In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

More than two billion people and 40% of global agricultural production depend upon
unsustainable groundwater extraction. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR), the practice of …

Soil structure in natural systems is a product of complex interactions between biological
activity, climate and soil minerals that promote aggregation and accumulation of biopores. In …

Over the past two decades percolation theory has been used to explain and model a wide
variety of phenomena that are of industrial and scientific importance. Examples include …

Food security involves the sustainable utilization of soil and land resources. Zero‐tillage (ZT)
practice is a proponent of better resource utilization, to improve soil physical condition, and a …

Long-term drip irrigation with treated wastewater (TWW) is known to enhance oxygen
deficiency (hypoxia), especially in fine-textured soils. Hypoxia conditions around plant roots …

The use of plastic mulch films is widespread in agriculture for specialty cropping systems
because of several benefits. In this article, we critically review, for the first time under a …

In the so-called MATOPIBA region in northeastern Brazil, large areas of the Brazilian
savannah (Cerrado biome) were converted to agricultural areas (eg, soybean and cotton …

Soil oxygen (O 2) deficiency induced by organic mulching is easy to overlook. Aeration has
been shown to potentially alleviate soil hypoxia stress. However, the responses of soil …

Background Even with extensive root growth, plants may fail to access subsoil water and
nutrients when root-restricting soil layers are present. Biopores, created from decaying roots …