Microbial Indicators of Soil Quality

2015 ◽  
pp. 73-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. F. Turco ◽  
A. C. Kennedy ◽  
M. D. Jawson
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Microbial Indicators

scholarly journals Microbial indicators for soil quality

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Schloter ◽  
Paolo Nannipieri ◽  
Søren J. Sørensen ◽  
Jan Dirk van Elsas
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Microbial Indicators

Microbial Indicators of Soil Quality in Upland Soils

2012 ◽  
pp. 413-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip C. Brookes ◽  
Juan C. Aciego Pietri ◽  
Yuping Wu ◽  
Jianming Xu
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Microbial Indicators ◽  
Upland Soils

scholarly journals Persistence of the herbicides florasulam and halauxifen-methyl in alluvial and saline alluvial soils, and their effects on microbial indicators of soil quality

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 93-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhadeep Mukherjee ◽  
Sudipta Tripathi ◽  
Aritra Kumar Mukherjee ◽  
Anjan Bhattacharyya ◽  
Kalyan Chakrabarti
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Alluvial Soils ◽  
Microbial Indicators

The role of microbial indicators of soil quality in ecological forest management

1999 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Staddon ◽  
L. C. Duchesne ◽  
J. T. Trevors
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Certification ◽  
Ecological Management ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Certification Process ◽  
Microbial Indicators

Ecological management is gaining acceptance as an encompassing philosophy in forest resource management. In keeping with this new paradigm, the Canadian Standards Association is creating a forest certification process to ensure that forest products are generated through sustainable forestry. However, a great deal of research is needed to develop and assess soil indicators of ecological sustainability. This paper discusses the role and usefulness of microbial indicators of soil quality in the ecological management of forests and the forest certification process. Suitable microbial indicators of soil conservation should be closely linked to critical ecological processes, should be documented properly across various ecosystem types, should be easy to use, and must evolve with new scientific knowledge. Key words: ecological management, soil quality, criteria and indicators, Canadian Standards Association, soil microorganisms, fire

Changes in soil quality following humping/hollowing and flipping of pakihi soils on the West Coast, South Island New Zealand

2007 ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.M. Thomas ◽  
M.H.Beare C.D. Ford ◽  
V. Rietveld
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
The West ◽  
Organic Matter Quality ◽  
Pasture Production ◽  
Soil C

Humping/hollowing and flipping are land development practices widely used on the West Coast to overcome waterlogging constraints to pasture production. However, there is very limited information about how the resulting "new" soils function and how their properties change over time following these extreme modifications. We hypothesised that soil quality will improve in response to organic matter inputs from plants and excreta, which will in turn increase nutrient availability. We tested this hypothesis by quantifying the soil organic matter and nutrient content of soils at different stages of development after modification. We observed improvements in soil quality with increasing time following soil modification under both land development practices. Total soil C and N values were very low following flipping, but over 8 years these values had increased nearly five-fold. Other indicators of organic matter quality such as hot water extractable C (HWC) and anaerobically mineralisable N (AMN) showed similar increases. With large capital applications of superphosphate fertiliser to flipped soils in the first year and regular applications of maintenance fertiliser, Olsen P levels also increased from values

Physico-Chemical Properties of Soil Collected from Chandrabhaga River in Kalmeshwar, Nagpur, Maharashtra

2020 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Amita M Watkar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Organic Matter Content ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Soil Attributes ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Agricultural Land Management ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Soil, itself means Soul of Infinite Life. Soil is the naturally occurring unconsolidated or loose covering on the earth’s surface. Physical properties depend upon the amount, size, shape, arrangement, and mineral composition of soil particles. It also depends on the organic matter content and pore spaces. Chemical properties depend on the Inorganic and organic matter present in the soil. Soils are the essential components of the environment and foundation resources for nearly all types of land use, besides being the most important component of sustainable agriculture. Therefore, assessment of soil quality and its direction of change with time is an ideal and primary indicator of sustainable agricultural land management. Soil quality indicators refer to measurable soil attributes that influence the capacity of a soil to function, within the limits imposed by the ecosystem, to preserve biological productivity and environmental quality and promote plant, animal and human health. The present study is to assess these soil attributes such as physical and chemical properties season-wise.

Fuel reduction practices and their effects on soil quality

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt D. Busse ◽  
Ken R. Hubbert ◽  
Emily E. Y. Moghaddas
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Fuel Reduction
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