Plant, Soil and Environment

2002 - 2025

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2025, volume 71, articles 3

Effects of exogenous 2,4-epibrassinolide and its inhibitors on the seed setting and yield of Tartary buckwheat pp. 161-170

Peiuyn He, Huangdanni Ran and Kaifeng Huang

Effects of different mulching measures on soil physicochemical properties and phosphorus fractions in orchards in the southeast hilly region of China pp. 171-184

Bangning Zhou, Heming Li, Zuopin Zhuo, Lei Wang, Maojin Yang, Jinshi Lin, Fangshi Jiang, Yanhe Huang and Yue Zhang

Irrigation methods and nitrogen-form interactions regulate starch-metabolising enzyme activity to improve rice yield and quality pp. 185-201

Haojing Li, Hairun Li, Danke Zhang, Mengmeng Jiang, Jing Cao and Guowei Xu

Assessment of cadmium toxicity in buffaloes grazing on forages cultivated in diverse irrigated soils: a comprehensive analysis pp. 202-212

Zafar Iqbal Khan, Menal Hamdani, Kafeel Ahmad, Asma Ashfaq, Shehnaz Fatima, Saqib Bashir, Ijaz Rasool Noorka, Hafsa Memona, Saif Ullah, Shahzad Akhtar, Mahmoud F. Seleiman and Nawab Ali

Long-term effects of sugarcane monoculture on soil pedomorphology and physicochemical properties in tropical agroecosystems pp. 213-231

Anna Kusumawati and Amir Noviyanto

Inorganic improver and straw returning promote corn growth and improve the quality of saline soils pp. 232-247

Jipeng Wang, Junchuan Huang, Xinyu Hou, Quangang Yang, Hong Pan, Hui Wang, Fei Han, Yanhong Lou and Yuping Zhuge

2025, volume 71, articles 2

Influences of plants and soil microbes on antibiotics in the rhizosphere: a review pp. 67-92

Jingfang Li, Liang Chen, Song Jin, Linxian Huang and Huihua Chen

Effect of gypsum and potassium fertilisation on the nutritive value of legume-grass mixture pp. 93-108

Waldemar Zielewicz and Barbara Wróbel

On-site composting of waste hop biomass: the impact of covering piles on leachate quantity and compost quality pp. 109-122

Barbara Čeh, Julija Polanšek, Žan Trošt and Ana Karničnik Klančnik

Identification of salt-tolerant cultivars and plant traits in wheat during germination and seedling emergence stages pp. 123-135

Lin Zhao, Simeng Li, Xuemei He, Hanyu Liu, Yiran Cheng, Yi Wang, Houyang Kang and Jian Zeng

Spermidine mitigates wheat copper toxicity by modulating ascorbate and glutathione metabolism, copper accumulation and photosynthetic performance pp. 136-147

Limin Wu, Qiumei Zhang and Ninghai Lu

Influence of straw, compost, and biochar on soil carbon and aggregates in Chernozem pp. 148-160

Yuhan Yuan, Chang Zhang, Yao Liang, Jingchao Yuan, Jianzhao Liu, Hongguang Cai and Jinjing Zhang

2025, volume 71, articles 1

Drought tolerance screening of plum rootstocks based on physiological and biochemical traits pp. 1-11

Ines Mihaljević, Marija Viljevac Vuletić, Vesna Tomaš, Dominik Vuković and Zvonimir Zdunić

Mid-term fertilisers and lime effect on grassland in the hilly-mountain region in Balkan pp. 12-20

Vladimir Zornić, Vesna Đurović, Mirjana Petrović, Snežana Babić, Dalibor Tomić, Nedeljko Racić and Jasmina Milenković

Effects of modulating probiotics on greenhouse gas emissions and yield in rice paddies pp. 21-35

Shang-Hung Pao, Hewder Wu, Hwey-Lian Hsieh, Chang-Po Chen and Hsing-Juh Lin

Dissecting the osmotic and oxidative stress responses in salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive wheat genotypes under saline conditions pp. 36-47

Ulkar Ibrahimova, Javanshir Talai, Md. Mahadi Hasan, Irada Huseynova, Vaseem Raja, Anshu Rastogi, Hamideh Ghaffari, Marek Zivcak, Xinghong Yang and Marian Brestic

Optimising sunflower yields: insights from meta-analysis on fertilisation impact and planting strategies for enhanced crop productivity in China pp. 48-57

Shun Li and Zongqing Liu

Ability of soil microorganisms to degrade aminopyralid and its effect on their growth pp. 58-65

Martin Koudela, Miroslava Soukupová, Eva Jablonská, Tereza Šmrhová, Tomas Engl, Jaroslav Matějka, Sebnem Kurhan, Petr Maršík, David Novotný and Čeněk Novotný

2024, volume 70, articles 12

Agricultural waste-based lactic acid production by the fungus Rhizopus oryzae: a tool for sustainable polylactic acid production for agricultural use - a review pp. 739-750

Chandra Sekhar Paul, Luka Stefanovic, Tatiana Robledo-Mahón, Filip Mercl, Jiřina Száková and Pavel Tlustoš

Evaluation of mechanical and combined chemical with mechanical weeding in maize (Zea mays L.), soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr. and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) pp. 751-759

Roland Gerhards, Kerstin Hüsgen and Klaus Gehring

Lessons learnt from the use of passive samplers to measure ammonia emissions in multi-plot experiments pp. 760-771

Nils Carsten Thomas Ellersiek and Hans-Werner Olfs

The effects of long-term rice straw and biochar return on soil humus composition and structure in paddy soil pp. 772-782

Jinyue Ying, Xi Zhang, Weixiang Wu, Qiong Nan, Guorong Wang and Da Dong

Biochar distribution mode in soil affects the vegetative peanut growth, nitrogen uptake and nitrogen-fixing bacteria activity pp. 783-798

Xiangzhu Wang, Man Wu, Chengbin Sun, Miao Liu, Liyu Yang, Haiyan Liang, Qi Wu and Pu Shen

Study on the main physicochemical characteristics of different plant cultivation substrates and their effects on standard roses pp. 799-808

Yingguo Wang, Tingting Cao, Juan Li, Hang Zhou and Haiou Zhang

2024, volume 70, articles 11

Anti-diabetic effect of rice extract constituents through the molecular inhibition of α-amylase and α-glucosidase activity pp. 683-694

Subhashini Ramakrishnan, Thomas Jebastin, Sumathy Raj, Ariyamuthu Ramathilaga, Rithik Selvaraj, Najat A. Bukhari A., Ashraf Atef Hatamleh and Anis Ahamed

Effects of mineral/organic fertilisation on the soil organic nitrogen pool in a semi‑arid steppe pp. 695-701

Dongqi Jiang, Nan Jiang, Zhuo Wang, Chenran Wu, Lijun Chen, Yulan Zhang and Zhenhua Chen

Ferric oxide nano-priming enhances photosynthetic and physicochemical properties of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) microgreens pp. 702-711

Aayushi Gupta, Rohit Bharati, Jan Kubes, Pavla Vachova, Daniela Popelkova, Lovely Mahawar, Marek Zivcak, Xinghong Yang, Marian Brestic and Milan Skalicky

Information sources in agriculture pp. 712-718

Jan Jarolímek, Jakub Samek, Pavel Šimek, Michal Stočes, Jiří Vaněk and Jan Pavlík

Magnesium deficiency or excess hinders tomato growth, potassium and calcium uptake pp. 719-730

Huixia Li, Fang Liu, Xueke Zhang, Jingbo Gao and Ping Chen

Denitrification and Anammox and Feammox in the Yinchuan Yellow River wetland pp. 731-738

Qingsong Guan, Yiqiao Zhou, Shuo Li, Fan Yang and Rentao Liu

2024, volume 70, articles 10

Response of maize (Zea mays L.) on yield, physiology and stomatal behaviour under two different elevated CO2 concentrations. Do these anatomical changes affect the physiology of the C4 crop plant under high CO2 conditions? pp. 601-616

Khan Ira, Vanaja Maddi, Sathish Poldasari, Faizan Mohammad, Soysal Sipan, D. Rajput Vishnu, Djalovic Ivica, Trivan Goran and Alam Pravej

Alleviating cadmium toxicity in maize plants: role of glycine betaine in enhancing growth, photosynthetic efficiency, water status, and antioxidant defense mechanism pp. 617-631

Abeer Hamdy Elhakem

Enhanced maize yield and nitrogen efficiency with low molecular weight fulvic acid: insights into chlorophyll a/b ratio and nitrogen metabolising enzyme activity pp. 632-643

Fugui Li, Shujie Zhang, Longhang Chai, Zhiqiang Guo, Peipei Li, Yanlai Han and Yi Wang

Serendipita indica improve seed germination and seedling growth of Lolium multiflorum Lam. through amelioration of osmotic adjustment, nutrient accumulation and Na+/K+ homoeostasis under salinity conditions pp. 644-655

Binghua Liu, Xinghong Liu, Lianjia Yu, Xingjian Dun, Hailin Ma, Fangchun Liu and Lin Peng

Innovative approach to utilising magnetic fields to enhance wheat yield: evidence from field studies in China pp. 656-672

Yinglei Zhang, Hangyu Dou, Liuyang Yang, Yihan Zhang, Wei Sun, Yihao Ruan, Jiameng Guo, Yongchao Wang, Ruixin Shao, Qinghua Yang and Hao Wang

Prohexadione calcium regulates wheat tolerance to drought stress by maintaining water balance and promoting antioxidant metabolism and photosynthesis pp. 673-681

Ziyang Zhang

2024, volume 70, articles 9

Effects of controlled irrigation on global warming potential based on CH4, N2O and CO2 fluxes in plateau paddy field pp. 535-542

Shufang Wang, Hongchun Bi, Liping Wang, Jing Wang, Ying Wang and Lihong Chen

Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence of four sorghum genotypes under drought stress and rehydratation pp. 543-551

František Hnilička, Helena Hniličková and Tomáš Rýgl

Roots of Lupinus angustifolius L. and enzyme activities in soil contaminated by toxic elements pp. 552-561

Milan Novák, Veronika Zemanová, Jindřich Černý and Daniela Pavlíková

Effects of cultivation duration of the crop and growth stages on rhizosphere soil physicochemical properties, enzyme activities, and microbial communities of ginseng under forest pp. 562-579

Yuchi Zhao, Qiuyu Wang, Shuaiqi Feng, Yang Zhang, Weiwei Dong and Wenxiu Ji

Dynamics of Cry1Ac protein and soil enzyme activity in the rhizosphere of transgenic Bt oilseed rape pp. 580-589

Zhengjun Guan, Wei Wei, Yanlin Huo, C. Neal Stewart and Zhixi Tang

γ-aminobutyric acid enhances the antioxidant defense system and photosynthetic performance of wheat seedlings under cadmium stress pp. 590-599

Yuanzhi Fu

2024, volume 70, articles 8

Integrated effect of irrigation rate and plant density on yield, yield components and water use efficiency of maize pp. 475-482

Miodrag Tolimir, Branka Kresović, Katarina Gajić, Violeta Anđelković, Milan Brankov, Marijana Dugalić and Boško Gajić

Poly-glutamic acid reinforces wheat cadmium tolerance by modulating ascorbic acid and glutathione metabolism pp. 483-491

Limin Wu, Qiumei Zhang and Ninghai Lu

Effects of dose nitrogen on yield and global warming potential in a typical rice-wheat rotation system in China pp. 492-501

Shujie Miao, Yinzheng Ma, Yue Wu and Yunfa Qiao

The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in refining plant photosynthesis and water status under drought stress: a meta-analysis pp. 502-508

Murugesan Chandrasekaran

Effect of the combination of nitrapyrin and gamma-aminobutyric acid on soil nitrogen transformation characteristics and rice yield pp. 509-522

Furong Xiao, Chen Feng, Dongpo Li, Lili Zhang, Yonghua Li, Yandi Du, Yan Xue, Ping Gong, Yuchao Song, Ke Zhang and Yiji Zhang

Rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil organic carbon and its labile fractions in alpine desertified grassland affected by vegetation restoration pp. 523-533

Chuanyu Zhou, Hongyu Qian, Aiyang Liu, Yufu Hu, Wei Wang, Gang Chen and Zhi Li

2024, volume 70, articles 7

Mitigation of arsenic toxicity in rice grain through soil-water-plant continuum pp. 395-406

Okram Ricky Devi, Bibek Laishram, Abhijit Debnath, Gangadhara Doggalli, Nayanjyoti Ojha, Smita Agrawal, Kahkashan Perveen, Najat A. Bukhari, Kalyan Pathak and Samiron Dutta

Copper contamination in agricultural soils: A review of the effects of climate, soil properties, and prolonged copper pesticide application in vineyards and orchards pp. 407-417

Alexander Neaman, Jorge-Tomás Schoffer, Claudia Navarro-Villarroel, Céline Pelosi, Patricia Peñaloza, Elvira Dovletyarova and Jerusa Schneider

The influence of timing and planting proportion on the intraspecific competitiveness ability of drunken horse grass (Achnatherum inebrians (Hance) Keng) by fungal endophyte infection pp. 418-429

Jianxin Cao, Xiang Yao, Xuekai Wei, Ruochen Zhang, Jing Liu and Chunjie Li

Camera-guided inter-row hoeing in winter oilseed rape with different inter-inter-row spacing pp. 430-437

Roland Gerhards, Marcus Saile and Michael Spaeth

Adjusting the sowing date of fresh maize to promote grain filling, key starch synthesis enzymes, and yield pp. 438-453

Lin An, Hailong Wei, Yi Cheng, Jun Zou, Jin Zuo, Dailing Liu and Bi Song

Poly-glutamic acid mitigates the negative effects of salt stress on wheat seedlings by regulating the photosynthetic performance, water physiology, antioxidant metabolism and ion homeostasis pp. 454-467

Qidi Zhu, Yanyan Li, Niuniu Zhang, Yilin Wu and Xingqi Ou

Biostimulants and herbicides shape the structure of potato tuber yield pp. 468-473

Krystyna Zarzecka and Marek Gugała

2024, volume 70, articles 6

Effects of various nitrogen fertilisers applied in autumn on growth parameters, yield and quality of winter oilseed rape pp. 317-325

David Bečka, Lucie Bečková, Jaroslav Tomášek, Vlastimil Mikšík and Mária Viciánová

Sustainable controlled-release urea placement depth reduces lodging risk and enhances spring maize productivity pp. 326-341

Wennan Su, Xuefei Tian, Fangyuan Huang, Mingjing Wang, Mengtian Wang, Yexuan Zhu, Tao Yan and Xiangling Li

Partitioned nitrogen fertilisation in peanut rhizosphere and geocarposphere drives specific variation soil microbiomes pp. 342-355

Haiyan Liang, Qi Wu, Liyu Yang, Dianxu Chen and Pu Shen

The content and potential ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in coastal wetlands around the Bohai Sea pp. 356-365

Yingchun Lv, Mengyi Wang, Wanxin Tian and Haibin Hui

Physiological and metabolic responses of Lolium perenne L. roots to acid stress in cadmium-contaminated soil pp. 366-376

Xingrong Bai, Lili Chen, Zhaojie Wang and T. Ryan Lock

Synergistic nitrogen fertiliser effects on nitrogen metabolism of wheat in saline-alkaline land pp. 377-393

Xiaoqing Yuan, Yajun Li and Yan Shi

2024, volume 70, articles 5

Enhancing rice yield, quality, and resource utilisation with slow-release fertiliser in alternate wetting and drying irrigation pp. 253-262

Keji Hua, Peng Yang, Jieyu Zhou, Wei Liao, Jun He, Junlin Zheng, Chi Tang, Yuqin Li and Baolong Zhang

Biochar addition enhances annual carbon stocks and ecosystem carbon sink intensity in saline soils of the Hetao Irrigation District, Inner Mongolia pp. 263-275

Ruxin Zhang, Zhongyi Qu, Wei Yang, Liping Wang, Dongliang Zhang, Lu Liu, Junjie Li and Zhimin Zhang

Fertilisation and environmental factors affect the yield and quality of alfalfa in China pp. 276-286

Shun Li and Zongqing Liu

The effect of various factors (light, temperature, salt, and drought) on germination of Bromus sterilis L pp. 287-295

Kateřina Hamouzová, Jaromír Šuk, Soham Bhattacharya, Jakub Mikulka, Veronika Valičková, Michaela Kolářová and Josef Soukup

Effect of seed weight and biostimulant seed treatment on establishment, growth and yield parameters of winter oilseed rape pp. 296-304

David Bečka, Lucie Bečková, Matěj Satranský and Kateřina Pazderů

Effects of red-blue light spectrum on growth, yield, and photo-synthetic efficiency of lettuce in a uniformly illumination environment pp. 305-316

Shipeng Luo, Jun Zou, Mingming Shi, Senmao Lin, Dawei Wang, Wenbin Liu, Yan Shen, Xiaotao Ding and Yuping Jiang

2024, volume 70, articles 4

Co-application of biochar and melatonin enhances pea (Pisum sativum L.) performance and alleviates cadmium contamination stress pp. 195-202

Yanfang Wang, Jinzhao Liu, Dong Li, Zhengyang Yan and Ling Liu

The effects of biochar grain size on radish plants under low water availability pp. 203-209

Lenka Botyanszká, Justína Vitková, Natália Botková, Lucia Toková and Ján Gaduš

Characteristic of soil moisture utilisation with different water-sensitive cultivars of summer maize in the North China Plain pp. 210-219

Haoze Zhang, Mingliang Gao, Fuying Liu, Huabin Yuan, Zhendong Liu, Mingming Zhang, Quanqi Li and Rui Zong

Effects of combined application of animal slurry and mineral fertiliser on rice yield and soil nitrogen cycle microbes pp. 220-228

Pengcheng Wang, Siyuan Jin, Henglin Xiao, Zhi Zhang, Cheng Hu, Yan Qiao, Donghai Liu, Xifa Guo and Xiangrong Peng

Ecological and human health risk assessment of tungsten and other heavy metal(loid)s in farmland around a typical tungsten mining area in southern Jiangxi, China pp. 229-244

Qi Li, Li Tian, Xiaojun Zheng, Weijiang Chen, Buchan Zhou and Ming Chen

Dissipation dynamic of nicosulfuron in different types of agricultural soils pp. 245-251

Siniša Mitrić, Amer Sunulahpašić, Dragana Šunjka, Slavica Vuković, Mirjana Žabić, Saud Hamidović and Biljana Kelečević

2024, volume 70, articles 3

Biochar application influences the stability of soil aggregates and wheat yields pp. 125-141

Weijun Yang, Zilong Wang, Hongmei Zhao, Daping Li, Hongtao Jia and Wanli Xu

The effect of exogenous application of salicylic acid and ascorbic acid on forage quality and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) under water deficit conditions pp. 142-153

Navvab Haji Hassani Asl, Farhad Farah Vash, Mohsen Roshdi, Bahram Mir Shekari and Mehdi Gaffari

Effects of temporal variation and grazing intensity on leaf C:N:P stoichiometry in Northwest desert, China pp. 154-163

Helong Yang, Yiqiang Dong, Shazhou An, Zongjiu Sun, Peiying Li and Huixia Liu

Effects of seedling age and root pruning on root characteristics and dry matter accumulation dynamics in machine-transplanted rice pp. 164-175

Tingjue Wang, Wei Xiong, Fuming Kuang, Dongdong Sun, Zixuan Geng, Jinnan Que, Ruize Hou and Dequan Zhu

Effects of selenomethionine on the growth and physiological characteristics of Scrophularia ningpoensis seedlings pp. 176-187

Xiaoqing Zhang, Yi Luo and Changjuan Shan

Bioproducts and their potential in protection of Brassica napus L. against Verticillium longisporum pp. 188-194

Eva Zusková, Veronika Konradyová, Pavel Ryšánek and Jan Kazda

2024, volume 70, articles 2

Slow-release fertilisers increased microflora and nitrogen use efficiency and thus promoted peanut growth and yield pp. 61-71

Cuiping Meng, Man Wu, Xiangzhu Wang, Liyu Yang, Haiyan Liang, Qi Wu and Pu Shen

Crude oil induces plant growth and antioxidant production in Leersia hexandra Sw pp. 72-83

Jose Alberto Orocio-Carrillo, Maria del Carmen Rivera-Cruz, Antonio Juárez-Mandonado, Consuelo del Carmen Bautista-Muñoz, Antonio Trujillo-Narcía, Yolanda García-González and Said Cadena-Villegas

Effects of spring low-temperature stress on winter wheat seed-setting characteristics of spike pp. 84-92

Xiang Chen, Lvzhou Liu, Hongmei Cai, Baoqiang Zheng and Jincai Li

The relationship of soil sulfur with glomalin-related soil protein and humic substances under different mineral and organic fertilisation pp. 93-100

Pavel Suran, Jiří Balík, Martin Kulhánek, Ondřej Sedlář and Jindřich Černý

Effects of biogas residue addition, as cultivation substrate, on ginseng growth pp. 101-110

Yan Gui, Meng Suo, Zhijie Qiu, Hao Wu, Zongjun Cui and Hongyan Yang

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils from six lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) cultivars pp. 111-123

Sila Barut Gök and Yasemin Erdoğdu

2024, volume 70, articles 1

Nitrogen losses (N2O and NO3-) from mustard (Brassica juncea L.) cropping applied urea coated bio-charcoal pp. 1-10

Elisabeth Srihayu Harsanti, Asep Nugraha Ardiwinata, Sukarjo, Hidayatuz Zu'amah, Asep Kurnia, Mas Teddy Sutriadi, Dedi Nursyamsi, Wahida Annisa Yusuf and Anicetus Wihardjaka

Six-year results on the effect of organic mulching on potato yield and tuber damages pp. 11-16

Anikó Südiné Fehér, Mihály Zalai, György Turóczi and Ferenc Tóth

Effects of foliar application of amino acid-chelated selenite on photosynthetic characteristics of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) leaves at the podding stage pp. 17-25

Ying Wang, Qing Zhu, Zhiwei Wang, Junpei Wang, Zhen Wang, Feiyan Yu and Lianhe Zhang

Sole and combined foliar application of silicon and putrescine alleviates the negative effects of drought stress in maize by modulating the morpho-physiological and antioxidant defence mechanisms pp. 26-39

Hossam S. El-Beltagi, Khairiah Mubarak Alwutayd, Umair Rasheed, Abdul Sattar, Qasim Ali, Basmah M. Alharbi, Ghadah Hamad Al-Hawas, Zahid Khorshid Abbas, Doaa Bahaa Eldin Darwish, Samy F. Mahmoud, Manal Abdullah Al-Shaqhaa, Ahmed Abou El-Yazied and Maha M.A. Hamada

Responses of soil nutrients, enzyme activities, and maize yield to straw and plastic film mulching in coastal saline-alkaline pp. 40-47

Zhen Liu, Mengkun Zhang, Zengjiao Wang, Ying Shen, Deheng Zhang, Shenghao Zhang, Xingchao Qi, Xuepeng Zhang, Tao Sun, Shenzhong Tian and Tangyuan Ning

The effects of diverse microbial community structures, driven by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation, on carbon release from a paddy field pp. 48-59

Xue Zhang, Xiaodong Yu, Yunxiao Cao, Jiani Yue, Shan Wang and Yunxia Liu