OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Interactive effect of soil mulching and irrigation regime on yield, irrigation water use efficiency and ‎weeds of trickle–irrigated onion	59
Integrated usage of Trichoderma harzianum and biochar to ameliorate salt stress on spinach plants	55
Bacillus sp. PM31 harboring various plant growth-promoting activities regulates Fusarium dry rot and wilt tolerance in potato	45
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mitigate drought stress in citrus by modulating root microenvironment	44
Comparing Productivity of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems: A Quantitative Review	28
Effect of long-term application of organic fertilizers on improving organic matter quality in acid soil	26
Sustainable alternative crop rotations to the irrigated rice-wheat cropping system of Indo-Gangetic plains of India	23
Modelling net irrigation water requirements using FAO-CROPWAT 8.0 and CLIMWAT 2.0: a case study of Tina Plain and East South ElKantara regions, North Sinai, Egypt	23
The challenge of drought stress for grain legumes and options for improvement	21
Crop rotation suppresses soil-borne Fusarium wilt of banana and alters microbial communities	21
Uptake, translocation, transformation and physiological effects of nanoparticles in plants	19
Effects of various phosphorus fertilizers on maize yield and phosphorus uptake in soils with different pH values	19
Soil health and crop response of biochar: an updated analysis	18
Sugarcane bagasse biochar increases soil carbon sequestration and yields of maize and groundnut in charland ecosystem	16
Manure and inorganic fertilization impacts on soil nutrients, aggregate stability, and organic carbon and nitrogen in different aggregate fractions	16
Soil phosphorus availability and cotton growth affected by biochar addition under two phosphorus fertilizer levels	16
Zinc biofortification of dual-purpose cowpea [Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp.] for enhancing the productivity and nutritional quality in a semi-arid regions of India	16
Vis-NIR-spectroscopy- and loss-on-ignition-based functions to estimate organic matter content of calcareous soils	15
Contamination factor and pollution load index to estimate source apportionment of selected heavy metals in soils around a cement factory, SW Iran	15
Influence of land-use pattern on soil quality in a steeply sloped tropical mountainous region, India	15
Soil acidification associated with changes in inorganic forms of N reduces the yield of tea (Camellia sinensis)	15
The use of indigenous bacterial community as inoculant for plant growth promotion in soybean cultivation	15
Integrated nutrient management reduced the nutrient losses and increased crop yield in irrigated wheat	14
Effects of nitrogen application rate on summer maize (Zea mays L.) yield and water–nitrogen use efficiency under micro–sprinkling irrigation in the Huang–Huai–Hai Plain of China	13
Effects of organic fertilization on phosphorus availability and crop growth: Evidence from a 7-year fertilization experiment	13

The biotransformation potential of Bacillus cereus on β- cypermethrin to protect the earthworm (Perionyx excavatus) on insecticide -contaminated soil	13
Effect of water conditions and nitrogen application on maize growth, carbon accumulation and metabolism of maize plant in subtropical regions	12
Alleviation of salt stress in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) plants by biochar-based rhizobacteria: new insights into the mechanisms regulating nutrient uptake, antioxidant activity, root growth	11
Modeling the final fruit yield of coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) using multiple linear regression and artificial neural network models	11
Preventing soil degradation in shifting cultivation using integrated farming system models	11
Long-term soil quality decline due to the conventional tobacco tillage in Southern Brazil	11
The effects of ground cover management on fruit yield and quality: a meta-analysis	11
Identifying suitable soil quality indicators in an Indian rice-wheat system as influenced by long-term (30 years) inorganic-organic fertilization	11
Elemental sulphur with sulphur oxidizing bacteria enhances phosphorus availability and improves growth and yield of wheat in calcareous soil	10
Growth, yield and water productivity of rice as influenced by seed priming under alternate wetting and drying irrigation	10
Combined effect of biochar and nitrogen fertilizer reduction on rapeseed productivity and nitrogen use efficiency	10
Nitrogen and phosphorus availability in the rhizosphere of maize plants cultivated in biochar amended soil	10
PGPR inoculation of a contaminated soil affects plant growth and phytoavailability of Cd and Pb	10
Impact of levels of residue retention on soil properties under conservation agriculture in Vertisols of central India	10
Optimizing essential oil, fatty acid profiles, and phenolic compounds of dragon’s head (Lallemantia iberica) intercropped with chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with biofertilizer inoculatio	10
Breeding rice for heat tolerance and climate change scenario; possibilities and way forward. A review	9
Development of rill erosion and its simulation with cellular automata-rill model in Chinese Loess Plateau	9
Urea-based nitrogen fertilization in agriculture: a key source of N₂O emissions and recent development in mitigating strategies	9
Organic amendment increases wheat yield by improving soil N transformations and reducing N loss in North China Plain	9
Pyrolytic synthesis and performance efficacy comparison of biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron on soil polluted with toxic metals	9
Effect of allelochemicals, soil enzyme activity and environmental factors from Stellera chamaejasme L. on rhizosphere bacterial communities in the northern Tibetan Plateau	9
Dicyandiamide efficacy of inhibiting nitrification and carbon dioxide emission from calcareous soil depends on temperature and moisture contents	9
Co-application of controlled-release urea and a superabsorbent polymer to improve nitrogen and water use in maize	9
Plant growth-promoting of olive and walnut actinobacteria: isolation, screening PGP traits, antifungal activities, identification, and hydroponic production of wheat	9
Analysis of spatial and temporal changes of RUSLE-K soil erodibility factor in semi-arid areas in two different periods by conditional simulation	9
Soil quality assessment based on machine learning approach for cultivated lands in semi-humid environmental condition part of Black Sea region	9
Physiological role of hydrogen sulfide in seed germination and seedling development under stress conditions	9
Tillage systems influence on greenhouse gas emission factor and global warming potential under rice-mustard-rice cropping system	9
Phosphorus fractions in biochar-amended soil — chemical sequential fractionation, ³¹P NMR, and phosphatase activity	8
Long-term impact of integrated nutrient management on sustainable yield index of rice and soil quality under acidic inceptisol	8
Intercropping with alfalfa and co-inoculation of AMF and PGPR improve growth, yield, grain bioactive quality, and soil fertility of barley	8
Growth, phenology and harvesting time of cactus-millet intercropping system under biotic mulching	8
Eleven-year mulching and tillage practices alter the soil quality and bacterial community composition in Northeast China	7
Effects of potassium application on soil ecological resistance to Verticillium wilt of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)	7
Wide-precision planting pattern under different tillage methods affects photosynthesis and yield of winter wheat	7
Effects of belowground interactions on crop yields and nutrient uptake in maize-faba bean relay intercropping systems	7
Performance characterization of γ-poly (glutamic acid) super absorbent polymer and its effect on soil water availability	7
Variations of soil viable and necromass carbon affected by biochar incorporation frequencies	7
Inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increases lettuce yield without altering natural soil communities	7
Improving productivity of maize-lentil rotation in alkaline Fluvisol following soil test crop response (STCR) - targeted yield approach of nutrient management	7
Effects of the application of biochar on soil fertility status, and nutrition and yield of onion grown in a no-tillage system	7
Soil metaphenomics: a step forward in metagenomics	6
Effect of different fertilizers on the bacterial community diversity in rhizosperic soil of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)	6
Application of mineral phosphorus fertilizer influences rhizosphere chemical and biological characteristics	6
Growth, grain yield, water and nitrogen use efficiency of rainfed maize in response to straw mulching and urea blended with slow-release nitrogen fertilizer: A two-year field study	6
Soil and climate factors drive spatio-temporal variability of arable crop yields under uniform management in Northern Italy	6
The distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities at soil aggregate level in subtropical grasslands	6
Survival, morphological variability, and performance ofOpuntia ficus-indicain a semi-arid region of India	6
Nitrate transport and assimilation in plants: a potential review	6
Soil labile carbon and nitrogen fractions after eleven years of manure and mineral fertilizer applications	6

Soil organic carbon mapping in cultivated land using model ensemble methods	6
Land use and soil properties shifts soil fauna community complexity in subtropical ecosystems	6
Release of potassium from some heated calcareous soils to different solutions	6
Impact of forty-seven years of long-term fertilization and liming on soil health, yield of soybean and wheat in an acidic Alfisol	6
Short-term nickel residual effect in field-grown soybeans: nickel-enriched soil acidity amendments promote plant growth and safe soil nickel levels	6
Enhanced maize yield and water-use efficiency via film mulched ridge–furrow tillage with straw incorporation in semiarid regions	5
Effects of pyrolysis temperatures on bone char characterization and its releasing phosphorus in sandy soil	5
The dominant microorganisms vary with aggregates sizes in promoting soil carbon accumulation under straw application	5
Physical recovery of an Oxisol under an integrated crop-livestock system in southern Brazil	5
Effect of biochar on the form transformation of heavy metals in paddy soil under different water regimes	5
Topcross hybrids in papaya (Carica papaya L.): evaluation of the potential for increasing fruit quality in new cultivars	5
Effects of coffee husk and cocoa pods biochar on the chemical properties of an acid soil from West Cameroon	5
Effects of potassium fertilizer and straw on maize yield, potassium utilization efficiency and soil potassium balance	5
Continuous tillage practices improve soil water storage and yields of dryland winter wheat grown for three consecutive years in North China	5
Identifying soil quality indicators for two contrasting agro-ecological sub-regions of India	5
Higher solar radiation and lower temperature enhance biomass production and grain yield of rice under high-altitude condition	5
Association of growth-promoting bacteria and hydroponic system aiming at reducing the time of production of banana seedlings	5
Use of treated wastewater in irrigation: productive and nutritional aspects of millet and chemical properties of clay and sandy loam soils	5
Soil microbial properties and functional diversity in response to sewage sludge amendments	5
Application of ammonium sulfate affects greenhouse gases and microbial diversity of an oil palm plantation on tropical peat	5
Copper and Zinc fractions and adsorption in sandy soil with long-term pig manure application	5
Influence of soil properties, temperature and pH on adsorption-desorption of imazamox in Indian aridisols	5
Effects of long-term conventional and conservational tillage systems on biochemical soil health indicators in the Mediterranean region	5
Assessment of goethite modified biochar on the immobilization of cadmium and arsenic and uptake by Chinese cabbage in paddy soil	5