Interaction Between Soil Organic Carbon and Soil Water Content in Agriculture: Modelling, Challenges and Applications
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land, Soil and Water".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 1
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil organic carbon; soil pore size; hydraulic conductivity in surface; soil organic agriculture
Interests: wetlands soil characterization; restoration ecology; nutrient cycling and soil quality in wetland and upland systems; microbial diversity and activity in surface and subsurface soils; pesticide degradation, transport, and potential groundwater contamination; Isolation and characterization of pesticide degrading microorganisms; biocontrol of invasive plant species; bioenergy and microbial hydrogen production; marine and freshwater toxins and microbial degradation; pathogens tracking and remediation measures; antibiotic resistance in the environment; bioremediation (plant - microbe based system) of organic contaminants in soil and water; physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and biological interactions of arbuscular-mycorrhizal (AM) fungi
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Dear Colleagues,
In the past, soil organic carbon and soil water were not commonly modelled together, and it is only recently that researchers made the connection between soil organic carbon and soil water to understand their mutual predictive ability. The need today is to develop systems to manage the two variables for the benefit of agricultural crops and soil sustainability. Consequently, the goal of this Special Issue is to amalgamate global observations and soil explorations that contribute to understanding of the relationship between soil organic carbon and soil water with regard to modelling. Papers are therefore invited to this Special Issue of Land that cover the many aspects of measurement of soil organic carbon and soil water in agriculture—primary field soil sampling, agriculture management methods, vegetation, carbon and hydrological modelling, remotely sensed or aerial data methods, and the many adjunct topics in soil biology, chemistry, and physics that form the connections of soil organic carbon and water. Cumulative knowledge from a breadth of global locations and at scales from micrometres to biomes would enhance our understanding of the roles played by soil type and land use on the subsequent hydrological modelling.
Papers may also take a variety of forms, from primary research, analytical literature reviews, or other relevant data or concept forms. This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that link the following themes:
- The physiological connections between soil organic carbon and soil water content;
- Interactive components in soils;
- Modelling soil carbon and water change;
- Challenges in aerial developments to predict soil organic carbon and/or soil water;
- Applications of modelling and variability in measurement or soil organic carbon or soil water.
We look forward to receiving original submissions for this Special Issue via the Land submission system.
Dr. Hida R. Manns
Prof. Dr. Krish Jayachandran
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil organic carbon
- soil water content
- interactive soil functions
- modelling and mapping soil carbon
- remote measurement of soil variables
- applications and variability of soil carbon
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