Global climate change has resulted in changes to the earth's geological, ecological, and
biological ecosystems, which pose a severe threat to the existence of human civilization and …

The use of organic amendments in agriculture is a common practice due to their potential to
increase crop productivity and enhance soil health. Indeed, organic amendments of different …

Liming is a common agricultural practice worldwide, used for increasing productivity in acid
agricultural soils. Liming reduces Al saturation and toxicity and/or increases pH up to values …

Soil phosphatase levels strongly control the biotic pathways of phosphorus (P), an essential
element for life, which is often limiting in terrestrial ecosystems. We investigated the …

Soil quality is threatened by the increase in human population and by the fact that most of
the cultivable land is intensively used. The initial interest in this topic focused on defining soil …

Grasslands store about 34% of the global terrestrial carbon (C) and are vital for the provision
of various ecosystem services such as forage and climate regulation. About 89% of this …

Purpose There is a growing interest in the use of soil enzymes as early indicators of soil
quality change under contrasting agricultural management practices. In recent years, there …

Increasing management intensity of grassland through increased grazing intensity, mowing
frequency and fertilizer input have attracted more attention to the consequences of …

Soil pollution with heavy metals is a worldwide environmental problem. Phytoremediation
through phytoextraction and phytostabilization appears to be a promising technology for the …

There is a paucity of information on nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) mineralization in humic
soils, which are highly weathered and have high carbon (C)(> 1.8%). This study was to …