Interactive Soil Quality Assessment in Europe and China for Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Resilience

Project Information

iSQAPER

Grant agreement ID: 635750

DOI 10.3030/635750

Project closed

EC signature date 17 April 2015

Start date 1 May 2015

End date 30 April 2020

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Total cost € 6 876 625,00

EU contribution € 5 375 375,00

Coordinated by

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
Netherlands

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

Final iSQAPERiS website
Video/film presentations explaining the scientific issues underlying soil quality
iSQAPER website

Project website online

Prototype iSQAPERiS website

Prototype iSQAPERiS website

Documents, reports (18)

Critical review of soil quality indicators with respect to their sensitivity to indicate soil threats and soil functions and interactions with management as well as reliability and simplicity of measurement
Soil quality inventory of Case Study Sites
Inventory of policy relevant data and sources extracted from WPs 3-7 and applicable to policy design.
Final conclusions on lessons for agricultural and environmental policy, including the post 2020 CAP.
Report on key management practices affecting soil quality and their applicability in various farming systems
Report on a) soil quality status of trial sites, b) interactions between climate, topography and agricultural systems on indicators of soil quality, and c) evaluation of the best subset of measurements for (aggregate) indicators of soil quality.

Report on a) current soil quality status of long-term trial sites, b) interactions between pedo-climatic zone, topography and crop(/livestock) systems on indicators of soil quality, and c) evaluation of the best subset of measurements that could be used to develop (aggregate) indicators of agricultural soil quality for desired ecosystem services.

Short report on applying the soil quality tool to different policy challenges and settings
Report on definition of typical combinations of farming systems and agricultural practices in Europe and China and their effects on soil quality
Classification of crop and livestock systems
Dissemination and Communication Strategy
Initial stocktaking report on existing policy measures
Report on the spatial analysis of crop and livestock systems in relation to pedo-climatic conditions

Report on the spatial analysis of crop and livestock systems in relation to pedoclimatic conditions

Report on scenarios of future farm and soil management systems
Report on the performance of key and site-specific parameters and indicators for all monitored sites
Critical review of existing concepts of soil quality indicators
Report on the potential for new indicators of soil quality and gaps in knowledge to realize those.
Report on the evaluation of scenarios of changed soil environmental footprint for a range of policy scenarios
Hierarchical and multi-scale pedo-climatic zonation

Hierarchical and multiscale pedoclimatic zonation

Other (2)

Tested and validated final version of SQAPP
Database of currently applied and promising agricultural management practices

Publications

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Novel soil quality indicators for the evaluation of agricultural management practices: a biological perspective

Author(s): Giulia Bongiorno
Published in: 2020
Publisher: Wageningen University
DOI: 10.18174/509232

Conference proceedings (1)

Otsekülvi mõju mulla kvaliteedile Eesti tootmispõldudel. (The effect of no-tillage on soil quality on Estonian farm fields) Maarika Alaru (Toim.).

Author(s): Reintam, E,; Sutri, M.; Kahu, G.; Are, M.; Stagerescu, G.; Selge, A.
Published in: Agroonomia, 2018, Page(s) 22-29
Publisher: Rebellis AS.

Peer reviewed articles (57)

Climate change risks and adaptation: new indicators for Mediterranean viticulture

Author(s): D. Santillán, L. Garrote, A. Iglesias, V. Sotes
Published in: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Issue 25/5, 2020, Page(s) 881-899, ISSN 1381-2386
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-019-09899-w

Reduced tillage, but not organic matter input, increased nematode diversity and food web stability in European long-term field experiments.

Author(s): Giulia Bongiorno; Natacha Bodenhausen; Else K. Bünemann; Lijbert Brussaard; Stefan Geisen; Paul Mäder; Casper W. Quist; Jean‐Claude Walser; Ron G. M. Goede
Published in: Molecular Ecology, 28 (22), Issue 4, 2019, Page(s) 4987-5005, ISSN 1365-294X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000377318

Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat rhizosphere and soil properties

Author(s): Yueling Qi, Adam Ossowicki, Xiaomei Yang, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Francisco Dini-Andreote, Violette Geissen, Paolina Garbeva
Published in: Journal of Hazardous Materials, Issue 387, 2020, Page(s) 121711, ISSN 0304-3894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121711

Impact of Sustainable Land Management Practices on Soil Properties: Example of Organic and Integrated Agricultural Management

Author(s): Rok Mihelič, Jure Pečnik, Matjaž Glavan, Marina Pintar
Published in: Land, Issue 10/1, 2021, Page(s) 8, ISSN 2073-445X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/land10010008

The effect of exogenous organic matter on the thermal properties of tilled soils in Poland and the Czech Republic

Author(s): Bogusław Usowicz, Jerzy Lipiec
Published in: Journal of Soils and Sediments, Issue 20/1, 2020, Page(s) 365-379, ISSN 1439-0108
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-019-02388-2

Two-decade long fertilization induced changes in subsurface soil organic carbon stock vary with indigenous site characteristics

Author(s): Feng Liang, Jianwei Li, Shuiqing Zhang, Hongjun Gao, Boren Wang, Xiaojun Shi, Shaoming Huang, Minggang Xu
Published in: Geoderma, Issue 337, 2019, Page(s) 853-862, ISSN 0016-7061
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.10.033

Effect of Crop Residue Decomposition on Soil Aggregate Stability

Author(s): Gheorghe Stegarescu, Jordi Escuer-Gatius, Kaido Soosaar, Karin Kauer, Tõnu Tõnutare, Alar Astover, Endla Reintam
Published in: Agriculture, Issue 10/11, 2020, Page(s) 527, ISSN 2077-0472
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture10110527

Assessment of the Impact of Distinct Vineyard Management Practices on Soil Physico-Chemical Properties

Author(s): Carla SS Ferreira, Adélcia Veiga, Ana Caetano, Oscar Gonzalez-Pelayo, Anne Karine-Boulet, Nelson Abrantes, Jacob Keizer, António JD Ferreira
Published in: Air, Soil and Water Research, Issue 13, 2020, Page(s) 117862212094484, ISSN 1178-6221
Publisher: Libertas Academica
DOI: 10.1177/1178622120944847

Novel soil quality indicators for the evaluation of agricultural management practices: a biological perspective

Author(s): Giulia BONGIORNO
Published in: Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, Issue 7/3, 2020, Page(s) 257, ISSN 2095-7505
Publisher: China Engineering Science Press
DOI: 10.15302/j-fase-2020323

Response of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) growth to soil contaminated with microplastics

Author(s): Fanrong Meng, Xiaomei Yang, Michel Riksen, Minggang Xu, Violette Geissen
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 755, 2021, Page(s) 142516, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142516

A new global gridded anthropogenic heat flux dataset with high spatial resolution and long-term time series

Author(s): Kai Jin, Fei Wang, Deliang Chen, Huanhuan Liu, Wenbin Ding, Shangyu Shi
Published in: Scientific Data, Issue 6/1, 2019, ISSN 2052-4463
Publisher: EuropePMC
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0143-1

Structural and functional microbial diversity of sandy soil under cropland and grassland

Author(s): Magdalena Frąc, Jerzy Lipiec, Bogusław Usowicz, Karolina Oszust, Małgorzata Brzezińska
Published in: PeerJ, Issue 8, 2020, Page(s) e9501, ISSN 2167-8359
Publisher: PeerJ
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9501

Soil management intensity shifts microbial catabolic profiles across a range of European long-term field experiments

Author(s): Giulia Bongiorno, Else K. Bünemann, Lijbert Brussaard, Paul Mäder, Chidinma U. Oguejiofor, Ron G.M. de Goede
Published in: Applied Soil Ecology, Issue 154, 2020, Page(s) 103596, ISSN 0929-1393
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103596

Effects of rainwater harvesting system on soil moisture in rain-fed orchards on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Author(s): Wenbin Ding, Fei Wang, Yunyun Dong, Kai Jin, Chenyu Cong, Jianqiao Han, Wenyan Ge
Published in: Agricultural Water Management, Issue 243, 2021, Page(s) 106496, ISSN 0378-3774
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106496

Effects of microplastics and earthworm burrows on soil macropore water flow within a laboratory soil column setup

Author(s): Miao Yu, Martine der Ploeg, Xiaoyi Ma, Coen J Ritsema, Violette Geissen
Published in: Vadose Zone Journal, Issue 19/1, 2020, ISSN 1539-1663
Publisher: Soil Science Society of America
DOI: 10.1002/vzj2.20059

Visual assessment of the impact of agricultural management practices on soil quality

Author(s): Abdallah Alaoui, Lúcia Barão, Carla S. S. Ferreira, Gudrun Schwilch, Gottlieb Basch, Fuensanta Garcia‐Orenes, Alicia Morugan, Jorge Mataix‐Solera, Costas Kosmas, Matjaž Glavan, Brigitta Szabó, Tamás Hermann, Olga Petrutza Vizitiu, Jerzy Lipiec, Magdalena Frąc, Endla Reintam, Minggang Xu, Jiaying Di, Hongzhu Fan, Wijnand Sukkel, Julie Lemesle, Violette Geissen, Luuk Fleskens
Published in: Agronomy Journal, Issue 112/4, 2020, Page(s) 2608-2623, ISSN 0002-1962
Publisher: American Society of Agronomy, Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/agj2.20216

Responses of Vegetation Cover to Environmental Change in Large Cities of China

Author(s): Kai Jin, Fei Wang, Pengfei Li
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 10/1, 2018, Page(s) 270, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su10010270

Manure acts as a better fertilizer for increasing crop yields than synthetic fertilizer does by improving soil fertility

Author(s): Andong Cai, Minggang Xu, Boren Wang, Wenju Zhang, Guopeng Liang, Enqing Hou, Yiqi Luo
Published in: Soil and Tillage Research, Issue 189, 2019, Page(s) 168-175, ISSN 0167-1987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2018.12.022

Soil quality – A critical review

Author(s): Else K. Bünemann, Giulia Bongiorno, Zhanguo Bai, Rachel E. Creamer, Gerlinde De Deyn, Ron de Goede, Luuk Fleskens, Violette Geissen, Thom W. Kuyper, Paul Mäder, Mirjam Pulleman, Wijnand Sukkel, Jan Willem van Groenigen, Lijbert Brussaard
Published in: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Issue 120, 2018, Page(s) 105-125, ISSN 0038-0717
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.01.030

Contents and Changes of Potassium in Plough Layers of Xuancheng, South Anhui Province

Author(s): Ka Lin, Decheng Li, Xiaodong Song, Chaolong Zu, Chaoqiang Jiang, Jia Shen, Chengxin Ma, Qin Gao, Qifa Zhu, Xuejun Ji, Guo Zhang, Lin Xue
Published in: Agricultural Sciences, Issue 08/05, 2017, Page(s) 348-355, ISSN 2156-8553
Publisher: Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP)
DOI: 10.4236/as.2017.85026

Runoff, sediment and nutrient exports from a Mediterranean vineyard under integrated production: An experiment at plot scale

Author(s): C.S.S. Ferreira, J.J. Keizer, L.M.B. Santos, D. Serpa, V. Silva, M. Cerqueira, A.J.D. Ferreira, N. Abrantes
Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Issue 256, 2018, Page(s) 184-193, ISSN 0167-8809
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.01.015

Application of Mycorrhiza and Soil from a Permaculture System Improved Phosphorus Acquisition in Naranjilla

Author(s): Sarah Symanczik, Michelle Gisler, Cécile Thonar, Klaus Schlaeppi, Marcel Van der Heijden, Ansgar Kahmen, Thomas Boller, Paul Mäder
Published in: Frontiers in Plant Science, Issue 8, 2017, ISSN 1664-462X
Publisher: Frontiers Media S. A.
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01263

An overview of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in agroecosystems

Author(s): Ee-Ling Ng, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Simon M. Eldridge, Priscilla Johnston, Hang-Wei Hu, Violette Geissen, Deli Chen
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 627, 2018, Page(s) 1377-1388, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.341

An improved method for calculating slope length (λ) and the LS parameters of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation for large watersheds

Author(s): Hongming Zhang, Jicheng Wei, Qinke Yang, Jantiene E.M. Baartman, Lingtong Gai, Xiaomei Yang, ShuQin Li, Jiantao Yu, Coen J. Ritsema, Violette Geissen
Published in: Geoderma, Issue 308, 2017, Page(s) 36-45, ISSN 0016-7061
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.08.006

Organic farming enhances soil microbial abundance and activity—A meta-analysis and meta-regression

Author(s): Martina Lori, Sarah Symnaczik, Paul Mäder, Gerlinde De Deyn, Andreas Gattinger
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 12/7, 2017, Page(s) e0180442, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180442

3D soil hydraulic database of Europe at 250 m resolution

Author(s): Brigitta Tóth, Melanie Weynants, László Pásztor, Tomislav Hengl
Published in: Hydrological Processes, Issue 31/14, 2017, Page(s) 2662-2666, ISSN 0885-6087
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11203

Environmental Change in the Agro-Pastoral Transitional Zone, Northern China: Patterns, Drivers, and Implications

Author(s): Chong Jiang, Fei Wang
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 13/2, 2016, Page(s) 165, ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13020165

Sensitivity of labile carbon fractions to tillage and organic matter management and their potential as comprehensive soil quality indicators across pedoclimatic conditions in Europe

Author(s): Giulia Bongiorno, Else K. Bünemann, Chidinma U. Oguejiofor, Jennifer Meier, Gerrit Gort, Rob Comans, Paul Mäder, Lijbert Brussaard, Ron de Goede
Published in: Ecological Indicators, Issue 99, 2019, Page(s) 38-50, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.12.008

Soil suppressiveness to Pythium ultimum in ten European long-term field experiments and its relation with soil parameters

Author(s): Giulia Bongiorno, Joeke Postma, Else K. Bünemann, Lijbert Brussaard, Ron G.M. de Goede, Paul Mäder, Lucius Tamm, Barbara Thuerig
Published in: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Issue 133, 2019, Page(s) 174-187, ISSN 0038-0717
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.03.012

Identifying Gaps between the Legislative Tools of Soil Protection in the EU Member States for a Common European Soil Protection Legislation

Author(s): Petra Stankovics, Gergely Tóth, Zoltán Tóth
Published in: Sustainability, Issue 10/8, 2018, Page(s) 2886, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su10082886

Effects of agricultural management practices on soil quality: A review of long-term experiments for Europe and China

Author(s): Zhanguo Bai, Thomas Caspari, Maria Ruiperez Gonzalez, Niels H. Batjes, Paul Mäder, Else K. Bünemann, Ron de Goede, Lijbert Brussaard, Minggang Xu, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira, Endla Reintam, Hongzhu Fan, Rok Mihelič, Matjaž Glavan, Zoltán Tóth
Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Issue 265, 2018, Page(s) 1-7, ISSN 0167-8809
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.05.028

Soil Aggregate Stability and Associated Structure Affected by Long-Term Fertilization for a Loessial Soil on the Loess Plateau of China

Author(s): Dengfeng Tuo, Mingxiang Xu, Qiang Li, Sihan Liu
Published in: Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, Issue 26/2, 2017, Page(s) 827-835, ISSN 1230-1485
Publisher: HARD Pub. Co.
DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/66716

Quantifying changes in multiple ecosystem services during 2000–2012 on the Loess Plateau, China, as a result of climate variability and ecological restoration

Author(s): Chong Jiang, Fei Wang, Haiyan Zhang, Xinling Dong
Published in: Ecological Engineering, Issue 97, 2016, Page(s) 258-271, ISSN 0925-8574
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.10.030

Effect of vegetation type on microstructure of soil aggregates on the Loess Plateau, China

Author(s): Dong Zhao, Mingxiang Xu, Guobin Liu, Luyang Ma, Shengmin Zhang, Tiqiao Xiao, Guanyun Peng
Published in: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Issue 242, 2017, Page(s) 1-8, ISSN 0167-8809
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2017.03.014

More realistic land‐use and vegetation parameters in a regional climate model reduce model biases over China

Author(s): Jiaojiao Gou, Fei Wang, Kai Jin, Xingmin Mu, Deliang Chen
Published in: International Journal of Climatology, 2019, ISSN 0899-8418
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/joc.6110

Catch crop (oil radish) functions in long term cereal crop rotation

Author(s): Tamás Kismányoky, Brigitta Tóth
Published in: Columella : Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Issue 3/1, 2016, ISSN 2064-7816
Publisher: Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Szent István University
DOI: 10.18380/szie.colum.2016.3.1.19

Influence of microplastic addition on glyphosate decay and soil microbial activities in Chinese loess soil

Author(s): Xiaomei Yang, Célia P.M. Bento, Hao Chen, Hongming Zhang, Sha Xue, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Paul Zomer, Coen J. Ritsema, Violette Geissen
Published in: Environmental Pollution, Issue 242, 2018, Page(s) 338-347, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.07.006

The interaction of soil aggregate stability with other soil properties as influenced by manure and nitrogen fertilization

Author(s): Mihkel Are, Tanel Kaart, Are Selge, Alar Astover, Endla Reintam
Published in: Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, Issue 105/3, 2018, Page(s) 195-202, ISSN 1392-3196
Publisher: Lietuvos Zemdirbystes Institutas
DOI: 10.13080/z-a.2018.105.025

Human activity and climate variability impacts on sediment discharge and runoff in the Yellow River of China

Author(s): Yi He, Fei Wang, Xingmin Mu, Lanqin Guo, Peng Gao, Guangju Zhao
Published in: Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Issue 129/1-2, 2017, Page(s) 645-654, ISSN 0177-798X
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-016-1796-8

A Brief Study on pH, Exchangeable Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺ in Farmlands under Tobacco-Rice Rotation in Xuancheng City of South Anhui

Author(s): Anqi Wang, Ka Lin, Chengxin Ma, Qin Gao, Qifa Zhu, Xuejun Ji, Guo Zhang, Lin Xue, Chaolong Zu, Chaoqiang Jiang, Jia Shen, Decheng Li
Published in: Agricultural Sciences, Issue 09/04, 2018, Page(s) 480-488, ISSN 2156-8553
Publisher: Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP)
DOI: 10.4236/as.2018.94033

Pesticide residues in European agricultural soils – A hidden reality unfolded

Author(s): Vera Silva, Hans G.J. Mol, Paul Zomer, Marc Tienstra, Coen J. Ritsema, Violette Geissen
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 653, 2019, Page(s) 1532-1545, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.441

Temporal changes of streamflow and its causes in the Liao River Basin over the period of 1953–2011, northeastern China

Author(s): Chong Jiang, Fei Wang
Published in: CATENA, Issue 145, 2016, Page(s) 227-238, ISSN 0341-8162
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.06.015

Assessment of promising agricultural management practices

Author(s): Lúcia Barão, Abdallah Alaoui, Carla Ferreira, Gottlieb Basch, Gudrun Schwilch, Violette Geissen, Wijnand Sukkel, Julie Lemesle, Fuensanta Garcia-Orenes, Alicia Morugán-Coronado, Jorge Mataix-Solera, Costas Kosmas, Matjaž Glavan, Marina Pintar, Brigitta Tóth, Tamás Hermann, Olga Petruta Vizitiu, Jerzy Lipiec, Endla Reintam, Minggang Xu, Jiaying Di, Hongzhu Fan, Fei Wang
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 649, 2019, Page(s) 610-619, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.257

Biogenic transport of glyphosate in the presence of LDPE microplastics: A mesocosm experiment

Author(s): Xiaomei Yang, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Akram Bemani, Hennie Gertsen, Tamas Salanki, Xuetao Guo, Haimei Fu, Sha Xue, Coen Ritsema, Violette Geissen
Published in: Environmental Pollution, Issue 245, 2019, Page(s) 829-835, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.11.044

An integrated method for calculating DEM-based RUSLE LS

Author(s): Meng Wang, Jantiene E. M. Baartman, Hongming Zhang, Qinke Yang, Shuqin Li, Jiangtao Yang, Cheng Cai, Meili Wang, Coen J. Ritsema, Violette Geissen
Published in: Earth Science Informatics, Issue 11/4, 2018, Page(s) 579-590, ISSN 1865-0473
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12145-018-0349-3

Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system: Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat (Triticum aestivum) growth

Author(s): Yueling Qi, Xiaomei Yang, Amalia Mejia Pelaez, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Nicolas Beriot, Henny Gertsen, Paolina Garbeva, Violette Geissen
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 645, 2018, Page(s) 1048-1056, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.229

Impacts of Re-Vegetation on Surface Soil Moisture over the Chinese Loess Plateau Based on Remote Sensing Datasets

Author(s): Qiao Jiao, Rui Li, Fei Wang, Xingmin Mu, Pengfei Li, Chunchun An
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 8/2, 2016, Page(s) 156, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs8020156

Leaching of microplastics by preferential flow in earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) burrows

Author(s): Miao Yu, Martine van der Ploeg, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Xiaomei Yang, Shaoliang Zhang, Xiaoyi Ma, Coen J. Ritsema, Violette Geissen
Published in: Environmental Chemistry, Issue 16/1, 2019, Page(s) 31, ISSN 1448-2517
Publisher: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Publishing
DOI: 10.1071/en18161

A simple method for the extraction and identification of light density microplastics from soil

Author(s): Shaoliang Zhang, Xiaomei Yang, Hennie Gertsen, Piet Peters, Tamás Salánki, Violette Geissen
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 616-617, 2018, Page(s) 1056-1065, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.213

Quality of terrestrial data derived from UAV photogrammetry: a case study of Hetao irrigation district in northern China

Author(s): Hongming Zhang, Jiangtao Yang, Jantiene E.M. Baartman, Shuqin Li, Bei Jin, Wenting Han, Xiaomei Yang, Lingtong Gai, Coen J. Ritsema, Violette Geissen
Published in: International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Issue 11/3, 2018, Page(s) 171-177, ISSN 1934-6344
Publisher: International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (IJABE)
DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20181103.3012

Vineyards in transition: A global assessment of the adaptation needs of grape producing regions under climate change

Author(s): David Santillán, Ana Iglesias, Isabelle La Jeunesse, Luis Garrote, Vicente Sotes
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 657, 2019, Page(s) 839-852, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.079

Response of soil dissolved organic matter to microplastic addition in Chinese loess soil

Author(s): Hongfei Liu, Xiaomei Yang, Guobin Liu, Chutao Liang, Sha Xue, Hao Chen, Coen J. Ritsema, Violette Geissen
Published in: Chemosphere, Issue 185, 2017, Page(s) 907-917, ISSN 0045-6535
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.064

Spatial variability of soil properties and cereal yield in a cultivated field on sandy soil

Author(s): Bogusław Usowicz, Jerzy Lipiec
Published in: Soil and Tillage Research, Issue 174, 2017, Page(s) 241-250, ISSN 0167-1987
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2017.07.015

Impact of plastic mulch film debris on soil physicochemical and hydrological properties

Author(s): Yueling Qi, Nicolas Beriot, Gerrit Gort, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Harm Gooren, Xiaomei Yang, Violette Geissen
Published in: Environmental Pollution, Issue 266, 2020, Page(s) 115097, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115097

Soil taxonomy and suitability assessment on typical tobacco-planting farmlands in Guizhou, Southwest China

Author(s): Weichang Gao, Kai Cai, Decheng Li, Yechun Lin, Yi Chen, Yingchao Lin, Jixin Li, Yuguo Zhao, Bing Ju, Wenjie Pan
Published in: SN Applied Sciences, Issue 1/8, 2019, ISSN 2523-3963
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s42452-019-0750-7

Farming by soil in Europe: status and outlook of cropping systems under different pedoclimatic conditions

Author(s): Gergely Tóth, Tamás Kismányoky, Piroska Kassai, Tamás Hermann, Oihane Fernandez-Ugalde, Brigitta Szabó
Published in: PeerJ, Issue 8, 2020, Page(s) e8984, ISSN 2167-8359
Publisher: PeerJ
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8984

Water Stability of Soil Aggregates in a 50-Year-Old Soil Formation Experiment on Calcareous Glacial Till

Author(s): M. Are, K. Kauer, T. Kaart, A. Selge, A. Astover, E. Reintam
Published in: Eurasian Soil Science, Issue 53/5, 2020, Page(s) 619-631, ISSN 1064-2293
Publisher: Maik Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing
DOI: 10.1134/s1064229320050026

Book chapters (1)

Food Chains and Ecosystem Services Through a Resilience Lens

Author(s): Rosanna Salvia, Giovanni Quaranta
Published in: Sustainable Food Chains and Ecosystems - Cooperative Approaches for a Changing World, 2020, Page(s) 17-34, ISBN 978-3-030-39608-4
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39609-1_2

Monographic books (2)

Livro Verde para o Desenvolvimento Rural da Região Centro

Author(s): António Ferreira, Ryunosuke Kikuchi, Célia Dias Ferreira, Rui Costa, Maria José Cunha e António Moitinho Rodrigues (editores)
Published in: 2017, ISBN 978-989-20-8132-8
Publisher: Cernas

iSQAPER task WP 3.3 soil quality indicators : Influence of soil type and land management on chemical, physical and biological soil parameters assessed visually and analytically

Author(s): Hoek, J.; Berg, van den, W.; Wesselink, M.; Sukkel, W.; Mäder, P.; Bünemann, E.; Bongiorno, G.; Goede, de, R.; Brussaard, L.; Bai, Z.; Haagsma, W.; Verstegen, H.; Glavan, M.; Ferreira, C.S.; Garcia Orenes, F.; Toth, Z.; Zhang, W.; Fan, H.; Fu, H.; Gao, H.; Xu, M.
Published in: Wageningen Plant Research Report 783, Issue 1, 2019
Publisher: Wageningen University & Research
DOI: 10.18174/472638