Controllable or Uncontrollable Factors Determining Soil Health
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant characterization; medicinal and aromatic plants; secondary metabolites determination; VOC profiles; essential oil studies; phytochemical profiles of plants
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
The role of soil has changed significantly over the last two centuries and has progressively evolved from a mere support medium for the realisation and sustenance of human life to a living and vital system whose health is closely linked to maintaining and improving the quality of the environment and to supporting and promoting the health of plants and animals, including humans.
Factors that influence soil health can have different origins; as a consequence, they may be controllable and modifiable or unpredictable and difficult to rationalise. For this reason, research in recent years has focused on the increasingly broad characterisation of the chemical, physical and microbiological characteristics of soil and all the phenomena that can directly or indirectly influence them, as well as the consequences to which these phenomena can arise.
The aim of this Special Issue, “Controllable or Uncontrollable Factors Determining Soil Health”, is to present original research articles and review papers and to expand our knowledge related to the advances in soil health characterisation.
Dr. Laura Santagostini
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soil health
- ecosystems
- direct and indirect modifying factors
- soil characteristics
