Enhancing soil quality and nematode diversity through sustainable tillage and organic fertilization in the Loess Plateau's semi-arid farmlands

Y Fan, D Gao, L Zhang, Y Wang, Z Yan, L Guo… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2025 - Elsevier
To explore the impact of tillage and fertilization practices on enhancing the soil micro-
ecological environment in the dry farmlands of the Loess Plateau, this study used …

[HTML][HTML] Earthworm and enchytraeid indicator taxa of different land-use types identified using soil DNA metabarcoding

J Cuartero, MJI Briones, BM Rast, B Stierli… - Applied Soil …, 2025 - Elsevier
Earthworms and enchytraeids play an important role in biogeochemical cycles and are good
indicators of soil fertility. However, assessing their assemblages is difficult, mainly because …