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Tracking Soil Health Changes in a Management-Intensive Grazing Agroecosystem

Soil Systems, 2023
Management-intensive Grazing (MiG) has been proposed to sustainably intensify agroecosystems through careful management of livestock rotations on pastureland.
Tad Trimarco, Joe E. Brummer, Cassidy Buchanan, James A. Ippolito   +3 more
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Cost Analysis of Using Cover Crops in Citrus Production

HortTechnology, 2023
Florida has a long association with citrus (Citrus sp.) production. However, the citrus industry in Florida has been devastated by Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening disease (Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus).
Shourish Chakravarty, Tara Wade
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Analysis of Major Bacteria and Diversity of Surface Soil to Discover Biomarkers Related to Soil Health

Toxics, 2022
The discovery of biomarkers for assessing soil health requires the exploration of organisms that can explain the core functions of soil and identification of species with major roles in these functions.
Heejung Kim, Yong-Ha Park, Jae E. Yang, Hyuck-Soo Kim, Sung-Chul Kim, Eun-Ji Oh, Jinah Moon, Wonsil Cho, Wonsik Shin, Chaerim Yu   +9 more
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Carbon Accumulation, Soil Microbial and Enzyme Activities in Elephant Foot Yam-Based Intercropping System

Agriculture, 2023
Intercropping is a sustainable, eco-friendly, and economically beneficial cropping system. Elephant foot yam (EFY), a multifarious long-duration vegetable, takes 60 days or more to spread its canopy.
Tamilselvan Ilakiya, Ramakrishnan Swarnapriya, Lakshmanan Pugalendhi, Vellingiri Geethalakshmi, Arunachalam Lakshmanan, Manoj Kumar, José M. Lorenzo   +6 more
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Comparison of Soil Biology Quality in Organically and Conventionally Managed Agro-Ecosystems Using Microarthropods

Agriculture, 2021
Since management practices profoundly influence soil characteristics, the adoption of sustainable agro-ecological practices is essential for soil health conservation.
Cristina Mantoni, Marika Pellegrini, Leonardo Dapporto, Maria Maddalena Del Gallo, Loretta Pace, Donato Silveri, Simone Fattorini   +6 more
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Delineation of Management Zones for Site-Specific Information about Soil Fertility Characteristics through Proximal Sensing of Potato Fields

Agronomy, 2020
The delineation of management zones (MZs) has been suggested as a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of soil variability on potato tuber yield. This study quantified the spatial patterns of variability in soil and crop properties to delineate MZs for ...
Humna Khan, Aitazaz A. Farooque, Bishnu Acharya, Farhat Abbas, Travis J. Esau, Qamar U. Zaman   +5 more
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Potential Use of Quartzipisamment under Agroforestry and Silvopastoral System for Large-Scale Production in Brazil

Agronomy, 2022
The need to put into practice sustainable agricultural production systems has been supported by agroecology science that seeks to optimize land use to food production with the lowest impact on soil.
Maria Fernanda Magioni Marçal, Zigomar Menezes de Souza, Rose Luiza Moraes Tavares, Camila Vieira Viana Farhate, Raul Evaristo Monteiro Júnior, Elizeu de Souza Lima, Lenon Henrique Lovera   +6 more
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Shifting of microbial biodiversity and soil health in rhizomicrobiome of natural forest and agricultural soil

Open Agriculture, 2020
Intensive agricultural practices and heavy use of inorganic fertilizers have significantly accelerated soil degradation. Mineralization of the organic matter of soil affects soil health and the abundance of soil beneficial microbes (SBMs) and its ...
Anggrainy Eka Dewi, Syarifain Roby Ibnu, Hidayat Arif, Solihatin Etin, Suherman Cucu, Fitriatin Betty N., Simarmata Tualar   +6 more
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Plant-Growth-Promoting Bioagents: A Sustainable Tool for Improving the Soil Health, Enhancing the Growth and Antioxidative Defense System of Tobacco

Plant Stress, 2023
: In the current era, the most crucial matter is to increase crop yields sustainably. Biological agents’ usage is an effective and environmentally friendly way to boost plant growth by activating the antioxidative defense system and improving soil health.
Junhua Li, Gang Deng, Hao Liu, Xinghong Wang, Qamar uz Zaman, Khawar Sultan, Shah Saud, Khaled El-Kahtany, Shah Fahad, Facong Qian, Suiyun Chen   +10 more
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Exploring agro-ecological significance, knowledge gaps, and research priorities in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Frontiers in Microbiology
This systematic review examines the global agricultural relevance and practical environmental implications of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) within the phylum Glomeromycota.
Lenganji Lackson Mwampashi, Aneth Japhet Magubika, Job Frank Ringo, Dickson J. Theonest, George Muhamba Tryphone, Luseko Amos Chilagane, Eliakira Kisetu Nassary   +6 more
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