Core Ideas The volatilization losses averaged 31.0% of applied N for urea and 14.8% for
NBPT‐treated urea. NBPT‐treated urea showed a potential yield increase of 5.3% for major …

BACKGROUND Agricultural conservation practices increase total organic carbon storage in
soil (TOCS), a factor that is correlated with the physical and chemical qualities of highly …

This study aims to utilize the calcium alginate (Ca-Alg) beads for ammonia and phosphate
ions adsorption. The alginate beads were characterized using the scanning electron …

Alongside the agricultural development in Brazil, concerns have arisen about its
environmental impacts, such as the emissions of CO 2 resulting from soil cultivation and …

Extracellular soil enzymes are fundamental for the functioning of ecosystems. Several
processes in the soil depend on the activity of these enzymes, including plant …

Increasingly, applications of machine learning techniques for digital soil mapping (DSM) are
being used for different soil mapping purposes. Considering the variety of models available …

Most of the Brazilian soils have severe water limitations to crop growth and, therefore, can
benefit from organic amendments. For instance, biochar is known to improve soil water …

The expansion of the agricultural frontier in search of new productive regions around the
world has raised the attention of the scientific community to the genesis and agricultural …

Soil deformation due to compaction and shearing with heavy machinery is still one of the
largest threats to soil functionality and thus to crop performance on arable soil. By …

The hydrogenionic potential (pH) is one of the parameters that characterize the quality of
water for irrigation, and can influence soil microbiology and the cation exchange process …