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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · 1d

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A Critical Review of Regenerative Soil Management: A Novel Scoring System for SOC and GHG Emissions in Southeast Asia
Udomkun, Rupngam, Müller, Masso, Boonupara & Kaewlom
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Heat map illustrating the effectiveness of various soil management practices in terms of soil organic carbon (SOC) enhancement, greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and their aggregated practice impact coefficient (PIC). Pale yellow cells indicate ‘no data available for scoring’.

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · 6d

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Spatial and Temporal Variations in Arable Soil Structure and Hydrology Affect the Functioning of Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Mitigation
Roberts, Wilkinson, Geris & Hallett
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Schematic of temporal dynamics of topsoil structure and hydrology: (a) post-tillage, (b) post-flood, and (c) vegetated. The middle circle represents the soil water retention potential.

Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · 8d

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New field test shows how farming reshapes underground life - A simple research tool links soil pore networks to respiration, offering fresh insights into soil health.

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · 10d

***NEW*** #OpenAccess
3D Image-Based Pore-Network Simulations to Analyse Soil Pore Architecture Variations due to Wetting and Drying Cycles
Pires, Lin & Ghanbarian
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(Left) Unsegmented image and (right) the corresponding segmented image.

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Rothamsted Research @rothamsted.bsky.social · 13d

📢New paper: Innovative field macropore test can accurately track soil health. Infiltration matched with X-ray scans and measurements of soil respiration reliably captures differences in soil structure and function.
Full story 👇
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Rothamsted Research @rothamsted.bsky.social · 13d

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Change in Soil Macroporosity With Land Use and Its Effect on Soil Respiration

Soil macropores were intensively studied in the 1990s for their role in preferential flow. The renewed interest in macropores is their influence on soil organic carbon dynamics. A common method for m...

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · 23d

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Long-term #soil organic carbon changes after cropland conversion to grazed grassland in Southern Sweden.
Johansson, Livsey, Guasconi et al.
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Predictions of changes in total soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in mineral soil (thick lines, coefficients and p values from Figure 4c) and peat soil (thin lines, coefficients and p-values from Figure 4b) along the chronosequence, at sites with low (orange lines) or high (solid blue lines) topographic wetness index (TWI). Total SOC was calculated at: (a) fixed depth of 60 cm, (b) fixed soil mass of 200 kg m−2, and (c) fixed ash mass of 200 kg m−2. Low and high TWI correspond to the first and third quartile of all the TWI values (5.23 and 11.73, respectively). Dotted, dashed and solid lines respectively indicate that the TSC effect was not significant (p > 0.1), marginally significant (0.05 < p < 0.1), or significant (p < 0.05).

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · 27d

***NEW*** #OpenAccess
Change in Soil Macroporosity With Land Use and Its Effect on Soil Respiration
Rickard, Zhang, Hossain, Mooney, Crawford, Neal & Whalley
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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · 29d

📢📢 GREAT NEWS📢📢
You can now follow us (and our sister journal @ejsoilscience.bsky.social) on LinkedIn via our showcase pages: linkedin.com/showcase/sum...
We'd love to see you there!
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SoilMicroBio @soilmicrobio.bsky.social · 29d

We were delighted to join the Environmental Edge podcast to talk about our citizen science project on #SoilHealth #GroundTruth @researchireland.ie @vistamilk.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social

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MinagrisEU - Impacts of plastic debris on soil health @minagriseu.bsky.social · 29d

What happens to a soil organism, Springtails, when different types of #microplastics are combined with common farm chemicals? The results show that biodegradable plastics are not as harmless as they seem.

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · 29d

***NEW*** #openaccess
Positive Effects of Inter-Row Vegetation on Soil Fauna and Organic Matter Decomposition in Mediterranean Vineyards.
Rocher, Younes, Melloul, Bischoff, Gros & Blight
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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Aug 27

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The effect of tire inflation pressure and tillage systems on soil properties, growth and yield of maize and soybean in a silty clay loam soil
Shaheb, Misiewicz, Godwin, Dickin et al.
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Plot configurations showing crop row position (e.g. maize ears, 1–8), tractors and combine harvester wheel positions (solid rectangles) and tillage tine positions (chevrons). Adapted from Shaheb (2020). The DT plots received DT, ST, levelling and planting tractor's wheel traffic sequentially; ST plots received ST, levelling and planting tractor's wheel traffic sequentially and NT plots only received planting tractor's wheel traffic.

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Aug 21

***NEW*** #OpenAccess
Transforming Biomass Power Wastes to Innovative Fertiliser: Effect of Poultry Manure Ash-Based Fertilisers on the Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Lettuce and Maize Plants
Taskin, Kan, Yilmaz et al.
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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Aug 20

***NEW*** #OpenAccess
Benefits of a Preceding Legume Crop for Soil Organic Matter and Microbial Dynamics During Wheat Residue Decomposition
Nascimento, Cantero-Martínez, Álvaro-Fuentes, Lafuente & Villegas
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Absolute changes (Δ) of microbial biomass C (MBC) over decomposition degree-days (DDD), with means (± SE) by preceding crops (PC). Significance of PC and initial soil mineral N (SMNi) as covariate is represented by * at p < 0.05 and ** at p < 0.01.

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Aug 14

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The misconception of soil organic carbon sequestration notion: when do we achieve climate benefit?
Petersson, Antoniella, Chiriacò, Perugini & Chiti
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Soil organic carbon theoretical evolutions under business-as-usual (BAU) practices as compared to the adoption of sustainable soil management (SSM) practices. The x-axes represent time, expressed in years. The y-axes represent SOC stock, expressed as Mg C ha−1. ΔSOC represents the variation in SOC stock content of a land unit induced by SSM after 20 years with respect to the baseline SOC stock content (according to the stock difference method) or the difference in SOC stock content at one point in time (year 20) between a treatment plot where SSM is applied and a control plot (according to the paired comparison method). Every graph represents a different scenario: (a) lands where SOC levels have reached equilibrium and it is possible to increase levels through SSM; (b) lands where SOC is increasing but can be further increased through SSM; (c) lands where SOC is decreasing and it is possible to stop or mitigate losses in SOC levels; or (d) even reverse such fall through SSM.

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Aug 13

📢📢Our blog celebrating 40 years of Soil Use and Management identifies the key #soil trends to watch out for this year.⬇️
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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

📢📢 GREAT NEWS📢📢
You can now follow us (and our sister journal @ejsoilscience.bsky.social ) on LinkedIn via our showcase pages:
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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Aug 7

***NEW***
A Critical Review of Regenerative Soil Management: A Novel Scoring System for SOC and GHG Emissions in Southeast Asia.
Udomkun, Rupngam, Müller et al.
doi.org/10.1111/sum....
#SoilHealth #soil #soilscience
@ejsoilscience.bsky.social

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Potential gains in soil carbon and nitrogen as a result of systems perenniality: Insights from on-farm experiments and soil organic matter fractions.
Souza Krupek, Kaiser, Redfearn & Basche🇺🇸
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$(a) Illustration of the employed fractionation procedure that combines electrostatic attraction, water extraction, sonication, and wet sieving (Remus et al., 2018). (b) Separated OM fractions and their soil ecological meaning. Artwork by Lana Koepke Johnson.$

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HoliSoils Project @holisoils.bsky.social · Jul 30

🦠🌱 Join us for the first #HoliSoils webinar: Challenges in Modelling Microbial Interaction in SOC Decomposition. #SoilHealth

📅 17 Sept, 14:00–15:30 CEST

Explore cutting-edge insights from leading experts on soil C models & microbial dynamics. Free & open to all! 👉 holisoils.eu/holisoils-we...

HoliSoils Webinar Series - Challenges in modelling microbial interaction in SOC decomposition - HoliSoils

Join us on 17 September 2025 (14:00–15:30 CEST) for the first session of the HoliSoils webinar series, organised in collaboration with the IUFRO Task Force T58.

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Jul 30

📢📢Read our new blog celebrating 40 years of Soil Use and Management and Welcoming Our New Editor-in-Chief, Professor Leo Condron.⬇️
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Canadian Society of Soil Science @cssssoils.bsky.social · Jul 27

Soil organic matter is a complex mixture of plant, animal, or microbial-derived residues at various stages of decomposition. Plants and microbial communities are usually the biggest contributors to #soil organic matter. Learn more in this blog post: wp.me/pclOv9-wQ

On the bottom edge of the photo, leaf litter on top of a compost pile. Mid-range, steam rising from the compost pile. Background, blurry trees

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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Jul 29

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Effects of Straw Return on Mitigating Cadmium-Contaminated Soils
Feng et al.
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Soil Use and Management @sumjournal.bsky.social · Jul 22

***NOW ONE OF OUR MOST CITED ARTICLES***
Visible & near-infrared spectroscopy for in situ characterization of agricultural soil fertility: a proposition of best practice...
Metzger et al
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Schematic representation of the in-situ scanning protocol of soil samples with: (a) the scanning of the two sides of the Edelman auger (hereafter called side_a and side_b), (b) the scanning of the raw surface (surface_raw) and (c) the scanning of the cleaned and smoothed soil surface (surface_smooth).

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