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Section Board for 'Agricultural Soils' (37)
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Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 060-8589 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
Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Autonoma University of Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Interests: soil scienc; soil cartography; environmental assessment; soil contamination environmental protection; soil contamination; soil quality
Interests: soil scienc; soil cartography; environmental assessment; soil contamination environmental protection; soil contamination; soil quality
CEBAS-CSIC, Group of Soil Enzimology and Biorremediation and Organic Wastes, Campus de Espinardo, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: soil quality; soil microbial community; metagenomic; metabolomic; biocontrol; composting; horticulture; beneficial microorganisms
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Interests: soil quality; soil microbial community; metagenomic; metabolomic; biocontrol; composting; horticulture; beneficial microorganisms
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Agriculture: Soil Biodiversity in Sustainable Agriculture
CEBAS-CSIC, Group of Soil Enzimology and Biorremediation and Organic Wastes, Campus de Espinardo, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: microbial ecology; microbial diversity; biodiversity; fungal community; bacterial community; soil quality; soil organic matter
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Interests: microbial ecology; microbial diversity; biodiversity; fungal community; bacterial community; soil quality; soil organic matter
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Agriculture: Soil Biodiversity in Sustainable Agriculture
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
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: urban soil contamination and its implication on urban agriculture and public health; green infrastructure for stormwater control; beneficial reuse of urban solid wastes
Department of Agronomy, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Interests: soil quality; soil biology; soil and environmental microbiome; metagenomics; human microbiome
Interests: soil quality; soil biology; soil and environmental microbiome; metagenomics; human microbiome
Institute of BioEconomy, National Research Council (IBE-CNR), Via Caproni 8, 50145 Firenze, Italy
Interests: plant ecology; climate change impact and mitigation; effects of high CO2 on crops and natural ecosystems; biosphere atmosphere interactions; biochar
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Interests: plant ecology; climate change impact and mitigation; effects of high CO2 on crops and natural ecosystems; biosphere atmosphere interactions; biochar
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Department of Ecology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: soil organisms; biodiversity; climate change; ecosystem services; agro-ecosytems; Mediterranean
Interests: soil organisms; biodiversity; climate change; ecosystem services; agro-ecosytems; Mediterranean
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Soil Science and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence - ceiA3. Campus Rabanales, Marie Curie Building, University of Córdoba–UCO, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: soil science; soil quality; soil degradation; carbon cycling; soil organic carbon; soil carbon sequestration; land use change; agriculture management practices
Interests: soil science; soil quality; soil degradation; carbon cycling; soil organic carbon; soil carbon sequestration; land use change; agriculture management practices
Agricultural Research Service (USDA), Florence, SC, USA
Interests: microbiology; soil microbial ecology; applied microbiology; biostimulants; nitrogen cycling; biochar
Interests: microbiology; soil microbial ecology; applied microbiology; biostimulants; nitrogen cycling; biochar
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), 00184 Rome, Italy
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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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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Agriculture: Agricultural Diversification
Special Issue in Agronomy: Conservation Tillage in Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems
Special Issue in Agronomy: Conservation Tillage in Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems
Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Interests: soil contamination; heavy metals; use of organic amendments; potentially toxic elements; soil fertility; plant nutrition; soil micronutrient dynamics; soil-plant interface processes
Interests: soil contamination; heavy metals; use of organic amendments; potentially toxic elements; soil fertility; plant nutrition; soil micronutrient dynamics; soil-plant interface processes
Prof. Dr. Markku Yli-Halla
Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Environmental Soil Science, University of Helsinki, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
Interests: soil science; soil chemistry; soil classification; soil fertility; soil analysis; plant nutrition; acid sulfate soils; leaching of elements; phosphorus; tropical agriculture
Interests: soil science; soil chemistry; soil classification; soil fertility; soil analysis; plant nutrition; acid sulfate soils; leaching of elements; phosphorus; tropical agriculture
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31973, USA
Interests: pesticide dissipation; vegetables, tree nut, physiological crop and weed responses to herbicides
Interests: pesticide dissipation; vegetables, tree nut, physiological crop and weed responses to herbicides
Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics (DICATAM), University of Brescia, Via Branze, 43 25123 Brescia, Italy
Interests: soil; soil science; soil chemistry; soil biochemistry; soil fertility; soil contamination; bioremediation; biochar
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Interests: soil; soil science; soil chemistry; soil biochemistry; soil fertility; soil contamination; bioremediation; biochar
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Agriculture: Bioremediation in Agricultural and Urban Soils
CREAF, Campus de Bellaterra (UAB) Edifici C, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
Interests: soil biodiversity; soil environmental services; sustainable land management; regenerative agriculture; food security; soil restoration; agricultural GHGs; carbon sequestration; agroecosystems
Interests: soil biodiversity; soil environmental services; sustainable land management; regenerative agriculture; food security; soil restoration; agricultural GHGs; carbon sequestration; agroecosystems
School of Science and the Environment, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, NL A2H 5G4, Canada
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: 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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Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems DIBAF, Tuscia University, Tuscia, Italy
Interests: soil science; pedogenesis; soil processes; biogeochemical cycling; agricultural management
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Interests: soil science; pedogenesis; soil processes; biogeochemical cycling; agricultural management
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Agriculture: Cover Crops
Special Issue in Agriculture: Soil Quality and Health to Assess Agro-Ecosystems Services
Special Issue in Agriculture: Soil Quality and Health to Assess Agro-Ecosystems Services
Institute for Agricultural and Earth-Moving Machines (IMAMOTER), Italian National Research Council (CNR), strada delle Cacce 73, 10135 Torino, Italy
Interests: agriculture; innovation; sustainability; natural resources; safety; health
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Interests: agriculture; innovation; sustainability; natural resources; safety; health
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Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, 01100, Viterbo, Italy
Interests: crop production; crop protection; weed control; agricultural systems and management; environment and climate change in agriculture; greenhouse gas emissions
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Interests: crop production; crop protection; weed control; agricultural systems and management; environment and climate change in agriculture; greenhouse gas emissions
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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: Sustainable Weed Control in the Agroecosystems
Special Issue in Agriculture: Soil Quality and Health to Assess Agro-Ecosystems Services
Special Issue in Agronomy: Research Progress of Mineral Elements in Cropping Systems
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: Sustainable Weed Control in the Agroecosystems
Special Issue in Agriculture: Soil Quality and Health to Assess Agro-Ecosystems Services
Special Issue in Agronomy: Research Progress of Mineral Elements in Cropping Systems
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 Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The 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
Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Institute of Soil Science, Universität Hamburg, 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
Horticultural Crop Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Corvallis, OR, 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
Special Issue in Agriculture: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems
Special Issue in Agriculture: Soil Carbon and Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems
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 Forestry Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Building 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: soil fertility; indicators of soil quality; soil carbon dynamics; soil microorganisms; greenhouse gas emissions from soil and wastewater treatment
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Interests: soil fertility; indicators of soil quality; soil carbon dynamics; soil microorganisms; greenhouse gas emissions from soil and wastewater treatment
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Agriculture: Soil Quality and Crop Nutrition
Special Issue in Plants: Microorganisms and Their Metabolic By-Products in the Soil-Plant System
Special Issue in Plants: Microorganisms and Their Metabolic By-Products in the Soil-Plant System
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
Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of the Agricultural Economy, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, 50125 Cascine del Riccio, 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
1. College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou,Hubei, China
2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of HradecKralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Interests: mycorrhizal fungi; drought stress; horticultural plants; soil structure; soil fertility
2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of HradecKralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Interests: mycorrhizal fungi; drought stress; horticultural plants; soil structure; soil fertility
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, 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
