Article
Forestry
Wei Zheng, Chengjiao Rao, Qian Wu, Enwen Wang, Xingjian Jiang, Yichen Xu, Lei Hu, Yazhen Chen, Xiaocui Liang, Wende Yan
Summary: This study aims to explore the relationship between bedrock exposure rates and soil labile organic carbon fractions (SLOCFs) in karst rocky desertification areas, and identify the limiting factors for SLOCFs. The results showed that concentrations and stocks of SLOCFs decreased with increasing soil depth, while light fraction organic carbon (LFOC) decreased with increasing bedrock exposure rate. The carbon pool management index and sensitivity index differed significantly under different bedrock exposure rates. The increase in bedrock exposure rate had a great impact on microbial biomass carbon (MBC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), easily oxidized organic carbon (EOC), and soil organic carbon (SOC). The presence of secondary forest improved the integrity of karst landscapes without affecting the soil properties and concentrations and stocks of SLOCFs in karst rocky desertification areas.
Article
Agronomy
Gandura Omar Abagandura, Navreet Kaur Mahal, Nagender Pal Butail, Jashanjeet Kaur Dhaliwal, Asmita Gautam, Arun Bawa, Peter Kovacs, Sandeep Kumar
Summary: Manure application can increase soil carbon and nitrogen pools compared to mineral fertilizer application, especially at higher rates.
ARCHIVES OF AGRONOMY AND SOIL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Linjie Ma, Xiaobing Lv, Nan Cao, Zhi Wang, Zhiguo Zhou, Yali Meng
Summary: The application of crop residue-biochar effectively increases soil carbon sequestration, enhances soil organic C content and C pool management index, optimizes soil carbon cycle enzyme activities, and has a positive impact on soil microbial abundance.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Zhiming Zhang, Jun Yan, Xiaozeng Han, Wenxiu Zou, Xu Chen, Xinchun Lu, Yutian Feng
Summary: The highest contents of active SOC fractions were found in the organic manure (OM) treatment, while the highest maize yield was obtained in the chemical fertilizer with straw (CFS) treatment. Proteobacteria were widely distributed in all the fertilization treatments, and the dominant fungal phyla were Ascomycota in CK, CF and OM, and Basidiomycota in CFS treatment.
Soil bacterial/fungal communities and the active SOC fractions evidenced that fertilization, especially organic manure application, stimulated soil bacteria and fungi to participate in SOC turnover, contributing to improving the productivity and quality of black soil under sustainable management.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Han Yan, Wei Fan, Jinggui Wu
Summary: The application of organic materials promotes the accumulation of soil carbon and enhances biodiversity conservation.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Chenxi Yu, Jianxiang Feng, Weizhong Yue, Long Wei, Yu Ma, Xiaofang Huang, Juan Ling, Junde Dong
Summary: This study quantified the soil organic carbon (SOC) and labile organic carbon (LOC) in different depths of soil at four sites in Yingluo Bay, China. The results showed that the natural expansion of mangroves has a positive impact on SOC and LOC, with the 80-year old mangrove site having the highest concentrations of SOC, LOC, and CMI. Therefore, promoting the natural expansion of mangroves can maximize the storage potential of soil organic carbon.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Polina Enchilik, Elena Aseyeva, Ivan Semenkov
Summary: In a mixed coniferous-deciduous forest, the effect of site-specific soil-forming factors on plant debris and SOC properties was investigated in a soil catena with Retisols and Stagnosols. It was found that SOC mostly accumulated in the forest litter and histic horizons of Stagnosols at the footslope positions. The location of the soil in the catena affects the partition and characteristics of SOC in umbric and albic soil horizons.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xiaolin Shen, Lili Wang, Qichen Yang, Weiming Xiu, Gang Li, Jianning Zhao, Guilong Zhang
Summary: The study found that no tillage or deep ploughing, as opposed to rotary tillage, can increase soil aggregate stability and organic carbon content, leading to better carbon storage effects. Therefore, it is recommended to use no tillage or deep ploughing management methods in wheat-maize rotation systems for sustainable agriculture development.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Hui-Min Chen, Fu-Xi Shi, Xian-Wei Wang, Xin-Hou Zhang, Rong Mao
Summary: The conversion of drylands to paddy fields on former wetlands in the Sanjiang Plain of northeast China enhances the soil organic carbon stock by promoting the accumulation of labile carbon fractions. Labile carbon fractions are more sensitive to this successive land-use change than recalcitrant carbon fractions.
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ming Wang, Shengzhong Wang, Yiwen Cao, Ming Jiang, Guodong Wang, Yanmin Dong
Summary: This study reveals that hummock-hollow microtopography in a sedge peatland creates significant heterogeneity in SOC and soil LOC fractions distribution, with hummocks serving as an important carbon pool. The findings highlight the importance of microtopography in carbon storage and cycling in northern peatlands.
Article
Agronomy
Suphathida Aumtong, Chakrit Chotamonsak, Paweenuch Pongwongkam, Kanchana Cantiya
Summary: The influence of long-term chemical fertilization in paddy soils on SOC is attributed to the interaction between labile carbon and phosphorus fractions. In the 0-5 cm soil layer, easily oxidized organic carbon components and other soil physicochemical characteristics have a stronger interaction with SOC. An increase in DOC in this layer significantly lowers SOC, which is positively correlated with POXC but negatively correlated with SOC and WSC. The changes in SOC can be explained by the relationship between DOC and inorganic phosphate fractions under specific soil pH conditions.
Article
Agronomy
Marek Kopecky, Ladislav Kolar, Kristyna Perna, Radka Vachalova, Petr Mraz, Petr Konvalina, Yves Theoneste Murindangabo, Mohammad Ghorbani, Ladislav Mensik, Miroslav Dumbrovsky
Summary: The present study aims to test and evaluate the efficiency of a new modified method of organic matter evaluation, which allows the assessment of the quality and quantity of soil organic matter. The results showed that the new method is more sensitive and faster compared to classical methods, and it does not require complex laboratory equipment. Based on these findings and other studies, the modified method may be recommended for practical soil organic matter evaluation.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rajesh Kaushal, Salil Tewari, Shanker Dutt Thapliyal, Amit Kumar, Trisha Roy, Sadikul Islam, S. T. S. Lepcha, Jayaraman Durai
Summary: Different species of bamboo were evaluated for their carbon fractions in soil rehabilitation in the Himalayan foothills. Results showed that Dendrocalamus hamiltonii had the highest accumulation of different carbon fractions, making it an effective soil rehabilitator with the potential to enhance carbon buildup in the soil.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ye Xiao, Zhigang Huang, Yulin Ling, Shenwen Cai, Boping Zeng, Sheng Liang, Xiao Wang
Summary: This study investigates the effects of vegetation restoration on soil organic carbon (SOC) components in the Danxia landform region of China. The results show that bamboo forest (BF) has the highest carbon storage capacity, followed by Chinese fir forest (CFF) and evergreen broad-leaved forest (EBF).
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruifeng Sun, Baoyu Sun, Xinge Li, Siyu Wei, Mingliang Zhao, Xiaojing Chu, Weimin Song, Junji Yuan, Guangxuan Han
Summary: This study conducted a seven-year warming experiment in a coastal wetland in the Yellow River Delta and found that climate warming led to a decrease in soil organic carbon content, especially in the topsoil. Additionally, warming reduced the content of labile organic carbon, including dissolved organic carbon and particulate organic carbon, through increased soil salinity. However, it did not affect the content of recalcitrant mineral-associated organic carbon. The findings highlight the importance of considering the varying responses of different soil organic carbon fractions to warming for accurate projections of soil organic carbon dynamics in coastal wetlands under future climate change.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Antonio Joao de Lima Neto, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Herminia Emilia Prieto Martinez, Jailson Silva Sousa, Loane Vaz Fernandes
Summary: This study used the boundary-line method to investigate the nutrient accumulation in eucalyptus shoots. Plants with higher potassium accumulation showed reduced absorption of nitrogen, phosphorus, and magnesium, indicating lower efficiency in the use of nutrients.
JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fernanda D. A. Valente, Lucas C. Gomes, Marllon F. Castro, Julio Cesar L. Neves, Ivo R. Silva, Teogenes S. de Oliveira
Summary: The study found that there was no significant change in soil CO2 efflux among different tree species, but heterotrophic soil respiration contributed to 64% of total CO2 efflux and was associated with litter decomposition. Increases in soil moisture had the most influence on CO2 efflux.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Vagner A. Rodrigues Filho, Julio C. L. Neves, Sergio L. R. Donato, Bruno V. C. Guimaraes
Summary: This study modeled and determined nutritional and non-nutritional limitations of Grande Naine banana grown in Cear? and Bahia states, Brazil, and found that nutritional factors limited yield by 11.17% and 14.79%, while non-nutritional factors limited by 30.11% and 29.41% respectively. In Grande Naine banana, non-nutritional factors are more yield-limiting than nutritional factors.
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ENGENHARIA AGRICOLA E AMBIENTAL
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Fernanda Daniele de Almeida Valente, Marllon Fialho de Castro, Jose Ferreira Lustosa Filho, Aldo Teixeira Lopes, Silvano Rodrigues Borges, Lucas Carvalho Gomes, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Ivo Ribeiro da Silva, Teogenes Senna de Oliveira
Summary: Afforestation is the preferred technique for restoring ecosystem functions in bauxite mining areas. This study found that planting a mixed of 16 native tree species can accelerate the recovery of soil organic matter and nutrient cycles, producing higher litterfall yields and better nutritional quality. Therefore, mixed native trees can be a promising option for reactivation of nutrient cycling and organic matter formation in mined areas of bauxite in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIA DO SOLO
(2023)
Article
Horticulture
Marcio Adriano Santos, Sergio Luiz Rodrigues Donato, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Pedro Ricardo Rocha Marques, Marlon Cristian Toledo Pereira, Maria Geralda Vilela Rodrigues
Summary: The study aimed to establish nutrient reference values for 'Prata-Ana' banana in improved fertility soil using different diagnostic methods. The results showed that the established values were higher than those reported in the literature, and the Mathematical Chance method was the most accurate in interpreting nutrient contents in the leaves.
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE FRUTICULTURA
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Marcio Adriano Santos, Sergio Luiz Rodrigues Donato, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Pedro Ricardo Rocha Marques, Marlon Cristian Toledo Pereira, Maria Geralda Vilela Rodrigues
Summary: The study aimed to establish nutritional reference values for 'BRS Platina' banana in improved fertility soil, using different methods to obtain optimal values with a degree of convergence. Therefore, the adjusted reference values can be used to interpret foliar analysis of 'BRS Platina' bananas in improved fertility soils.
CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Roberto Lustosa Silva, Renildes Lucio Ferreira Fontes, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Augusto Miguel Nascimento Lima, Emanuelle Merces Barros Soares, Camila Israela Freire Silva Carvalho, Italo Herbert Lucena Cavalcante
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional efficiency of mango plants of Palmer cultivar grown in sand soils at Sao Francisco Valley, Northwest Brazil. Macronutrients N and K showed the highest increase over the years, while micronutrients Mn and Fe accumulated the most in the plants. The canopy of the mango Palmer plants was found to be the compartment that accumulated the most macro and micronutrients.
SEMINA-CIENCIAS AGRARIAS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marllon F. Castro, Martin Meier, Julio C. L. Neves, Marcio R. Francelino, Carlos Ernesto G. R. Schaefer, Teogenes S. Oliveira
Summary: The behavior and feeding habits of different species of seabirds can influence the enrichment of trace metals in Antarctic soils. This study found that the concentrations of Cr and Hg in the soil were positively correlated with P, TOC, and TN, indicating the biotransport of these metals by seabirds. Soils influenced by penguins showed higher levels of P, TOC, TN, Cr, and Hg.
ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS
(2022)
Article
Horticulture
Vagner Alves Rodrigues Filho, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Sergio Luiz Rodrigues Donato, Bruno Vinicius Castro Guimaraes
Summary: The study aimed to determine potential nutrient response curves and sufficiency ranges for 'Grand Nain' bananas in two environments using the boundary line approach and balance indices of Kenworthy. The models showed high predictive power, and established sufficiency ranges for macro- and micronutrient concentrations and balance indices, improving nutritional status assessment of irrigated 'Grand Nain' bananas.
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE FRUTICULTURA
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Andre Vinicius Zabini, Herminia Emilia Prieto Martinez, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Cosme Damiao Cruz, Samuel Vasconcelos Valadares
Summary: The study compared the mineral composition of coffee flowers and leaves, and established reference values for nutritional diagnosis of coffee trees. The research found that the nutritional status of coffee trees can be anticipated using flower analysis.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Vagner Alves Rodrigues Filho, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Sergio Luiz Rodrigues Donato, Bruno Vinicius Castro Guimaraes
Summary: This study aimed to establish the nutrient-response curves and sufficiency ranges for 'Prata-Ana' bananas cultivated under different environmental conditions using boundary line approach (BLA) and another method proposed by Kenworthy. The results indicated that the sufficiency ranges obtained by BLA are more precise when assessing the nutritional status of 'Prata-Ana' bananas.
Article
Agronomy
Vagner Alves Rodrigues Filho, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Sergio Luiz Rodrigues Donato
Summary: This study aimed to model and determine the nutritional and non-nutritional limitations of 'Prata-Ana' banana crops in Ceara and Bahia, Brazil, based on nutritional balance and equilibrium. Nutritional limitations accounted for 13.37% in Ceara and 12.17% in Bahia, while non-nutritional factors limited yields by up to 28.23% in Ceara and 50.49% in Bahia.
Article
Soil Science
Vagner Alves Rodrigues Filho, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Sergio Luiz Rodrigues Donato, Bruno Vinicius Castro Guimaraes
Summary: Tissue analysis results should not be universally interpreted using nutrient standards, as differences in climate and soil can affect nutrient availability. Specific norms for each site and cultivar are recommended for accurate nutritional diagnosis of Prata-Ana and Grande Naine banana plants grown in different environments. Variability in norms is higher in Ceara than in Bahia, with less convergence for Prata-Ana compared to Grande Naine.
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIA DO SOLO
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Valeria Santos Cavalcante, Marcio Luiz dos Santos, Luisa Carla Cotta, Julio Cesar Lima Neves, Emanuelle Merces Barros Soares
Summary: The study evaluated the decomposition dynamics, nutrient release, and biochemical composition of clonal teak litter. The half-life time of dry matter and C was 0.74 years, with N and P release having higher values than K, Ca, and Mg. Changes in the litter's biochemical composition were observed at the end of the experimental period.
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIA DO SOLO
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Marcio Luiz dos Santos, Helio Garcia Leite, Valeria Santos Cavalcante, Loane Vaz Fernandes, Julio Cesar Lima Neves
Summary: This study aimed to adjust allometric equations to estimate the accumulation of biomass and nutrient contents in teak plantations in the central region of Brazil. The equations adjusted for the four sets of stands, all with elevated predictive capacity, did not differ among each other based on an identity test. It is recommended to use a robust equation adjusted with data from all stands to obtain estimates with a high degree of accuracy.
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIA DO SOLO
(2022)