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Soil Acidity Management: Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Development

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Agriculture".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 9677

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Dr. Danutė Karčauskienė

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Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute of Agriculture, Vezaiciai Branch, Vezaiciai, Klaipeda District, Lithuania
Interests: soil chemical and physical degradation; soil acidity management; optimization of the physical environment of soil; improvement of soil structure; soil ecology; sustainable management
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Dr. Ieva Mockeviciene

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Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute of Agriculture, Vezaiciai Branch, Vezaiciai, Klaipeda District, Lithuania
Interests: studies of soil organic matter transformation; analytical and bioanalytical chemistry; sustainable management and quality of acids soils; application of soil liming and fertilization systems; soil ecological services
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Soil is an integral part of nature. This means that soil matter is not only a recipient but also a donor of own products and original materials to other natural resources, particularly air and water. Soil pH is a critical parameter that influences plant–soil–water interfaces. Acidic soils limit crop yields in many developing countries where food production is critical. Globally, about one-third of the world’s soils are acidic, and more than 67% of the acidic soils are not suitable for crop production. Soil acidification is a serious aspect of soil degradation worldwide and has been reported across a variety of ecosystems and pedoclimatic regions. Soil acidification can be accelerated by intensive farming or prevented by sustainable management practices. Soil acidification management includes both the neutralization of soil acidity and the regulation of the acidification of limed soil. Soil acidification management should also pay attention to the implications of pH regulation in relation to C and N transformations and cycling, particularly GHG emissions from soils. The ever-increasing demand for more agricultural land and degradation of existing land suggest the need to address the problem through the development of sustainable technologies and the creation of favorable enabling environments. Furthermore, interdisciplinary cooperation is a crucial necessity, and an integrated approach for the combined mitigation of GHGs is essential.

For this Special Issue, authors are invited to publish articles in the field of agriculture, highlighting the prospects and changes related to soil acidification and its impacts on environmental quality due to various applied land use techniques. Articles discussing the properties of differently used acidic soils, nutrient leaching, and potential GHG emissions; comparison of different land uses; and the impacts of different agrotechniques, especially long-term ones such as liming with traditional and new types of liming materials, on plants, soil, and environment are welcome in this Special Issue. All manuscripts developing detailed mitigation measures for CO2–C fluxes and N2O and CH4 gases from agricultural soils will be considered for publication. A wide range of different analytical methods and techniques serves as a foundation for the investigation of the processes in soils and for the assessment of soil environmental status. Therefore, contributions focused on the application of new analytical instrumental methods and their comparison in agricultural and environmental research are also welcome.

Dr. Danutė Karčauskienė
Dr. Ieva Mockeviciene
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • agroecosystem
  • soil acidity management
  • sustainable development of agronomy
  • soil acidity
  • plant–soil interactions
  • soil environmental status
  • climate change
  • environmental quality

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Influence of Liming Intensity on Fractions of Humified Organic Carbon in Acid Soil: A Case Study
by Ieva Mockeviciene, Danute Karcauskiene, Alvyra Slepetiene, Monika Vilkiene, Regina Repsiene, Zita Braziene and Olga Anne
Sustainability 2022, 14(9), 5297; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14095297 - 27 Apr 2022
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Soil pH influences the composition and activities of microbial communities, which are driving the transformations of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the effect of liming on SOC sequestration remains controversial. Evaluation of the effect of liming on SOC and humified carbon fractions was [...] Read more.
Soil pH influences the composition and activities of microbial communities, which are driving the transformations of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the effect of liming on SOC sequestration remains controversial. Evaluation of the effect of liming on SOC and humified carbon fractions was one of the most important tasks of this work. Studies were carried out in the long-term field experiment using slaked-lime rates of 0.5 or 2.0, depending on the soil hydrolytic acidity. It was determined that liming did not increase SOC content, but led to redistribution of SOC. The amount of mobile humic acids in the soil decreased while the intensity of liming increased. When liming at the 2.0 rate, the lowest HA1 level (0.251 g kg−1 C) and highest amount of HA2 (0.21 g kg−1 C) were found. It could be stated that soil liming, as a measure, allows the stabilization of HA and FA by the cation bridging mechanism. Liming resulted in slower mineralization of SOC and at the same time it also resulted in carbon sequestration in the form of valuable humic acids. An important consistent pattern of carbon transformation was identified in this study and can be applied in selecting of the most suitable combination of agricultural practices, promoting carbon sequestration and soil fertility. Full article
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Potential of Industrial By-Products as Liming Materials and Digestate as Organic Fertilizer and Their Effect on Soil Properties and Yield of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
by Vladimir Ivezić, Vladimir Zebec, Brigita Popović, Meri Engler, Tihana Teklić, Zdenko Lončarić and Krunoslav Karalić
Sustainability 2021, 13(19), 11016; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su131911016 - 04 Oct 2021
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Acid soils with pH values below 5.5 have a negative effect on agricultural production. For this reason, liming is applied as a measure to raise the soil pH to the optimum (pH = 6–7). The aim of our research was to evaluate and [...] Read more.
Acid soils with pH values below 5.5 have a negative effect on agricultural production. For this reason, liming is applied as a measure to raise the soil pH to the optimum (pH = 6–7). The aim of our research was to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of four liming materials (wood ash from biomass powerplant, filter dust from cement factory, blast furnace slag from iron factory, and carbocalk (limestone, a by-product from a sugar factory)) in combination with and without solid digestate (a by-product from biogas plant) as organic fertilizer. Two field trials were set up to determine the effect of the studied materials to neutralize the acidity, and the impact on soil fertility and nutrient status in the soil. The results showed that all four liming materials raised the pH of the soil. Out of these four, wood ash showed to be the best while blast furnace slag was the worst. The yield of alfalfa increased with the application of all four lime materials. Application of liming materials with solid digestate increased soil organic matter and had slightly higher yields compared to liming materials without solid digestate. The highest yields were achieved with the application of wood ash, probably due to somewhat higher concentrations of potassium and phosphorus in wood ash. Further research on the financial aspects of investigated by-products application is necessary to exploit their potential as a liming material. Full article
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Lime and Organic Manure Amendment: A Potential Approach for Sustaining Crop Productivity of the T. Aman-Maize-Fallow Cropping Pattern in Acidic Piedmont Soils
by Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Afsana Akter, Mohammad Anamul Hoque, Sumaiya Farzana, Shihab Uddin, Mohammad Moyeed Hasan Talukder, Walaa F. Alsanie, Ahmed Gaber and Mohammad Anwar Hossain
Sustainability 2021, 13(17), 9808; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13179808 - 01 Sep 2021
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Acid soil is a hindrance to agricultural productivity and a threat to food and environmental security. Research was carried out to assess the impact of lime and organic manure (OM) amendments on yield and nutrient uptake by using the T. Aman-Maize-Fallow cropping pattern [...] Read more.
Acid soil is a hindrance to agricultural productivity and a threat to food and environmental security. Research was carried out to assess the impact of lime and organic manure (OM) amendments on yield and nutrient uptake by using the T. Aman-Maize-Fallow cropping pattern in acid soils. The experiment was set up in an RCBD design and used nine treatments and three replications. The treatments, comprising of various doses of lime, OM (cow dung and poultry manure), and a lime-OM combination, were applied to the first crop, T. Aman (Binadhan 7), and in the next crop, maize (BARI Hybrid Maize-9), the residual impacts of the treatments were assessed. Results demonstrate that the highest grain yield, 4.84 t ha−1 (13.61% increase over control) was recorded for T. Aman and 8.38 t ha−1 (58.71% increase over control) for maize, was achieved when dololime was applied in combination with poultry manure. The total rice equivalent yield increase over the control ranged from 20.5% to 66.1%. The application of lime with cow dung or poultry manure considerably enhanced N, P, K, and S content and uptake in both crops, compared to the control. Thus, it may be inferred that using dololime in association with poultry manure can increase crop productivity in acid soils. Full article
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Biological Indicators of Soil Quality under Different Tillage Systems in Retisol
by Monika Vilkiene, Ieva Mockeviciene, Danute Karcauskiene, Skaidre Suproniene, Modupe Olufemi Doyeni and Dalia Ambrazaitiene
Sustainability 2021, 13(17), 9624; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13179624 - 26 Aug 2021
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Soil microorganism diversity has a close relation with soil function, and the changes in the composition of the soil microbial population can directly affect it. The aim of this study was to identify the bacterial community composition and determine the main soil chemical [...] Read more.
Soil microorganism diversity has a close relation with soil function, and the changes in the composition of the soil microbial population can directly affect it. The aim of this study was to identify the bacterial community composition and determine the main soil chemical and physical properties formed by the different tillage systems. In the experiment, we analyzed the combination of three tillage systems and four organic fertilizers. Soil samples were taken from the two layers of the soil profile: the upper 0–10 cm and the lower 10–20 cm. The composition and diversity of soil bacterial communities were assessed by the sequencing of 16S rRNA genes. Results revealed that the highest biodiversity was found in the soil with shallow ploughless tillage and enriched with farmyard manure. Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria were the dominant bacterial species across all treatments. Their total abundance varied between 26% and 36% in the different analyzed agroecosystems. For the Dystric Bathygleyic Glossic Retisol, shallow ploughless tillage is the most suitable tillage system, as it creates favorable conditions for the accumulation of organic carbon in the soil under the Western Lithuania climate conditions. Full article
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