Knowledge needs, available practices, and future challenges in agricultural soils

Key, Georgina; Whitfield, Mike G.; Cooper, Julia; De Vries, Franciska T.; Collison, Martin; Dedousis, Thanasis; Heathcote, Richard; Roth, Brendan; Mohammed, Shamal; Molyneux, Andrew; Van der Putten, Wim H.; Dicks, Lynn V.; Sutherland, William J.; Bardgett, Richard D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-511-2016

Articles | Volume 2, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-511-2016

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10 Oct 2016

Original research article |

| 10 Oct 2016

Knowledge needs, available practices, and future challenges in agricultural soils

Georgina Key, Mike G. Whitfield, Julia Cooper, Franciska T. De Vries, Martin Collison, Thanasis Dedousis, Richard Heathcote, Brendan Roth, Shamal Mohammed, Andrew Molyneux, Wim H. Van der Putten, Lynn V. Dicks, William J. Sutherland, and Richard D. Bardgett

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SC1: 'Comment on Knowledge needs... Key et al', Barry Rawlins, 15 May 2016
- AC1: 'Response to B. Rawlins comment', Georgina Key, 19 Jun 2016
RC1: 'Interactive comment on "Knowledge needs, available actions and future challenges in agricultural soils" by Key et al.', Ilan Stavi, 31 May 2016
- AC2: 'Author response to I. Stavi referee comment', Georgina Key, 19 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Just a few comments', Omololu Idowu, 28 Jun 2016
- AC3: 'Response to O.Idowu referee comment', Georgina Key, 04 Jul 2016
EC1: 'comments to your paper Key et al.', Saskia Keesstra, 13 Jul 2016
- AC4: 'Response to S.Keesstra comments', Georgina Key, 01 Aug 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (review by Editor) (25 Aug 2016) by Saskia Keesstra

AR by Georgina Key on behalf of the Authors (04 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Sep 2016) by Saskia Keesstra

ED: Publish as is (10 Sep 2016) by Jorge Mataix-Solera (Executive editor)

AR by Georgina Key on behalf of the Authors (18 Sep 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Enhancing soil health is key to providing ecosystem services and food security. There are often trade-offs to using a particular practice, or it is not fully understood. This work aimed to identify practices beneficial to soil health and gaps in our knowledge. We reviewed existing research on agricultural practices and an expert panel assessed their effectiveness. The three most beneficial practices used a mix of organic or inorganic material, cover crops, or crop rotations.