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Ecological Management for Soil Quality

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2020) | Viewed by 6570

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Josef H. Gorres

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Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, United States
Interests: soil ecology; invasive organisms; soil physics; utilization of organic wastes
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Soil quality is the ability of soils to provide ecosystem services. These services include maintaining clean air and water, reliably provisioning food and fiber, and sustaining the important belowground reservoir of terrestrial biodiversity. For this Special Issue, we are inviting papers that describe hypothesis-based research that probes ecological soil management practices that aim to sustain soil quality for the above ecosystem services. Gowever, we also welcome manuscripts that utilize soil organisms as indicators of soil health. Ecological soil management aims to optimize soil quality for the ecosystem services mentioned above. Manipulations may target physical, chemical or biological properties of soils that affect specific soil food web components, promoting beneficial organisms or discouraging pests. Successful manuscripts will include sound experimental designs with appropriate statistical tests. They will also feature an interaction between organisms and their physical and chemical habitat. The scope of this issue includes agricultural and silvicultural ecosystems in both rural and urban settings.

Dr. Josef H. Gorres
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • soil quality
  • ecosystem services
  • ecological soil management
  • soil habitat
  • soil food organisms
  • soil food web
  • agriculture
  • silviculture

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Maltose and Totally Impermeable Film Enhanced Suppression of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation on Soilborne Pathogens and Increased Strawberry Yield
by Zhaoxin Song, Dongdong Yan, Wensheng Fang, Bin Huang, Xianli Wang, Daqi Zhang, Jiahong Zhu, Jie Liu, Canbin Ouyang, Yuan Li, Qiuxia Wang, Sebastien Massart and Aocheng Cao
Sustainability 2020, 12(13), 5456; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12135456 - 07 Jul 2020
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Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) is widely used to control soilborne diseases in organic crop production. The effect of ASD used different sealed films on soilborne pathogens and strawberry growth was evaluated in two laboratory studies and two field trials. Under maltose as carbon [...] Read more.
Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) is widely used to control soilborne diseases in organic crop production. The effect of ASD used different sealed films on soilborne pathogens and strawberry growth was evaluated in two laboratory studies and two field trials. Under maltose as carbon sources, 28 °C temperature and 30% of soil moisture optimal conditions ASD decreased Fusarium spp. and Phytophthora spp. by 100%. ASD used maltose as an organic amendment and sealed with totally impermeable film (TIF) obtained the highest suppression (>96%) against Fusarium spp. and Phytophthora spp. (>91%). According to the laboratory results, the efficacy of ASD utilizing 6 or 9 t/ha maltose and sealing with TIF was evaluated and compared with reference treatment with chloropicrin (Pic) or solarization (Sol) in the field trials. Compared with the untreated soil, ASD treatments greatly reduced the pathogenic population of Fusarium spp. and Phytophthora spp., and successfully controlled the damage of fusarium wilt with evidence of lower mortality (6%). ASD significantly increased soil nutrition promoted plant growth and increased strawberry yield, which was similar as the Pic, but better than Sol treatment. The analyzed fungal and bacterial microbiota did not show significant differences in the taxonomic richness and diversity between the compared treatments. Nevertheless, the abundance of some bacterial and fungal taxa tended to change between treated. The evidence showed that adding maltose and sealing TIF for ASD has the potential to replace Pic for pathogen control in commercial strawberry production. Full article
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A Framework to Incorporate Biological Soil Quality Indicators into Assessing the Sustainability of Territories in the Ecuadorian Amazon
by Thony Huera-Lucero, Juana Labrador-Moreno, José Blanco-Salas and Trinidad Ruiz-Téllez
Sustainability 2020, 12(7), 3007; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12073007 - 09 Apr 2020
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In Amazonian Ecuador, land-use change from tropical rainforest to different productive purposes is leading to irreversible situations from an environmental perspective. The objective of this paper was to highlight the significance of the biological components in the soils in Amazonian Ecuador, and the [...] Read more.
In Amazonian Ecuador, land-use change from tropical rainforest to different productive purposes is leading to irreversible situations from an environmental perspective. The objective of this paper was to highlight the significance of the biological components in the soils in Amazonian Ecuador, and the importance of considering biological soil quality indexes when assessing environmental impacts in the soils of tropical Pan-Amazonian areas. Since the literature on the subject is dispersed and inaccessible, a bibliographic review was conducted, with the aim of compiling protocols and proposals for practical utilization. We compiled tables, including specific indicators from the biological point of view. We present the available methods for assessing the sustainability of Amazonian territories through the analysis of soil quality. Our contribution facilitates an edaphic perspective to be taken into account in decision-making processes for sustainable territorial development. Full article
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