OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science is 5. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Interactive effect of soil mulching and irrigation regime on yield, irrigation water use efficiency and ‎weeds of trickle–irrigated onion	46
Integrated usage of Trichoderma harzianum and biochar to ameliorate salt stress on spinach plants	46
Bacillus sp. PM31 harboring various plant growth-promoting activities regulates Fusarium dry rot and wilt tolerance in potato	45
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mitigate drought stress in citrus by modulating root microenvironment	39
Synthesis, characterization and application of ZnO nanoparticles for improved growth and Zn biofortification in maize	32
Phosphorus recovery using magnesium-enriched biochar and its potential use as fertilizer	31
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: an ecological accelerator of phytoremediation of metal contaminated soils	29
Effect of long-term application of organic fertilizers on improving organic matter quality in acid soil	24
Biochar increases maize yield by promoting root growth in the rainfed region	24
A review and evaluation of thermal conductivity models of saturated soils	24
Effect of conservation agriculture on selected soil physical properties on a haplic cambisol in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa	23
Beneficial role ofAzollasp. in paddy soils and their use as bioremediators in polluted aqueous environments: implications and future perspectives	22
Comparing Productivity of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems: A Quantitative Review	22
Sustainable alternative crop rotations to the irrigated rice-wheat cropping system of Indo-Gangetic plains of India	22
Potassium induces carbohydrates accumulation by enhancing morpho-physiological and biochemical attributes in soybean under salinity	20
Potassium supply in agriculture through biological potassium fertilizer: a promising and sustainable option for developing countries	19
Effects of nitrogen fertilizer rates and waterlogging on leaf physiological characteristics and grain yield of maize	19
Combining multivariate method and spectral variable selection for soil total nitrogen estimation by Vis–NIR spectroscopy	19
The challenge of drought stress for grain legumes and options for improvement	19
Soil health and crop response of biochar: an updated analysis	18
Modelling net irrigation water requirements using FAO-CROPWAT 8.0 and CLIMWAT 2.0: a case study of Tina Plain and East South ElKantara regions, North Sinai, Egypt	18
Crop rotation suppresses soil-borne Fusarium wilt of banana and alters microbial communities	18
Maize-peanut intercropping led to an optimization of soil from the perspective of soil microorganism	18
Maize-alfalfa intercropping induced changes in plant and soil nutrient status under nitrogen application	18
Biochar and phosphorus fertilization improved soil quality and inorganic phosphorus fractions in saline-alkaline soils	17

Exogenous organic matter as strategy to reduce pesticide leaching through the soil	15
Sugarcane bagasse biochar increases soil carbon sequestration and yields of maize and groundnut in charland ecosystem	15
Zinc biofortification of dual-purpose cowpea [Vigna unguiculata(L.) Walp.] for enhancing the productivity and nutritional quality in a semi-arid regions of India	15
Soil quality index evaluation model in responses to six-year fertilization practices in Mollisols	14
Effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from different sources on soil enzymes and microorganisms of Malus prunifolia var. Ringo	14
Influence of land-use pattern on soil quality in a steeply sloped tropical mountainous region, India	14
Soil acidification associated with changes in inorganic forms of N reduces the yield of tea (Camellia sinensis)	14
Long-term impact of grain legumes and nutrient management practices on soil microbial activity and biochemical properties	13
Phosphorus fertilization and intercropping interactively affect tomato and potato onion growth and rhizosphere arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community	13
The biotransformation potential of Bacillus cereus on β- cypermethrin to protect the earthworm (Perionyx excavatus) on insecticide -contaminated soil	12
The use of indigenous bacterial community as inoculant for plant growth promotion in soybean cultivation	12
Contamination factor and pollution load index to estimate source apportionment of selected heavy metals in soils around a cement factory, SW Iran	12
Changes in soil organic carbon stock and nutrient status after conversion of pasture land to cultivated land in semi-arid areas of northern Ethiopia	12
Effects of organic fertilization on phosphorus availability and crop growth: Evidence from a 7-year fertilization experiment	12
Soil phosphorus availability and cotton growth affected by biochar addition under two phosphorus fertilizer levels	12
Response surface modeling of humic acid stimulation of the rice (Oryza sativa L.) root system	12
Manure and inorganic fertilization impacts on soil nutrients, aggregate stability, and organic carbon and nitrogen in different aggregate fractions	12
Vis-NIR-spectroscopy- and loss-on-ignition-based functions to estimate organic matter content of calcareous soils	11
Alleviation of cadmium toxicity by mercapto-triazole priming in wheat	10
Combined effect of biochar and nitrogen fertilizer reduction on rapeseed productivity and nitrogen use efficiency	10
Investigation of biochars application on potassium forms and dynamics in a calcareous soil under different moisture conditions	10
Growth, yield and water productivity of rice as influenced by seed priming under alternate wetting and drying irrigation	10
Modeling the final fruit yield of coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) using multiple linear regression and artificial neural network models	10
Integrated nutrient management reduced the nutrient losses and increased crop yield in irrigated wheat	10
Nitrogen modulates cotton root morphology by affecting abscisic acid (ABA) and salicylic acid (SA) content	10
Effects of nitrogen application rate on summer maize (Zea mays L.) yield and water–nitrogen use efficiency under micro–sprinkling irrigation in the Huang–Huai–Hai Plain of China	10
Silvopastoral system for resilience of key soil health indicators in semi-arid environment	10
Effect of water conditions and nitrogen application on maize growth, carbon accumulation and metabolism of maize plant in subtropical regions	10
Effect of rock dust-amended compost on the soil properties, soil microbial activity, and fruit production in an apple orchard from the Jiangsu province of China	10
Effects of water discharge rate and slope gradient on runoff and sediment yield related to tillage erosion	10
Forms, transformations and availability of phosphorus after 32 years of manure and mineral fertilization in a Mollisol under continuous maize cropping	10
Elemental sulphur with sulphur oxidizing bacteria enhances phosphorus availability and improves growth and yield of wheat in calcareous soil	9
Effects of various phosphorus fertilizers on maize yield and phosphorus uptake in soils with different pH values	9
Alleviation of salt stress in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) plants by biochar-based rhizobacteria: new insights into the mechanisms regulating nutrient uptake, antioxidant activity, root growth	9
Uptake, translocation, transformation and physiological effects of nanoparticles in plants	9
Changes in soil phosphorus forms in a long-term cropping system as influenced by fertilization and tillage	9
Preventing soil degradation in shifting cultivation using integrated farming system models	9
Development of rill erosion and its simulation with cellular automata-rill model in Chinese Loess Plateau	9
Dicyandiamide efficacy of inhibiting nitrification and carbon dioxide emission from calcareous soil depends on temperature and moisture contents	9
Long-term soil quality decline due to the conventional tobacco tillage in Southern Brazil	9
Shifts of bacterial community structure and function in long-term soybean monoculture	9
Plant growth-promoting of olive and walnut actinobacteria: isolation, screening PGP traits, antifungal activities, identification, and hydroponic production of wheat	9
Deep placement of mixed controlled-release and conventional urea improves grain yield, nitrogen use efficiency of rainfed spring maize	9
Characteristics of crop straw-decayed products and their ameliorating effects on an acidic Ultisol	9
The effects of ground cover management on fruit yield and quality: a meta-analysis	9
Greenhouse gas emissions of rice straw return varies with return depth and soil type in paddy systems of Northeast China	9
Effect of controlled-release fertilizers on leaf characteristics, grain yield, and nitrogen use efficiency of machine-transplanted rice in southwest China	9
Co-application of controlled-release urea and a superabsorbent polymer to improve nitrogen and water use in maize	8
Impact of long term integrated nutrient management (INM) practice on aluminium dynamics and nutritional quality of rice under acidic Inceptisol	8
Anthropogenic land use changes diversity and structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities at 100-m scale in northeast China	8

Long-term effect of integrated fertilization on maize yield and soil fertility in a calcaric fluvisol	8
Nitrogen and phosphorus availability in the rhizosphere of maize plants cultivated in biochar amended soil	8
Organic amendment increases wheat yield by improving soil N transformations and reducing N loss in North China Plain	8
Pyrolytic synthesis and performance efficacy comparison of biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron on soil polluted with toxic metals	8
Biological indicators of soil quality under conventional, reduced, and no-tillage systems	8
Physiological role of hydrogen sulfide in seed germination and seedling development under stress conditions	8
Tillage systems influence on greenhouse gas emission factor and global warming potential under rice-mustard-rice cropping system	8
Breeding rice for heat tolerance and climate change scenario; possibilities and way forward. A review	8
Impact of levels of residue retention on soil properties under conservation agriculture in Vertisols of central India	8
Optimizing essential oil, fatty acid profiles, and phenolic compounds of dragon’s head (Lallemantia iberica) intercropped with chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with biofertilizer inoculatio	7
Growth, phenology and harvesting time of cactus-millet intercropping system under biotic mulching	7
Inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increases lettuce yield without altering natural soil communities	7
Identifying suitable soil quality indicators in an Indian rice-wheat system as influenced by long-term (30 years) inorganic-organic fertilization	7
Effect of allelochemicals, soil enzyme activity and environmental factors from Stellera chamaejasme L. on rhizosphere bacterial communities in the northern Tibetan Plateau	7
Tillage and crop residue incorporation effects on soil bacterial diversity in the double-cropping paddy field of southern China	7
Soil phosphorus fate and its lability after a long-term phosphorus fertilizer strategy in Brazilian Oxisol	7
Ridge irrigation reduced greenhouse gas emission in double-cropping rice field	7
Effects of different nitrogen fertilizer types and rates on cotton leaf senescence, yield and soil inorganic nitrogen	7
Proposing a constructed wetland within the branch drains network to treat degraded drainage water in Tina Plain, North Sinai, Egypt	7
Analysis of spatial and temporal changes of RUSLE-K soil erodibility factor in semi-arid areas in two different periods by conditional simulation	7
Urea-based nitrogen fertilization in agriculture: a key source of N₂O emissions and recent development in mitigating strategies	7
Soil quality assessment based on machine learning approach for cultivated lands in semi-humid environmental condition part of Black Sea region	6
Soil metaphenomics: a step forward in metagenomics	6
Improving productivity of maize-lentil rotation in alkaline Fluvisol following soil test crop response (STCR) - targeted yield approach of nutrient management	6
Soil erosion control and wheat productivity are improved by a developed ridge-furrow and reservoir tillage systems	6
PGPR inoculation of a contaminated soil affects plant growth and phytoavailability of Cd and Pb	6
On-farm fertilizing materials in organic horticulture: agronomic performance, energy use and GHG emission evaluation	6
Growth, grain yield, water and nitrogen use efficiency of rainfed maize in response to straw mulching and urea blended with slow-release nitrogen fertilizer: A two-year field study	6
Interactive effects of boron stress and mycorrhizal (AMF) treatments on tomato growth, yield, leaf chlorophyll and boron accumulation, and fruit characteristics	6
Amount of biologically nitrogen fixed by faba bean and its uptake by winter wheat determined by ¹⁵N ID method	6
The spatial pattern and seasonal changes in the soil phosphorus content in relation to the phosphatase activity: a case study of Luvisols	6
Does biochar application enhance soil salinization risk in black soil of northeast China (a laboratory incubation experiment)?	6
Sulfur management strategies to improve partial sulfur balance with irrigated peanut production on deep sands	6
Soil labile carbon and nitrogen fractions after eleven years of manure and mineral fertilizer applications	6
Survival, morphological variability, and performance ofOpuntia ficus-indicain a semi-arid region of India	6
Effects of thidiazuron and ethephon on the grain filling and dehydration characteristics of maize in Northeast China	6
Wide-precision planting pattern under different tillage methods affects photosynthesis and yield of winter wheat	6
Using Le Bissonnais method to study the stability of soil aggregates in plantations and its influence mechanism	6
Spatial variability assessment of soil fertility in black soils of central India using geostatistical modeling	5
Effects of phosphate loaded LDH-biochar/hydrochar on maize dry matter and P uptake in a calcareous soil	5
Effects of the application of biochar on soil fertility status, and nutrition and yield of onion grown in a no-tillage system	5
Short-term nickel residual effect in field-grown soybeans: nickel-enriched soil acidity amendments promote plant growth and safe soil nickel levels	5
The distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities at soil aggregate level in subtropical grasslands	5
Polyacrylamide dissolved in low-quality water effects on structure stability of soils varying in texture and clay type	5
Release of potassium from some heated calcareous soils to different solutions	5
Topcross hybrids in papaya (Carica papaya L.): evaluation of the potential for increasing fruit quality in new cultivars	5
Application of ammonium sulfate affects greenhouse gases and microbial diversity of an oil palm plantation on tropical peat	5
Nitrate transport and assimilation in plants: a potential review	5
Impact of forty-seven years of long-term fertilization and liming on soil health, yield of soybean and wheat in an acidic Alfisol	5
Copper and Zinc fractions and adsorption in sandy soil with long-term pig manure application	5
Rhizospheric microbiomes help Dongxiang common wild rice (Oryza rufipogonGriff.) rather thanLeersia hexandraSwartz survive under cold stress	5
Effects of potassium application on soil ecological resistance to Verticillium wilt of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)	5
Phosphorus fractions in biochar-amended soil — chemical sequential fractionation, ³¹P NMR, and phosphatase activity	5
Use of treated wastewater in irrigation: productive and nutritional aspects of millet and chemical properties of clay and sandy loam soils	5
Variations of soil viable and necromass carbon affected by biochar incorporation frequencies	5
Soil microbial properties and functional diversity in response to sewage sludge amendments	5
Eleven-year mulching and tillage practices alter the soil quality and bacterial community composition in Northeast China	5
Association of growth-promoting bacteria and hydroponic system aiming at reducing the time of production of banana seedlings	5
Application of mineral phosphorus fertilizer influences rhizosphere chemical and biological characteristics	5
Effect of different fertilizers on the bacterial community diversity in rhizosperic soil of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.)	5