Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health
The continuous cropping (CC) of major agricultural, horticultural, and industrial crops is an established practice worldwide, though it has significant soil health-related concerns. However, a combined review of the effects of CC on soil health indicators, in particular omics ones, remains missing....
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| author | Zahida H. Pervaiz Javed Iqbal Qingming Zhang Dima Chen Hui Wei Muhammad Saleem |
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| description | The continuous cropping (CC) of major agricultural, horticultural, and industrial crops is an established practice worldwide, though it has significant soil health-related concerns. However, a combined review of the effects of CC on soil health indicators, in particular omics ones, remains missing. The CC may negatively impact multiple biotic and abiotic indicators of soil health, fertility, and crop yield. It could potentially alter the soil biotic indicators, which include but are not limited to the composition, abundance, diversity, and functioning of soil micro- and macro-organisms, microbial networks, enzyme activities, and soil food web interactions. Moreover, it could also alter various soil abiotic (physicochemical) properties. For instance, it could increase the accumulation of toxic metabolites, salts, and acids, reduce soil aggregation and alter the composition of soil aggregate-size classes, decrease mineralization, soil organic matter, active carbon, and nutrient contents. All these alterations could accelerate soil degradation. Meanwhile, there is still a great need to develop quantitative ranges in soil health indicators to mechanistically predict the impact of CC on soil health and crop yield gaps. Following ecological principles, we strongly highlight the significance of inter-, mixture-, and rotation-cropping with cover crops to sustain soil health and agricultural production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ff06dac9a85496bb50cf3a741a30b8e2023-11-20T14:49:58ZengMDPI AGSoil Systems2571-87892020-09-01445910.3390/soilsystems4040059Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil HealthZahida H. Pervaiz0Javed Iqbal1Qingming Zhang2Dima Chen3Hui Wei4Muhammad Saleem5Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USADepartment of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USACollege of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, ChinaCollege of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443002, ChinaDepartment of Ecology, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, ChinaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL 36104, USAThe continuous cropping (CC) of major agricultural, horticultural, and industrial crops is an established practice worldwide, though it has significant soil health-related concerns. However, a combined review of the effects of CC on soil health indicators, in particular omics ones, remains missing. The CC may negatively impact multiple biotic and abiotic indicators of soil health, fertility, and crop yield. It could potentially alter the soil biotic indicators, which include but are not limited to the composition, abundance, diversity, and functioning of soil micro- and macro-organisms, microbial networks, enzyme activities, and soil food web interactions. Moreover, it could also alter various soil abiotic (physicochemical) properties. For instance, it could increase the accumulation of toxic metabolites, salts, and acids, reduce soil aggregation and alter the composition of soil aggregate-size classes, decrease mineralization, soil organic matter, active carbon, and nutrient contents. All these alterations could accelerate soil degradation. Meanwhile, there is still a great need to develop quantitative ranges in soil health indicators to mechanistically predict the impact of CC on soil health and crop yield gaps. Following ecological principles, we strongly highlight the significance of inter-, mixture-, and rotation-cropping with cover crops to sustain soil health and agricultural production.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/4/4/59continuous croppingsoil health indicatorssoil-borne diseasesoil microbiomephysicochemical propertiesmicrobiomic indicators |
| spellingShingle | Zahida H. Pervaiz Javed Iqbal Qingming Zhang Dima Chen Hui Wei Muhammad Saleem Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health Soil Systems continuous cropping soil health indicators soil-borne disease soil microbiome physicochemical properties microbiomic indicators |
| title | Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health |
| title_full | Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health |
| title_fullStr | Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health |
| title_short | Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health |
| title_sort | continuous cropping alters multiple biotic and abiotic indicators of soil health |
| topic | continuous cropping soil health indicators soil-borne disease soil microbiome physicochemical properties microbiomic indicators |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/4/4/59 |
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