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{"title":"A mobile application for smartphones with soil information: improving connectivity in terms of soil security","authors":"Ángeles Gallegos ,&nbsp;José A. Duran ,&nbsp;David Jesús Palma-López ,&nbsp;Joel Zavala-Cruz ,&nbsp;Antonio López-Castañeda ,&nbsp;Francisco Bautista","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100187","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100187","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil sciences are booming due to the recognition of their role in achieving sustainable development goals beyond the importance of food and fiber production. The concept of soil security has emerged, which consists of five elements, including connectivity. Information and communication technologies are key to connecting with land use scholars and professionals. This work aimed to develop a smartphone application with information on the soils of Campeche, Mexico. The app was developed for phones using the Android system, which is the most used in Mexico. We used 14 of Campeche's most important soil profiles, showing the profile image, description, and names with the WRB and the Maya soil classification. Java was used as the programming language. The user menu has seven sections. For the \"Soils\" option, information is displayed and classified according to the type of user; the \"maps\" option displays the location of the user and the soil map with the technical and Mayan names, among others. The Campeche Soils App provides information on soil profiles, characteristics, geographic distribution, and agrological capacity. Students, teachers, and agronomists have favorably evaluated the application. It has three types of users, each offering specific information.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143899210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Holistic systems thinking underpins Vermont soil health practitioners’ preferences and beliefs","authors":"Courtney R. Hammond Wagner ,&nbsp;Alissa White ,&nbsp;Heather Darby ,&nbsp;Patrick Ewing ,&nbsp;Joshua Faulkner ,&nbsp;Brendan Fisher ,&nbsp;Gillian Galford ,&nbsp;Catherine Horner ,&nbsp;William D. Jones ,&nbsp;Deborah Neher ,&nbsp;Cari Ritzenthaler ,&nbsp;Eric B. von Wettberg ,&nbsp;Mojtaba Zeraatpisheh","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100186","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100186","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The concept of soil health has potential to catalyze agricultural transformation, though the breadth of the concept may stifle action. The impact of the soil health concept on practice depends on how well the concept is understood by diverse agricultural practitioners, including farmers, extension, and researchers. We use two surveys of soil health practitioners, or those that manage or influence soil, to examine soil health preferences and beliefs. Both surveys are from Vermont, USA, a region consisting mostly of small-to-medium scale farms: survey one queried Vermont soil health practitioners in the fall of 2020 (<em>n</em> = 62) and survey two queried just Vermont farmers in the spring of 2022 (<em>n</em> = 179). Analysis included qualitative coding and statistical analyses, including <em>t</em>-tests, ANOVA and information theory-informed regression analysis. In study one, Vermont practitioners' definitions include the holistic dimensions of soil health as a living ecosystem, the underlying conditions for life to thrive, the production of ecosystem services, and enhancing resilience. Additionally, practitioners rate biological, chemical, and physical indicators as very useful and important, and these ratings do not, in general, vary between decision contexts. In study two, Vermont farmers perceive the benefits of soil health. The importance of soil health is best predicted by beliefs in climate change. Together these studies suggest that in Vermont, the concept of soil health is aligned with systems-oriented thinking about resilient agricultural systems. We conclude that systems thinking is an important factor for improving soil health and practice adoption.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mid-term effect of soil amendments on soil erosion, crop productivity and soil properties in fragile ecosystem of western India","authors":"I. Rashmi,&nbsp;Shakir Ali,&nbsp;Kuldeep Kumar,&nbsp;Ashok Kumar,&nbsp;Anita Kumawat,&nbsp;S. Kala,&nbsp;G.K. Sharma","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil erosion is a significant impediment to sustainable crop production in semi-arid regions. Soil amendments are practical management tools for soil reclamation effects and nutrient conservation in degraded agroecosystems. The present study aimed to quantify the magnitude of runoff, soil and nutrient loss as affected by amendments such as gypsum, crop residue (CR), farmyard manure (FYM) in conjunction with recommended nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (RNPK) under soybean crop (2016–2019) in rainfed conditions of Western India. Results illustrated highest runoff (174 mm), soil loss (4.61 Mg ha^-1) and nutrient loss (7.2: 0.84: 25.8 kg ha^-1 N: P: K) in control than other treatments. Lowest runoff and soil loss were recorded in Gypsum+CR+fertilizers (16 % and 2.10 Mg ha^-1) and Gypsum+CR+FYM+fertilizers (27.3 % and 2.15 Mg ha^-1) respectively. Nutrient loss from amendment applied treatments was low (25–30 % reduction), but nutrient loss from the control indicates long-term depletion of nutrients and organic carbon from soils. Gypsum with organic amendments (CR+FYM) significantly improved soybean yield by 30–40 % over control plots. Combined amendment treatments improved mean weight diameter and water stable aggregate by 1.75 and 1.93 times higher over control, significantly reducing runoff and soil loss. The results of our study demonstrated that use of gypsum with organic amendments and fertilizers is an economically feasible and environment friendly approach for resource poor farmers of semi-arid regions of Western India especially in degraded landscape.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143829607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Towards soil security: Understanding soil erosion footprints and their implications in NSW","authors":"Anilkumar Hunakunti,&nbsp;Alex McBratney,&nbsp;Budiman Minasny","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100184","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100184","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A key challenge in maintaining soil security is assessing and mitigating soil degradation. The soil footprint is a promising indicator for quantifying degradation impacts, yet it remains underdeveloped, lacking a standardized definition and a comprehensive calculation framework. This study introduces a generalized soil footprint framework, integrating three key components: (1) Threat to soil, representing degradation processes such as soil water erosion or salinization; (2) Soil service ratio, which quantifies changes in soil services such as crop yield or Available Water Capacity relative to their natural state; and (3) Inherent mitigation capability, reflecting the soil's resilience to degradation. Applied in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, we calculated two soil erosion footprints using crop yield and Available Water Capacity (AWC) as indicators of soil services. In both cases, soil erosion rate, specifically water erosion, was used as the threat to soil, while erosion risk capability represented the soil's intrinsic mitigation capacity. Results show that oats had the highest soil erosion footprint due to lower yields, whereas wheat, barley, sorghum, and grain legumes had smaller footprints. An inverse relationship between soil erosion footprint and crop receipts (i.e., farm revenue from crop production) highlights the economic risks of soil erosion, particularly in high-revenue regions like the Northwest Slopes and Plains and the Riverina. AWC-based soil erosion footprints were highest in coastal and dryland cropping areas, indicating greater erosion stress, while irrigated systems, plantation forests, and managed resource protection areas showed lower footprints, reflecting better resilience. Modified pastures, native forests, nature conservation areas, and minimal-use lands had higher footprints. This study highlights the need to integrate soil service ratios and erosion risk capability alongside erosion rates for a more comprehensive approach to soil sustainability and mitigation strategies. The proposed soil footprint framework provides a valuable tool for evaluating human impacts on soil services, guiding targeted soil conservation efforts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143855239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Urbanization and sealing of fertile soils: A case study in Wisconsin 2001–2021","authors":"Annalisa Stevenson ,&nbsp;Yakun Zhang ,&nbsp;Z. Aslıgül Göçmen ,&nbsp;Alfred E. Hartemink","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100183","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Globally, human population growth is coupled with increased urbanization. There is increasing competition for land, along with growing demands for food production and the ecosystem services that soils provide in urban and non-urban areas. Here we analyze the increase in developed land across Wisconsin, USA and within three rapidly developing counties (Brown, Dane, and Waukesha counties) between 2001 and 2021 and quantify what soils have been impacted. In those 20 years, state-wide developed land increased by 85,704 ha (+8 %) while the extent of sealed soils increased by 53,358 ha (+20 %), corresponding to 7 ha day^-1 of soil sealing. Newly developed areas were mostly converted from agriculture (50 % cultivated crops; 29 % hay or pasture). At both state and county scales, development occurred predominantly on Alfisols and Mollisols and disproportionally impacted soils with high agricultural productivity. Future development (2021–2041) in the three counties will affect important farmland (49–68 %) and a high proportion of cultivated crops (28–57 %). Urbanization in Wisconsin largely affects soil security, and the maintenance and improvement of soil resources. This study provides a systematic approach to analyze changes in urban development and its effect on soils distribution and farmland potential.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143758973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can biochar amendment alter the sorption of glyphosate in the Australian Vertosol soil system?","authors":"Aman D. Sharma","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100182","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100182","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Biochar has the potential to adsorb glyphosate, a potential groundwater pollutant in areas having indiscriminate use in farming activities. Batch sorption experiments were conducted at the University of Sydney, Australia. 14C radiolabeled glyphosate was used to study the behaviour of glyphosate in Vertosol soil systems using the liquid scintillation counting method. Radiotracer data showed no effect of char application on the adsorption behaviour of glyphosate in Vertosols due to the presence of clay.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143715056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Connecting consumers and soil: Development of a conceptual model for shaping the consumer market for soil stewardship in Australia","authors":"Mark Morrison ,&nbsp;Kirsty McKenzie ,&nbsp;Darla Hatton MacDonald ,&nbsp;Felicity Small ,&nbsp;Tahmid Nayeem ,&nbsp;Jenni Greig","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100180","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100180","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil health is declining globally, with farmers typically receiving weak financial incentives to maintain or improve soil quality. Increasing consumer awareness of the importance of soil health could stimulate demand for products made using soil stewardship, which would then flow on to demand at the farmgate. However, there is a need to communicate with consumers about soil to motivate them to pay for products grown or produced using soil stewardship. The study aims to develop a conceptual model of how to stimulate consumer willingness to pay for soil stewardship and build consumer profiles to inform social marketing campaigns. We used an exploratory approach employing a focus group methodology. Five focus groups of participants (<em>n</em> = 36) took place in Australia (New South Wales and Tasmania). Data were analysed using thematic analysis and qualitative segmentation analysis. Our qualitative findings confirmed our initial conceptual model, but the findings suggest the model should be extended to include consumer trust through certification. Four potential market segments were identified and profiled based on the different concerns of consumers. Connecting consumers and soil is vital to incentivise producers to look after their soil, but simply educating consumers about the importance of soil may be insufficient to lead to change. Our conceptual model may be used to inform social marketing campaigns and stimulate further research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"19 ","pages":"Article 100180"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143621409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pedological and taxonomical research of Indian tropical soils for fulfilling the UN SDGs: Current status and the future scope","authors":"D.K. Pal ,&nbsp;Ashim Datta ,&nbsp;D. Vasu ,&nbsp;Ranjan Paul ,&nbsp;K. Karthikeyan ,&nbsp;Pramod Tiwary","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100179","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100179","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The tropical soils of the world including India have hardly been considered as a viable substrate for successful agriculture. Although ample research in India has been conducted but sustaining their productivity is a challenge for the land managers. To fulfil this challenge, acquiring new knowledge through soil care programmes become mandatory. Without such initiative, any attempt to bridge the disparity between food production and future population will be an uphill task. Realizing this urgency, during the last few decades, Indian pedologists and edaphologists took up research endeavours on the pedological and taxonomical nuances and subtilities on benchmark (BM) and identified large number of soil series. The main purpose was to provide a “carrier of information” of the major soil orders (Inceptisols, Mollisols, Alfisols, Ultisols, and Vertisols) of tropical India. Based on this, scientists developed a current status on soil health, greenhouse gas emissions and soil degradation and resilience. We explicitly reviewed these research endeavours on Indian tropical soils for fulfilling the United Nations Sustainable Developments Goals (UN SDGs). This information may possibly remove the long-standing misgivings about positive pedological functionalities, which may prove the Indian tropical soils as one of the important contributors in strengthening India's economic status. This status of Indian tropical soils, however, still needs to be worked out to establish a relationship between soil properties and ecosystem services at a larger scale, while accomplishing the UNSDGs for increasing crop productivity and sustaining soil and human wellbeing in Indian agricultural soils in the immediate future and beyond.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143577750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Morphological, physiological, and anatomical effects of heavy metals on soil and plant health and possible remediation technologies","authors":"Esther Chidinma Chukwu,&nbsp;Coskun Gulser","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100178","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100178","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soil is an indispensable entity for agriculture, and its health is essential to ensure phenomenal and sustainable agricultural practices. However, the increasing need for food security and the growth of industrial urbanization have led to soil pollution posing a significant threat to soil health, the environment, and public health. This study investigates the effects of heavy metals on plant anatomy, physiology, and morphology, focusing on how these metals displace essential nutrient uptake. Despite considerable research on soil contamination, gaps remain in understanding the mechanisms involved in heavy metals influencing plant health and the soil properties that govern their transformation, transport, and bioavailability. This study addresses these gaps by examining the impacts and mechanisms of heavy metal contamination on plant growth and identifying soil conditions that can mitigate contamination risks and remediation mechanisms. Through a comprehensive analysis, this study finds that heavy metals displace essential metal ions, inhibiting enzyme activity and disrupting critical processes. High concentrations of heavy metals produce free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plant cells. This results in uncontrolled oxidation and the initiation of chain reactions with cellular biomolecules, causing oxidative stress and cellular damage. Additionally, this study highlights phytoremediation, bioremediation, and biochar as potential frameworks for remediating heavy metals contamination in agricultural soils. It proposes recommendations for future research to understand the synergistic effects of combining phytoremediation, bioremediation, and biochar which could lead to comprehensive soil remediation frameworks that are both economically feasible and environmentally friendly.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143181357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Use of cover crops for sustainable management of soil condition and health: A review","authors":"Melis Çerçioğlu ,&nbsp;Ranjith P. Udawatta ,&nbsp;Stephen H. Anderson","doi":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100177","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.soisec.2025.100177","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cover crops (CCs) are widely recognized for their numerous benefits to soil condition and health, the environment, and agricultural productivity. Despite extensive literature documenting these benefits, there is a lack of comprehensive reviews that consolidate the findings, hindering the broader adoption of effective practices. This review examines the impact of cover crops on key soil properties, including bulk density (BD), saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat), organic matter (OM) content, pore size distribution, and water infiltration. A total of 190 studies from various countries, climatic zones, and agricultural practices were analysed, with the majority of data originating from 2–3-year studies conducted in the USA. The findings reveal that cover crops reduce soil bulk density by 1–24 %, increase organic matter by 7–74 %, enhance macropores by 1–67 %, and improve water infiltration rates by 5–629 %. Additionally, cumulative infiltration rates increased by 29–170 %, and Ksat was elevated by 10–627 %. Long-term studies (spanning 15 to 34 years) indicated even greater improvements in Ksat and soil porosity. Overall, cover crops were found to enhance soil organic matter, hydraulic properties, and overall soil condition, thereby contributing to sustainable crop production across a range of climatic, soil, and management conditions. Long-term research is necessary to better understand the impact of cover crops on soil properties, nutrient availability, crop performance, and environmental outcomes, which will inform the development of optimal soil-site-climate specific cover crop management practices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74839,"journal":{"name":"Soil security","volume":"18 ","pages":"Article 100177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143181355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}