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Section Board for 'Agricultural Soils' (20)
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Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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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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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Agriculture: C and N Cycling and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agroecosystem
Special Issue in Atmosphere: C and N Cycling and Greenhouse Gases Emission in Agroecosystem
Special Issue in Agriculture: Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agroecosystems
Special Issue in Atmosphere: C and N Cycling and Greenhouse Gases Emission in Agroecosystem
Special Issue in Agriculture: Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agroecosystems
Institute for Agricultural and Earth-Moving Machines (IMAMOTER), Italian National Research Council (CNR), strada delle Cacce 73, 10135 Torino, Italy
Interests: application of new technologies in agriculture and forestry; adoption of techniques to reduce the impact of agriculture activities on the natural resources (water, air and soil) to improve the environmental, economic and social sustainability of agricultural and forestry industry
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Interests: application of new technologies in agriculture and forestry; adoption of techniques to reduce the impact of agriculture activities on the natural resources (water, air and soil) to improve the environmental, economic and social sustainability of agricultural and forestry industry
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Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Viterbo, 01100, Viterbo, Italy
Interests: crop production; crop protection; weed control; agricultural systems and management; environment and climate change in agriculture
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Interests: crop production; crop protection; weed control; agricultural systems and management; environment and climate change in agriculture
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Agriculture: Cover Crops
Special Issue in Sustainability: Suitable Agronomic Techniques for Sustainable Agriculture
Special Issue in Agronomy: Fate, Transport and Effect of Trace Elements in Plants and Agroecosystems
Special Issue in Sustainability: Suitable Agronomic Techniques for Sustainable Agriculture
Special Issue in Agronomy: Fate, Transport and Effect of Trace Elements in Plants and Agroecosystems
Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
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: 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
Soil Physics and Land Management – Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
Interests: unlocking spatial soil management information; assessing viability and sustainability of land management; appreciating land management decisions
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Interests: unlocking spatial soil management information; assessing viability and sustainability of land management; appreciating land management decisions
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Sustainability: Sustainable Soil Management in a Changing Climate
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment - Via della Navicella, 2-4, 00184 Rome, Italy
Interests: carbon sink in agricultural soils; cropping systems diversification and simulation models; climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
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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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Agriculture: Soil Fertility
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 Agriculture: Agricultural Diversification
Special Issue in Agronomy: Conservation Tillage in Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems
Special Issue in Land: Soil Management for Sustainability
Functional Ecology and Biochemistry of Soils and Agroecosystems, Institute of Research for Development, Montpellier, France
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 ecology; soil nutrient cycling; ecological intensification of agriculture; soil carbon cycling; earthworms; soil health; tropical cropping systems
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Agriculture: Thematic of Soil Ecological Functions in Agriculture
Universität Hamburg, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Institute of Soil Science, Allende-Platz 2, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Interests: Soil water balances (measuring, modelling) and plant response on soil drought; Nutrient availability; Smallholder agriculture; Rangeland systems; Bush encroachment; Southern Africa
Interests: Soil water balances (measuring, modelling) and plant response on soil drought; Nutrient availability; Smallholder agriculture; Rangeland systems; Bush encroachment; Southern Africa
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Horticultural Crop Research Unit, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Interests: irrigation; fertilization; and soil management of berry crops
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Interests: irrigation; fertilization; and soil management of berry crops
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Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Córdoba, Spain
Interests: soil management; cover crops; modeling; erosion; water; landscape; desertification; GIS
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Interests: soil management; cover crops; modeling; erosion; water; landscape; desertification; GIS
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Sustainability: Sustainable Soil Management in a Changing Climate
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK
Interests: plant-soil interactions; greenhouse gas production in soil; soil fertility; soil nutrient cycling; stable isotope techniques
Interests: plant-soil interactions; greenhouse gas production in soil; soil fertility; soil nutrient cycling; stable isotope techniques
Departments of Natural Sciences and Agriculture and Technical Studies, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND 58601, USA
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: soil survey; soils and climate change; carbon sequestration by soils; soils and human health; electromagnetic induction techniques in soil
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Thünen-Institut für Agrarklimaschutz, Bundesallee 65, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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: environmental impact of agriculture on soil carbon dynamics; climate change; soils as source and sink for CO2; land use change; stable isotopes; biochar
Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128, Palermo, Italy
Interests: chemical and biochemical soil fertility; bio-indicators of soil quality; carbon pools and nutrient dynamics in soils; greenhouse gases emissions
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Interests: chemical and biochemical soil fertility; bio-indicators of soil quality; carbon pools and nutrient dynamics in soils; greenhouse gases emissions
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Agriculture: Soil Quality and Crop Nutrition
Department of Agricultural and Food Science (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Interests: soil carbon cycle; soil fertility; soil biological properties; waste biomass recycling in soil
Interests: soil carbon cycle; soil fertility; soil biological properties; waste biomass recycling in soil
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria – Centro di ricerca Agricoltura e Ambiente (CREA – AA), 50121 - Cascine del Riccio, Firenze, Italy
Interests: soil microbial ecology, soil biodiversity and ecosystem services, plant-soil-microbe initteractions, soil sustainability
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Interests: soil microbial ecology, soil biodiversity and ecosystem services, plant-soil-microbe initteractions, soil sustainability
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Agriculture: Soil Microbial Function in Agricultural Management
Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
Interests: Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria, Iron deficiency, Iron-Sulphur interplay, Nitrate uptake, Rhizosphere Microbiome, Agrochemicals
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Interests: Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria, Iron deficiency, Iron-Sulphur interplay, Nitrate uptake, Rhizosphere Microbiome, Agrochemicals
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Agriculture: Rhizosphere Research in Agriculture
University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0E, UK
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: 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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Agriculture: Composting and Organic Soil Amendments
Department of Agricultural Sciences, La Trobe University 3086, Victoria, Australia
Interests: biology applied to agronomy; technology for farming and the use of plants; soil science and soil conservation; agroecology; sustainability
Interests: biology applied to agronomy; technology for farming and the use of plants; soil science and soil conservation; agroecology; sustainability
Institute of Zoology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria
Interests: agroecology; non-target effects of pesticides; soil ecology; organic farming; crop production; landscape ecology; citizen science; global change ecology; sustainable agriculture
Interests: agroecology; non-target effects of pesticides; soil ecology; organic farming; crop production; landscape ecology; citizen science; global change ecology; sustainable agriculture
