As the most extensive terrestrial ecosystem, grassland exhibits substantial ecological functions and scientific research significance. Conducting a scientific assessment of the soil fertility of grasslands is of paramount importance for attaining sus...
Small hill reservoirs in arid North Africa face accelerating threats from soil erosion and siltation, yet integrated assessments linking erosion dynamics, water quality, and soil fertility remain scarce. This study presents a multi-component geospati...
Soil fertility quality is a key indicator of soil productivity and sustainable agricultural development. The Zhangye Oasis, a major Maize seed production base in northwestern China, has experienced significant impacts from intensive human activities...
Soil degradation and organic matter depletion threaten the sustainability of Mediterranean agroecosystems, highlighting the need for effective and sustainable soil restoration strategies. This study evaluated the short-term effects of composts and ve...
The growing global food demand has increased the use of chemical fertilizers, causing environmental issues. Previous studies have often assessed waste-derived fertilizers separately in terms of soil improvement or environmental impact, with limited i...
Techniques such as proximal soil sampling are investigated to increase the sampling density and hence the resolution at which nutrient prescription maps are developed. With the advent of a commercial mobile fluorescence sensor, this study assessed th...
Soil fertility must be viewed as a dynamic concept that involves the constant cycling of nutrients between organic and inorganic forms. In this context, it refers also to supply adequate amounts of water and aeration for plant growth. Soil fertility...
As an important reserve resource for cultivated land, the improvement and fertility enhancement of saline-alkali land are key to alleviating the pressure on cultivated land and ensuring the sustainable utilization of land resources. Studying the regu...
Assessing soil fertility is essential to help identify strategies with less environmental impact in order to achieve more sustainable agricultural systems. The main objective of this research was to assess two soil fertility evaluation approaches in...
Context: The primary factor in determining whether or not a crop can be produced on a certain type of soil is soil fertility. When faced with many options, farmers frequently find it difficult to decide which crop to plant. We created this project to...
Modern agricultural practices increasingly threaten soil quality, prompting growing interest in organic farming as a sustainable alternative. This study evaluated the effects of organic management on soil fertility and quality in comparison to conven...
Tea yield is determined by soil fertility. An elemental bioavailable-content-based fertility assessment is more reliable than that of total content. In tea plantations, soil acidification occurs, affecting metals’ bioavailability and fertility,...
Soil fertility is the essential attribute of soil quality. Large-scale coal mining has led to the continuous deterioration of the fragile ecosystems in arid and semi-arid mining areas. As one of the key indicators for land ecological restoration in t...
Algae and aquatic macrophytes are increasingly recognized as valuable bioresources with applications in environmental monitoring and sustainable agriculture. The present study investigates algae collected from Romanian and Bulgarian coastal areas (St...
A novel patented method (PCT/IB2012/001157: Squartini, Concheri, Tiozzo, University of Padova) and the corresponding application devices, suitable to measure soil fertility, are presented. The availability or deficiency of specific nutrients for crop...
Soil fertility assessment is fundamental for improving agricultural productivity and promoting sustainable land management. This study proposes an integrated methodological framework that combines Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, spatial analysis techni...
To clarify the soil nutrient status and identify the safety risks of heavy metals in Camellia oleifera planting regions, the integrated soil fertility status was assessed using the improved Nemero composite index method, weighted average method, and...
Conducted in Southern Italy’s Calabria region, this study aimed to repurpose olive wastes, which are still a source of valuable biomolecules including plant nutrients, flavonoids, polysaccharides, and phenolic compounds, into compost to be used...
Assessment of the effects of transgenic plants on microbiota and soil fertility is an important part of the overall assessment of their biosafety. However, the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants has long been focused on the...
Straw returning has been shown to improve farmland soil, increase crop yield, and reduce global warming. This study investigated the models of six rice straw-returning techniques based on the life cycle assessment method. Compared to the direct modes...
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The comprehensive quality assessment of farmland soil is critical for agricultural production and soil ecological protection. Currently, there is no systematic method for conducting a comprehensive quality assessment of farmland soil; subsequently, a...
There is abundant evidence that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of cereal products, expressed per ton of grain output, have been trending downward over the past 20 years. This has largely been achieved through agricultural intensification that has con...
This study aimed to evaluate the environmental benefits of utilizing by-products from olive farms and olive oil mills within the framework of sustainable resource management and the reduction in agricultural waste, through an integrated circular appr...
The presence of a noticeable rate of degradation in the land of the Nile Delta reduces the efficiency of crop production and hinders supply of the increasing demand of its growing population. For this purpose, knowledge of soil resources and their ag...
The aim of this work was to identify the most sensitive soil quality indicators and assess soil quality after long-term application of sewage sludge (SS) and conventional mineral fertilization for rainfed cereal production in a sub-humid Mediterranea...
The incorporation of organic fertilizer is an important practice to improve the sustainability and productivity of crop production and decrease environmental pollution from crop-livestock systems in global agriculture. However, establishing an evalua...
Unscientific land use and cropping techniques have led high soil erosion and degradation of soil quality in the mid-hills of Nepal. To understand the effects of land use systems for selected soil chemical properties in mid-hills, composite soil sampl...
The key role of soil quality improvement in achieving sustainable agricultural development based on highly intensive use of farmland is increasingly being recognized, as is the ponderance of suitable evaluation of the soil quality. The overarching go...
Soil contamination by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) from fertilizers represents a major issue threatening agricultural sustainability and global food security. This work conducted a bibliometric analysis and a meta-analysis on the occurrence of A...
The lone application of ammonium fertilizer is one of the most commonly used measures to supplement soil nutrients. At the same time, it also causes soil acidification and leads to many environmental problems, such as soil degradation and eutrophicat...
Pesticides and fertilizers used in agriculture can negatively affect the soil, increasing its toxicity. In this work, a battery of whole-cell bacterial lux-biosensors based on the E. coli MG1655 strain with various inducible promoters, as well as the...
This study aimed to investigate the impact of Rekulter, a lignite-based fertilizer, on various soil parameters, with a focus on promoting sustainable agricultural practices. A multi-year field trial was conducted in Klon, Poland, employing potentiome...
Intensive agronomic practices such as deep and repeated tillage and applying high mineral fertilization rates to improve crop yields have gradually determined soil resource degradation. A study was carried out over a two-year period (2015 and 2016) t...
Alfalfa cultivation is an effective way to achieve soil improvement while utilizing saline soils. Irrigation and drainage, as physical measures to leach salts, can effectively reduce the soil salt content, while application of organic fertilizer ferm...
(1) Background: Excessive use of chemical fertilizers accelerates soil acidification and increases greenhouse gas emissions. In this context, the farmland application of organic fertilizers not only reuses agricultural waste but also improves soil qu...
Soil fertility (SF) assessment is an important strategy for identifying agriculturally productive lands, particularly in areas that are vulnerable to climate change. This research focuses on detecting SF zones in Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh, In...
To meet growing food demand with limited land and reduced environmental impact, soil testing and formulated fertilization methods have been widely adopted around the world. However, conventional technology for investigating nitrogen fertilization rat...
Overreliance on fiscal support policy instruments to improve cultivated land fertility poses a challenge to the sustainable supply capacity of government ecological compensation funds, especially given the limited scope for market-based implementatio...
Nitrogen fertilizers have been identified in energy crops LCAs as the main contributors to global warming, as well as to many other environmental impacts. The distinct production process and application emissions of nitrogen fertilizer types for top...
Maize production in semi–arid irrigated systems depends on soil fertility and an active rhizosphere. We hypothesized that vermiculite enriched with humic substances (HS) or Chlorella vulgaris (CV) would outperform vermiculite alone by improving...
This secondary-data integrated assessment combines national wastewater treatment records, two national sludge reports, Jordanian regulatory criteria, published agronomic evidence, engineering scenarios, and a previously prepared spatial screen. The p...
The intensification of agriculture leads to worrying changes in agro-ecosystems. Research has been conducted to bridge the gap between the desire to maintain ecological balance and harmful interference with ecosystems. Spent mushroom substrate (SMS)...
Biofertilizers are sustainable alternatives to mineral fertilizers in perennial crops, reducing the need for mineral inputs. This five-year field study evaluated three biofertilizers—Mycoshell® (Glomus spp. + humic/fulvic acids), Kiplant iN...
The matrix effect is one of the challenges to be overcome for a successful analysis of soil samples using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) sensors. This work aimed at evaluation of a simple modeling approach consisted of Compton normalization (CN) and multiv...
Degradation and sealing are still frequent in soil management today despite intensive research. An unsatisfactory assessment of soil key components and soil health still limits sustainable land use. For the future evaluation of soil health, soils und...
Viticulture in insular and volcanic environments faces mounting pressures from land abandonment, limited mechanization, and climate-related stress on soil and water resources. This study develops an integrated framework combining Life Cycle Assessmen...
The global demand for organic food products has rapidly increased over the last years, becoming an emerging niche market targeting the high-income segment. The higher retailing price for organic food products may increase the risk of fraudulent pract...
Biochar represents a promising alternative for enhancing substrates and remediating contaminants in mining areas. Given that arsenic (As) and phosphorus (P) share similar chemical forms, the combination of biochar and P fertilizers may reduce As upta...
Visible and near infrared (vis-NIR) diffuse reflectance and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) sensors are promising proximal soil sensing (PSS) tools for predicting soil key fertility attributes. This work aimed at assessing the performance of the individual...
For adequate crop and soil management, rapid and accurate techniques for monitoring soil properties are particularly important when a farmer starts up his activities and needs a diagnosis of his cultivated fields. This study aimed to evaluate the pot...
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