Measuring soil structure stability has always been a challenge, and various approaches have been proposed, mainly related to measuring soil aggregate stability upon wetting. This paper presents a rapid and cost-effective tool for evaluating soil structural stability named ASTAVIT, which stands for Aggregate STability Assessment using VIdeo Tests. T...
Published in Frontiers in Water
Climate change, food and water security and ecosystem sustainable management are tightly interlinked and require holistic approaches to achieve solutions that do not impact adversely one-another. The objective of this work was to conduct studies, collect data and assess the Water-Ecosystem-Food (WEF) nexus in avocado plantations in the Mediterranea...
Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Strip tillage is an effective tillage technique, which included the strip seedbed tilled area (ST-IR) and the straw-covered area between the seedbeds (ST-BR). However, soil hydrothermal conditions and soil disturbance varies with strip tillage widths, which might affect crop growth and yields. Therefore, this study explored the effect of strip till...
Published in Frontiers in Earth Science
Introduction: Previous studies have proven that different tillage measures have significant different effects on soil structure, hydrology properties and soil erosion. However, few studies have clarified the dynamic changes in soil aggregate stability and infiltration properties during crop growth under four tillage measures. Methods: Four field pl...
Published in Open Engineering
Modeling the propagation of waves in geomechanics is an essential part of dynamic analysis. In geotechnics, the study of the interaction between the soil and the foundation is particularly interesting. In order to mimic low-speed operating types (less than 1,500 rpm), this study details the creation of a dependable and efficient approach for design...
Published in The New phytologist
Biophysicochemical rhizosheath properties play a vital role in plant drought adaptation. However, their integration into the framework of plant drought response is hampered by incomplete mechanistic understanding of their drought responsiveness and unknown linkage to intraspecific plant-soil drought reactions. Thirty-eight Zea mays varieties were g...
My PhD research celebrates nearly two centuries of theoretical advancements in soil-water interactions, specifically focusing on soil infiltration. Over time, mathematical models and experimental techniques have enriched our understanding of infiltration processes, contributing to improved water management, soil conservation, and environmental prac...
Biophysicochemical rhizosheath properties play a vital role in plant drought adaptation. However, their integration into the framework of plant drought response is hampered by incomplete mechanistic understanding of their drought responsiveness and unknown linkage to intraspecific plant–soil drought reactions. Thirty-eight Zea mays varieties were g...
Due to climate change longer periods of drought and high precipitation in short periods of time will become more common. Subsoil compaction causes cropland to be less resilient to such changes due to worse root growth, water infiltration and less capillary rise of water. There is a lack of measures to ameliorate subsoil compaction. Two experiments ...
Salinity poses a persistent threat to agricultural land, continuously jeopardizing global food security. This study aimed to enhance sweet corn (SC) fitness under varying levels of salinity using indigenous biostimulants (BioS) and to assess their impacts on plant performance and soil quality. The experiment included control (0 mM NaCl), moderate s...
