Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play an important role in plant growth and rhizosphere microbiome composition. However, how the plant-AMF-rhizosphere microbiome continuum interacts in barren soils to efficiently promote the plant's growth is still an area of little research. Here, we present the ...

Organic composts could remediate saline-alkali soils on agricultural land by amending soil micro-environment which is one of the main strategies for resourceful treatment and recycling of livestock manure. However, it was still unknown how long-term surface application of organic composts affects...

The profiles of trace and major elements in three Odontarrhena species from the ultramafics of Western Iran (O. callichroa, O. penjwinensis and O. inflata) were evaluated to provide detailed information on their soil-plant relationships and potentials for agromining. The mean concentrations of Ni...

Although it is commonly accepted that climate change will increase the range and abundance of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) through increased rainfall and temperature, the role of soil and influence of soil health on this effect is not well understood. We propose that understanding the...

This study presents the results of a multi-element and multivariate geochemical analysis of a deserted medieval settlement and its agricultural landscape, including a monastic (Cistercian) manorial farm, situated in the Czech Republic. We used LiDAR survey and historic maps to detect relict...

The reduction process of pollutants by nano zero-valent iron (nZVI) is limited by mass transfer and its effective utilization, and previous studies have ignored the electron loss caused by its oxidative passivation. The carbon-coated structure can effectively inhibit the oxidation of nZVI, but the...

The combined application of potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KH₂PO₄) and thermally activated nano serpentine and KH₂PO₄ and thermally activated nano zeolite could immobilize cadmium (Cd) in contaminated soils by increasing soil pH value. The results showed that adding nPS₇₀₀-2.0 (KH₂PO₄ and...

The effectiveness of amendments such as alum [Al₂(SO₄)₃.18H₂O] in reducing phosphorus (P) loss to floodwater has been reported under summer conditions and laboratory-controlled environments, but not under actual spring weather conditions in cold climate regions with high diurnal temperature...

It is vitally important to increase the productivity of the degraded and low-fertility sandy desert soils in the world. In particular, special attention is being paid to the use of modern technologies aimed at quickly and qualitatively identifying the changes occurring in sandy desert soils,...

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