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Soil food web controls on nitrogen mineralization are influenced by agricultural practices in humid
Agricultural crop production depends upon judicious use of nitrogen (N) fertilizers to sustain yields. Globally, the N recovery rate by crops is abo...
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Carbon sequestration in soil.
Carbon (C) sequestration in soil implies transfer and secure storage of atmospheric CO2 into the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool as recalcitrant humu...
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Effects of no-tillage on soil structure.
When used over several years, no-tillage (NT) increases spatial differentiation of soils vertically and horizontally by altering the structure and co...
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Functions of microbial communities and their importance to soil.
Soil is a peculiar biological system with microbial life located in a small volume and distributed like an oasis in a desolated land, a large microbi...
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Priorities for conservation of soil animals.
Soils are recognized as one of the greatest biodiversity reservoirs of the planet, as communities of edaphic animals include an outstanding diversity...
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Amelioration and nutrient management strategies for sodic and alkali soils.
Sodic and alkali soils are characterized by the occurrence of excess sodium (Na+) to levels that can adversely affect soil structure and disturb the...
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Assessment and maintenance of soil fertility in temperate organic agriculture.
The maintenance of soil fertility is a key tenet of organic farming and can be broadly defined as the ability of the soil to support the productivit...
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Potential role of tillage to increase soil organic carbon sequestration.
The importance of soil organic carbon (SOC) in maintaining soil quality is well recognized and more recently there has been much interest in the rol...
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Bt plants and effects on soil micro-organisms.
The continued and increasing adoption of genetically modified plants (GMPs) in agriculture has raised both perspectives on increasing the productivity...
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Quantitative polymerase chain reaction for the detection of organisms in soil.
Detection and quantification of soil organisms using traditional methods (culture, plating and microscopy) are difficult and do not always allow iden...
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