Factors affecting variations of soil pH in different horizons in hilly regions

YY Zhang, W Wu, H Liu - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Soil pH is a key factor that controls soil nutrient availability, soil microbial activities, and crop
growth and development. However, studies on the soil pH variations of cultivated lands in …

Identifying causes of crop yield variability with interpretive machine learning

EJ Jones, TFA Bishop, BP Malone, PJ Hulme… - … and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning approaches have been widely used for crop yield modelling and
yield forecasting but there has been limited application to understanding site-specific yield …

The driving factors and buffering mechanism regulating cropland soil acidification across the Sichuan Basin of China

A Li, C Li, Y Zhang, Q Deng, H Fang, B Zhao, M Ran… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Cropland soil has a higher acidification risk, with the driving factors and the soil buffering
capacity controlling the degree of soil acidification. However, the relative importance of the …

Soil acidification of the soil profile across Chengdu Plain of China from the 1980s to 2010s

Q Li, A Li, X Yu, T Dai, Y Peng, D Yuan, B Zhao… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil acidification is a major environmental issue associated with intensive agricultural land
use. Rapid urbanization has inevitably caused great changes in agricultural land use …

Mapping the depth-to-soil pH constraint, and the relationship with cotton and grain yield at the within-field scale

P Filippi, EJ Jones, BJ Ginns, BM Whelan, GW Roth… - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
Subsoil alkalinity is a common issue in the alluvial cotton-growing valleys of northern New
South Wales (NSW), Australia. Soil alkalinity can cause nutrient deficiencies and toxic …

The monitoring of selected heavy metals content and bioavailability in the soil-plant system and its impact on sustainability in agribusiness food chains

M Feszterová, L Porubcová, A Tirpáková - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study assisted in identifying and preventing the increase in heavy metals in soil and
winter wheat. Its accumulation can affect cultivated crops, quality and crop yields, and …

Combined application of biochar and lime increases maize yield and accelerates carbon loss from an acidic soil

M Mosharrof, MK Uddin, MF Sulaiman, S Mia… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biochar, an ecologically friendly soil amendment, is suggested for large-scale field
application for its multiple potential benefits, including carbon sequestration, crop yield …

Internet of things (IoT) assisted soil salinity mapping at irrigation schema level

RN Bashir, IS Bajwa, MZ Abbas, A Rehman… - Applied Water …, 2022 - Springer
Soil salinity accumulates a high concentration of salts in soils that interfere with normal plant
growth. Early detection and quantification of soil salinity are essential to effectively deal with …

In search of an optimum sampling algorithm for prediction of soil properties from infrared spectra

W Ng, B Minasny, B Malone, P Filippi - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Background The use of visible-near infrared (vis-NIR) spectroscopy for rapid soil
characterisation has gained a lot of interest in recent times. Soil spectra absorbance from the …

Spatio-temporal changes of cropland soil pH in a rapidly industrializing region in the Yangtze River Delta of China, 1980–2015

E Xie, Y Zhao, H Li, X Shi, F Lu, X Zhang… - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The impacts of rapid industrialization on spatio-temporal changes in soil pH have drawn
major attention from the scientific community and decision-makers. A total of 1185 topsoil …