Soil Systems, Volume 6, Issue 4

Machinery traffic and animal trampling can deform the soil and, consequently, impair soil pore functioning. This study aimed to evaluate how soil structure affects the compressibility, physical properties and air permeability of a Typic Paleudalf und...

The current trend in agricultural practices is expected to have a detrimental impact in terms of accelerating soil erosion. Assessment of the cumulative impact of various management strategies in a major plantation is a measure of the sustainably of...

This study examines culturable diazotrophs and non-culturable bacteria found in the rhizospheres and root pseudonodules of wild blackberry plants (Rubus ulmifolius) that dwell on an unmanaged calcareous nitrogen-deficient soil. The DNA was extracted...

Soil is a finite natural resource and is indispensable for human civilization because it is the medium for food production for the biosphere. Continued soil degradation is a forerunner of catastrophe for the living world. The protection of healthy so...

Pesticides are extensively used in agriculture to prevent infestation of crops, control plant-associated diseases and pests, and increase crop productivity. With regards to typical agricultural practice, tank mixing of two or more plant protection pr...

The invasive plant species Impatiens glandulifera native to Asia mainly occupies European riparian ecosystems. It is still unclear to which extent this invasive plant can alter physico-chemical soil properties in terms of carbon turnover, microstruct...

Identifying the SOC levels and revealing the potential of SOC storage of ecosystems difficult to sample and study are necessary contributions to the understanding of the global reserves of SOC. Wetlands store large amounts of SOC within their soils....

Several variations of the basic activated sludge process and of the related design procedures for final clarifiers have been developed, which are frequently based on the well-known solid flux theory (SFT). In this paper, by using the Lambert W functi...

Currently, a total of about 15,000 tons/day of waste is generated in the entire Dhaka city with an average per capita waste generation of 0.641 kg/day. Only 37% of this waste is collected and dumped into the two sanitary landfill sites, which is the...

Wild blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) are often cultivated uniformly despite significant within-field variations in topography and crop density. This study was conducted to relate apparent soil electrical conductivity (EC_a), topographic att...

GeoTh is a new, simple, efficient, flexible, low-cost experimental laboratory apparatus. These features make it an excellent technological tool for measuring the thermal conductivity of granular materials, e.g., soils, sand, silt, clay or artificial...

Soil health is a term used to describe the general state or quality of soil, and in an agroecosystem, soil health can be defined as the ability of the soil to respond to agricultural practices in a way that sustainably supports both agricultural prod...

Steel is an indispensable material that is used in a wide range of products and that contributes significantly to economic development. However, steel production can affect soil quality and is associated with the pollution of local areas. Therefore,...

One of the most effective nature conservation measures is the creation of territories where human impact is limited, this is called specially protected natural areas. A significant contribution to increasing the area of the Russian Federation covered...

Few studies have explored greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from arable land in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and particularly from rice paddy fields, which can be a major source of methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions. This study examined the ef...

The O’Higgins Region, located in Central Chile, concentrates 40% of the country’s maize production, mainly under conventional tillage. This has generated soil physical degradation, modifying water movement on it, which varies even in shor...

Soil management is recognized to have an impact on soil quality attributes. Depending on the management approach, this impact can either degrade or improve soil quality. There is a severe shortage of information on the impacts of cultivation on sandy...

Plant litter decomposition is a key process in the biogeochemical cycles of terrestrial ecosystems. The main goal of this work is to determine the impact of current climate change on the decomposition process of the litter of Palo Laziale Wood (Rome,...

Cow urine is a rich source of mobile nutrients such as nitrate (NO₃⁻) and potassium (K⁺). The aim of this experiment was to evaluate the wetting pattern distribution through soil profile of cow urine patch in an andisol. Two field experiments a...

Many plant species adapted to semi-arid environments are grown in the Sahelian region in northern Africa. One such species is Acacia seyal (Delile), a multipurpose leguminous tree grown in various agroecological zones, including saline soils. These c...

This study aimed to identify the characteristics of Andisols under tea plantations affected by different Oldeman’s agro-climatic zones, of different ages, and containing different types of volcanic ash material. For this study, three tea planta...

A formidable challenge in suburban agriculture is the sustainability of soil health following the use of wastewater for irrigation. The wastewater irrigation likely toxifies the crop plants making them unconsumable. We used a multivariate, completely...

The population status and biomass of earthworms were studied in three different land use systems of pasture (Pa), silvopasture (SP), and mixed evergreen forest (MEF) from 2019–2020 in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India. The aim of th...

Soil respiration (R_S) is an important component of the C cycle because it contributes significant CO₂ emissions to the atmosphere that result from metabolism and respiration of its autotrophic and heterotrophic components. However, the relative impor...

The soil security framework has been conceptualized and views soil as a resource that needs to be secured to avoid or minimize adverse environmental/anthropogenic impacts and undesirable consequences for people. Our critical literature review suggest...

With the increasing popularity of biochar as a soil amendment worldwide in recent years, a question of concern arises as to whether the application of biochar would suppress or stimulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In this study, published data e...