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Sandy soil reclamation technologies to improve crop productivity and soil health: a review

Frontiers in Soil Science
Sandy soils are characterized by low soil moisture content and nutrient retention due to high permeability, limiting crop productivity and threatening food security in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide.
Sylus Kipngeno Musei, Sylus Kipngeno Musei, Shem Kuyah, Sylvia Nyawira, Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’a, Winifred N. Karugu, Alvin Smucker, Libère Nkurunziza   +7 more
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Soil Health

, 2013
Soil health.
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Short-Term Effects of Low-Level Heavy Metal Contamination on Soil Health Analyzed by Nematode Community Structure

The Plant Pathology Journal, 2016
The short-term effects of low-level contamination by heavy metals (As, Cd, Cu, and Pb) on the soil health were examined by analyzing soil nematode community in soils planted with tomatoes. For this, the soils were irrigated with five metal concentrations
Byeong-Yong Park, Jae-Kook Lee, Hee-Myong Ro, Young Ho Kim   +3 more
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Edaphic mesofauna responses to land use change for sugarcane cultivation: insights from contrasting soil textures

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Land use change (LUC), specifically the cultivation of monoculture sugarcane, can negatively impact soil biodiversity, leading to a decline in soil health and ecosystem functioning.
Beatriz S. Vanolli, Nariane de Andrade, Lucas Pecci Canisares, André. L. C. Franco, Arthur P. A. Pereira, Maurício R. Cherubin   +5 more
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Comparative analysis of soil quality indexing techniques for various tree based land use systems in semi-arid India

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Inappropriate management of land use systems is one of the main factors that leads to soil quality degradation and its quantification is crucial to their sustainable utilization planning.
A. R. Uthappa, A. R. Uthappa, A. R. Uthappa, A. S. Devakumar, Bappa Das, G. R. Mahajan, S. B. Chavan, Dinesh Jinger, Prakash Kumar Jha, Parveen Kumar, A. Kokila, R. Krishnamurthy, N. V. Mounesh, C. Dhanush, Iftikhar Ali, Iftikhar Ali, Sayed M. Eldin, Ibrahim Al-Ashkar, Mohamed S. Elshikh, Shah Fahad   +19 more
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Soil Health Security in India: Insights from Soil Health Card Data

, 2019
This study has made an attempt to assess the soil nutritional status of various states in India using secondary data collected from the Soil Health Card portal. The study finds that due to the unbalanced use of micro and macro fertilizers, the health of the soil is continuously deteriorating across the states and ecological regions.
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Editorial: Growth regulators and biostimulants: upcoming opportunities

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Shubhpriya Gupta, Shubhpriya Gupta, Paromik Bhattacharyya, Manoj G. Kulkarni, Karel Doležal, Karel Doležal   +5 more
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Enhancing sustainable crop production through integrated nutrient management: a focus on vermicompost, bio-enriched rock phosphate, and inorganic fertilisers – a systematic review

Frontiers in Agronomy
Securing a consistent food supply remains a pressing global challenge, particularly for small-scale farmers grappling with obstacles in enhancing agricultural yields, especially in tropical soils.
Tamara José Sande, Tamara José Sande, Hamis J. Tindwa, Alessandra Mayumi Tokura Alovisi, Mawazo Jamson Shitindi, Johnson M. Semoka   +5 more
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Soils and Health [PDF]

Science, 1885
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Organic Amendments: Enhancing Plant Tolerance to Salinity and Metal Stress for Improved Agricultural Productivity

Stresses
Salinity and metal stress are significant abiotic factors that negatively influence plant growth and development. These factors lead to diminished agricultural yields on a global scale.
Israt Jahan Irin, Mirza Hasanuzzaman
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