Humic Substances: Bridging Ecology and Agriculture for a Greener Future DOI Creative Commons
Angela Maffia, Mariateresa Oliva, Federica Marra

et al.

Agronomy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2), P. 410 - 410

Published: Feb. 6, 2025

Humic substances (HSs) are emerging as multifunctional natural catalysts in sustainable agriculture, offering novel opportunities to enhance soil health, plant productivity, and environmental resilience. This review synthesizes recent insights into the chemical diversity, biological mechanisms, ecological impacts of HSs, presenting a new perspective on their role dynamic agents agroecosystems. Derived from decomposed organic matter, HSs regulate critical processes such nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, pollutant detoxification. Unlike microbial biomass, which undergo rapid mineralization due active dynamism, exhibit significant resistance biodegradation, leading prolonged residence time that spans years or even centuries. stability allows maintain functional roles over extended periods, contributing long-term health ecosystem sustainability. Their integration agricultural systems has demonstrated profound effects, including improved structure, increased water retention, stimulation activity, collectively bolster stress tolerance yield. Notably, it been proposed hormone-like properties, influencing signaling pathways root architecture acquisition. Moreover, contribute remediation by regulating leaching heavy metals, mitigating runoff, fostering climate highlights synergistic potential combining with amendments like compost biochar, positioning cornerstone regenerative farming practices. Addressing challenges variability composition application methods, discussion underscores urgency developing standardized approaches harness full potential. By framing versatile adaptive tools, this paves way for advancing while addressing global food security change.

Language: Английский

Humic Substances: Bridging Ecology and Agriculture for a Greener Future DOI Creative Commons
Angela Maffia, Mariateresa Oliva, Federica Marra

et al.

Agronomy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2), P. 410 - 410

Published: Feb. 6, 2025

Humic substances (HSs) are emerging as multifunctional natural catalysts in sustainable agriculture, offering novel opportunities to enhance soil health, plant productivity, and environmental resilience. This review synthesizes recent insights into the chemical diversity, biological mechanisms, ecological impacts of HSs, presenting a new perspective on their role dynamic agents agroecosystems. Derived from decomposed organic matter, HSs regulate critical processes such nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration, pollutant detoxification. Unlike microbial biomass, which undergo rapid mineralization due active dynamism, exhibit significant resistance biodegradation, leading prolonged residence time that spans years or even centuries. stability allows maintain functional roles over extended periods, contributing long-term health ecosystem sustainability. Their integration agricultural systems has demonstrated profound effects, including improved structure, increased water retention, stimulation activity, collectively bolster stress tolerance yield. Notably, it been proposed hormone-like properties, influencing signaling pathways root architecture acquisition. Moreover, contribute remediation by regulating leaching heavy metals, mitigating runoff, fostering climate highlights synergistic potential combining with amendments like compost biochar, positioning cornerstone regenerative farming practices. Addressing challenges variability composition application methods, discussion underscores urgency developing standardized approaches harness full potential. By framing versatile adaptive tools, this paves way for advancing while addressing global food security change.

Language: Английский

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