Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Conservation

• Other Authors: Gattullo, Concetta Eliana (Editor), Stellacci, Anna Maria (Editor), Castellini, Mirko (Editor), Diacono, Mariangela (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Tungsten; corn uptake; soil characteristics; Freundlich model; Biolog®; community-level physiological profiling (CLPP); functional diversity indices; metabolic bacterial diversity; olive; soil fertility; soil quality; maize; stomata; soil; phenanthrene; remediation; qualitative multi-attribute model; total energy output; agro-ecological service crops; ex-post sustainability; organic systems; amendment; biochar; brewers' spent grain; hop; image analysis; plant growth; Beerkan method; infiltration; forest restoration; soil water repellency; tillage; fertilization; soil depth; organic carbon; clay minerals; diffuse reflectance; infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy; bioremediation; composting; PAHs; organic co-substrates; mulching; flattening; irrigation; photosynthesis; transpiration; water stress integral; fruit growth; water use efficiency; productivity; soil organic matter; near-infrared spectroscopy; spatial heterogeneity; multivariate adaptive regression splines; partial least squares regression; anaerobic digestion residues; soil amendment; soil fertilization; soil organic C; soil porosity; soil microbial community; copper; rhizosphere; smart agriculture; microbes; vineyard; organic agriculture; soil organic carbon; soil management; soil contamination; soil remediation; sustainable fruit growing; water conservation practices; multivariate statistical models for SOC prediction
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Soil degradation is one of the most topical environmental threats. A number of processes causing soil degradation, specifically erosion, compaction, salinization, pollution, and loss of both organic matter and soil biodiversity, are also strictly connected to agricultural activity and its intensific...