Soil Systems

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Land Use and Management on Soil Properties and Processes

edited by

Adilson Pacheco De Souza

and

Frederico Terra De Almeida

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 19575 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil management; water and soil engineering; sustainable agriculture; environmental sciences; knowledge; use and conservation of natural resources soil physical properties; soil degradation; soil management; water management; water and soil conservation; soil erosion; sustainable agriculture (cover crops; rotation crops; tillage); land use and land cover (LULC); integrated production systems

Soil Bioremediation

edited by

Luciano Procópio

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13568 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil; oil; microorganisms; bioremediation; ecology; omics techniques; extreme environments

Microbial Community Structure and Function in Soils

edited by

Roberta Pastorelli

and Sara Del Duca

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1105 | Submission Open

Keywords: edaphic communities; soil microorganisms; bacteria; fungi; archaea; protists; ecosystem services; ecosystem functions; nutrient cycling; soil health

Emerging Contaminants in Soil and Water: Sources, Behaviour, and Environmental and Human Health Risks

edited by

Balal Yousaf

, Qumber Abbas and

Muhammad Ubaid Ali

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 28879 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging contaminants (ECs); source identification of ECs; environmental transformations; soil– plant transfer; human health risks; bioavailability; bioaccumulation; trophic level transfer

Advances in the Prediction and Remediation of Soil Salinization: 2nd Edition

edited by

Mandana Shaygan

and Mansour Edraki

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1497 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and land salinity; land salinity across scales; prediction of salinization using numerical models; new technologies to assess land salinity; salinity and mining; remediation of salt affected land

Use of Modern Statistical Methods in Soil Science

edited by

Jarosław Zawadzki

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: soils; statistical methods; soil measurements; soil properties; soil data integration; soil complexity; soil variability

Integrated Soil Management: Food Supply, Environmental Impacts, and Socioeconomic Functions: 2nd Edition

edited by

José L. S. Pereira

and

Vítor João Pereira Domingues Martinho

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrofood chains; soil modelling; sustainability; agricultural planning; rural development; economic growth; broader approaches; carbon sink; efficiency; productivity; greenhouse gas emissions; climate-smart agriculture

Research on Soil Management and Conservation: 2nd Edition

edited by

Luis Eduardo Akiyoshi Sanches Suzuki

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 12676 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil tillage; erosion and sediments; soil structure; soil conservation; no-tillage; soil compaction; soil structure– machine relationship; water and air fluxes in the soil; water retention; soil– plant relationship

Adsorption Processes in Soils and Sediments

edited by Sudipta Rakshit

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 983 | Submission Open

Keywords: adsorption processes; soils; sediments

Soil Fertility Management, Mitigating GHG Emissions and Sustainable Agriculture: 2nd Edition

edited by

Yam Kanta Gaihre

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2774 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; fertilizer management; balanced fertilization; nitrogen-use efficiency; mitigating GHG emissions; improving crop productivity; environmental pollution

Soil Organic Matter: Recent Advancements in Exploring Its Dynamics, Stabilization and Prediction

edited by Érika Flávia Machado Pinheiro and

Marcos Ceddia

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3016 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic matter; soil carbon predictions; soil carbon monitoring protocols; soil C and N dynamics; productivity pasture; integration crop livestock; integration crop livestock forest; no-till; soil C persistence in soils; soil carbon stock in forest and agroecosystems

Migration and Transformation Processes and Environmental Effects of Microplastics in Soil

edited by Zahra Sobhani

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: contaminant bioavailability; contaminant toxicity; soil chemistry; microplastics; nanoplastics

Biogeochemical Processes of Nutrients in Soil and Sediments: C, N, and P Cycling

edited by Angélica Vázquez-Ortega

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrient cycling; carbon; phosphorus; nitrogen; soil microbiome; gene expression; mineral association; agricultural soil systems; natural soil systems

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