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07 Jan 2021
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Altitude and management affect soil fertility, leaf nutrient status and Xanthomonas wilt prevalence in enset gardens
Sabura Shara
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Geel and Leuven, Belgium
College of Agricultural Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Rony Swennen
Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Arusha, Tanzania
Jozef Deckers
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Geel and Leuven, Belgium
Fantahun Weldesenbet
Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute, Industrial Biotechnology Directorate, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Laura Vercammen
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Geel and Leuven, Belgium
Fassil Eshetu
College of Agricultural Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia
Feleke Woldeyes
Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Guy Blomme
Bioversity International, c/o International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Roel Merckx
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Geel and Leuven, Belgium
Karen Vancampenhout
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Geel and Leuven, Belgium
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We discuss pathways towards better soil protection in the 21st century. The efficacy of soil conservation technology is not a fundamental barrier for a more sustainable soil management. However, soil conservation is generally not directly beneficial to the farmer. We believe that the solution of this conundrum is a rapid, smart intensification of agriculture in the Global South. This will reduce the financial burden and will, at the same time, allow more effective conservation.
Marijn Van de Broek, Stijn Temmerman, Roel Merckx, and Gerard Govers
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The results of this study on the organic carbon (OC) stocks of tidal marshes show that variations in OC stocks along estuaries are important and should be taken into account to make accurate estimates of the total amount of OC stored in these ecosystems. Moreover, our results clearly show that most studies underestimate the variation in OC stocks along estuaries due to a shallow sampling depth, neglecting the variation in OC decomposition after burial along estuaries.
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J. Mao, K. G. J. Nierop, M. Rietkerk, and S. C. Dekker
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E. Vaudour, E. Costantini, G. V. Jones, and S. Mocali
SOIL, 1, 287–312, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-287-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-287-2015, 2015
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L. Brillante, O. Mathieu, B. Bois, C. van Leeuwen, and J. Lévêque
SOIL, 1, 273–286, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-273-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-273-2015, 2015
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E. Bochet
SOIL, 1, 131–146, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-131-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-131-2015, 2015
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Since seeds are the principle means by which plants move across the landscape, the final fate of seeds plays a fundamental role in the origin, maintenance, functioning and dynamics of plant communities. In arid and semiarid patchy ecosystems, where seeds are scattered into a heterogeneous environment and intense rainfalls occur, the transport of seeds by runoff to new sites represents an opportunity for seeds to reach more favourable sites for seed germination and seedling survival.
S. Czarnecki and R.-A. Düring
SOIL, 1, 23–33, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-23-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-1-23-2015, 2015
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This study covers both aspects of understanding of soil system and soil contamination after 14 years of fertilizer application and residual effects of the fertilization 8 years after cessation of fertilizer treatment. Although many grassland fertilizer experiments have been performed worldwide, information about residual effects of fertilizer applications on grassland ecosystem functioning is still rare. This study reports the importance of monitoring of the long-term impact of fertilization.
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Short summary
Nicknamed the
tree against hunger, enset (Ensete ventricosum) is an important multipurpose crop for the farming systems of the densely populated Gamo highlands in Ethiopia. Its high productivity and tolerance to droughts are major assets. Nevertheless, enset production is severely threatened by a wilting disease. This observational study aims to assess soil and leaf nutrients in enset gardens at different altitudes to see if fertility management can be linked to disease prevalence.
Nicknamed the
tree against hunger, enset (Ensete ventricosum) is an important multipurpose crop...
