Livestock manure and the impacts on soil health: A review

N Rayne, L Aula - Soil Systems, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soil health is the capacity of the soil to provide an environment for optimum growth and
development of plants, while also ensuring the health of animals and humans. Animal …

Organic fertilization and tree orchards

T Chatzistathis, V Kavvadias, T Sotiropoulos… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Organic fertilization has been proposed as an alternative approach to supply nutrients for
crops, in the frame of organic and sustainable agriculture, with the aim to decrease high …

Spatial variation of soil functions affected by land use type and slope position in agricultural small watershed

C Wang, G Zhang, P Zhu, S Chen, Y Wan - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil function assessment is critical to mitigate soil degradation and achieve the sustainable
use of soil resources. The changes in soil properties induced by land use type and slope …

Genetically modified crops in developing countries: Savior or traitor?

H Azadi, F Taheri, S Ghazali, SM Moghaddam… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Genetic modification has been used as a method to produce higher yields for consumption.
However, the impact of genetic modification technology on agriculture in developing …

Description of different cracking processes affecting dispersive saline soil slopes subjected to the effects of frost and consequences for the stability of low slopes

M Han, Q Wang, Y Han, H Fu, J Shen, Y Liu - Bulletin of Engineering …, 2022 - Springer
To deal with soil salinisation and improve ecosystems in western Jilin Province, the local
government initiated water diversion projects to wash the salinised lands. The slopes of …

Response of erosion-induced carbon loss to rainfall characteristics is forest type dependent

X Su, C Xu, TC Lin, Z Yang, X Liu, S Chen… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
The paucity of studies on the response of erosion-induced carbon (C) loss to rainfall
characteristics hinders our ability to estimate how changes in rainfall regime may affect C …

Breakdown of dry aggregates by water drops after applications of poultry manure and spent mushroom wastes

BE Udom, GJ Udom, JT Otta - Soil and Tillage Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of soil properties that enable aggregates to resist breakdown from
impacting water drops is useful in modeling soil erosion process and tillage of some tropical …

Trade-off between soil aggregate stability and carbon decomposition under 44 years long-term integrated nutrient management in rice-wheat-jute system

SP Mazumdar, R Bhattacharya, AR Saha… - Archives of Agronomy …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Soil stability, yield decline and higher carbon decomposition are the key issues in intensive
agriculture. Long-term integrated nutrient management (INM) influences carbon (C) …

Available Technical Options for Manure Management in Environmentally Friendly and Circular Livestock Production

C Marques-dos-Santos, J Serra, G Attard… - Technology for …, 2023 - Springer
Manure is an inevitable output of livestock production. It has been used as amendment to
fertilise the soils and crops since ancient times, and it can be an asset if properly managed …

Soil degradation processes: It's time to take our head out of the sand

U Nachshon - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soil is one of the most important and essential resources on the globe; however, its
importance is somewhat underestimated, especially in political and decision-making circles …