Soils and sustainable development goals of the United Nations: An International Union of Soil Sciences perspective

R Lal, J Bouma, E Brevik, L Dawson, DJ Field… - Geoderma …, 2021 - Elsevier
Being critical to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations,
strengthening understanding of the properties and processes of soil at national and regional …

Fire effects on the distribution and bioavailability of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in agricultural soils

R Terzano, I Rascio, I Allegretta, C Porfido… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last years, uncontrolled fires are frequently occurring in forest and agricultural areas
as an indirect effect of the rising aridity and global warming or caused by intentional illegal …

Soil degradation: Will humankind ever learn?

DL Karlen, CW Rice - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
Soil degradation is a global problem caused by many factors including excessive tillage,
inappropriate crop rotations, excessive grazing or crop residue removal, deforestation …

Assessment of the soil fertility status in Benin (West Africa)–Digital soil mapping using machine learning

KOL Hounkpatin, AY Bossa, Y Yira, MA Igue… - Geoderma …, 2022 - Elsevier
A soil fertility index map (SFIm) can provide key information to decision-makers in regard to
spatial planning in the context of sustainable land management. The establishment of such …

Soil quality assessment to compare tillage systems in Cukurova Plain, Turkey

I Celik, H Günal, N Acir, ZB Barut, M Budak - Soil and Tillage Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural practices should be carefully monitored for long-term impacts on soil quality to
avoid further deterioration in ecosystem services provided by soils. The aim of this study was …

Isolation and characterization of culturable osmotolerant microbiota in hypersaline and hypergypsic soils as new treatment for osmotic stress in plants

T Gil, R Teixeira, A Sousa, MA d'Oliveira Palmeiro… - Soil Systems, 2023 - mdpi.com
Saline and gypsic soils impede or condition the establishment of farms in many regions
worldwide. Stress caused by the accumulation of sodium or calcium ions in the soil …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing the ecological source area identification method and building ecological corridor using a genetic algorithm: A case study in Weihe River Basin, NW …

X Wu, J Pan, X Zhu - Ecological Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
The extraction of ecological corridors is influenced by the accuracy of ecological source area
identification, which is a crucial component of ecological security construction. The …

The effects of conservation tillage on chemical and microbial soil parameters at four sites across Europe

I Engell, D Linsler, M Sandor, RG Joergensen… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Conservation tillage is often discussed as an effective tool to improve the soil quality in
agriculture. Four sites across Europe (in Germany, Romania, Spain, and Sweden) were …

Effect of conservation tillage on crop productivity and nitrogen use efficiency

D Jug, B Đurđević, M Birkás, B Brozović, J Lipiec… - Soil and Tillage …, 2019 - Elsevier
The hypothesis that the optimal nitrogen rate for crop yield and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE)
are affected by tillage treatment, crop type and soil properties (type) was evaluated by an …

The impact of political, socio-economic and cultural factors on implementing environment friendly techniques for sustainable land management and climate change …

R Hălbac-Cotoară-Zamfir, S Keesstra… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Throughout the history of Romania, political decisions, socio-economic measures, and
cultural (traditional) characters have affected the implementation of environment friendly …