Conventional techniques (eg, culture-based method) for bacterial detection typically require
a central laboratory and well-trained technicians, which may take several hours or days …

Sampling and analysis or visual examination of soil to assess its status and use potential is
widely practiced from plot to national scales. However, the choice of relevant soil attributes …

The priming effect (PE) is a key mechanism contributing to the carbon balance of the soil
ecosystem. Almost 100 years of research since its discovery in 1926 have led to a rich body …

A decade after environmental scientists integrated high‐throughput sequencing
technologies in their toolbox, the genomics‐based monitoring of anthropogenic impacts on …

After nearly two decades of subsidized and energy crop-oriented development, agricultural
biogas production in Germany is standing at a crossroads. Fundamental challenges need to …

Evaluating the quality of ecosystems in terms of biological patrimony and functioning is of
critical importance in the actual context of intensified human activities. Microbial diversity is …

Soil is one of the key elements for supporting life on Earth. It delivers multiple ecosystem
services, which are provided by soil processes and functions performed by soil biodiversity …

The findings on the strategies employed by endophytic microbes have provided salient
information to the researchers on the need to maximally explore them as bio-input in …

The productivist model implemented after the second world war has succeeded in improving
production to meet growing demands for food, but it has also deeply affected soil …

While soils and land are pivotal elements of many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
and societal challenges, they face degradation and reduction of related functions and …