Soil Use and Management

Article	Citations
New trends in biochar pyrolysis and modification strategies: feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, sustainability concerns and implications for soil amendment	197
A review of green remediation strategies for heavy metal contaminated soil	110
Soil salinity: A global threat to sustainable development	80
Soil microbial inoculants for sustainable agriculture: Limitations and opportunities	69
Biochar composites: Emerging trends, field successes and sustainability implications	66
Perspectives on validation in digital soil mapping of continuous attributes—A review	43
Bio‐mediated soil improvement: An introspection into processes, materials, characterization and applications	40
Enhancing phosphorus availability, soil organic carbon, maize productivity and farm profitability through biochar and organic–inorganic fertilizers in an irrigated maize agroecosystem under semi‐arid	38
Ameliorative effect of Lantana camara biochar on coal mine spoil and growth of maize (Zea mays)	34
Soil amendments for sustainable agriculture: Microbial organic fertilizers	34
Transport and transformation of microplastics and nanoplastics in the soil environment: A critical review	33
Organic fertilizer enhances rice growth in severe saline–alkali soil by increasing soil bacterial diversity	32
Evaluating the effect of biochar on salt leaching and nutrient retention of Yellow River Delta soil	32
Digital mapping of soil texture classes using Random Forest classification algorithm	30
Impacts of rainstorms on soil erosion and organic matter for different cover crop systems in the western coast agricultural region of Syria	28
Effect of tillage and crop management on runoff, soil erosion and organic carbon loss	27
The need to prioritize sustainable phosphate‐based fertilizers	26
Soil organic and inorganic carbon sequestration by consecutive biochar application: Results from a decade field experiment	26
Biochar for sustainable soil management	24
Soil health at a crossroad	22
Application of mixed straw and biochar meets plant demand of carbon dioxide and increases soil carbon storage in sunken solar greenhouse vegetable production	22
Use of ammonium sulphate as a sulphur fertilizer: Implications for ammonia volatilization	21
Soil quality and fertility in sustainable agriculture, with a contribution to the biological classification of agricultural soils	20
Soil greenhouse gas emissions, organic carbon and crop yield following pinewood biochar and biochar–manure applications at eroded and depositional landscape positions: A field trial in South Dakota, U	20
Combined effect of biochar and soil moisture on soil chemical properties and microbial community composition in microplastic‐contaminated agricultural soil	19

Deep incorporation of corn straw benefits soil organic carbon and microbial community composition in a black soil of Northeast China	18
Field applications of gypsum reduce pH and improve soil C in highly alkaline soils in southern Australia’s dryland cropping region	18
Impact of natural zeolite on chemical and biochemical properties of vineyard soils	17
Digital soil mapping of soil salinity using EM38 and quasi‐3d modelling software (EM4Soil)	17
Digital mapping of soil texture classes for efficient land management in the Piedmont plain of Iran	17
Material flow analysis of plastic in organic waste in Switzerland	17
Comparison of improved shear strength of biotreated sand using different ureolytic strains and sterile conditions	16
Soil carbon improvement under long‐term (36 years) no‐till sorghum production in a sub‐tropical environment	16
Effects of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock type on biochar characteristics pertinent to soil carbon and soil health: A meta‐analysis	16
Different rates of biochar application change 15N retention in soil and 15N utilization by maize	16
Effects of biochar nanoparticles as a soil amendment on the structure and hydraulic characteristics of a sandy loam soil	16
Soil carbon increases with long‐term cattle stocking in northern temperate grasslands	15
Application of biochar and organic fertilizer to saline‐alkali soil in the Yellow River Delta: Effects on soil water, salinity, nutrients, and maize yield	15
Legacy phosphorus in calcareous soil under 33 years of P fertilizer application: Implications for efficient P management in agriculture	15
Expediting climate‐smart soils management	15
AI‐enhanced soil management and smart farming	15
Phosphorus availability and grass growth in biochar‐modified acid soil: A study excluding the effects of soil pH	15
Magnesium slag for remediation of cadmium‐ and arsenic‐contaminated paddy soil: A field study	15
Effect of LDPE microplastics on chemical properties and microbial communities in soil	14
Pig manure digestate‐derived biochar for soil management and crop cultivation in heavy metals contaminated soil	14
Soil bacterial community responses to cadmium and lead stabilization during ecological restoration of an abandoned mine	14
Carbon addition reduces labile soil phosphorus by increasing microbial biomass phosphorus in intensive agricultural systems	14
Sustainable soil management and climate change mitigation	14
Effect of conservation tillage on crop yield and soil organic carbon in Northeast China: A meta‐analysis	14
Trafficking intensity index for soil compaction management in grasslands	14
Soil quality assessments in integrated crop–livestock–forest systems: A review	14
Impacts of farmland size and benefit expectations on the utilization of straw resources: Evidence from crop straw incorporation in China	14
Quantifying and simulating carbon and nitrogen mineralization from diverse exogenous organic matters	14
Soil organic matter storage in temperate lowland arable, grassland and woodland topsoil and subsoil	14
Effects of biochar incorporation on soil viable and necromass carbon in the luvisol soil	13
Variation of intra‐aggregate organic carbon affects aggregate formation and stability during organic manure fertilization in a fluvo‐aquic soil	13
Soil dissolved organic carbon responses to sugarcane straw removal	13
Nitrous oxide dynamics during denitrification along a hydrological gradient of subtropical grasslands	13
Long‐term manure application for crop yield stability and carbon sequestration in subtropical region	13
Organic acid regulation of inorganic phosphorus release from Mollisols with different organic matter contents	12
Soil fertility and bacterial community composition in a semiarid Mediterranean agricultural soil under long‐term tillage management	12
Soil carbon change across ten New South Wales farms under different farm management regimes in Australia	12
Effects of phosphogypsum and water treatment residual application on key chemical and biological properties of clay soil and maize yield	12
Aging of colloidal contaminants and pathogens in the soil environment: Implications for nanoplastic and COVID‐19 risk mitigation	12
Early plant height: A defining factor for yields of silage maize with contrasting phosphorus supply	12
Land‐use change alters the stocks of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in a Haplic Cambisol in the Brazilian semi‐arid region	11
Comparison of soil properties in urban and non‐urban grasslands in Budapest area	11
Effect of fertilization of a biochar and compost amended technosol: Consequence on Ailanthus altissima growth and As‐ and Pb‐specific root sorption	10
Using frost‐sensitive cover crops for timely nitrogen mineralization and soil moisture management	10
Nitrogen recovery in reclaimed mine soil under different amendment practices in tandem with legume and non‐legume revegetation: A review	10
Ash and biochar amendment of coarse sandy soil for growing crops under drought conditions	10
Effects of biochar on bacterial genetic diversity in soil contaminated with cadmium	10
Long‐term rice–crayfish farming aggravates soil gleying and induced changes of soil iron morphology	10
Nutrient and trace element concentrations influence greenhouse gas emissions from Malaysian tropical peatlands	10
The safe use of compost derived from municipal solid waste depends on its composition and conditions of application	10

Nanoplastic–plant interaction and implications for soil health	10
Large‐scale detection and quantification of harmful soil compaction in a post‐mining landscape using multi‐configuration electromagnetic induction	10
Effect of 46 years' application of fertilizers, FYM and lime on physical, chemical and biological properties of soil under maize–wheat system in an acid Alfisol of northwest Himalayas	10
Soil Olsen P response to different phosphorus fertilization strategies in long‐term experiments in NW Italy	10
Carbon dioxide flux and soil carbon stock as affected by crop residue management and soil texture in semi‐arid maize croplands in Tanzania	9
Cover crop effects on soil structure and early sugar beet growth	9
Grassland rehabilitation significantly increases soil carbon stocks by reducing net soil CO2 emissions	9
Indicators of soil quality and crop productivity assessment at a long‐term experiment site in the lower Indo‐Gangetic plains	9
Conservation agriculture practice influences soil organic carbon pools in intensive rice‐based systems of the Eastern Indo‐Gangetic Plain	9
Biochar and zeolites did not improve phosphorus uptake or crop productivity in a field trial performed in an irrigated intensive farming system	9
Optimizing fen peatland water‐table depth for romaine lettuce growth to reduce peat wastage under future climate warming	9
Evaluating the merits of climate smart technologies under smallholder agriculture in Malawi	9
Nutrient balances in smallholder farms in northern Ethiopia	9
Complementary resource use in intercropped faba bean and cabbage by increased root growth and nitrogen use in organic production	9
Soil and geologic formations as antidotes for CO2 sequestration?	9
Effects on nitrate leaching of the timing of cattle slurry application to leys	9
Nitrous oxide emissions from cassava fields amended with organic and inorganic fertilizers	9
Biochar addition mitigates nitrogen loss induced by straw incorporation and nitrogen fertilizer application	9
Alleviating Cd translocation and accumulation in soil–rice systems: Combination of foliar spraying of nano‐Si or nano‐Se and soil application of nano‐humus	8
Changes in soil carbon and nitrogen content, associated with aggregate fractions, after conversion of sandy desert to irrigation farmland, northwest China	8
Effects of integrating grass‐clover leys with livestock into arable crop rotations on soil carbon stocks and particulate and mineral‐associated soil organic matter fractions in conventional and organi	8
Carbon emission flux and storage in the degraded peatlands of the Zoige alpine area in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau	8
An assessment of potential pesticide transmission, considering the combined impact of soil texture and pesticide properties: A meta‐analysis	8
Digital mapping of soil carbon sequestration potential with enhanced vegetation cover over New South Wales, Australia	8
Long‐term effects of bone char and lignocellulosic biochar‐based soil amendments on phosphorus adsorption–desorption and crop yield in low‐input acidic soils	8
No significant influence of biochar and manure application on nitrogen fate and sequestration by tomato and garlic crops: A field experiment in California, USA	8
A spectral parameter for the estimation of soil total nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen of winter wheat growth period	8
Metal contamination of agricultural soils amended with biosolids (sewage sludge) at a ceramic production area in NE Spain: A 10‐year resampling period	8
Does mixed vs separate sheep and cattle grazing reduce soil compaction?	8
Biochar combined with nitrogen fertilizer affects soil properties and wheat yield in medium‐low‐yield farmland	8
Effect of subsoil tillage during pipeline construction activities on near‐term soil physical properties and crop yields in the right‐of‐way	8
Compressive properties and least limiting water range of plough layer and plough pan in sugarcane fields	8
Is ‘soil health’ meaningful as a scientific concept or as terminology?	8
Poorly crystalline iron and aluminium oxides contribute to the carbon saturation and sorption of dissolved organic carbon in the soil	7
Soil organic carbon fractions and its association with water‐stable aggregates under different fertilization management practices	7
Novel procedure for testing of soil field test kits involving paper strips	7
Sequential effects of spent coffee grounds on soil physical properties	7
Sustainable soil management for food security	7
Diurnal and seasonal variations on soil CO2 fluxes in tropical silvopastoral systems	7
The relative impacts of dairy and non‐dairy ruminant sectors on the Olsen‐P status of grassland soils and hence water quality in Northern Ireland	7
Nutrient dynamics from surface‐applied organic matter amendments on no‐till orchard soil	7
Changes in sandy soil hydro‐physical properties as function of biochar and biogas slurry amendments	7
The role of women empowerment and labour dependency on adoption of integrated soil fertility management in Malawi	7
Silvopastoral systems improve carbon stocks at livestock ranches in Tabasco, Mexico	7
Essential oil bearing aromatic plants: Their potential for sequestering carbon in marginal soils of India	7
The economics of liming in arable crop rotations: analysis of the 35‐year Rothamsted and Woburn liming experiments	7
A model ensemble approach to determine the humus building efficiency of organic amendments in incubation experiments	7
Sewage sludge biochar increases nitrogen fertilizer recovery: Evidence from a 15N tracer field study	7
Impact of different chloride salts and their concentrations on nitrification and trace gas emissions from a sandy soil under a controlled environment	6
Effects of polymer materials on the transformation and utilization of soil nitrogen and yield of wheat under drip irrigation	6
Spatial variability of surface peat properties and carbon emissions in a tropical peatland oil palm monoculture during a dry season	6
Quantifying farmland shelterbelt impacts on catchment soil erosion and sediment yield for the black soil region, northeastern China	6
Integrating local knowledge into soil science to improve soil fertility	6
Cadmium accumulation in rice and its bioavailability in paddy soil with application of silicon fertilizer under different water management regimes	6
Effects of fertilizer type on nitrous oxide emission and ammonia volatilization in wheat and maize crops	6
Spatio‐temporal variation of near‐surface soil water content in China from 1988 to 2016	6
Challenges for utilization and management of crop straw from Cd‐contaminated soil	6
Vertical distribution of fertilizer nitrogen from surface water flooding of a silt loam and clay soil used for rice production	6
Soil microbiome biomass, activity, composition and CO2 emissions in a long‐term organic and conventional farming systems	6
The role of biochar in improving soil properties, water retention and potato yield in a Fluvisol under temperate monsoon climate	6
Developing scoring functions for soil quality to assess land suitability for irrigated wheat in Southern Algeria	6
Effects of intercropping and drought on soil aggregation and associated organic carbon and nitrogen	6
Determining Mehlich‐3 and DTPA extractable soil zinc optimum economic threshold for maize	6
Organic residues and their impact on soil health, crop production and sustainable agriculture: A review including bibliographic analysis	6
Aggregate mass and carbon stocks in a paddy soil after long‐term application of chemical or organic fertilizers	6
New hybrid evolutionary models for spatial prediction of soil properties in Kurdistan	6
Silvopastoral systems in dry Chaco, Argentina: Impact on soil chemical parameters and bacterial communities	5
Evidence of non‐site‐specific agricultural management effects on the score of visual soil quality indicators	5
Comparison of a digital soil map and conventional soil map for management of topsoil exchangeable sodium percentage	5
Effects of biochar addition on greenhouse gas emissions during freeze–thaw cycles in a black soil region, Northeast China	5
Effect of farm management on topsoil organic carbon and aggregate stability in water: A case study from Southwest England, UK	5
Ridge–mulch tillage and rotation with broad bean affect soil microbial community, diversity and crop yield in a long‐term potato continuous cropping field	5
Intercropping with herbs minimizes cadmium availability through altering physicochemical dynamics and metabolite profiles in wheat rhizosphere	5
Mapping soil pH levels across Europe: An analysis of LUCAS topsoil data using random forest kriging (RFK)	5
Evaluation of organic carbon stocks in mineral and organic soils in Lithuania	5
A framework for integrating the terrestrial carbon stock of estates in institutional carbon management plans	5
Understanding the effect of an agroforestry system with high litter input on topsoil permeability	5
Increased phosphorus availability from sewage sludge ashes to maize in a crop rotation with clover	5
Delineation of nutrient management zones for precise fertilizer management in wheat crop using geo‐statistical techniques	5
Annual greenhouse gas emissions from sheepfolds and cattle sheds	5

Effects of long‐term contrasting lime and phosphorus applications on barley grain yield, root growth and abundance of mycorrhiza	5
Effect of winter cereal sowing time on yield and nitrogen leaching based on experiments and modelling	5
Infield optimized route planning in harvesting operations for risk of soil compaction reduction	5
Soil organic carbon allocation and dynamics under perennial energy crops and their feedbacks with soil microbial biomass and activity	5
Marginal nitrate leaching around the recommended nitrogen fertilizer rate in winter cereals	5
Improving nitrogen‐use efficiency by using ridge tillage in rice paddy soils	5
Soil quality assessment via the factor analysis of karst rocky desertification areas in Hunan, China	5
Detecting spatial variability of soil compaction using soil apparent electrical conductivity and maize traits	4
Developing agriculture resilience in sub‐Saharan Africa	4
Digital assessments of soil organic carbon storage using digital maps provided by static and dynamic environmental covariates	4
The effect of plant mycotrophy and soil disturbance on soil microbial activity	4
Scale‐dependent effects of environmental factors on soil organic carbon, soil nutrients and stoichiometry under two contrasting land‐use types	4
Grassland soil organic carbon and the effects of irrigated cropping in Alberta, Canada	4
Phosphorus desorption and isotope exchange kinetics in agricultural soils	4
An integrated spatial econometric approach in valuing soil conservation using contingent valuation	4
Topsoil characteristics of forests and lawns along an urban–rural gradient in the Paris region (France)	4
Do riparian buffer zones and new forest management practices reduce stream suspended sediment loads?: Re‐visiting the Afon Tanllwyth in Hafren Forest, Plynlimon, 20 years on	4
Soil respiration during three cropping cycles of durum wheat under different tillage conditions in a Mediterranean environment	4
Base cation‐enhancing role of corn straw biochar in an acidic soil	4
Efficacy of black plastic film mulching as a cultivation strategy to cope with leaf senescence and increase yield of rainfed spring maize (Zea mays L.)	4
The response of finely textured and organic soils to lime and phosphorus application: Results from an incubation experiment	4
Straw amendments did not induce high N2O emissions in non‐frozen wintertime conditions: A study in northern Germany	4
The effect of field application of food‐based anaerobic digestate on earthworm populations	4
Impact of water availability on root growth of sugar beet varieties	4
Quantifying influence of tillage practices on soil aggregate microstructure using synchrotron‐based micro‐computed tomography	4
Phosphorus availability from magnesium‐modified P‐enriched Douglas fir biochar as a controlled release fertilizer	4
Use of soil nonexchangeable potassium by paddy rice with clay structural changes under long‐term fertilizer management	4
Impact of agricultural land use on distribution of microbial biomass and activity within soil aggregates	4
Market access and resource endowment define the soil fertility status of smallholder farming systems of South‐Kivu, DR Congo	4
Effects of long‐term sewage sludge application to a calcareous soil structure	4
Effect of long‐term fertilization on soil microbial activities and metabolism in Paulownia plantations	4
Do different agronomic soil tests identify similar nutrient deficiencies?	4
Chemical composition of cover crops and soil organic matter pools in no‐tillage systems in the Cerrado	4
Investigations on biosorption and biogenic calcite precipitation in sands	4
Soybean expansion impacts on soil organic matter in the eastern region of the Maranhão State (Northeastern Brazil)	3
Short‐term spatiotemporal variation of soil CO2 emission, temperature, moisture and aeration in sugarcane field reform areas under the influence of precipitation events	3
Effects of vegetation pattern and of biochar and powdery soil amendments on soil loss by wind in a semi‐arid region	3
Physical, chemical and microbiological soil attributes influence soil greenhouse gases fluxes in Atlantic Forest and pine (Pinus taeda) plantations in Brazil	3
Soil organic carbon content and soil structure quality of clayey cropland soils: A large‐scale study in the Swiss Jura region	3
Nitrogen release from different polymer‐coated urea fertilizers in soil is affected by soil properties	3
The interactions between Al‐/Fe‐(hydr)oxides and soil organic carbon mediate the aggregation of yellow soils	3
Improving soil organic carbon mapping with a field‐specific calibration approach through diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and machine learning algorithms	3
Effects of biochar and fertilizer sources on nitrogen uptake by chilli pepper plants under Mediterranean climate	3
Study on soil compaction and its causative factors at apple orchards in the Weibei Dry Highland of China	3
Examining soil organic carbon in the mountainous peat swamps of the Zoigê Plateau in China's Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau	3
The influence of soil tillage system on Salsola kali L. emergence during the fallow period within cereal fields	3
Clay fraction properties and grassland management imprint on soil organic matter composition and stability at molecular level	3
Responses of soil bacteria and fungi after 36 years fertilizer, straw cover and irrigation management practices in northwest China	3
Response of three cereal crops in continuous arable or ley‐arable rotations to fertilizer nitrogen and soil nitrogen at Rothamsted's Woburn Ley‐arable experiment	3
Optimization of carbon stock models to local conditions using farmers' soil tests: A case study with AMGv2 for a cereal plain in central France	3
Effect of timing of cattle urine deposition and pasture composition on nitrogen leaching losses	3
The effect of monoculture and rotation planting on soil bacterial community structure at different elevation in Hubei	3
Elevated carbon dioxide and temperature effects on soil properties from sole crops and intercrops	3
A simple soil organic carbon level metric beyond the organic carbon‐to‐clay ratio	3
Effect of increasing the time between slurry application and first rainfall event on phosphorus concentrations in runoff	3
Vertical variation in shallow and deep soil moisture in an apple orchard in the loess hilly–gully area of north China	3
Nitrogen leaching from tile‐drained fields and lysimeters receiving contrasting rates and sources of nitrogen	3
Sustainability of coffee land use upon conversion from natural forest in Western Ghats of South India: An evaluation	3
Mycorrhizal colonization associated with roots of field‐grown maize does not decline with increasing plant‐available phosphorus	3
Wheel track loosening can reduce the risk of pesticide leaching to surface waters	3
Analysis of soil fertility and optimal nitrogen application of brown earth (luvisols) in China	3
Carbon dioxide emissions at local scale linked to soil heterotrophic activity from an experimentally simulated drained peatland in Western Patagonia (Tierra del Fuego, Chile)	3
Soil erosion and runoff: The need to rethink mitigation strategies for sustainable agricultural landscapes in western Europe	3
End‐user‐oriented pedotransfer functions to estimate soil bulk density and available water capacity at horizon and profile scales	3
Natural and anthropogenic compaction in North Germany (Schleswig‐Holstein): Verification of harmful subsoil compactions	3
Forest soil penetration resistance following heavy traffic: A 10‐year field study	3
Effects of long‐term phosphorus fertilizer inputs and seasonal conditions on organic soil phosphorus cycling under grazed pasture	3
Treating farm dairy effluent with poly‐ferric sulphate dramatically reduces phosphorus and E. coli leaching through subsurface drains—A physical drainage model study	3
Soil nitrogen and carbon changes in a biosolid amended sodic vertisol with a history of treated sewage effluent‐enriched water irrigation	2
Regional soil contamination by halogenated organic pollutants attributed to E‐waste recycling, scattered industrialization and urbanization	2
Simulating the soil phosphorus dynamics of four long‐term field experiments with a novel phosphorus model	2
Modelling the event‐based hydrological response of olive groves on steep slopes and clayey soils under mulching and tillage management using the SCS‐CN, Horton and USLE‐family mo	2
Sustainable soil management in the United Kingdom: A survey of current practices and how they relate to the principles of regenerative agriculture	2
Assessment of apparent N mineralization at field scale	2
Estimating organic surface horizon depth for peat and peaty soils across a Scottish upland catchment using linear mixed models with topographic and geological covariates	2
Alkalinity exacerbates phosphorus deficiency in subtropical red soils: Insights from phosphate‐solubilizing fungi	2
Effect of coffee husk and cocoa pods biochar on phosphorus fixation and release processes in acid soils from West Cameroon	2
Soil health and ecosystem services	2
Impact of maize straw biochar and tied‐ridge‐furrow rainwater harvesting on soil erosion and soil quality in a semiarid region	2
Influence of soil properties and land use on organic carbon storage in agricultural soils near hedges	2
Effect of heating on some soil properties and potassium dynamics in calcareous soils of southern Iran	2
Monitoring of sustainable land management using remotely sensed vegetation cover and variable tolerable soil erosion targets across New South Wales, Australia	2
Yield prediction in spring barley from spectral reflectance and weather data using machine learning	2
Soil carbon balance after the temporal cessation of cultivation under cool and subtropical humid climate in Japan	2
Comparing the thermal conductivity of three artificial soils under differing moisture and density conditions for use in green infrastructure	2
High biochar rates may suppress rice (Oryza sativa) growth by altering the ratios of C to N and available N to P in paddy soils	2
CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions after fertilizer application in banana plantations located in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	2
Knowledge sharing and adoption behaviour: An imperative to promote sustainable soil use and management	2
Optimization of spectral pre‐processing for estimating soil condition on small farms	2
An assessment of various pools of organic phosphorus distributed in soil aggregates as affected by long‐term P fertilization regimes	2
Effects of cover crops on soil hydraulic properties during commodity crop growing season	2
Limited soil carbon storage under long‐term organic fertilization in solar greenhouses	2
Effects of land‐use changes on soil organic nitrogen fractions in the black soil region of Northeast China	2
Insight into the influence of pH on the precipitation induced by bacteria	2
Sewage sludge treated with bentonite, vermiculite or biochar can improve soil properties and enhance growth of grasses	2