A5037263174- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Heavy metals in environment
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
- Soil and Environmental Studies
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Sports Performance and Training
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Gut microbiota and health
- Gynecological conditions and treatments
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Uterine Myomas and Treatments
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
Sapienza University of Rome
2008-2024
Wageningen University & Research
2018-2022
Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau
2018-2020
Quality Research
2019-2020
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau
2020
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
2019
Soil quality is defined as the capacity of soil to perform multiple functions, and can be assessed by measuring chemical, physical biological parameters. Among parameters, labile organic carbon considered have a primary role in many functions related productivity environmental resilience. Our study aimed at assessing suitability different fractions, namely dissolved (DOC), hydrophilic DOC (Hy-DOC), permanganate oxidizable (POXC, also referred Active Carbon), hot water extractable (HWEC)...
Capturing the complexity of soil life for quality assessments is one most challenging paradoxes contemporary science. Soil biota perform a plethora processes that are fundamental to quality. As concept developed, so have attempts integrate biological measurements into monitoring schemes from field regional scale. To date, however, science has not yet succeeded provide flexible objective indicator methods assess multifunctionality, customised user's context. We present an integrative...
Soil suppressiveness to pathogens is defined as the capacity of soil regulate soil-borne pathogens. It can be managed by agricultural practices, but effects reported so far remain inconsistent. difficult predict and for this reason different properties have been linked it with aim find informative indicators, these relationships are not conclusive. The objectives study were i) test if affected long-term management such tillage organic matter (OM) addition; ii) understand direct indirect...
Abstract Soil nematode communities and food web indices can inform about the complexity, nutrient flows decomposition pathways of soil webs, reflecting quality. Relative abundance feeding life‐history groups are used for calculating indices, i.e., maturity index (MI), enrichment (EI), structure (SI) channel (CI). Molecular methods to study potentially offer advantages compared traditional in terms resolution, throughput, cost time. In spite such advantages, molecular data have not often been...
Soil biota can sustain a wide range of functions and as such are intrinsically connected to soil health, which is defined the capacity function within ecosystem land-use boundaries. Land use, management land degradation affect biodiversity ultimately health. fauna an integral part at various levels food web with other important organisms bacteria fungi. Nematodes ubiquitous sensitive disturbances, be divided into functional groups based on feeding preferences life-history strategies. Mites...
How do soil scientists perceive and experience soils? They use a wide variety of devices tools, such as microscopes, laboratory equipment field campaigns, they summarize their knowledge through publications, graphs, tables. Approaching soils with this academic perspective is likely to cause have different relationships than people without science training. Humans soils, in addition the science-based ones, these can be personal, artistic, cultural, sensorial more. Clearly, matter at many...
Assessing soil microbial functionality has the potential to reveal meaningful effects of management on processes influencing quality. We used MicroResp™ assess respiration upon addition six carbon substrates (glucose, alanine, aminobutyric acid, N-acetyl glucosamine, alpha-ketoglutaric and lignin). From this, we calculated multiple substrate induced (MSIR), catabolic profile expressed as absolute relative utilization rate, Shannon functional diversity index (H′). tested effect tillage...
Soil biota contribute to the delivery of multiple soil functions. However, biological methods are highly underrepresented in assessment functionality agricultural production systems. Here we present a flexible tool support decision-making during selection process for monitoring This is based on structured and conceptual framework that connects functions through their contribution different processes. The assessed by were selected as result thorough literature review. biology experts...
Developments in soil biology and methods to characterize organic carbon can potentially deliver novel quality indicators that help identify management practices able sustain productivity environmental resilience. This work aimed at synthesizing results regarding the suitability of a range biological biochemical properties as for agricultural management. The properties, selected through published literature review, comprised different labile fractions [hydrophilic dissolved carbon,...