Time domain reflectometry coil probes for measuring thin surface layer soil moisture: Field tests over 21 years (2002–2022) under highly variable climate conditions in Mongolia
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Earth and Environmental Sciences: Advancements in Monitoring Soil Water and Plant Conditions in a Changing Climate
Soil water and plant systems are interconnected, and their interactions play a crucial role in the climate system. Monitoring these interactions is important for understanding and predicting the impacts of climate change on soil and plant systems and for develo** sustainable land and soil management practices. Monitoring soil water and plant conditions in a changing climate is critical because soil moisture is essential for photosynthesis, it serves as a carrier of nutrients and minerals for plant growth, and in general helps keep soil ecosystems healthy. Soil physical, chemical, and biological properties influence the storage of soil moisture, plant development, and consequently the climate system, which properties play a crucial role in controlling factors such as evaporation, transpiration, or soil temperature. Changes in land use or other soil parameters (e.g. tillage) can accelerate or slow climate change-related effects on the soil-plant-water system.
This Topical Collection focuses on longer term monitoring on any part or the entire soil-plant-water system, particularly advancements in instruments or the use of current technologies and information, such as remote sensing. This interdisciplinary Collection invites papers in the topics on recent techniques, such as new instruments or remote sensing data on soil moisture monitoring; plant growth, development, or physiological monitoring; climate change-related studies; or the effects of soil management systems on soil-plant-water systems.
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Ágota Horel
Dr Ágota Horel, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungary. Ágota Horel is an environmental engineer who has a PhD from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (2009). She works as a senior research scientist at the Institute of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Chemistry, Centre for Agricultural Research. She specializes in soil science, with a main focus on soil water studies, soil pollution (organic contaminants), and soil water modelling in unsaturated soil matrices. Her research interests include catchment-based studies on soil-plant-water relations and interactions.
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Use of aquaculture wastewater in the cultivation of cactus pear as an alternative for semi-arid regions
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Optimization of nitrogen management reduce nitrogen stress and enhance productivity of super-seeder sown wheat under rice residue incorporation
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