Conventional versus organic management: application of simple and complex indexes to assess soil quality

Rotation and Fertilization Effects on Soil Quality and Yields in a Long Term Field Experiment

(2021) Caterina Giacometti et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Soil-plant nitrogen pools in nectarine orchard in response to long-term compost application

(2019) Moreno Toselli et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Response of soil microbial communities to agroecological versus conventional systems of extensive agriculture

(2018) Diego N. Chavarria et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Effect of compost application on the dynamics of carbon in a nectarine orchard ecosystem

(2018) E. Baldi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Soil quality – A critical review

(2018) Else K. Bünemann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Mapping future soil carbon change and its uncertainty in croplands using simple surrogates of a complex farming system model

(2018) Zhongkui Luo et al.   GEODERMA

Diverse dynamics in agroecological transitions on fruit tree farms

(2017) Marie Dupré et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Selected soil biological parameters measured in the 19th year of a long term organic-conventional comparison study in Canada

(2016) S. Braman et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Organic farming induces changes in soil microbiota that affect agro-ecosystem functions

(2016) Giuliano Bonanomi et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Quantitative soil quality indexing of temperate arable management systems

(2015) Mohammad Sadegh Askari et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Understanding and managing soil biodiversity: a major challenge in agroecology

(2014) Philippe Lemanceau et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming

(2014) Martin Hartmann et al.   ISME Journal

Microplate-scale fluorometric soil enzyme assays as tools to assess soil quality in a long-term agricultural field experiment

(2013) Caterina Giacometti et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Conservation tillage strategy based on the roller crimper technology for weed control in Mediterranean vegetable organic cropping systems

(2013) Stefano Canali et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Soil enzyme activities, microbial communities, and carbon and nitrogen availability in organic agroecosystems across an intensively-managed agricultural landscape

(2013) Timothy M. Bowles et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The crop yield gap between organic and conventional agriculture

(2012) Tomek de Ponti et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Predicting long-term organic carbon dynamics in organically amended soils using the CQESTR model

(2012) César Plaza et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Crop Production and Environmental Effects in Conventional and Organic Vegetable Farming Systems: The Case of a Long-Term Experiment in Mediterranean Conditions (Central Italy)

(2012) G. Campanelli et al.   JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

A litter-slurry technique elucidates the key role of enzyme production and microbial dynamics in temperature sensitivity of organic matter decomposition

(2011) Matthew D. Wallenstein et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry of recalcitrant organic matter decomposition: the growth rate hypothesis in reverse

(2010) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Effects of compost input and tillage intensity on soil microbial biomass and activity under Mediterranean conditions

(2010) Vito Armando Laudicina et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Organic agriculture and ecosystem services

(2009) Harpinder S. Sandhu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Phenol oxidase, peroxidase and organic matter dynamics of soil

(2009) Robert L. Sinsabaugh   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale

(2008) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Past, present and future of soil quality indices: A biological perspective

(2008) F. Bastida et al.   GEODERMA

Suitability of enzyme activities for the monitoring of soil quality improvement in organic agricultural systems

(2008) Roberto García-Ruiz et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Hydrolytic enzyme activities in agricultural and forest soils. Some implications for their use as indicators of soil quality

(2008) C. Trasar-Cepeda et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Stabilization of oxidative enzymes in desert soil may limit organic matter accumulation

(2007) Martina Stursova et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY