Monitoring and Modeling the Soil‐Plant System Toward Understanding Soil Health

Reviews of Geophysics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 63(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 25, 2025

Abstract The soil health assessment has evolved from focusing primarily on agricultural productivity to an integrated evaluation of biota and biotic processes that impact properties. Consequently, shifted a predominantly physicochemical approach incorporating ecological, biological molecular microbiology indicators. This shift enables comprehensive exploration microbial community properties their responses environmental changes arising climate change anthropogenic disturbances. Despite the increasing availability indicators (physical, chemical, biological) data, holistic mechanistic linkage not yet been fully established between functions across multiple spatiotemporal scales. article reviews state‐of‐the‐art monitoring, understanding how soil‐microbiome‐plant contribute feedback mechanisms causes in properties, as well these have functions. Furthermore, we survey opportunities afforded by soil‐plant digital twin approach, integrative framework amalgamates process‐based models, Earth Observation data assimilation, physics‐informed machine learning, achieve nuanced comprehension health. review delineates prospective trajectory for monitoring embracing systematically observe model system. We further identify gaps opportunities, provide perspectives future research enhanced intricate interplay hydrological processes, hydraulics, microbiome, landscape genomics.

Язык: Английский

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Innovative Soil Management Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(21), С. 9481 - 9481

Опубликована: Окт. 31, 2024

Agriculture has always resulted from available technology and the necessity to secure humanity’s food needs. In recent decades, a third factor been recognized in this system—the environment. For centuries, side effect of agricultural development environmental pollution uncontrolled use natural resources. New legislation is being introduced worldwide protect environment move towards sustainable economy. An example EU Green Deal, aimed at making Europe world’s first climate-neutral continent. integral part strategy agriculture, based on balanced resources, recycling, ecological practices latest technological solutions. It also important change perception soil recognize its pivotal role ensuring security. Soil non-renewable resource; without healthy soil, no agriculture can exist. reason, paper summarizes trends perspective management conservation. includes summary nanomaterial use, organic farming, health, precision threats challenges sustainability posed by climate change. We conclude that despite rapid extensive solutions striving increase productivity, measures are still lacking will allow maintain adequate efficiency while fully protecting environment, especially developing countries.

Язык: Английский

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Compost Application Enhances Soil Health and Maintains Crop Yield: Insights From 56 Farmer‐Managed Arable Fields

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 4(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 13, 2025

ABSTRACT Introduction Improving soil health while maintaining crop yield is a key challenge for farmers. So far, only few studies assessed the effects of compost and solid digestate application on plant under practical on‐farm conditions across both organic conventional cropping systems. Materials Methods This study examined 56 arable fields in Switzerland, managed either conventionally ( n = 39) or organically 17) by individual Fields were categorised based their fertilisation history: standard 21), including livestock manure, slurry, mineral fertilisers (reference), with additional 26) 9) amendments. Soil was eight chemical, biological, physical indicators. Results Compost use, but not associated enhanced average + 31% over reference fields), driven increases basal respiration 45%), cation exchange capacity 42%), fungal richness 18%), marginally higher carbon stocks 28%). These differences consistent management systems, despite site variability. Clay content extended periods cover also positively influenced health. Wheat yields 21% lower unaffected use. Conclusion findings suggest that using alongside practices like can effectively promote farming scenarios, offering means to balance multiple sustainability goals simultaneously.

Язык: Английский

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A Soil Monitoring Law for Europe

Global Challenges, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 9(3)

Опубликована: Фев. 25, 2025

Over 60% of European soils are unhealthy according to the Soil Mission board estimates and indicators presented in Union (EU) degradation dashboard. The situation may worsen if no policy interventions taken. unsustainable use natural resources, particular soils, precipitates biodiversity loss, exacerbated by climate crisis. In particular, EU alone, soil costs over €50 billion per year due loss essential services they provide impact on human health. Here a more precise estimation cost related set processes, ranging between €40.9 72.7 is presented. This newly updated estimate compared Impact assessment Monitoring Law takes into account erosion, contamination, phosphorus losses, carbon nitrogen compaction, sealing. However, this might double it added floods, droughts, off-site effects health consequences contamination. Therefore, further research needed address knowledge gap missing costs. critical issue with transboundary implications that requires urgent attention action at level. substantial, both terms environmental impacts economic consequences, highlighting importance investing sustainable management practices harmonized monitoring system. By addressing through proposed Law, significant amounts for innovation Mission, promoting international cooperation, can take solid steps toward protecting its resources achieving future all.

Язык: Английский

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Exploring the effects of soil structure, nutrients, and farm management on crop root biomass and depth distribution

Field Crops Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 327, С. 109909 - 109909

Опубликована: Апрель 12, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Sustainable Practices for Enhancing Soil Health and Crop Quality in Modern Agriculture: A Review

Agriculture, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(9), С. 998 - 998

Опубликована: Май 5, 2025

Soil health is the cornerstone of sustainable agriculture, serving as foundation for crop productivity, environmental resilience, and long-term ecosystem stability. Contemporary agricultural methods, characterized by excessive pesticide fertilizer application, monoculture, intensive tillage, have resulted in extensive soil degradation, requiring novel strategies to restore sustain functionality. This review examined practices enhance improve quality modern systems. Preserving soil’s physical, chemical, biological characteristics essential its health, achievable through various agronomic strategies. Practices such rotation, cover cropping, no-till or carbon farming, conservation agriculture (CA), use organic amendments were explored their ability structure, increase matter, promote biodiversity. These initiatives seek preserve ecosystems aligning with ecological principles, ensuring productivity Enhancing will functions, supporting concept that increasing (SOC) necessary. study determined tillage more advantageous than conventional a topic still controversial among scientists farmers, systems exhibit distinct interactions. strategies, integrated management interaction plant, soil, microbial, human activities, would health.

Язык: Английский

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Comparison of LUCAS and Italian Sampling Procedures for Harmonising Physicochemical and Biological Soil Health Indicators

European Journal of Soil Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 76(3)

Опубликована: Май 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Comparability of soil data derived from different sources is crucial to obtain consistent results when evaluating the health status. Discrepancies may arise due various factors, including uncertainties resulting sampling methods. In this study, we compared Physicochemical properties (ST)—pH, organic carbon, texture, cation exchange capacity, nutrients, heavy metals—and microbial diversity (BIO) samples collected following both LUCAS Soil (performed by European Commission Joint Research Centre, JRC) and Italian two regional agencies) procedures. The aim was evaluate effect applying protocols on ST BIO data. 58 2022 sites located in northern Italy were protocols. Data obtained analyses highlighted that are comparable for most properties. Nevertheless, can differ significantly depending parameter being considered, as evidenced concordance index varying 0.37 1. Concerning analyses, although investigation indicators did not show a good between strategies, an analysis community structure correlation (Pearson's R > 0.6). An land cover observed suggesting could be considered combining Also, fungal communities showed lower samples, highlighting higher heterogeneity minor replicability with respect bacteria conclusion, comparison generally consistency among methods, integration indeed possible parameters analysed. However, further research needed sufficient level harmonisation procedures those which significant discordance found.

Язык: Английский

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The effect of long-term exposure to diatrizoate on microbial communities in activated sludge

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(1)

Опубликована: Май 20, 2025

Contrast agents are very persistent compounds that detected in increasing concentrations sewage and water. This study aimed to determine whether the presence of iodinated contrast agent - diatrizoate impacts microorganisms activated sludge. During 100-day experiment, an attempt was made find most sensitive microbial indicator would inform about changes structure or activity communities as a result exposure diatrizoate. Biochemical genetic factors were tested, it found indicators dehydrogenase indexes related oxidation specific substrates. On last day values all analysed functional diversity worse when higher concentration added. Dehydrogenase half lower, Gini coefficient 0.15 Shannon Richness indices 0.31 6 respectively, compared control. Simultaneously, increased intensity glycogen, α-cyclodextrin, α-ketobutyric D-malic acid revealed. In conclusion, long-term exposition diatrizoate, affects metabolism causes significant adverse their diversity. work demonstrates importance studies impact pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems.

Язык: Английский

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Land Use Interacts With Climate to Influence Microbial Diversity‐To‐Biomass Ratios Across Europe via Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen

Molecular Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Май 23, 2025

ABSTRACT Ecosystem functioning is potentially dependent on the relationships between soil microbial diversity and biomass. Yet, it remains unclear how land use climate influence these relationships. Here, we (i) analysed ratios richness biomass of bacteria fungi in ~500 soils across Europe, including three land‐use types (woodlands, grasslands croplands) climates (cold, temperate arid) (ii) identified driving factors changes richness:biomass (R:B) ratios. Richness followed a unimodal pattern, with peak mid‐levels This pattern was more evident clearly exerted by than climate. Bacterial R:B decreased following order: croplands > woodlands grasslands. Fungal as follows: woodlands. Climate found to interact use. In this way, arid tended increase bacterial different uses; however, agricultural practices associated seem buffer effect. fungi, interactive effect less straightforward for bacteria. According our models, organic carbon (SOC) total nitrogen (N) SOC were primary predictors Therefore, related change impact N contents are potential disruptors study clarifies diversity:biomass uses climates.

Язык: Английский

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Letter to the Editor regarding Feeney et al., 2024, ‘Benchmarking soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration provides more robust soil health assessment than the SOC/clay ratio at European scale’

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 976, С. 179278 - 179278

Опубликована: Апрель 7, 2025

Язык: Английский

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