Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jaroslava Janků Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jan Jehlička Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Environmental Geosciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Kristina Heřmanová Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Daniel Toth Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, University College of Business in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Mansoor Maitah Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Josef Kozák Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jan Vopravil Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Radim Vácha Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Karel Jacko Author-Workplace-Name: Agrio ZS, Limited Liability Company, Hovorčovice, Czech Republic Author-Name: Tomáš Herza Author-Workplace-Name: Hydrosoft Veleslavín, Limited Liability Company, Prague, Czech Republic Title: An overview of a land evaluation in the context of ecosystem services Abstract: The environment is changing quickly and it is ever more burdened in connection with the greater needs of human society. This fact has increased efforts to improve the management of land and natural resources and the necessity to evaluate them. Land valuations become more important as the land consumption increases. Soil needs to be evaluated in the whole context of how its quality is affected and the values it provides. The concept of ecosystem services offers this holistic view. This paper defines ecosystem services (ES), the various linkages between soil properties, their functions and benefits, the assessment of soil quality using indicators and then briefly mentions EU environmental assessment methods and terms used in the context of ES. The article also mentions frameworks with which to assess and evaluate the soil quality that can be divided into two groups. The first group is comprised of a framework of indicators that describe the current state of the soil system assessment for evaluating the quality of the agricultural land. This is based on a detailed measurement of the terrain, a statistical analysis of soil databases or processing the status of specific threats to the soil. The second group is comprised of a framework of indicators focused on changes in the soil quality and applied soil management. These frameworks deal with the productivity of the soil in various systems of farming, compare agricultural systems or discuss the advantages of soil biota as indicators of soil quality in detail. Many of the designs of the soil quality indicators focus on the soil management in the context of a single discipline such as agriculture or water pollution. There are concepts for considering the soil quality in regional planning. Keywords: BOKS index, soil functions, soil quality, SQUID index, sustainable soil management Journal: Soil and Water Research Pages: 1-14 Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/136/2021-SWR File-URL: http://swr.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/136/2021-SWR.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/swr-202201-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlswr:v:17:y:2022:i:1:id:136-2021-SWR Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mohamed Elhedi Gharsallah Author-Workplace-Name: Laboratory of Agricultural Production Systems and Sustainable Development, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Author-Name: Hamouda Aichi Author-Workplace-Name: Laboratory of Agricultural Production Systems and Sustainable Development, Higher School of Agriculture Education, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Author-Name: Talel Stambouli Author-Workplace-Name: Laboratory of Agricultural Production Systems and Sustainable Development, Higher School of Agriculture Education, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Author-Name: Zouhair Ben Rabah Author-Workplace-Name: National Center for Mapping and Remote Sensing, Ministry of National Defense, Tunis, Tunisia Author-Name: Habib Ben Hassine Author-Workplace-Name: Laboratory of Agricultural Production Systems and Sustainable Development, Higher School of Agriculture Education, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia Title: Assessment and mapping of soil salinity using electromagnetic induction and Landsat 8 OLI remote sensing data in an irrigated olive orchard under semi-arid conditions Abstract: Salinisation threatens the sustainability of irrigated olive orchards in Tunisia. Electromagnetic induction measurements and soil spectral index calculations could help to survey the soil salinity. This study aimed to map changes in the soil salinity spatial pattern using geostatistical techniques and soil spectral index regression. The study area is located in Sminja, Tunisia. It is a 665 ha olive orchard, landscaped in ridges and furrows and managed following a very high-density planting system (1.5 × 4 m2). Electromagnetic readings measured in situ with an electromagnetic device (EM38) that was fitted, in turn, to the electrical conductivity of the saturated paste of five soil depths namely: 0-20, 20-40, 40-60, 60-80 and 80-100 cm and to the average electrical conductivity of the saturated paste of the 0-100 cm soil depth. Both the ordinary kriging and universal kriging performed similarly and well in mapping the soil salinity. (R2= 0.86 and 0.89 for the 0-20 cm and the 0-100 cm depths, respectively). Our results prove that mapping the soil salinity based on electromagnetic induction and kriging methods is an effective approach, which allows one to monitor the soil salinity within permanent croplands in semi-arid conditions. Salinisation that reaches intolerable values by olive trees, is especially accumulated on the top of the ridges, where the drippers are installed. Furthermore, based on two Landsat 8 images acquired on April 30, 2019 and May 16, 2019, respectively, we calculated seven soil spectral indices. Nevertheless, multiple regression models between the electromagnetic readings and various combinations of soil spectral indices were poor. In the coming investigations, under permanent land cover, spectral index regression models should integrate not only the soil, but also vegetation indices. Keywords: EM38, geostatiscs, kriging, olive grove, soil salinisation, Tunisia Journal: Soil and Water Research Pages: 15-28 Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/178/2020-SWR File-URL: http://swr.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/178/2020-SWR.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/swr-202201-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlswr:v:17:y:2022:i:1:id:178-2020-SWR Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Yunhao An Author-Workplace-Name: College of Agriculture Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, P.R. China Author-Name: Xiyun Jiao Author-Workplace-Name: College of Agriculture Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, P.R. China Author-Workplace-Name: Cooperative Innovation Center for Water Safety & Hydro Science, Hohai University, Nanjing, P.R. China Author-Name: Zhe Gu Author-Workplace-Name: College of Agriculture Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, P.R. China Author-Name: Chuanmeng Shi Author-Workplace-Name: College of Agriculture Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, P.R. China Author-Name: Kaihua Liu Author-Workplace-Name: College of Agriculture Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, P.R. China Title: Effects of straw return and aeration on oxygen status and redox environment in flooded soil Abstract: To study the effects of straw return and aeration of the water layer on oxygen and redox status in the water column and at different depths in paddy field soil, a short-term incubation experiment was conducted with four treatments: (1) no straw return (NS); (2) straw return without aeration (S); (3) straw return and 30 minutes of aeration per day (SO30); and (4) straw return and 90 minutes of aeration per day (SO90). Compared to NS, S decreased dissolved oxygen (DO) and redox potential (ORP) by 23-58% and 47-53 mV, respectively, and increased active reducing substance (ARS) by 21-46% in the water and soil layers. The aeration treatments increased DO and ORP by 25-120% and 11-86 mV, respectively, and reduced ARS by 5-16% compared to S. The results indicated that straw return to paddy fields exacerbated hypoxia and reducing conditions in the soil. SO90 achieved better effects than SO30 in alleviating the negative impact of straw return by supplying more oxygen, but the effects weakened over time and with soil depth. Keywords: air injection, anaerobic degradation, anoxic water, growth inhibitor, redox potential Journal: Soil and Water Research Pages: 29-35 Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/87/2020-SWR File-URL: http://swr.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/87/2020-SWR.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/swr-202201-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlswr:v:17:y:2022:i:1:id:87-2020-SWR Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Emre Burcu Özkaraova Author-Name: Elifcan Güven Oral Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Environmental Engineering, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey Title: Reuse of residues/wastes as a sustainable solution for landfill leachate contaminated groundwater Abstract: In order to increase the reuse of wastes and residues, as required by the Waste Framework Directive, the potential use of waste, residue and natural minerals as low-cost permeable reactive barrier (PRB) materials was investigated. The performance of a kitchen waste compost, sepiolite and steel slag was compared with that of volcanic slag, pumice and activated carbon in removing specific contaminants from landfill leachate. The experiments represented that the activated carbon removed 27% of the ammonium (NH4+), 75% of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) and 100% of the phosphate (PO43-), zinc (Zn2+) and nickel (Ni2+) from the landfill leachate. Volcanic slag exhibited removal efficiencies of 50% COD and 100% PO43- and pumice exhibited removal efficiencies of 20% NH4+, 27% Zn2+, 65% COD and 100% PO43-. The reactive materials were also checked for their potential in releasing unwanted constituents and represented different levels of the solute (e.g., PO43-, SO42-, NH4+) release. Among the reactives, sepiolite was found to be the reactive material reflecting a minor release (e.g., Zn2+, Cd2+ and Ni2+), but also delivering removal efficiencies of 40, 50, 65, 95, 97, 98, 98 and 100% for Ni2+, COD, Zn2+, SO42-, Cl-, F-, NH4+ and PO43-, respectively. The results show that the studied materials have the potential as reactives for PRB systems treating high strength contaminant plumes. Keywords: groundwater remediation, permeable reactive barriers, potential reactives Journal: Soil and Water Research Pages: 36-44 Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/71/2021-SWR File-URL: http://swr.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/71/2021-SWR.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/swr-202201-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlswr:v:17:y:2022:i:1:id:71-2021-SWR Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jaroslava Janků Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Markéta Kosánová Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Josef Kozák Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Tomáš Herza Author-Workplace-Name: Hydrosoft Veleslavín, Limited Liability Company, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jan Jehlička Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Environmental Geosciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Mansoor Maitah Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jan Vopravil Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Karel Němeček Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Daniel Toth Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Prague, University College of Business in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Karel Jacko Author-Workplace-Name: Agrio ZS, Limited Liability Company, Hovorčovice, Czech Republic Author-Name: Radim Vácha Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute for Soil and Water Conservation, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jana Poláková Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agroecology and Crop Production, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Using soil quality indicators to assess their production and ecological functions Abstract: The project dealt with an evaluation of the soil quality in the Central Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic. The relevant attributes and characteristics were found regarding the soils in this selected area. Based on the data from soil probes, climate characteristics, soil production function and data on the land use, the characteristics, known as soil quality indicators, were selected. Then the soils were sorted into groups which indicated their suitability for the best land use and planning. The characteristics of the soils that contributed the most to the ecosystem services provided by this part of the environment were chosen as the soil quality indicators. In order to find out how the soils are able to provide ecosystem services, two types of approaches were used - the average score and the total amount of points gained. Maps indicating the soil quality were created using the ArcGIS program. At the same time, research on the differences in the quality in two different layers of the soil was carried out. In most cases, there was a decrease in the soil quality with an increasing depth. The results of this project can be used as a basis for a new soil valuation in the Czech Republic. Keywords: indicators, soil characteristics, soil ecosystem services, soil protection, soil quality Journal: Soil and Water Research Pages: 45-58 Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/146/2021-SWR File-URL: http://swr.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/146/2021-SWR.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/swr-202201-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlswr:v:17:y:2022:i:1:id:146-2021-SWR Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Weimin Yu Author-Workplace-Name: National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China Author-Name: Rongping Wang Author-Name: Rongyun Linghu Author-Workplace-Name: National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China Author-Name: Jiawei Liang Author-Workplace-Name: National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China Author-Name: Qiqi Hu Author-Workplace-Name: National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China Author-Name: Yuling Yao Author-Workplace-Name: National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R. China Title: The influence of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 on the transformation of iron oxides and phosphorus in a red soil Abstract: In this study, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, an iron (Fe)-reducing bacterium, was inoculated to a red soil, which was then incubated. Soil samples were taken regularly to analyse the variation of iron oxides and phosphorus (P) fractions. The results showed that the MR-1 inoculation increased the content of the free iron oxides, but decreased the activity of the iron oxides in the soil, and had no significant influence on the amorphous iron oxides. The MR-1 inoculation increased the resin-P and residual-P, decreased the NaHCO3-extracted inorganic P (NaHCO3-Pi) and NaOH-extracted inorganic P (NaOH-Pi), but did not significantly influence the diluted HCl-extracted inorganic P (D.HCl-Pi) and concentrated HCl-extracted inorganic P (C.HCl-Pi). The presence of MR-1 influenced the correlation between the free iron oxides and NaOH-Pi. In the CK where deactivated MR-1 was applied, there was a significant positive correlation between the free iron oxides and the NaOH-Pi; in the treatment with the live MR-1 inoculation, there was no correlation between them. In addition, there was a significant positive correlation between the free iron oxides and the C.HCl-Pi, and there was a significant negative correlation between the NaHCO3-Pi, resin-P, and residual-P. Therefore, the MR-1 inoculation improved the P availability by decreasing the activity of the iron oxides and consequently improved the P use efficiency in the red soil. Keywords: incubation experiment, iron oxide activity, iron-reducing bacterium, phosphorus fractionation Journal: Soil and Water Research Pages: 59-68 Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Year: 2022 DOI: 10.17221/60/2021-SWR File-URL: http://swr.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/60/2021-SWR.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/swr-202201-0006.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlswr:v:17:y:2022:i:1:id:60-2021-SWR