Environmental perturbations such as agricultural intensification may alter soil biodiversity in
a manner that affects ecosystem functioning, but links are not well quantified. With this …

The ever increasing pile-up of electronic waste in dum** sites, especially in develo**
countries such as China, Pakistan, India and several African countries, might have caused a …

Sustainable agriculture in Mediterranean areas is compromised by the structural deficit of
water resources. Under this situation, the impacts of alternative water managements on the …

The consequences of microbial functional diversity loss on key ecosystem processes remain
debatable due to lack of firm evidence from observational or manipulative experiments for a …

Soilborne pathogens affect agricultural productivity and soil functions, yet the specific
impacts of pathogen infections on the soil and plant root-associated microbiomes, the key …

Water shortage and soil degradation are common environmental stressors encountered in
the Mediterranean area. We evaluated how different soil moisture levels, dependent on …

Soil erosion (SE) is one of the most serious disasters in the world, which directly damage the
productivity of the land and affect human well-being. How to effectively mitigate soil erosion …

To mitigate the climate change-induced water shortage and realize the sustainable
development of agriculture, drip irrigation, a more efficient water-saving irrigation method …

Irrigation and nitrogen (N) fertilization rates are widely used to increase crop growth and
yield and promote the sustainable production of the maize crop. However, our …

Intensive management of Eucalyptus plantations has caused several social/environmental
issues, including the concern over transformation of monoculture plantation cutover area …