Soil Use and Management

Heat map illustrating the effectiveness of various soil management practices in terms of soil organic carbon (SOC) enhancement, greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and their aggregated practice impact coefficient (PIC). Pale yellow cells indicate ‘no data available for scoring’.

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A Critical Review of Regenerative Soil Management: A Novel Scoring System for SOC and GHG Emissions in Southeast Asia.
Udomkun, Rupngam, Müller et al.
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(a) Illustration of the employed fractionation procedure that combines electrostatic attraction, water extraction, sonication, and wet sieving (Remus et al., 2018). (b) Separated OM fractions and their soil ecological meaning. Artwork by Lana Koepke Johnson.

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Potential gains in soil carbon and nitrogen as a result of systems perenniality: Insights from on-farm experiments and soil organic matter fractions.
Souza Krupek, Kaiser, Redfearn & Basche🇺🇸
#soil #soilscience
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HoliSoils Webinar Series - Challenges in modelling microbial interaction in SOC decomposition - HoliSoils Join us on 17 September 2025 (14:00–15:30 CEST) for the first session of the HoliSoils webinar series, organised in collaboration with the IUFRO Task Force T58.

🦠🌱 Join us for the first #HoliSoils webinar: Challenges in Modelling Microbial Interaction in SOC Decomposition. #SoilHealth

📅 17 Sept, 14:00–15:30 CEST

Explore cutting-edge insights from leading experts on soil C models & microbial dynamics. Free & open to all! 👉 holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

📢📢Read our new blog celebrating 40 years of Soil Use and Management and Welcoming Our New Editor-in-Chief, Professor Leo Condron.⬇️
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On the bottom edge of the photo, leaf litter on top of a compost pile. Mid-range, steam rising from the compost pile. Background, blurry trees

Soil organic matter is a complex mixture of plant, animal, or microbial-derived residues at various stages of decomposition. Plants and microbial communities are usually the biggest contributors to #soil organic matter. Learn more in this blog post: wp.me/pclOv9-wQ

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Effects of Straw Return on Mitigating Cadmium-Contaminated Soils
Feng et al.
#SoilHealth #Soil #soilscience
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Schematic representation of the in-situ scanning protocol of soil samples with: (a) the scanning of the two sides of the Edelman auger (hereafter called side_a and side_b), (b) the scanning of the raw surface (surface_raw) and (c) the scanning of the cleaned and smoothed soil surface (surface_smooth).

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Visible & near-infrared spectroscopy for in situ characterization of agricultural soil fertility: a proposition of best practice...
Metzger et al
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Carbon Footprint of Major Wheat Growing Areas of Guanzhong Plain Shaanxi Province of China Based on Farm Survey Data: A Nitrogen Dilemma Excessive nitrogen fertiliser use is a significant problem in Chinese crop production, contributing significantly to the large release of greenhouse gases. Boosting crop yield for global food securit...

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Carbon Footprint of Major Wheat Growing Areas of Guanzhong Plain Shaanxi Province of China Based on Farm Survey Data: A Nitrogen Dilemma.
Saeed, Niu, Xu, Mustafa, Zhang & Yang
#soil #soilscience #nitrogen #fertilizer
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Schedule of field activities for the cover crop study, 2018–2020.

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Cover crop diversity for sustainable agriculture: Insights from the Cerrado biome.
Santos Souza et al
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Benefits of climate-smart conservation agricultural techniques on the overall soil health.

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Utilisation of Climate-Smart Conservation Agriculture Practices for Improved Soil Carbon Sequestration, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Sustainable Crop Productivity.
Maqbool, Farooq, Rafiq, Uzair & Hussain
#climate #GHG #soil #soilscience
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Soil Properties and Not Crop Rotation With Non-Mycorrhizal Canola Influence the Abundance of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Wheat Soils
Dube & Dames
#soil #soilscience
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Effects of low-density polyethylene & polyamide microplastics on the microbiological & chemical characteristics of an Andisol.
Riveros, Soria, Villafuerte, Gómez, Ortega et al
#soil #soilscience #plastic
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Effect of Nigella Sativa Residue and Its Biochar on Soil Microbial Activity, Carbon Sequestration and Nitrogen Cycling Across Different Soil Types
Asuman Büyükkılıç Yanarda
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MPs pollution processes and potential impacts in the soil environment.

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Effects and mechanism of #microplastics on organic #carbon and #nitrogen cycling in agricultural #soil: A review
Ma, Yang, Yu, Tan, Gao & Lv
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Long-term manure use, not organic farming, improved soil physical properties. A conventional farm with similar manure use would provide the same results.
An older article on this: csanr.wsu.edu/soil-buildi...
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Now our article is finally out in the proper version 🎉

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To celebrate, some pics from sampling and the view while writing
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#Agroscope #soilspectoscopy

Tillage management practices and their impact on soil ecology and possible solutions.

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Conservation Tillage Practices on GHG Emissions, Soil Health and Overall Agricultural Sustainability.
Rajiv Kumar Srivastava
#soil #soilscience #ghg
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The Dependence of Cereal Yields on Soil Organic Carbon in Concert With Other Soil Properties and Management
Salo, Keskinen, Räty, Heikkinen, Kostensalo, Kaseva et al
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Screenshot of the article titled "The Dependence of Cereal Yields on Soil Organic Carbon in Concert With Other Soil Properties and Management."

Sometimes things just move slowly, but happy to finally have this paper out! 🤩
We found that even relatively high levels of SOC can contribute to yields (~modestly~), and that a high clay content (>40%) negatively affects cereal yields #soils
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It is a great honour to be part of the Editorial Board @sumjournal.bsky.social and taking on a larger role in the British Soil Science Societies Journal. @pdhallett.bsky.social

We are delighted to welcome A/Prof Lisa Lobry de Bruyn to the Soil Use and Management editorial team as Deputy Editor, and very much look forward to working with her in this, the journal's 40th Anniversary year, and beyond!
@lisalobry.bsky.social #soil #soilscience

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Assessment of Teabag Litter Decomposition as a Measure of Soil Health, Including Sensitivity to Crop Type and Management System in Agricultural Soils
Hayes, Norris & Volpe
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Soil profiles at the three smallholder cocoa farms investigated in this study. (A) Soils (Rendzinas) under cocoa production at the New Ireland farm (LAU-PAN). Soils sampled in this area are typically shallow and coralline. Note the large deposits of limestone at or below 30 cm. (B) Soils (Mollic Andosols) under cocoa production at the East New Britain farm (T5A-CCI). Soils sampled in this area are typically deep profiles of old (> 30 years) volcanic ash. (C) Soils (Mollic Andosols) under cocoa production at the Autonomous Region of Bougainville farm (BOKA-PAN). Soils sampled in this area are typically deep profiles of young volcanic ash.

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Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy for Soil Testing Under Different Soil Nutrient Management in Cocoa Production Systems
Purushothaman, Swan, Singh, Fidelis et al.
#soil #soilscience
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Economic and environmental evaluation of biofertilizers and biochar adoption.

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Improving the Sustainability of Tomato Production With Biochar and Biofertilizers in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Graziano, Caldara, Gullì, Cornali, Vassura et al
#soilscience #soil #biochar
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FESEM images of Dust Source 1. Untreated (a, b, c) and SC-brine-treated (d, e, f) samples.

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Harnessing Salt Crusts From Lake Urmia: A Sustainable Approach to #Soil Stabilisation and Dust Mitigation
Bahmani, Hamzehpour, Pourmohammad, Mousavi & Moosavifar
#erosion
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Properties of modified BC and its effects on soil EC, pH and CEC. Modified BC can potentially improve or reduce soil indices, as indicated by green and red characters in the image. The soil index is represented in the inner layer of the image, with the cause of soil property changes caused by BC in the middle layer and BC property changes in the outermost layer.

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Biochar modification methods and mechanisms for salt-affected #soil and saline-alkali soil improvement: A review
Lin, Yu, Zhang, Lu, Xu & Peng
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Dashboard of mid- and long-term field experiments investigating the effect of crop rotation. Subplot (a) shows the map of the experiments. The most common crops for no rotation versus crop rotation experiments are shown in subplot (b). The subplots (c)–(h) show the distribution of metadata for the selected experiments (black) and for the entire data set (grey). The numbers in parentheses show for how many MTEs/LTEs the information was available.

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An open-source meta-dataset of running European mid- and long-term agricultural field experiments
Blanchy et al.
#soil #soilscience #OpenAccess
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The DIKW model (after Ackoff 1989) based on Brodaric and Richard (2020).

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The Opportunities and Challenges Associated With Establishing a National Soil Data Repository From Public and Private Actors
Ollerenshaw, Dahlhaus, Thompson & Staines
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Evaluation of the potential for nine established and emerging interventions to reduce #soil carbon losses and increase stocks in grazing systems: A case study for Aotearoa New Zealand
Whitehead et al.
#OpenAccess #soilscience
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Phosphorus Release Dynamics From Cover Crop Residues: A Comparison Between Single Species and Mixtures
Raniro, Hernandez-Mora, Duboc, Staudinger & Santner
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