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Soil Formation, Soil Health and Soil Biodiversity
Increase in human population has led to industrialization and deterioration of the environment, including the soil. Also, there is also a constant...
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Differentiation of Soil Processes by Stages of Soil Formation in the Regions of a Dry Climatic Belt
AbstractModern manifestation of desertification stages and of arid degradation and the dynamics of the development of these processes depending on...
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Sweetpotato storage root formation as affected by soil organic amendment applications
Organic amendments have been utilised as a source of nutrients to improve the growth and yield of many crops, including sweetpotato. However, none of...
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Soil Properties, Formation, Distribution, and Classification
This chapter is concerned with the characteristics and classes of the soils occurring in meadow environment. Identified soils belong to 14 different...
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Phosphorus Fertilization Boosts Mineral-Associated Soil Organic Carbon Formation Associated with Phagotrophic Protists
Long-term fertilization affects soil organic C accumulation. A growing body of research has revealed critical roles of bacteria in soil organic C...
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Agricultural Soil Management Impacts on Soil Microbial Communities
Soil microbial communities are significantly affected by agricultural soil management. Inappropriate management can be a cause of land degradation...
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1950–1980: From the Foundation of the Italian Soil Science Society to the Awareness of Soil as a Primary Resource
For the development of soil science in Italy, the period lasting from 1950s to the 1980s was of particular importance. It was in this period that the...
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Soil pH is the Primary Factor Driving the Transformation of Plant Cuticular Wax in Saline Soils
Soil salinization has become one of the major environmental issues in many parts of the world. However, how saline soils influence plant cuticular...
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Large Macro-Aggregate Formation Improves Soil Bacterial Metabolic Activity and Diversity in a Chronosequence of Chinese Fir Plantations
Revealing the metabolic activity and diversity of soil bacteria is an effective way for evaluating soil fertility and health status. Despite this, it...
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Soil Management
Ethiopia is characterized by diverse climateClimate, topography, geology, soils, hydrology, and culture. The diversity in these soil forming...
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Soil Microbiome as a Key Factor in Soil Health
The present demands for both sustaining food security and the environment, impose a great challenge to the field of agriculture. Conventional...
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Soil Resilience
Soils are dynamic and subject to numerous degradative processes (e.g., erosion, compaction, salinization, acidification). Most of all, climatic...
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Soil-Forming Processes in Mississippi
Specific soil processes are determined by the soil-forming factors and are expressed in diagnostic horizonsDiagnostic horizons, properties, and...
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Soil Fertility and Soil Health
Soil is a fundamental resource that supports the production of food and other environmental services. Soil fertilitySoil fertility, together with...
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Plant-Soil Feedback
A feedback is an event that occurs when the output of an organism metabolism (e.g., litter deposition by the natural process of plant senescence) is...
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Soil Properties
Ethiopian soils greatly vary in their morphological, physico-chemical and mineralogical properties due to the wide variations in soil forming...
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Repeated litter inputs promoted stable soil organic carbon formation by increasing fungal dominance and carbon use efficiency
Plant carbon (C) input via litter decomposition is essential for forming soil organic C (SOC). Previous studies have investigated the fate of litter...
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The Development of Soil Science in Campania
Soil science in Campania is strongly conditioned by the four volcanoes present in the region that have influenced the formation of soils,...
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Soil Fertility Management
Maintaining or enhancing soil fertility is one of the major goals of soil management. Proper soil management dictates gains and losses of all...
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Land and Soil Resources
The chapter explores the varied and complex components of natural land units, emphasizing their dependence on cultural ethos, planning, and...