Farmers are facing serious plant protection issues and phytosanitary risks, in particular in
the tropics. Such issues are food insecurity, lower income in traditional low-input …

Soil fauna plays an essential role in agricultural productivity as it mediates nutrient cycling
and soil organic matter dynamics, alters soil physicochemical properties and supports plant …

Organic fertilizer applications that boost soil fertility and crop production are expected to
enhance soil biodiversity, making ecosystems more resilient to stress. Numerous studies …

Organic amendments have been widely used for management of plant-parasitic nematodes.
Relatively rapid declines in nematode population levels may occur when decomposing …

No-tillage (NT) cropping systems develop distinct soil ecosystems characterized by a
diverse soil fauna and slow fungal decomposition. However, nematode community analyses …

Soil food webs cycle nutrients and regulate parasites and pathogens, services essential for
both agricultural productivity and ecosystem health. Nematodes provide useful indicators of …

In tropical forest ecosystems, highly weathered soils are often considered as relatively
nitrogen-rich but phosphorus-poor. Nutrient availability greatly regulates ecosystem …

Nematode community indices would be more cost-effective and interpretable if ambiguous
genera were removed and indices reduced to only genera with known sensitivity or …

A 6-month study was carried out at the China Agricultural University greenhouse to
determine the effects of organic amendments (fertilizer) on the abundance and community …

The addition of fresh organic matter is known to modify both soil aggregation and soil biotic
community composition. We hypothesized that fertilization alters the composition of soil …