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Section Board for 'Agricultural Soils' (63)
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Interests: soil science; soil processes; soil qualities; soil degradation; biogeochemistry; greenhouse gas emissions; CO2; CH4; N2O; global warming; nitrogen cycling; nitrate leaching; water pollution; carbon cycling; soil respiration; organic matter decomposition; microbial biomass; soil carbon sequestration; land use change; climate change; watershed; agriculture management practices
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Special Issue in Atmosphere: C and N Cycling and Greenhouse Gases Emission in Agroecosystem
Special Issue in Agriculture: Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agroecosystems

Interests: animal manure management; greenhouse gases and ammonia emissions; manure acidification; solid-liquid separation; organic fertilizers; nitrogen and phosphorous dynamics; carbon footprint; orchards

Interests: soil microorganisms; pesticides; biodegradable polymers; biodegradation; bioremediation; cover crops; allelochemicals
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Interests: crop nutrition; crop physiology; crop production; crop competition; dryland agriculture
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Special Issue in Agriculture: Green Manuring and Plant Residues Incorporation: Key for Sustainable Crop Production and Soil Health
Special Issue in Agriculture: Sustainable Phosphorus Management: Symbiosis for Healthy Life
Interests: soil biodiversity; soil environmental services; sustainable land management; regenerative agriculture; food security; soil restoration; agricultural GHGs; carbon sequestration; agroecosystems
Interests: soil contamination; heavy metals; use of organic amendments; potentially toxic elements; soil fertility; plant nutrition; soil micronutrient dynamics; soil-plant interface processes
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Interests: soil microbiology; soil microbiome; rhizosphere; effect of biomass application on soil microbiota; reuse of wastewater in irrigation

Interests: applied soil ecology; beneficial microorganisms; symbiosis; biofertilizers; soil Fertility; soil Health; inoculation; organic agriculture; environmental microbiology; bioremediation

Interests: soil ecology; soil nutrient cycling; ecological intensification of agriculture; soil carbon cycling; earthworms; soil health; tropical cropping systems
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Interests: soil survey; soils and climate change; carbon sequestration by soils; soils and human health; electromagnetic induction techniques in soil
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Interests: irrigation; fertilization; and soil management of berry crops
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Interests: plant biostimulants; organic farming; soil chemistry; soil biodiversity; soil enzyme activities; soil fertility; heavy metals; proteomics; plant physiology; plant nutrition
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Interests: Integrated nutrient management; nutrient cycling; sustainable cropping systems; boreal climate; agronomic crops; horticultural crops; growth media/formulations; soil amendments; industrial waste; wood ash; wood sludge; dairy digestate; rock dust; fish waste; abiotic stresses management strategies; stress tolerance; GHG emission monitoring; GHG emission mitigation; crop rotation/cover crops; biochar; nitrification inhibitors
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Interests: urban soil contamination and its implication on urban agriculture and public health; green infrastructure for stormwater control; beneficial reuse of urban solid wastes

Interests: carbon sink in agricultural soils; cropping systems diversification and simulation models; GHG emissions from agricultural soils; climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
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Special Issue in Agronomy: Conservation Tillage in Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems

Interests: greenhouse gas emission; microbial processes; wetland; agricultural field
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Interests: microbiology; soil microbial ecology; applied microbiology; biostimulants; nitrogen cycling; biochar

Interests: biological fertilization of field crops; effect of land use intensity change and of conservation agriculture on crop yield and soil quality; plant/soil interactions and soil fertility; nutritional and nutraceutical properties of cereals and pseudocereals; agroecological synthesis of big data using meta-analytical techniques

Interests: unlocking spatial soil management information; assessing viability and sustainability of land management; appreciating land management decisions
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Interests: carbon sink in agricultural soils; cropping systems diversification and simulation models; climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
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Special Issue in Agriculture: Agricultural Diversification
Special Issue in Agronomy: Conservation Tillage in Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems
Special Issue in Land: Soil Management for Sustainability
Special Issue in Land: Soil Management for Sustainable Agriculture and Ecosystem Services

Interests: sustainable cropping systems; nitrogen use efficiency; water use efficiency; soil; optical sensors; nitrogen losses; fertilization; cover crops
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Interests: soil; soil science; soil chemistry; soil biochemistry; soil fertility; soil contamination; bioremediation; biochar
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Interests: soil water balances (measuring, modelling) and plant response on soil drought; nutrient availability; smallholder agriculture; rangeland systems; bush encroachment; Southern Africa

Interests: soil management; cover crops; modeling; erosion; water; landscape; desertification; GIS
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Special Issue in Agriculture: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems

Interests: environmental impact of agriculture on soil carbon dynamics; climate change; soils as source and sink for CO2; land use change; stable isotopes; biochar
Interests: soil water management; the water-plant relationship; waste land reclamation; water-heat-solute coupling transport in soil; soil and water losses

Interests: soil acidity; biochar; compost; heavy metals; soil health

Interests: soil scienc; soil cartography; environmental assessment; soil contamination environmental protection; soil contamination; soil quality

Interests: soil and water conservation; erosion management; soil fertility; water use efficiency; capacity building for developing countries
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Interests: sustainability; soil conservation; carbon sequestration; land degradation; soil classification; pedology; soil geography; spatial variability of soil properties; soil survey; pedogenesis
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Special Issue in Agronomy: The Effects of Crop Tillage Systems on Carbon Dynamics in Soils
Special Issue in Land: The Impact of Soil Carbon Sequestration on Ecosystem Services

Interests: soil fertility; indicators of soil quality; soil carbon dynamics; soil microorganisms; greenhouse gas emissions from soil and wastewater treatment
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Special Issue in Plants: Microorganisms and Their Metabolic By-Products in the Soil-Plant System
Special Issue in Agriculture: Nitrogen and Carbon Cycle in Agriculture

Interests: soil water repellency; soil hydrophysical properties; field abandonment; preferential flow in soil

Interests: soil remediation; organic pollutants; agro-environmental contamination and human health; endophytes; biodegradation and bioremediation; crop residue and biochar; rhizosphere; plant uptake of pollutants
Interests: soil organic carbon; soil C sink; soil quality; soil degradation; soil use; soil management; soil erosion

Interests: climate change; soil ecology; soil fauna; soil microorganisms; greenhouse gases; soil organic matter; denitrification, biochar, microplastic in soil

Interests: soil science; pedogenesis; soil processes; biogeochemical cycling; agricultural management
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Special Issue in Agriculture: Soil Quality and Health to Assess Agro-Ecosystems Services
Special Issue in Agriculture: Cover Crops - Series II
Interests: soil remediation; plant growth promoting bacteria; mychorrizal fungi; bioenergy; wastewater treatment; sustainable agriculture

Interests: soil carbon sequestration; soil erosion; agriculture management practices; land use change; soil quality; soil physical properties; ecosystem services; climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture

Interests: soil carbon cycle; soil fertility; soil biological properties; waste biomass recycling in soil

Interests: soil microbial ecology; soil biodiversity and ecosystem services; plant-soil-microbe initteractions; soil sustainability
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Interests: soil science; soil quality; soil degradation; carbon cycling; soil organic carbon; soil carbon sequestration; land use change; agriculture management practices
Interests: microbial ecology; microbial diversity; biodiversity; fungal community; bacterial community; soil quality; soil organic matter
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Interests: crop physiology; systems agronomy; soil physics and hydrology; soil fertility and plant nutrition; international agriculture; sustainability; agro-climatology; modeling; alternative crops; crop diversification; and research administration and planning
Interests: plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; iron deficiency; iron-sulphur interplay; nitrate uptake; rhizosphere microbiome; agrochemicals
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Interests: remediation; biosorption process modelling; water contamination; heavy metals and radionuclides accumulation; biochar
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Special Issue in Agriculture: From Waste to Fertilizer in Sustainable Agriculture
Special Issue in Agriculture: Soil and Water Management Practices in Agricultural Production
Interests: soil; contamination; greenhouse; heavy metals

Interests: soil pollution; soil chemistry; risk assessment; soil quality; potentially toxic elements; nanotechnology; food safety; sustainable agriculture
Interests: soil quality; soil microbial community; metagenomic; metabolomic; biocontrol; composting; horticulture; beneficial microorganisms
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Interests: nitrogen management in agroecosystems; cover cropping and soil management in perennial tree crops and vineyards; soil testing and plant analysis; fertilizer recommendation systems; legumes in agricultural systems; production of medicinal and aromatic plants; energy crops; plant biostimulants
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Interests: organic agriculture; sustainable agriculture; soil fertility; soil quality; green waste recycling; compost; organic amendments; organic matter; soil organic carbon; soil enzymes; soil enzymatic activities; PGPR; microbial ecology; metagenomics; soil microbiome; plant-bacteria interactions
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Interests: soil qualities; greenhouse gas emissions; nitrogen cycling; soil carbon sequestration; agricultural management; irrigation

Interests: sustainable land management measures and mechanisms; soil rhizosphere processes and fertility; nutrient cycling and microbial mechanisms in soil–plant interactions
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Interests: soil quality; soil biology; soil and environmental microbiome; metagenomics; human microbiome

Interests: soil erosion; catchment hydrology; soil conservation; soil hydrology

Interests: soil chemistry; phosphorus biogeochemistry; trace element biogeochemistry; environmental pollution; water quality

Interests: biology applied to agronomy; technology for farming and the use of plants; soil science and soil conservation; agroecology; sustainability

Interests: soil organisms; biodiversity; climate change; ecosystem services; agro-ecosytems; Mediterranean

Interests: mycorrhiza; common mycelial network; transporters; molecular mechanisms

2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, 50003 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Interests: mycorrhizal fungi; drought stress; horticultural plants; soil structure; soil fertility
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Special Issue in Agronomy: Mycorrhizal Fungi Mediated Sustainable Crop Production
Special Issue in Agronomy: Reframing Futuristic Crop Production System
Special Issue in Forests: Fungal–Plant Interactions: Latest Advances and Prospects
Topics: Mycorrhizal Fungi Mediated Sustainable Crop Production

Interests: issues of soil fertility and environmental quality; acid sulfate soils; a long-term experiment on phosphorus (P) fertilization, soil classification (WRB, Soil Taxonomy) and fertilizer value of the sediment dredged from a constructed wetland
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Interests: agroecology; non-target effects of pesticides; soil ecology; organic farming; crop production; landscape ecology; citizen science; global change ecology; sustainable agriculture

Interests: soil carbon; soil nitrogen; microbial process; microbial necromass; amino sugar
Interests: soil physics; tillage; soil-plant interaction