A healthy soil acts as a dynamic living system that delivers multiple ecosystem services,
such as sustaining water quality and plant productivity, controlling soil nutrient recycling …

Background Suboptimal water and nutrient availability are primary constraints in global
agriculture. Root anatomy plays key roles in soil resource acquisition. In this article we …

The 20th century saw dramatic increases in agricultural productivity, largely through the
development and application of pesticides, fertilisers rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, and …

The sustainable intensification of agricultural systems through crop rotations and/or the use
of winter service crops can contribute to the diversification of the systems. This alteration of …

Pathogens in soil play a tremendous role in soil health and subsequent food production. Soil-
borne pathogens can cause serious losses to global harvest and are considered as a …

Agroecology is at the forefront of transforming our food systems. This bestselling textbook
provides the essential foundation for understanding this transformation in all its components …

Soil was collected from a sugarcane field where most of the second-stage juveniles of root-
knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) were encumbered with endospores of Pasteuria …

Core Ideas Use of N‐fertilizers decreased AMF populations and P, Ca, and Mg
concentrations. Conservation tillage and cover crops increased C, N, and S cycling …

Many soil health assessment methods are being developed. However, they often lack
assessment of soil-borne diseases. To better address management strategies for soil-borne …

Protogamasellus mica was extracted from a sugarcane field in Australia and cultured on
bacterial-feeding nematodes. Studies with various nematodes in laboratory arenas showed …