Microbiological Indicators for Assessing the Effects of Agricultural Practices on Soil Health: A Review

Agronomy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2), P. 335 - 335

Published: Jan. 28, 2025

Agricultural practices significantly impact soil properties and ecological functions, highlighting the importance of comprehensive health assessments. Traditionally, these assessments have focused on physical chemical indicators, often neglecting microbiological properties. This review explores potential indicators in evaluating effects agricultural emphasizing their significance addressing challenges associated with application. A key advantage is high sensitivity rapid response to environmental changes. These can be grouped into three categories: microbial biomass abundance, taxonomic composition diversity, activity. Among these, carbon, basal respiration, decomposition rates are considered most reliable interpretable indicators. Microbial diversity remain limited diagnostic predictive capabilities due interpretation. Integrating offers a more holistic understanding interactions between health, enhancing our ability monitor, manage, preserve ecosystems. To facilitate adoption production land management, further efforts needed improve interpretability establish standardized criteria for assessment.

Language: Английский

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Monitoring nutrient and beneficial elements in the topsoil: the function of weathered background and later surficial process on their distribution

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 197(3)

Published: Feb. 4, 2025

Language: Английский

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Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Aggregate Stability of Different Land Use Types in Southeastern Nigeria

Eurasian Soil Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 58(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Quantification techniques of soil organic carbon: an appraisal

Analytical Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 11, 2025

This review provides an overview of the analytical methods utilized across laboratory, field, landscape, and regional scales for assessing soil organic carbon (SOC) in agricultural soils. The significance depth SOC estimation underscores importance selecting appropriate sampling designs, depths, methods, baseline selection accurate stock estimation. Traditional such as wet digestion dry combustion (DC) remain prevalent routine laboratory analysis, with DC considered standard reference method, surpassing accuracy reliability. Recent advancements spectroscopic techniques enable measurement both settings situ, even at greater depths. Aerial spectroscopy, which employs multispectral hyperspectral sensors, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or satellites, facilitates surface measurement. While current precision levels these may be limited, forthcoming sensors enhanced signal‒to‒noise ratios are expected to significantly increase prediction accuracy. Furthermore, global level, satellite remote sensing have considerable potential Regardless whether traditional novel approaches utilized, determination depends on available resources research requirements, each plays a distinct role climate research. paper various scale-dependent measuring soil, along its limitations.

Language: Английский

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Evaluation of soil structural quality and soil fertility indicators of dryland and fadama milieus based on soil profile description at 0–20 cm soil depth

Discover Soil., Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: April 8, 2025

Language: Английский

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Representativeness of mixed samples for evaluation of organic carbon in soil

Dokuchaev Soil Bulletin, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 122, P. 5 - 20

Published: March 26, 2025

The aim to solve the methodological problem of assessing variability soil organic carbon content (C org ) in layer 0–20 cm based on 10-fold independent mixed sampling from same field during one day. was carried out 4 fields ranging 6 16 hectares (Tver region). cover pattern is represented by patches agrosod-podzolic gleyic sandy loam and soils (Albic Retisols (Aric, Loamic)) developed binary deposits agrosod-podzols Podzols Arenic)) sands underlying loamy moraine depth 80–150 cm. It has been established that variation C samples reflects spatial component sometimes comparable to, but more often significantly higher than analytical reproducibility laboratory methods for determination (Turin method dry combustion method). To compare single measurements obtained at different time periods or fields, use even full confidence range interlaboratory turns be an unreasonably low estimate. conduct monitoring content, it necessary assess indicator, when selecting samples.

Language: Английский

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Response of Nature-Based and Organic Farming Practices on Soil Chemical, Biological Properties and Crop Physiological Attributes under Soybean in Vertisols of Central India

Eurasian Soil Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 57(7), P. 1244 - 1260

Published: May 13, 2024

Language: Английский

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Evaluation of soil structural quality and soil fertility indicators of dryland and fadama milieus using soil profile pits

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Aug. 12, 2024

Soil profile pits between 0 and 20 cm for eighteen different soil pedons in the dryland fadama areas of Kebbi State, Nigeria, were used to evaluate structural quality fertility indicators management suggestions. There significant differences sites chemical (P<0.001), also variations existed NPK ratios reaction (pH). Nitrogen phosphorus evaluated at very low levels, whereas potassium appeared be moderate. The common compounds site 1:1:2, 1:1:3, 1:1:4 1:2:5; however, site, there diverse ratios, which differ from one another. Three classes CEC (very-low, low, moderate) (low, moderate, high) sites. 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 extremely acidic, while 10 18 strongly acidic; 9, 12, 15, 17 moderately 3, 4, 11, 13, 14 slightly 6 16 neutral alkaline, respectively. was classified into seven (7) classes, five related (weak, weak, strong, good); other two (well good structures). It is suggested that study area can achieved through four applications: (a) use abundant organic manure improve fertility, (b) fertilizer with high amounts nitrogen but (c) improvement carbon matter content by return residues (plant animal materials) soils after crop harvest enhance rapid development matter.

Language: Английский

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Metals in Soils of the Southern Kuril Islands

Eurasian Soil Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 57(10), P. 1551 - 1566

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Estimation of Carbon Stocks in Forest Litter of Middle-Taiga Forests of Eastern Fennoscandia

Eurasian Soil Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 57(11), P. 1819 - 1833

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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