Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Conservation

• Autore: Gattullo Concetta Eliana
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Research & information: general
• Soggetto non controllato: agro-ecological service crops; amendment; anaerobic digestion residues; Beerkan method; biochar; Biolog®; bioremediation; brewers' spent grain; clay minerals; community-level physiological profiling (CLPP); composting; copper; corn uptake; diffuse reflectance; ex-post sustainability; fertilization; flattening; forest restoration; Freundlich model; fruit growth; functional diversity indices; hop; image analysis; infiltration; infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy; irrigation; maize; metabolic bacterial diversity; microbes; mulching; multivariate adaptive regression splines; multivariate statistical models for SOC prediction; near-infrared spectroscopy; olive; organic agriculture; organic carbon; organic co-substrates; organic systems; PAHs; partial least squares regression; phenanthrene; photosynthesis; plant growth; productivity; qualitative multi-attribute model; remediation; rhizosphere; smart agriculture; soil; soil amendment; soil characteristics; soil contamination; soil depth; soil fertility; soil fertilization; soil management; soil microbial community; soil organic C; soil organic carbon; soil organic matter; soil porosity; soil quality; soil remediation; soil water repellency; spatial heterogeneity; stomata; sustainable fruit growing; tillage; total energy output; transpiration; Tungsten; vineyard; water conservation practices; water stress integral; water use efficiency
• Persona (resp. second.): StellacciAnna Maria; CastelliniMirko; DiaconoMariangela; GattulloConcetta Eliana
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 intensification. The development and adoption of sustainable agronomic practices able to preserve and enhance the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and improve agroecosystem functions is a challenge for both scientists and farmers. The Special Issue entitled "Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Conservation" collects 12 original contributions addressing the state of the art of sustainable agriculture and soil conservation. The papers cover a wide range of topics, including organic agriculture, soil amendment and soil organic carbon (SOC) management, the impact of SOC on soil water repellency, the effects of soil tillage on the quantity of SOC associated with several fractions of soil particles and depth, and SOC prediction, using visible and near-infrared spectra and multivariate modeling. Moreover, the effects of some soil contaminants (e.g., crude oil, tungsten, copper, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) are discussed or reviewed in light of the recent literature. The collection of the manuscripts presented in this Special Issue provides a relevant knowledge contribution for improving our understanding on sustainable agriculture and soil conservation, thus stimulating new views on this main topic.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Conservation
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557349603321
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