OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Efficient substrates based on anaerobic sewage sludge biochar for tobacco seedlings in floating systems	94
Pullout properties of Hippophae rhamnoides L. roots in the loess area	29
Fast selection opportunity of salt tolerant guar bean genotypes with GGE biplot method	28
Agrochemical impacts on arbuscular mycorrhizal diversity and activity in smallholder farming: a systematic review	28
Biochar addition to organo-mineral fertilisers delays nutrient leaching and enhances barley nutrient content	27
Soil health in temperate agroforestry: influence of tree species and position in the field	23
Effects of cultivars and habitats on rhizospheric arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Gannan navel oranges	23
Impact of straw return and decomposition agent on Tibetan barley yield and soil microbial community in Xizang, China	21
Effect of vanadium on Nicotiana tabacum L. grown in vanadium-loaded soil	18
Integrated nutrient management in spring-maize improves yield, nutrient use efficiency and minimizes greenhouse gas intensity	15
Nitrogen uptake and utilization of two maize hybrids with contrasting nitrogen use efficiencies depending on fertilization amount	15
Effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on nitrogen transformation and functional biological properties in the rice rhizosphere	15
Alleviation of soil acidification using livestock manure increases nitrogen supply while stimulating N ₂ O emission in a tea plantation	14
Water footprint in wheat production under conservation tillage	14
The Bouyoucos method in Peruvian soil laboratories: establishing a correction factor to standardize for international methods	14
Effect of soybean–wheat rotation on soil aggregation, organic nitrogen and net nitrogen mineralization characteristics: a four-year field study	13
Effects of poultry manure on structure and some indicators of fertility in tropical soils	12
Optimizing essential oil, fatty acid profiles, and phenolic compounds of dragon’s head (Lallemantia iberica) intercropped with chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with biofertilizer inoculatio	12
Effects of agricultural waste returning on soil nematode community composition	10
Profile distribution of trace elements under different land-use systems in North East India	10
Application of soil amendments to enhance soil carbon and biological properties in a paddy field under elevated CO₂ conditions	10
Effect of calcined/non-calcined phosphate rock application on crop yield and phosphorus availability to replace commercial fertilizer on a lixisol in Burkina Faso	10
Nitrification inhibitor application at stem elongation stage increases soil nitrogen availability and wheat nitrogen use efficiency under drought stress	10
Comparative study on changes in biochemical constituents, yield and quality of lemongrass ( Cymbopogon flexuosus ) grown under different soil types	10
Relationship between soil fertility and pasture composition on milk quality in Simmental-Fleckvieh production systems in the Peruvian Amazon	9

Potential of novel Rhizobium strains as biofertilizer for improved groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) cultiv	9
Effect of soil compaction and cover crop management on soil physical quality, biomass production and corn and soybean yield	9
Soil chemical characteristics, yield and technological quality of sugarcane under subsurface drip irrigation with treated sewage effluent	9
Behavior of coffee plants under different cropping systems with a focus on mitigating water scarcity	9
Elemental sulphur with sulphur oxidizing bacteria enhances phosphorus availability and improves growth and yield of wheat in calcareous soil	9
Crop residue interactions with fertilizer rate enhances volatilization loss and reduces nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated maize and potato	9
Soil quality assessment of different land use systems of peri-urban - rural landscape of Deccan plateau, hot semi-arid agro-ecosystem	9
Economic, water saving and energy efficient crop establishment and inter-culture practices for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Indian humid subtropics	9
Techniques for sustainable coffee crop management: impacts on growth and yield	8
Elevations change fungal communities of the bulk soil, rhizosphere and root ofRhododendron delavayiFranch (Ericaceae) by affecting soil properties in a karst area, southwest China	8
Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhances the wheat yield, water use efficiency and soil physicochemical properties of the arid area in the Northwest China	8
Optimizing nitrogen fertilization for forage maize production to maximize profit and minimize environmental costs in a rainfed region in China	8
Soil quality assessment based on machine learning approach for cultivated lands in semi-humid environmental condition part of Black Sea region	8
Sugarcane straw management by inoculation of microbial consortia and its impact on short-term N source and amelioration of ratoon sugarcane yield	8
Assessment of sludge application in maize ( Zea mays L.): influence on crop biomass and heavy metals bioavailability	8
Comparative effects of different kinds of biochar on ammonia volatilization and chemical properties of saline soil	8
Myco-ecological warfare with Meloidogyne species	8
Soil Diseases Suppressiveness Conferred by Organic Farming, Practices and Microbial Metabolites	8
The summer sprays of iodine with calcium chloride are successful in biofortifying apples with iodine and improving their storability	8
Polyhalite improves lettuce yield, nutrient uptake and reduces Ca leaching in acidic soils	7
Pyrolytic synthesis and performance efficacy comparison of biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron on soil polluted with toxic metals	7
The application of N-butyl Phosphorothioate Triamine and Dicyandiamide changes the soil N₂O production path	7
Response of soil micro-food webs to the addition of maize straw and animal manure in a mollisol	7
Subsoiling reduces CO2 concentrations in soil profile of winter wheat – summer maize rotation ecosystem in the North China Plain: a strategy to achieve carbon neutrality in farmland	7
Effects of integrated rice-animals co-culture on paddy soil and water properties and rice yield: a meta-analysis	7
Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer and straw management promote root extension and nitrogen uptake to improve grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of winter wheat ( Triticum aest	7
Twenty—eight years long chemical fertilization effects on soil potassium status under rice-wheat-green gram cropping sequence	7
Synthesis, characterization and application of silicon and titanium nanoparticles to enhance the early development of maize ( Zea mays L.)	7
Exogenous application of Atonik (sodium nitrophenolate) under skip irrigation regimes modulated the physiology, growth and productivity of Zea mays L	7
Soil aggregate variation in two contrasting rice straw recycling systems for paddy soil amendment over two years	7
Evaluation of soil quality and land suitability in different management systems	7
Positive influences of the compost made from distillers’ grains waste on maize agronomic performances and greenhouse gas emissions	7
Influence of nitrogen sources on grain yield of wheat and net global warming potential	7
Bioethanol potential of switchgrass cultivars for rainfed and irrigated conditions in marginal lands	7
Biodegradable film mulching promotes better soil quality and increases summer maize grain yield in North China Plain	7
Salinity drives bacterial community shift in paddy soils applied with perishable waste compost	6
Effect of different methods of inoculation and co-inoculation of Bradyrhizobium spp. and Azospirillum brasilense on soybean agronomic perf	6
Straw, biochar, and nanocarbon altered the enzymatic reaction kinetics and thermodynamic process of catalase in the black soil under continuous warming	6
Invasive and native plants differ in their effects on the soil microbial community and plant-soil phosphorus cycle	6
Evaluation of intra-row spacing on growth, yield, grain quality and economic performance of quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) genotypes under semi-arid	6
Effect of organic amendments on soil structure, microbial community and water transport in the Qinghai Lake watershed, North-Eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	6
Modelling soil, plant and fertilizer relationship to optimize nutrient management for chilli ( Capsicum annuum L) under Alfisols of Southe	6
Influence of the application of charred and uncharred spent coffee grounds on soil Carbon and Nitrogen cycles	6
The role of management practices on soil seed bank agrobiodiversity and agronomic sustainability in a horticultural cropping system	6
Reductive soil disinfestation to improve soil properties in long-term tobacco cultivation	6
Using a single base addition for lime requirement of Acrisols: a case study in Southeastern Vietnam	6
Effect of herbicides on weed dynamics, soil fertility, energetics and productivity of upland rice in an acidic subtropical soil of the Eastern Himalayas, India	6
Subsurface drainage influences the structure and assembly of soil bacterial and fungal communities in salinized cotton field	6
Soilborne nematodes as bioindicators of soil health in cropping systems: a systematic review	6
Silicon and arbuscular mycorrhizal species complement in improving soil characteristics, sulfur metabolism and antioxidant defense responses in arsenic stressed Cajanus cajan	6

Effect of controlled traffic on maintaining physical soil quality in sugarcane fields under different crop management systems	6
Biochar and nitrogen fertilizer application increased yield and economic benefits in no-till lowland rice production system	5
Soil acidification associated with changes in inorganic forms of N reduces the yield of tea (Camellia sinensis)	5
Artificial neural network (ANN) in forecasting of poverty line and economic-energetic efficiencies into the maize-based agroecosystems	5
Can a superabsorbent polymer synthesised a CaCO ₃ based biofiller improve soil and plant available water and crop growth under salt stress?	5
Influence of soil properties for improving productivity and grain quality of rainfed rice	5
Summer maize grain yield and soil carbon emission response to subsoiling before winter wheat sowing in the North China Plain	5
Chemical fractionation and bioavailability of potassium as affected by digestate in a degraded Ultisol under maize cultivation	5
Amending soil with duckweed enhances mineralization of plant nutrients and induces shifts in composition of soil microbiome	5
Effects of biochar combined with nitrogen reduction on the soil microbial community of rapeseed	5
Agronomic and environmental performance of 6 energy crops in a close loop with digestate fertilization	5
Dust-induced metal toxicity alleviated by the combined effect of organic and inorganic amendments on soil and plant	5
Microbial inoculants improve nutrients uptake and yield of durum wheat in calcareous soils under drought stress in the Mediterranean region	5
Fertilization strategies to improve crop yields and N use efficiency depending on soil pH	5
Long-term fertilization impacts on soil phosphorus forms using XANES and NMR spectroscopy	5
Effects of the combination of Bacillus aryabhattai and calcium peroxide on soil silicon and potassium contents, the yield and quality of facility tomato	5
Early-stage impacts of conservation agriculture on soil health in a French Mediterranean irrigated system	5
Positive effects of maize incorporation into the traditional tobacco cropping systems on soil nutrients, microbial biomass, enzyme activities, and bacterial compositions	5
Residue retention and nitrogen management of preceding crops influences the productivity, profitability and environmental footprints of summer mungbean in maize-based cropping systems under conservati	5
Reductive soil disinfestation enhances melon yield over two consecutive cropping seasons by improving soil fertility and rhizosphere biota	5
Effect of partial root-zone drying irrigation (PRDI) on alfalfa available soil P	5
Control of soil variability in data analysis from camelina and crambe field breeding experiments with check plots	5
Crop nutrition and grain yield as affected by phosphorus fertilization and continued use of phosphogypsum in an Oxisol under no-till management	5
Exploring vegetation-driven microclimatic effects on soil temperature dynamics in tropical climates through machine learning and explainable AI	4
Improved mineral nutrient absorption and targeted tissue deposition via nano-fertilizers boost drought tolerance in maize ( Zea mays L.)	4
Potassium silicate as a replacement for potassium chloride in cotton plants: impacts on agronomical variables	4
Bio-formulation in combination with inorganic fertilizer improves crop growth, productivity and economics of kharif groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea	4
A simple and rapid method for evaluating the disintegration performance of compound fertilizer	4
Effects of different fertilization treatments on coffee bean quality and rhizosphere microorganisms	4
Lettuce plants resistant to drought stress: effects of white willow plant material applications	4
Coated controlled-release urea improves soil NO ₃ ⁻ −N accumulation, rubber yield and economic profit in a	4
Shading in the late stem elongation period generate the greatest grain yield reduction in oat (Avena sativa L.)	4
Effects of fertilizer produced from agro-industrial wastes on the quality of two different soils	4
Effects of salinity and iron deficiency on growth and physiological attributes of Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh	4
Interactive effect of different inorganic nitrogen sources and bacteria inoculation on productivity, grain quality, and economic returns of pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum	4
Soil fertility, microbial dynamics and mustard yield potential mediated by addition of organic amendments under sodic irrigation water	4
Enhancing nutritional quality of pigmented rice under salt stress: the role of temperature and environmental variability	4
Methodologies to simulate soil litter decomposition in silvopastoral systems using soil and ruminal incubation	4
Effectiveness of ethylene diurea in ameliorating ozone stress in blackgram varieties (Vigna mungo L.)	4
Self-digestive solution of Lysobacter enzymogenes LE16 as a biofungicide to control plant powdery mildew	4
Potential application of Chlorella sp. biomass cultivated in landfill leachate as agricultural fertilizer	4
Optimizing hemp ( Cannabis sativa L.) physiology and cannabidiol content through integrated chemical and bio-nitrogen fertilization under drought	4
Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) plants display contrasting sulfur-mediated drought acclimation in greenhouse and field	4
Assessing herbicide efficacy and selectivity for weed management and enhancing the production of non-GMO soybean cultivation	4
Enhancing wheat yield and quality through optimized weed control timing and seeding density	4
Mixing bamboo charcoal with vinasse fertilizer to remediate the phytotoxicity of quinclorac to tobacco	4
Soil carbon sequestration and aggregate stability improvement by tillage methods in China’s Loess Plateau	3
Changes in inorganic phosphorus fractions in weathered soils under long-term intensive cultivation and irrigation	3
Effect of land use system and altitude on carbon stability in naturally occurring clay-organic complex in soils of Arunachal Pradesh in the Eastern Himalaya, India	3
Plant growth-promoting of olive and walnut actinobacteria: isolation, screening PGP traits, antifungal activities, identification, and hydroponic production of wheat	3
Designing resource efficient integrated crop management modules for direct seeded rice-zero till wheat rotation of north western India: Impacts on system productivity, energy-nutrient-carbon dynamics	3
Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) mediated biofortification of micronutrients, protein characteristics, and γ-aminobutyric acid in sorghum grown on vertisols in the central clay plains of Sudan	3
Residual effects of alkalized sewage sludge application on soil quality and sugarcane yield	3
Impact of bare and CMC-coated Fe oxide nanoparticles on microbial activity and immobilising zinc, lead, and cadmium in a contaminated soil	3
Impact of long-term manuring and cropping system on stability of humus associated with clay-organic complex	3
Land use regulates microbial biomass and activity in highly degraded soil from Brazilian dry tropical forest	3
Biocrust ecology and functionality for regenerative agriculture: a review of the opportunities and challenges facing microbial agroecosystem restoration	3
Response of soybean [ Glycine max L. (Merrill)] to starter nitrogen in Western Ethiopia	3
Biomass and mineral partitioning in fruit-bearing pomegranate exposed to different levels of nitrogen	3
Ammonia volatilization and pasture yield of Urochloa decumbens fertilized with nitrogen sources	3
Comparative study on the response of corn hybrids to different irrigation techniques and moisture levels	3
Improvement of production and quality of secondary metabolites in thyme ( Thymus daenensis Celak) through eco-friendly fertilizers	3
Changes in yield of tomato irrigated with salty water varied by soil properties and irrigation practices: A meta-analysis	3
Effects of the training system on water productivity and water footprint in Mediterranean vineyards	3
Study on the influence mechanism of different grassland utilization on soil preferential flow in semi-arid grassland in northern China	3
Evaluation of drought tolerance in a world collection of Eruca sativa L. based on selection indices and some agronomic traits	3
Effects of irrigation and nitrogen on growth and water productivity of maize grown in saline soil	3
Rational utilization of urease and nitrification inhibitors improve the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria community, nitrogen use efficiency and peanut growth	3
Capability of conservation agriculture for preservation of organic carbon and succeeding effect on soil properties and productivity- a review	3
Ascomycota and Basidiomycota as key drivers of soil microbial stability under extreme soil moisture and temperature fluctuations	3
Novel rock mineral fertiliser application with microbial consortium inoculant enhances growth, yield and grain protein content of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in sandy soil	3
24-Epicastasterone and KH₂PO₄ protect grain production of wheat crops from terminal heat impacts by modulating leaf physiology	3
Water-stable aggregates and aggregate-associated organic carbon after two years of biochar application	3
Characteristics of nitrogen loss through lateral seepage in paddy fields under irrigation and drainage regulation	3
Nitrogen-rich animal and plant wastes as fertilizer improve the soil carbon/nitrogen ratio and plant branching and thickening of young walnut trees under deficit irrigation conditions	3
Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata (L.) - maize ( Zea mays L.) intercropping and fertilizer application affected m	3
Mulching improved soil fertility, plant growth and productivity, and postharvest deficit irrigation reduced water use in sweet cherry orchards in a semi-arid region	3
Applying fluorescence and 2D-correlation spectroscopy to elucidate changes in the chemical composition of DOM from soils with different vegetation types	3
Organic and natural farming improve microbial diversity and dehydrogenase activity in clusterbean-tomato cropping sequence	3
Agronomic Zn biofortification through nano ZnO application enhanced growth, photosystem efficiency, Zn and P nutrition in maize	3