Soil Health and Soil Microbiology
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 533
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soil microbial ecology; microbial indicators for soil quality; functional and taxonomical soil microbial diversity; microbial interactions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil health refers to the performance or functioning of a soil, i.e., the ability of the soil to sustain the productivity, diversity, and environmental services of terrestrial ecosystems. Microbes are important influencers of soil health and a range of processes from nutrient cycling and carbon storage to plant disease. Thus, soil health and soil microbiology are vital for food production, health and wellbeing, the reclamation of soil pollution, climate change and biodiversity. Researchers have shown increased interest in studying soil microorganisms for the integrated measurement of soil health, which cannot be achieved through chemical or physical assessment.
This Special Issue will provide a large collection of recent articles (both basic and applied research) that contribute to our understanding of soil health and soil microbiology with regard to human activity impacts, long-term soil use and agricultural production, innovative management, the sustainable use of soil in food production and urban development.
As Guest Editor of this Special Issue, I invite you to submit research articles, review articles, and short communications related to these topics.
Prof. Dr. Acacio Aparecido Navarrete
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- human activity impacts on soil health
- innovative management of soil
- sustainable use of soil in food production
- sustainable use of soil in urban development
- methodology to qualitatively evaluate soil health
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