotone specialists. Even stronger tidal restriction resulting in very low tidal exchange led to a seaward shift of the ecotone into the area formerly occupied by mid-marsh vegetation; upland plants now occupy the former ecotone zone so net loss of wetland habitat has occurred. Cattle grazing led to a very substantial increase in bare ground, a significant decrease in native marsh plant richness and a significant increase in non-native plant cover. Thus, both of these management regimes can have significant negative impacts on rare salt marsh ecotone extent and biodiversity.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "13. Climate action", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Andrea Woolfolk, Kerstin Wasson,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-011-0153-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Wetlands", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s13157-011-0153-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s13157-011-0153-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s13157-011-0153-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2011-02-18T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s13157-013-0407-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-03-18", "title": "Short-Term Effect Of Nitrogen Addition On Litter And Soil Properties In Calamagrostis Angustifolia Freshwater Marshes Of Northeast China", "description": "Nitrogen (N) addition can affect soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition by enhancing soil enzyme activity, increasing labile organic carbon (C) fractions and decreasing litter C/N ratio. This study was designed to investigate the short-term effect of N addition on litter and soil chemical and biological properties in Calamagrostis angustifolia freshwater marshes. A field experiment was conducted in which soil was treated with N addition of 0 (N0), 12 (N1), and 24 (N2) g\u00a0N\u00a0m\u22122\u00a0year\u22121, respectively. Above-ground biomass increased by 40\u00a0% and 32\u00a0% for N1 and N2 treatment, respectively. Added N increased litter C and N concentrations as well as \u03b2-glucosidase and invertase activities. However, litter C/N ratio decreased with N addition. N1 treatment increased microbial biomass carbon (MBC) in both topsoil and subsoil, but no changes in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) were observed. Total N concentrations in subsoil increased both in N1 and N2 treatments; NH4 +-N decreased in the N1 treatment, while NO3 \u2212-N increased in the N2 treatment in topsoil. N2 treatment increased \u03b2-glucosidase, invertase, and urease activities in both soil layers. The differences in litter and soil characteristics caused by N addition suggest that N addition has the capacity to increase soil C transformation rates in marshland.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Xiaoyan Zhu, Yanyu Song, Guisheng Yang, Cuicui Hou, Yingchen Li, Changchun Song,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-013-0407-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Wetlands", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s13157-013-0407-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s13157-013-0407-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s13157-013-0407-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-03-19T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s13213-014-0889-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-04-21", "title": "Influence Of Long-Term Fertilization On Soil Microbial Biomass, Dehydrogenase Activity, And Bacterial And Fungal Community Structure In A Brown Soil Of Northeast China", "description": "In this study, the effect of mineral fertilizer and organic manure were evaluated on soil microbial biomass, dehydrogenase activity, bacterial and fungal community structure in a long-term (33\u00a0years) field experiment. Except for the mineral nitrogen fertilizer (N) treatment, long-term fertilization greatly increased soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC) and dehydrogenase activity. Organic manure had a significantly greater impact on SMBC and dehydrogenase activity, compared with mineral fertilizers. Bacterial and fungal community structure was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Long-term fertilization increased bacterial and fungal ribotype diversity. Total soil nitrogen (TN) and phosphorus (TP), soil organic carbon (SOC) and available phosphorus (AP) had a similar level of influence on bacterial ribotypes while TN, SOC and AP had a larger influence than alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen (AHN) on fungal ribotypes. Our results suggested that long-term P-deficiency fertilization can significantly decrease soil microbial biomass, dehydrogenase activity and bacterial diversity. N-fertilizer and SOC have an important influence on bacterial and fungal communities.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Original Article", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology", "3. 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Maintaining forest industry without jeopardizing sustainability of surface water quality therefore requires new tools and approaches. Here, we show how forest management can be optimized by incorporating landscape sensitivity and hydrological connectivity into a framework that promotes the protection of water quality. We discuss how this approach can be operationalized into a hydromapping tool to support forestry operations that minimize water quality impacts. We specifically focus on how hydromapping can be used to support three fundamental aspects of land management planning including how to (i) locate areas where different forestry practices can be conducted with minimal water quality impact; (ii) guide the off-road driving of forestry machines to minimize soil damage; and (iii) optimize the design of riparian buffer zones. While this work has a boreal perspective, these concepts and approaches have broad-scale applicability.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "Conservation of Natural Resources", "Skogsvetenskap", "Geography", " Planning and Development", "01 natural sciences", "Article", "Minimizing forestry effects", "Water Quality", "Environmental Chemistry", "Biomass", "14. Life underwater", "Groundwater", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "Ekologi", "Sweden", "Ecology", "Forest Science", "Landscape heterogeneity", "Forestry", "15. Life on land", "Milj\u00f6vetenskap", "Hydrological connectivity", "6. Clean water", "Biogeochemical hotspots", "Environmental Policy", "Water quality", "13. 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This paper presents the catchment challenge as a method to bridge the gap between science, stakeholders and policy for the effective management of soils to deliver these functions. Two challenges were completed by a wide range of stakeholders focused around a physical catchment model-(1) to design an optimised catchment based on soil function targets, (2) identify gaps to implementation of the proposed design. In challenge 1, a high level of consensus between different stakeholders emerged on soil and management measures to be implemented to achieve soil function targets. Key gaps including knowledge, a mix of market and voluntary incentives and mandatory measures were identified in challenge 2.", "keywords": ["Conservation of Natural Resources", "functional land management", "Soil functions", "01 natural sciences", "12. Responsible consumption", "Soil", "11. 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The manufacture and transportation of mineral fertilizers are activities that require large amounts of fossil energy. Therefore, the dependence that agriculture has on fertilizers based on mineral reserves (mainly P, N, and K) should be considered as a very serious threat to human food security and climate change. On the other hand, the existing forecast on phosphorus reserves is pessimistic. According to the latest published figures on population growth and estimated demand for nutrients in the future, depletion of this material is expected to occur within a maximum of 300\uffc2\uffa0years. At the same time, the agricultural demand that exists for mineral fertilizers is constantly growing. The main reason is the increase in the world population, together with the increase in meat consumption and the popularity of energy crops. Despite these negative perspectives, the processing or elimination of waste streams causes uncontrolled dispersion in the environment of a large amount of minerals. Thus, a new global effort is needed to draw a new scenario where improved nutrient use efficiency and, at the same time, reduced nutrient losses provide the bases for a more circular economy, to produce more necessary inputs, as food or energy, as the same time as decreasing environmental impact. This paper will show the process options which can \uffe2\uff80\uff9cupcycle\uffe2\uff80\uff9d and recover residual nutrients to high-quality end-products, defined by efficient nutrient use and will reveal the key issues to face with novel biofertilizer products and changing policies.
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Although the variation in forest composition with latitude is well established, little is known about how soil fungal communities vary with latitude. We collected soil samples from 17 forests, along a latitudinal transect in western China. Forest types covered included boreal, temperate, subtropical and tropical forests. We used 454 pyrosequencing techniques to analyze the soil communities. These data were correlated with abiotic and biotic variables to determine which factors most strongly influenced fungal community composition. Our results indicated that temperature, latitude, and plant diversity most strongly influence soil fungal community composition. Fungal diversity patterns were unimodal, with temperate forests (mid latitude) exhibiting the greatest diversity. Furthermore, these diversity patterns indicate that fungal diversity was highest in the forest systems with the lowest tree diversity (temperate forests). Different forest systems were dominated by different fungal subgroups, ectomycorrhizal fungi dominated in boreal and temperate forests; endomycorrhizal fungi dominated in the tropical rainforests, and non-mycorrhizal fungi were best represented in subtropical forests. Our results suggest that soil fungal communities are strongly dependent on vegetation type, with fungal diversity displaying an inverse relationship to plant diversity.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "15. 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Among the amendments phosphogypsum and silicate fertilizer, being potential source of electron acceptors, decreased maximum level of seasonal CH4 flux by 25-27\u00a0% and 32-38\u00a0% in continuous and intermittent irrigations, respectively. Biochar and calcium carbide amendments, acting as nitrification inhibitors, decreased N2O emissions by 36-40\u00a0% and 26-30\u00a0% under continuous and intermittent irrigations, respectively. The total GWP of CH4 and N2O gases were decreased by 7-27\u00a0% and 6-34\u00a0% with calcium carbide, phosphogypsum, and silicate fertilizer amendments under continuous and intermittent irrigations, respectively. However, biochar amendments increased overall GWP of CH4 and N2O gases.", "keywords": ["Crops", " Agricultural", "Greenhouse Effect", "2. Zero hunger", "Bangladesh", "Agricultural Irrigation", "Nitrous Oxide", "Oryza", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Global Warming", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "13. 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Este estudio presenta una revisi\u00f3n sistem\u00e1tica de c\u00f3mo estas transiciones impactan en los medios de vida y los servicios ecosist\u00e9micos en la regi\u00f3n. M\u00e1s de 17 000 estudios publicados entre 1950 y 2015 se redujeron, en funci\u00f3n de la relevancia y la calidad, a 93 estudios para su posterior an\u00e1lisis. Nuestro an\u00e1lisis de las transiciones del uso de la tierra de los sistemas de cultivo sucios a los intensificados mostr\u00f3 varios resultados: m\u00e1s hogares hab\u00edan aumentado los ingresos generales, pero estos beneficios tuvieron un costo significativo, como la reducci\u00f3n de las pr\u00e1cticas consuetudinarias, el bienestar socioecon\u00f3mico, las opciones de medios de vida y los rendimientos de los productos b\u00e1sicos. El examen de los efectos de las transiciones en las propiedades del suelo revel\u00f3 impactos negativos en el carbono org\u00e1nico del suelo, la capacidad de intercambio cati\u00f3nico y el carbono sobre el suelo. En conjunto, los impulsores inmediatos y subyacentes de las transiciones de la EPA a los usos alternativos de la tierra, especialmente la intensificaci\u00f3n de los cultivos comerciales perennes y anuales, condujeron a disminuciones significativas en la seguridad de los medios de vida preexistentes y los servicios ecosist\u00e9micos que respaldan esta seguridad. Nuestros resultados sugieren que las pol\u00edticas que imponen transiciones en el uso de la tierra a los agricultores de las tierras altas para mejorar los medios de vida y los entornos han sido err\u00f3neas; en el contexto de los diversos usos de la tierra, la agricultura sucia puede apoyar los medios de vida y los servicios ecosist\u00e9micos que ayudar\u00e1n a amortiguar los impactos del cambio clim\u00e1tico en el sudeste asi\u00e1tico.", "keywords": ["Economics", "Cropping", "Geography", " Planning and Development", "0211 other engineering and technologies", "Optimal Operation of Water Resources Systems", "Review", "02 engineering and technology", "livelihoods", "910", "630", "Agricultural and Biological Sciences", "land-use change", "Livelihood", "Engineering", "Context (archaeology)", "Natural resource economics", "11. Sustainability", "Business", "Asia", " Southeastern", "2. 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Some organic farming uses bio-based nutrients instead and is considered the most promising way to mitigate the negative effects of conventional farming. The rice grasshopper Oxya japonica (Thunberg) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) is the most abundant herbivore in both conventional and organic fields in northern Japan. This study investigated the effects of soil nutrients associated with conventional versus organic farming on rice plant quality,and the growth and performance of O. japonica in paddy fields at Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture. A laboratory experiment was also conducted to understand the effects, as mediated by host plant quality, of organic and conventional soil nutrients on the growth and feeding (as measured by the leaf area consumed) of O. japonica. Nymphs of O. japonica that fed on nitrogen-rich, carbon-poor plants cultivated in conventional soil grew and developed faster than those feeding on organic plants. The rice plants in conventional fields had greater biomasses, suggesting that they were more likely to tolerate grasshopper damage. These results support the importance of soil nutrient management as a factor that influences plant\u2013herbivore interactions.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "15. 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Following this rationale, other research works have been focused on studying the effect of effective microorganisms when they are used as manure stabilizing agents, in some cases by including them in animal diets, reporting, in all cases, beneficial properties. However, the use of effective microorganisms is not yet widespread. One reason may be that no rigorous research has so far been done on the actual utility of these mixed cultures on manure stabilization and crop production. In this work, the potential uses of effective microorganisms are shown with the focus on evaluating the influence of these mixed cultures on the biostabilization of manure before its use as fertilizer. This work also presents some new perspectives on the role and application of effective microorganisms as microbial inoculants to achieve a microbiological balance of manure so that it can improve its quality, increasing production and protection of crops when applied as fertilizer, helping to conserving natural resources and creating a more sustainable agriculture and environment. Finally, this document also reviews strategies on how to improve the effect of effective microorganisms after their inoculation into the soil as part of the manure.
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Crossing different sciences is often pinpointed as a relevant contributor to its successful protection. This paper proposes an integrated research approach in history and conservation science by opening new paths for using written historical sources in biodiversity inventories. It discusses some conceptual and methodological challenges raised by historical research regarding the diversity and distribution of wild and cultivated edible plants. The possibilities of using historical sources for compiling plant lists that can be integrated into biodiversity databases are also explored. Arguing that interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity are crucial, enabling a wide range of vernacular sources from several centuries to be cross-referenced, the paper aims to draw attention to written historical sources and their importance in deepening knowledge about past biodiversity patterns.Nitrous oxide (N2O) is the contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas emissions with the highest warming global potential. It is widely recognised that traffic and animal-induced compaction can lead to an increased potential for N2O emissions by decreasing soil oxygen supply. The extent to which the spatial and temporal variability of N2O emissions can be explained by soil compaction is unclear. This review aims to comprehensively discuss soil compaction effects on N2O emissions, and to understand how compaction may promote N2O emission hotspots and hot moments. An impact factor of N2O emissions due to compaction was calculated for each selected study; compaction effects were evaluated separately for croplands, grasslands and forest lands. Topsoil compaction was found to increase N2O emissions by 1.3 to 42 times across sites and land uses. Large impact factors were especially reported for cropland and grassland soils when topsoil compaction\uffe2\uff80\uff94induced by field traffic and/or grazing\uffe2\uff80\uff94is combined with nitrogen input from fertiliser or urine. Little is known about the contribution of subsoil compaction to N2O emissions. Water-filled pore space is the most common water metric used to explain N2O emission variability, but gas diffusivity is a parameter with higher prediction potential. Microbial community composition may be less critical than the soil environment for N2O emissions, and there is a need for comprehensive studies on association between environmental drivers and soil compaction. Lack of knowledge about the interacting factors causing N2O accumulation in compacted soils, at different degrees of compactness and across different spatial scales, limits the identification of high-risk areas and development of efficient mitigation strategies. Soil compaction mitigation strategies that aim to loosen the soil and recover pore system functionality, in combination with other agricultural management practices to regulate N2O emission, should be evaluated for their effectiveness across different agro-climatic conditions and scales.Plant biomass can be used for multiple forms of bioenergy, and there is a very large potential supply, depending on which global assessment is most accurate in terms of land area that could be available for biomass production. The most suitable plant species must be identified before the potential biomass production in a particular region can be quantified. This in turn depends on the degree of climatic adaptation by those species. In the range of climates present in New Zealand, biomass crop growth has less restriction due to water deficit or low winter temperature than in most world regions. Biomass production for energy use in New Zealand would be best utilised as transport fuel since 70\uffc2\uffa0% of the country\uffe2\uff80\uff99s electricity generation is already renewable, but nearly all of its transport fossil fuel is imported. There is a good economic development case for transport biofuel production using waste streams and biomass crops. This review identified the most suitable crop species and assessed their production potential for use within the climatic range present in New Zealand. Information from published work was used as a basis for selecting appropriate crops in a 2-year selection and evaluation process. Where there were knowledge gaps, the location-specific selections were further evaluated by field measurements. The data presented have superseded much of the speculative information on the suitability of species for the potential development of a biofuel industry in New Zealand.
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A possible solution is the incorporation of legumes in rice because legumes are a source of nitrogen. There is actually little knowledge on the impact of legumes on rotation, soil fertility, and nitrogen loss. Therefore, we studied the effect of five rice-based rotations, including rice-wheat, rice-rape, rice-fallow, rice-bean, and rice-vetch, on soil nitrogen, rice yield, and runoff loss. A field experiment was conducted in the Tai Lake region from 2009 to 2012. Crop residues from rape, bean, and vetch were used to partially replace chemical fertilizer in rice. Results show that replacing 9.5\u201321.4\u00a0% of mineral nitrogen fertilizer by residues maintained rice yields of rice-rape, rice-bean, and rice-vetch rotations, compared to the rice-wheat reference. Moreover, using legumes as a winter crop in rice-bean and rice-vetch combinations increased rice grain yield over 5\u00a0%, and increased rice residue nitrogen content by 9.7\u201320.5\u00a0%. Nitrogen runoff decreased 30\u201360\u00a0% in rice-rape, rice-bean, and rice-vetch compared with rice-wheat. Soil mineral nitrogen and microbial biomass nitrogen content were also improved by application of leguminous residues.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "[SDV.SA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences", "Runoff nitrogen loss", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Non-point pollution", "Crop rotations", "Legumes", "16. Peace & justice", "6. Clean water", "Soil nitrogen supply capacity", "[SDV.EE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology", " environment", "13. 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It is unknown whether innovated farming systems can alleviate this issue. Here, we carried out field experiments in arid northwest China from 2009 to 2012 to determine the response of water use, grain yield, and water use efficiency. We integrated crop intensification via relay-planting and straw mulching in the same system. Straw mulching included stubble standing, straw covering, or straw incorporation to the soil. Results show that wheat and maize relay-planting with straw mulching increased yields by up to 153\u00a0% versus mono-planting of maize and wheat. Straw covering approached the highest yield. Relay-planting with stubble standing or straw covering decreased water consumption by 4.6\u00a0%. The integrated systems increased water use efficiency by up to 46\u00a0% compared to conventional mono-planting maize and wheat.", "keywords": ["Oasis region", "[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]", "2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "Straw mulch", "03 medical and health sciences", "Soil water storage", "Relay-planting", "Water use efficiency", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. 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A meta-analysis", "description": "AbstractAgricultural landscapes are increasingly being managed with the aim of enhancing the provisioning of multiple ecosystem services and sustainability of production systems. However, agricultural management that maximizes provisioning ecosystem services can often reduce both regulating and maintenance services. We hypothesized that agroforestry reduces trade-offs between provisioning and regulating/maintenance services. We conducted a quantitative synthesis of studies carried out in sub-Saharan Africa focusing on crop yield (as an indicator of provisioning services), soil fertility, erosion control, and water regulation (as indicators of regulating/maintenance services). A total of 1106 observations were extracted from 126 peer-reviewed publications that fulfilled the selection criteria for meta-analysis of studies comparing agroforestry and non-agroforestry practices (hereafter control) in sub-Saharan Africa. Across ecological conditions, agroforestry significantly increased crop yield, total soil nitrogen, soil organic carbon, and available phosphorus compared to the control. Agroforestry practices also reduced runoff and soil loss and improved infiltration rates and soil moisture content. No significant differences were detected between the different ecological conditions, management regimes, and types of woody perennials for any of the ecosystem services. Main trade-offs included low available phosphorus and low soil moisture against higher crop yield. This is the first meta-analysis that shows that, on average, agroforestry systems in sub-Saharan Africa increase crop yield while maintaining delivery of regulating/maintenance ecosystem services. We also demonstrate how woody perennials have been managed in agricultural landscapes to provide multiple ecosystem services without sacrificing crop productivity. This is important in rural livelihoods where the range of ecosystem services conveys benefits in terms of food security and resilience to environmental shocks.
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