{"title":"Contents: J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. 3/2025","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/jpln.202570034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202570034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16802,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science","volume":"188 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jpln.202570034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mahmoud Alkhatib, Ahmad Qutob, Mahmoud Zaid, Mutaz Qutob
{"title":"Pedogenic and Mineral Characteristics of Terra Rossa and Rendzina Soils in Semi-Arid Regions of Palestine","authors":"Mahmoud Alkhatib, Ahmad Qutob, Mahmoud Zaid, Mutaz Qutob","doi":"10.1002/jpln.12018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.12018","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this study, 40 soil samples were collected from 13 pedons from different areas in Palestinian territories that represent different soil types, lithology, elevation, and precipitation along a climatic transect to demonstrate variability between the south, north, west, and east transects. The soil types ranged between the typical Terra Rossa (local name for Rhodustalfs) and Pale Rendzina. The Terra Rossa and Rendzina had different grain sizes, mineral compositions, and chemical compositions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Rendzina is generally less leached and less affected by dust because it contains more calcium than Terra Rossa. In contrast, Terra Rossa typically has more alumina, silicate, and iron. Leaching in the soil profile was detected by measuring the Ca/Al, Sr/CaO, and Ba/CaO ratios along the soil profile. Dust and bedrock are generally the major sources of soil; however, dust contributed more than 50% in the studied Rendzina and more than 70% in the studied Terra Rossa soil.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16802,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science","volume":"188 4","pages":"668-685"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144782866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Akbar Zare, Amir Hossein Khoshgoftarmanesh, Mohammad Jafar Malakouti, Rufus Chaney, Hossein Bahrami
{"title":"Shoot Accumulation and Subcellular Distribution of Zinc and Cadmium in Lettuce Root at Various Cd2+ and Zn2+ Activities in the Root-Growing Media","authors":"Ali Akbar Zare, Amir Hossein Khoshgoftarmanesh, Mohammad Jafar Malakouti, Rufus Chaney, Hossein Bahrami","doi":"10.1002/jpln.12001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.12001","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Zinc (Zn) and cadmium (Cd) compete with each other for adsorption on the cell wall–charged sites, translocation via plasma membrane transporters, and storage in vacuoles. Therefore, the subcellular distribution of Cd is suggested to be under the influence of Cd:Zn ratio in root-growing media.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aim</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Subcellular fractionation of Cd and Zn in lettuce roots and its contribution to shoot Cd and Zn accumulation at low to phytotoxic levels of Cd<sup>2+</sup> and Zn<sup>2+</sup> activities was investigated.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>An EGTA-buffered nutrient solution was used to provide the desired activity of free metal cations. Higher distributions of Cd in root cell wall in comparison with soluble and organelle fractions demonstrated Cd retention capacity of root apoplasmic spaces.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>At each level of Cd<sup>2+</sup> activity, the elevated activity of Zn<sup>2+</sup> in the root growth solution caused a significant reduction of Cd concentration in cell wall and soluble fractions, whereas organelles’ Cd fraction increased. In contrast, at each constant Zn<sup>2+</sup> activity, by increasing Cd<sup>2+</sup> activity in nutrient solution, cell wall Zn fraction was decreased, whereas the soluble and organelles’ Zn fractions were increased or remained unchanged. The highest concentrations of Cd in the cell wall (34.6 µg g<sup>−1</sup> FW), organelles (5.64 µg g<sup>−1</sup> FW), and soluble (12.3 µg g<sup>−1</sup> FW) fractions were found at the Cd-to-Zn ratios of 0.8, 0.1, and 0.8, respectively.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The subcellular partitioning of Cd in lettuce root is highly influenced by Cd:Zn ratio in the root media, and increasing Zn substantially reduced the overall uptake-translocation of Cd to shoots.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16802,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science","volume":"188 3","pages":"536-543"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Stocks of Mineral Arable Soils in Schleswig-Holstein and Their Future Carbon Storage Potential","authors":"Ragna-Marleen Fey, Conrad Wiermann","doi":"10.1002/jpln.12016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.12016","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Agricultural soils have the potential for long-term carbon sequestration by building up and maintaining soil organic carbon (SOC) to mitigate climate crisis. Organic soils under grassland use are often highlighted in this regard. However, given that approximately two-thirds of Schleswig-Holstein's (SH's) (Northern Germany) agriculturally used area is classified as arable land, these large areas have a potential for additional carbon storage, too.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The aim is to determine the current SOC stocks of mineral arable soils in SH and derive additional carbon storage potentials based on these data to predict additional storage potentials for the main soil type groups and geological regions. Additionally, we aim to identify the most promising agricultural practices in arable farming to exploit these potentials.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Soil data from mineral arable sites in SH were compiled, and current carbon stocks were calculated at depths of 0–30 cm and 30–100 cm. A new method (the median method) to predict additional SOC storage potentials was developed. To evaluate management practices for enhancing SOC stocks and exploit the calculated storage potentials, an optimized scenario was designed.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The mean calculated SOC stocks of mineral arable soils in SH are 113 t SOC ha<sup>−1</sup> (1 m) or 71 t SOC ha<sup>−1</sup> (30 cm). The additional SOC storage potential in the topsoil (30 cm) of the total area of 9.1 Mt SOC was calculated, that is, an average potential of 13 t SOC ha<sup>−1</sup>. The scenario with five promising management practices showed that the predicted storage potential of the topsoil could be utilized by 6% in 2030 and 21% in 2040. It will take until 2090 to fully exploit the calculated potential.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The soils in SH show slightly higher SOC stocks and lower SOC storage potentials compared to other studies. These differences are due to variations in climate and parent material (especially marshlands), as well as the inherent limitations of the median method, which is a robust but potentially underestimating approach. It can be concluded that the exploitation of the calculated storage potentials can only be achieved through a comprehensive and long-term implementation of management practices.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16802,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science","volume":"188 4","pages":"658-667"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jpln.12016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144782941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eduardo Saldanha Vogelmann, Sara Evangelista do Vale, Germano Ehlert Pollnow, Arisandro Rodrigues Mendes, Tiruneh Gizachew Ayalew
{"title":"Soil Quality Indicators Based on the Agroecological Family Farmers’ Perception in São Lourenço do Sul, Brazil","authors":"Eduardo Saldanha Vogelmann, Sara Evangelista do Vale, Germano Ehlert Pollnow, Arisandro Rodrigues Mendes, Tiruneh Gizachew Ayalew","doi":"10.1002/jpln.12014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.12014","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To promote the adoption of agroecological practices, it is important to value the knowledge and farmers’ perception, who have an intimate natural relationship, cultivating their agroecosystem based on observation and popular experimentation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Aims</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This project aims to develop soil quality indicators in São Lourenço do Sul by integrating scientific knowledge with the agroecological perceptions of family farmers.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Afterward, a structured questionnaire was developed and applied to the group of family farmers in São Lourenço do Sul, between March 13 and April 1, 2024.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Farmers highlighted organic matter as a key indicator of soil quality, emphasizing the role of manure, compost, and green manure in maintaining it. They also associated the presence of earthworms with healthy soils. Overall, there is a strong link between organic matter and soil chemical quality. The responses show that spreading knowledge about management practices is crucial for improving soil quality.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The soil quality indicators are useful for adjusting management practices and highlight the value of combining farmers’ experience with scientific knowledge to shape locally appropriate policies. The development of indicators with farmers recognizes popular knowledge, increasing their interest in monitoring the soil quality of their agroecosystem.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16802,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science","volume":"188 4","pages":"650-657"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144782413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martina I. Gocke, Andrea Scheibe, Manuel Vergara Sosa, Doris Vetterlein, Johanna Pausch, Eva Lippold, Eva Lehndorff
{"title":"Rhizodeposit Carbon Gradients: Potentials and Limitations of Destructive Rhizosphere Sampling on a Millimeter-Scale","authors":"Martina I. Gocke, Andrea Scheibe, Manuel Vergara Sosa, Doris Vetterlein, Johanna Pausch, Eva Lippold, Eva Lehndorff","doi":"10.1002/jpln.12011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.12011","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite the availability of modern techniques for high-resolution non-destructive rhizosphere analysis, destructive examinations yielding a certain minimum soil amount are often required to provide detailed insights into organic matter composition.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We compared an established approach for destructive rhizosphere sampling via root brushing to a new millimeter-scale gradient sampling approach, expecting that the latter allows to characterize spatial patterns of rhizodeposit-carbon (C) distribution and relate them to root traits and soil texture. A tool to sample soil in 2 mm steps around a root was developed. Maize with and without root hairs was grown under field conditions until the end of tassel emergence, either in loam or in sand, and labeled with <sup>13</sup>CO<sub>2</sub> one day before harvest.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Both approaches showed an enrichment of C and <sup>13</sup>C in sandy and partially in loamy rhizosphere, but no <i>δ</i><sup>13</sup>C gradient could be statistically demonstrated due to high variability. The major uncertainty of both approaches was the potential masking of bulk soil organic C concentration and isotopic composition by non-target roots. The new gradient sampling approach offers uniform, pre-defined, and thus neutral conditions with respect to sampling distance independent of root and soil properties; yields at least 100–200 mg of soil on a millimeter-scale from one individual root segment; and can be applied in natural settings without root growth artifacts. The presented techniques integrated signals from fine roots and root hairs.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>For root systems with longer unbranched segments, the new approach has potential for tracing <sup>13</sup>C released by roots and for analyzing plant and microbial remains at the millimeter-scale.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16802,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science","volume":"188 4","pages":"616-625"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jpln.12011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144782804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kulpreet Singh, Ravinder Singh, Nkem J. Nwosu, Peter Omara, Lakesh Sharma, Bruce L. Dunn, Hardeep Singh
{"title":"Optimizing Nutrient Delivery in Agronomic Crops: A Review of Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers","authors":"Kulpreet Singh, Ravinder Singh, Nkem J. Nwosu, Peter Omara, Lakesh Sharma, Bruce L. Dunn, Hardeep Singh","doi":"10.1002/jpln.12010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.12010","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The global population has been increasing for the past century, but global food production has been able to keep up with growing population growth because of fertilizer use, which has increased by 21% in the last two decades. Nevertheless, the nutrient use efficiency (NUE) is low, ranging from 10% to 55% across different crops for macronutrients with overfertilization of nutrients imposing environmental risks. There is a pressing need for better NUE for sustainable food production to meet the growing population's demand without impacting the environment. Enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs) can potentially increase NUE and mitigate environmental risks by coupling their nutrient release with crop nutrient uptake. EEFs have gained significant recognition in agricultural research. This detailed review discusses the basics, classification, and benefits of EEFs worldwide in various crops, and the coating material and release mechanism of EEFs are discussed in extensive detail along with the application of EEFs with other best management practices. Additionally, the review outlines the challenges and considerations regarding EEFs that impact their adoption at a global scale and emphasizes the significance of investigating future strategies and directions, stressing the importance of a comprehensive approach to address research gaps and ways to unlock the full potential of EEFs for sustainable agriculture. The assessment underscores the efficacy of EEFs as an innovative solution to enhance NUE and mitigate environmental impacts related to fertilization.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16802,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science","volume":"188 4","pages":"570-584"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144782828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}