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1. Correction: A novel and actual mode for study of soil degradation and transportation of difenoconazole in a mango field

Author:
ZhaoFirst author., Fangfang; Liu, Jingkun; Xie, Defang; Lv, Daizhu; Luo, Jinhui
Source:
RSC advances 2019 v.9 no.34 pp. 19354
ISSN:
2046-2069
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; difenoconazole; mangoes;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Correction for ‘A novel and actual mode for study of soil degradation and transportation of difenoconazole in a mango field’ by Fangfang Zhao et al., RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 8671–8677. ...
DOI:
10.1039/c9ra90048a

2. Resilience of Red Ferralitic soils in the karst regions of Mayabeque Province, Cuba

Author:
Febles González, José M.; Febles Díaz, J.M.; Sobrinho, Nelson Moura B. Amaral; Tolón‐Becerra, Alfredo; Lastra‐Bravo, Xavier; Botta, Guido F.
Source:
Land degradation & development 2019 v.30 no.1 pp. 109-116
ISSN:
1085-3278
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; ecosystems; karsts; limestone; soil; Cuba;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... There is an ongoing global debate on soil degradation, its magnitude and agro‐environmental impact, where long‐term experimentation provides quantitative criteria for its capacity for restauration with rational use and management. In this context, research in the last 30 years has confirmed that the resilience of Red Ferralitic soils in the karst regions of western Cuba is a multifactorial process ...
DOI:
10.1002/ldr.3192

3. Analysis of Causes of Soil Degradation at the Akhty Mountain and Valley Agricultural Experimental Station of the Republic of Dagestan

Author:
Buyvolova, A. Yu.; Khusniev, I. T.; Bykova, E. P.
Source:
Moscow University soil science bulletin 2019 v.74 no.1 pp. 8-14
ISSN:
0147-6874
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; research institutions; soil; Russia;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The cause-and-effect relationships between degradation processes are revealed, and their development under different agricultural use conditions is shown based on a study of soils of the Akhty Mountain and Valley Agricultural Experimental Station. The DPSIR concept (Driving forces–Pressure–State–Impact–Response) has revealed the main factors of the currently increasing soil degradation at the stat ...
DOI:
10.3103/S0147687419010034

4. Land management and soil degradation evidence during the Late Holocene in Northwest Argentina (La Costa 2 - Tafí valley)

Author:
Sampietro-Vattuone, Maria Marta; Peña-Monné, José Luis; Roldán, Jimena; Dip, Alejandra Belén; Maldonado, Mario Gabriel; Lefebvre, María Gisela; Vattuone, Marta Amelia
Source:
Catena 2019 v.182 pp. 104115
ISSN:
0341-8162
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; Holocene epoch; anthropogenic activities; geomorphology; humans; land management; landscapes; semiarid zones; Argentina;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Tafí valley (Northwest Argentina) was densely occupied by agropastoral societies during the Late Holocene. These peoples made profound changes in the landscape during the development of productive economies. Previous geomorphological and geoarchaeological studies have produced good basic information about the Holocene landscape evolution of this semiarid region. However, little is known about ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.catena.2019.104115

5. Establishment of two native shrubby species in a degraded soil site in semiarid Central Mexico

Author:
Ayala-López, Christian Omar; Pavón, Numa P.
Source:
Arid land research and management 2019 v.33 no.2 pp. 177-182
ISSN:
1532-4990
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; Karwinskia; Zaluzania; greenhouse production; greenhouses; seedlings; shrubs; soil; Mexico;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The selection of plants for the restoration of degraded sites, the growth and survival of two shrub species in a soil degraded by construction rubble was evaluated. Two experiments were carried out, one in situ, and the other under greenhouse conditions. In the perturbed site, Zaluzania augusta had 62.8% survival, and grew 2.68 cm taller than Karwinskia humboldtiana. In greenhouse conditions, seed ...
DOI:
10.1080/15324982.2018.1523255

6. Changes in Optical Plant Parameters with Respect to the Degree of Soil Salinity in Arid Lands

Author:
Magomedova, M. Kh.-M.; Alieva, M. Yu.; Mammaev, A. T.; Pinyaskina, E. V.; Murtuzova, A. V.
Source:
Arid ecosystems 2019 v.9 no.2 pp. 138-142
ISSN:
2079-0961
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; arid lands; arid zones; ecosystems; fluorescence; indicator species; soil salinity;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... We have carried out a bioindication of the soil–plant system of North Dagestan using optical plant parameters based on ecological and physiological indicating features. The high soil salinity and manifestation of aridization features indicate an urgent need in soil bioindication. We have revealed indicator plants, the fluorescent response of which makes it possible to reveal and diagnose soil degr ...
DOI:
10.1134/S2079096119020082

7. Making knowledge and meaning in communities of practice: What role may science play? The case of sustainable soil management in England

Author:
Krzywoszynska, Anna
Source:
Soil use and management 2019 v.35 no.1 pp. 160-168
ISSN:
0266-0032
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; experts; farmers; farming systems; heart; learning; soil; soil management; England;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Social learning is gaining popularity as a tool for understanding and designing interactions between experts and farming communities to enhance the uptake of sustainable and innovative farming practices. To date, the literature has mainly focused on the technical role scientists and researchers play in social learning, as sources of or co‐producers of knowledge. Social learning, however, implies a ...
DOI:
10.1111/sum.12487

8. The route and rate of thiamethoxam soil degradation in laboratory and outdoor incubated tests, and field studies following seed treatments or spray application

Author:
Hilton, Martin J; Emburey, Simon N; Edwards, Paul A; Dougan, Christine; Ricketts, Dean C
Source:
Pest management science 2019 v.75 no.1 pp. 63-78
ISSN:
1526-498X
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; clothianidin; field experimentation; seed treatment; soil pore water; soil treatment; thiamethoxam;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND: The route and rate of degradation of thiamethoxam in the laboratory and field was investigated. The effect of dark incubation versus light/dark cycles, seed treatment versus spray, and watering‐in for spray application was explored in side‐by‐side trials. RESULTS: Geometric mean DT₅₀ values were 75.4 days in OECD307 studies, and 18.3 (spray) and 16.5 (seed treatment) days in the field. ...
DOI:
10.1002/ps.5168

9. Tomography of Soil Pores: from Morphological Characteristics to Structural–Functional Assessment of Pore Space

Author:
Ivanov, A. L.; Shein, E. V.; Skvortsova, E. B.
Source:
Eurasian soil science 2019 v.52 no.1 pp. 50-57
ISSN:
1064-2293
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; models; morphometry; physical phenomena; prediction; qualitative analysis; soil morphology; soil pore system; tomography; Russia;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The development of tomographic studies of soil pore space in Russian soil science in 2011–2018 is discussed. In several years, these studies have evolved from the qualitative description of pores in some soils from the European part of Russia to the quantitative functional assessment of soil pore space on the bases of 3D tomographic models. Three stages of tomographic studies of soil pores can be ...
DOI:
10.1134/S106422931901006X

10. Assessing the Degree of Physical Degradation and Suitability of Chernozems for the Minimization of Basic Tillage

Author:
Trofimova, T. A.; Korzhov, S. I.; Gulevskii, V. A.; Obraztsov, V. N.
Source:
Eurasian soil science 2018 v.51 no.9 pp. 1080-1085
ISSN:
1064-2293
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; Chernozems; soil density; soil penetration resistance; tillage;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Results of studies performed in long-term stationary and short-term experiments on ordinary and leached chernozems in the Central Chernozemic Zone are presented. Agrophysical and physicomechanical parameters are proposed for assessing the degree of physical degradation of chernozemic soils. The scale of chernozem degradation has been improved. After the assessment of the agrophysical fertility par ...
DOI:
10.1134/S1064229318090120

11. Construction of a combined soil quality indicator to assess the effect of glyphosate application

Author:
Romano-Armada, Neli; Amoroso, María J.; Rajal, Verónica B.
Source:
The Science of the total environment 2019 v.682 pp. 639-649
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; Entisols; agrochemicals; crops; glyphosate; herbicide resistance; microbial carbon; phosphorous acid; reduced tillage; soil quality; statistical analysis; Argentina;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Although the use of agrochemicals allowed increasing the crops productivity, in many cases led to soil deterioration. In this study, eight composite samples from different soils of two locations (San Martín and Anta) in Salta, Argentina, were collected and analyzed. All the samples were from loamy Entisols (0–20 cm depth) under reduced tillage without and with direct spray application of glyphosat ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.079

12. Evaluation of Physical Properties of Typical Urban Green Space Soils in Binhai Area, Tianjin, China

Author:
Lan, Tian; Guo, Shi-Wen; Han, Ji-Wei; Yang, Yong-Li; Zhang, Kai; Qing-Zhang,; Yang, Wei; Li, Pin-Fang
Source:
Urban forestry & urban greening 2019
ISSN:
1618-8667
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; aeration; bulk density; coasts; green infrastructure; lawns and turf; ornamental plants; soil organic matter; soil texture; tillage; China;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The physical properties of soil in a coastal area of Tianjin were evaluated to diagnose the causes of the restricted growth of garden plants. Evaluation of soil physical properties was performed using indicators of soil organic matter content, bulk density, aeration characteristics, and water holding characteristics. Brief working definitions of these properties is given below, along with some gen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126430

13. Defining Spatial Priorities for Irrigation Development Using the Soil Conservation and Water Use Efficiency Criteria

Author:
Bezdan, Atila; Blagojevic, Bosko; Vranesevic, Milica; Benka, Pavel; Savic, Radovan; Bezdan, Jovana
Source:
Agronomy 2019 v.9 no.6
ISSN:
2073-4395
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; United Nations; experts; geographic information systems; irrigation; land degradation; soil conservation; sustainable development; water use efficiency; Serbia;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... This paper presents a methodology for defining spatial priorities for irrigation development in Vojvodina Province (Serbia). The purpose of the methodology is to take into account several UN Sustainable Development Goals and to try to minimize land degradation, while maximizing water use efficiency. In the first step, areas that can be irrigated over long-term periods with minimal risk of soil deg ...
DOI:
10.3390/agronomy9060324

14. Effect on herbicide adsorption of organic forestry waste products used for soil remediation

Author:
James, Trevor K.; Ghanizadeh, Hossein; Harrington, Kerry C.; Bolan, Nanthi S
Source:
Journal of environmental science and health 2019 v.54 no.5 pp. 407-415
ISSN:
1532-4109
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; adsorption; bioavailability; crops; groundwater; herbicides; organic carbon; organic soils; particle size; sawdust; soil amendments; soil remediation; wood pulp;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Organic soil amendments can be useful for improving degraded soil, but this increase in organic matter (OM) may influence adsorption of herbicides subsequently applied to the treated soil, even though the particle size of amendments and their nature differ from typical soil OM. In this study, a batch equilibrium method was used to measure adsorption of five herbicides following application to two ...
DOI:
10.1080/03601234.2019.1574170

15. Modeling soil organic carbon dynamics under shifting cultivation and forests using Rothc model

Author:
Mishra, Gaurav; Jangir, Abhishek; Francaviglia, Rosa
Source:
Ecological modelling 2019 v.396 pp. 33-41
ISSN:
0304-3800
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; biodiversity; climate; climate change; cutting; forests; land use; models; runoff; shifting cultivation; soil organic carbon; Himalayan region; India;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Shifting cultivation (jhum) and forest land are the main land uses in North Eastern region of Indian Himalaya, but in the long term this form of agriculture is not acceptable due to the soil degradation following the cutting of forest vegetation, and the consequent biodiversity loss, high erosion rates and nutrient loss through runoff. No information on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics and simul ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.01.016

16. Implication of different humic acid fractions in soils under karst rocky desertification

Author:
Di, Xinyue; Xiao, Baohua; Dong, Hui; Wang, Shijie
Source:
Catena 2019 v.174 pp. 308-315
ISSN:
0341-8162
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; carbon nitrogen ratio; desertification; humic acids; karsts; limestone soils; microorganisms; soil minerals; soil properties; total organic carbon; China;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Karst rocky desertification, a kind of intense soil degradation, has become an urgent environmental issue in the karst region of southwest China. It was found that limestone soil, a typical soil of the karst region, is more vulnerable to karst rocky desertification than adjacent other soils although limestone soil has relatively high TOC (total organic carbon) content, but underlying mechanisms re ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.catena.2018.11.028

17. Changes in the Ratio of Aggregate Fractions in Humus Horizons of Chernozems in Response to the Type of Their Use

Author:
Kholodov, V. A.; Yaroslavtseva, N. V.; Farkhodov, Yu. R.; Belobrov, V. P.; Yudin, S. A.; Aydiev, A. Ya.; Lazarev, V. I.; Frid, A. S.
Source:
Eurasian soil science 2019 v.52 no.2 pp. 162-170
ISSN:
1064-2293
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; Chernozems; clods; data collection; humus horizons; models; organic matter; principal component analysis; tillage; water stable soil aggregates;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Data on the aggregate-size distribution (dry sifting method) in humus horizons of chernozems were processed by principal components analysis (PCA) with the centered logratio transformation of the initial data set. The analysis of the positions of treatments in the space of principal components coupled with the analysis of eigenvector magnitudes made it possible to identify several size fractions o ...
DOI:
10.1134/S1064229319020066

18. Verification of predicted dynamics of soil degradation using satelite imagery

Author:
Stasyuk, N.V.; Tseits, M.A.; Konyushkova, M.V.; Marechek, M.S.
Source:
Moscow University soil science bulletin 2017 v.72 no.4 pp. 161-164
ISSN:
0147-6874
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; Solonchaks; models; remote sensing;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The predicted dynamics of soil cover degradation are verified by a matrix model, system processing of multitemporal large scaled soil maps, and satellite images. The validity of the criterion for the dynamics of typical solonchak areas to assess the soil degradation intensity is shown. ...
DOI:
10.3103/S0147687417040056

19. Cropland conversion changes the status of microbial resource limitation in degraded karst soil

Author:
Chen, Hao; Zheng, Mianhai; Mao, Qinggong; Xiao, Kongcao; Wang, Kelin; Li, Dejun
Source:
Geoderma 2019 v.352 pp. 197-203
ISSN:
0016-7061
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; Cenchrus purpureus; Toona sinensis; Zenia; cropland; ecosystems; enzyme activity; hybrids; karsts; microbial carbon; nitrogen; phosphorus; soil carbon; soil enzymes; soil properties; stoichiometry; China;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Cropland conversion has been suggested as a major strategy to improve the fertility of degraded croplands, but whether cropland conversion changes the status of microbial resource limitation remains poorly understood. Here, we studied three common cropland conversion strategies in a karst area of southwest China (i.e., conversion with i) Toona sinensis (TS), ii) Guimu-1 hybrid elephant grass (GG), ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.06.018

20. Sustainability assessment. An adaptive low-input tool applied to the management of agroecosystems in México

Author:
Calleros-Islas, Alejandra
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.105 pp. 386-397
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
soil degradation,   etc   ; agroecosystems; climate change; corn; crop management; developing countries; environmental indicators; farmers; interviews; management systems; population growth; sustainable agriculture; Mexico;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Agriculture is a key sector in going towards sustainability. It works as a hub between social, institutional, economic and environmental dimensions. An international recognition has risen on how efforts must be directed to sustainable agriculture if current challenges of soil degradation, climate change and population growth are to be overcome. This is translated in the need for means to assess an ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.12.040