Comparison of soil quality index using three methods. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Assessment of management-induced changes in soil quality is important to sustaining high crop yield. A large diversity of cultivated soils necessitate identification development of an appropriate soil quality index (SQI) based on relative soil properties
Atanu Mukherjee, Rattan Lal
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Evaluating the Soil Quality Index Using Three Methods to Assess Soil Fertility [PDF]
SensorsSoil health plays a crucial role in crop production, both in terms of quality and quantity, highlighting the importance of effective methods for preserving soil quality to ensure global food security. Soil quality indices (SQIs) have been widely utilized
Hiba Chaudhry +6 more
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VALIDATION OF SOIL QUALITY INDEX IN SOIL USING BIOINDICATOR PLANT
Colloquium Agrariae, 2021 Soils provide a broad set of vital ecosystem services and sustains the production of food and fibers, balancing the ecosystem. Thus, from the perspective of soil quality, it is defined as an ability to balance within the ecosystem to sustain biological ...
Ronaldo Toshiaki Oikawa +2 more
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Aggregate Indices Method in Soil Quality Evaluation Using the Relative Soil Quality Index [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2015 This paper presents a new approach to assess the soil quality by aggregate indices using the Relative Soil Quality Index (RSQI) proposed by Ho Ngoc Pham.
Ho Ngoc Pham +3 more
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Digital technology dilemma: on unlocking the soil quality index conundrum. [PDF]
Bioresour Bioprocess, 2021 AbstractKnowledge of the interactions between soil systems, management practices, and climatic extremes are critical for prescription-based sustainable practices that reduce environmental pollution/footprints, disruption of food supply chains, food contamination, and thus improve socio-economic wellbeing.
Obade VP, Gaya C.
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Soil quality index (SQI) for evaluating the sustainability status of Kakia-Esamburmbur catchment under three different land use types in Narok County, Kenya [PDF]
HeliyonLand and water degradation caused by soil erosion and climate change pose major environmental threats, particularly in agricultural watersheds. Soil erosion in a catchment leads to low crop yields due to declining soil quality (SQ), productivity and ...
Wendyam Arsene Flavien Damiba +3 more
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The assessment of soil quality of various age of land reclamation after coal mining: a chronosequence study [PDF]
Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 2017 The assessment of soil quality index is one of the parameters to evaluate the goal of land reclamation. The research has been done in the various age of soil of PT Adaro Indonesia and natural forest.
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Integrated index of agricultural soil quality in Slovakia [PDF]
Journal of Maps, 2018 On the basis of existing spatial databases and maps of soil parameters relating to production, environmental parameters and soil threats, indices of agricultural soil quality in Slovakia were developed and their distribution shown on maps.
Jozef Vilček, Štefan Koco
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Towards an ecological index for tropical soil quality based on soil macrofauna [PDF]
Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2009 The objective of this work was to construct a simple index based on the presence/absence of different groups of soil macrofauna to determine the ecological quality of soils.
Geissen, V. +5 more
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SOIL QUALITY INDEX IN THE UPSTREAM OF BENGAWAN SOLO RIVER BASIN ACCORDING TO THE SOIL FUNCTION IN NUTRIENT CYCLING BASED ON SOYBEAN PRODUCTION IN AGROFORESTRY [PDF]
AGRIVITA Journal of Agricultural Science, 2016 Over the function of the upstream region watersheds causes the soil susceptible to degradation of soil fertility. Agroforestry systems that have been implemented should be reviewed to determine their effectiveness in improving soil fertility using a soil
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