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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Efficient substrates based on anaerobic sewage sludge biochar for tobacco seedlings in floating systems	61
Biochar addition to organo-mineral fertilisers delays nutrient leaching and enhances barley nutrient content	49
Combined application of animal manure and stover enhance labile organic carbon and benefit the microbial community in dark brown soil	33
Soil health in temperate agroforestry: influence of tree species and position in the field	27
Fast selection opportunity of salt tolerant guar bean genotypes with GGE biplot method	23
Pullout properties of Hippophae rhamnoides L. roots in the loess area	23
Effect of vanadium on Nicotiana tabacum L. grown in vanadium-loaded soil	22
Effects of enhanced UV-B radiation on nitrogen transformation and functional biological properties in the rice rhizosphere	21
The use of indigenous bacterial community as inoculant for plant growth promotion in soybean cultivation	20
Integrated nutrient management in spring-maize improves yield, nutrient use efficiency and minimizes greenhouse gas intensity	20
Effects of cultivars and habitats on rhizospheric arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Gannan navel oranges	19
Nitrogen uptake and utilization of two maize hybrids with contrasting nitrogen use efficiencies depending on fertilization amount	18
Water footprint in wheat production under conservation tillage	17
Optimizing essential oil, fatty acid profiles, and phenolic compounds of dragon’s head (Lallemantia iberica) intercropped with chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with biofertilizer inoculatio	16
Effect of soybean–wheat rotation on soil aggregation, organic nitrogen and net nitrogen mineralization characteristics: a four-year field study	14
Effect of elevated temperature on growth and glyphosate susceptibility of Chloris truncata R.Br., Sonchus oleraceus L., and	14
Effects of 15-year vegetation restoration on organic carbon in soil aggregates on the Loess Plateau, China	14
Effects of poultry manure on structure and some indicators of fertility in tropical soils	12
Effects of agricultural waste returning on soil nematode community composition	12
Relationship between soil fertility and pasture composition on milk quality in Simmental-Fleckvieh production systems in the Peruvian Amazon	12
Potential of novel Rhizobium strains as biofertilizer for improved groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) cultivation in Eastern India	11
Application of mineral phosphorus fertilizer influences rhizosphere chemical and biological characteristics	11
Crop residue interactions with fertilizer rate enhances volatilization loss and reduces nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated maize and potato	11
Comparative study on changes in biochemical constituents, yield and quality of lemongrass ( Cymbopogon flexuosus ) grown under different soil types	11
Soil chemical characteristics, yield and technological quality of sugarcane under subsurface drip irrigation with treated sewage effluent	10

Application of soil amendments to enhance soil carbon and biological properties in a paddy field under elevated CO₂ conditions	9
Net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide on hayland with drained peat soil in central European Russia: mowing scenario analysis	9
Nitrification inhibitor application at stem elongation stage increases soil nitrogen availability and wheat nitrogen use efficiency under drought stress	9
Profile distribution of trace elements under different land-use systems in North East India	9
Effect of calcined/non-calcined phosphate rock application on crop yield and phosphorus availability to replace commercial fertilizer on a lixisol in Burkina Faso	9
Effect of soil compaction and cover crop management on soil physical quality, biomass production and corn and soybean yield	8
Elemental sulphur with sulphur oxidizing bacteria enhances phosphorus availability and improves growth and yield of wheat in calcareous soil	8
Quantification of soil quality index using pedo-morphological data of alluvial soils of indo-gangetic plains, India	8
Comparative effects of different kinds of biochar on ammonia volatilization and chemical properties of saline soil	7
Assessment of sludge application in maize ( Zea mays L.): influence on crop biomass and heavy metals bioavailability	7
Soil Diseases Suppressiveness Conferred by Organic Farming, Practices and Microbial Metabolites	7
Effect of straw mulching on water consumption components and crop coefficients in a maize field	7
Poly-γ-glutamic acid enhances the wheat yield, water use efficiency and soil physicochemical properties of the arid area in the Northwest China	7
Soil quality assessment based on machine learning approach for cultivated lands in semi-humid environmental condition part of Black Sea region	7
Soil quality assessment of different land use systems of peri-urban - rural landscape of Deccan plateau, hot semi-arid agro-ecosystem	7
Soil labile carbon and nitrogen fractions after eleven years of manure and mineral fertilizer applications	7
Sugarcane straw management by inoculation of microbial consortia and its impact on short-term N source and amelioration of ratoon sugarcane yield	7
Soil aggregate variation in two contrasting rice straw recycling systems for paddy soil amendment over two years	7
Behavior of coffee plants under different cropping systems with a focus on mitigating water scarcity	7
Elevations change fungal communities of the bulk soil, rhizosphere and root ofRhododendron delavayiFranch (Ericaceae) by affecting soil properties in a karst area, southwest China	7
Economic, water saving and energy efficient crop establishment and inter-culture practices for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Indian humid subtropics	7
Techniques for sustainable coffee crop management: impacts on growth and yield	7
Rare microbial populations as sensitive indicators of bacterial community dissimilarity under different agricultural management practices	7
Synthesis, characterization and application of silicon and titanium nanoparticles to enhance the early development of maize ( Zea mays L.)	6
Pyrolytic synthesis and performance efficacy comparison of biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron on soil polluted with toxic metals	6
Effects of integrated rice-animals co-culture on paddy soil and water properties and rice yield: a meta-analysis	6
Physiological responses and uptake of heavy metals by Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Maxim.) Benth., an energy plant species, under multiple heavy metals stress	6
Trade-off between soil aggregate stability and carbon decomposition under 44 years long-term integrated nutrient management in rice-wheat-jute system	6
The summer sprays of iodine with calcium chloride are successful in biofortifying apples with iodine and improving their storability	6
Optimizing nitrogen fertilizer and straw management promote root extension and nitrogen uptake to improve grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency of winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.<	6
Positive influences of the compost made from distillers’ grains waste on maize agronomic performances and greenhouse gas emissions	6
The application of N-butyl Phosphorothioate Triamine and Dicyandiamide changes the soil N₂O production path	6
Evaluation of soil quality and land suitability in different management systems	6
Optimizing nitrogen fertilization for forage maize production to maximize profit and minimize environmental costs in a rainfed region in China	6
Soil quality indicators along a degradation gradient in central Iran: comparison of two regions with contrasting grazing systems	6
Exogenous application of Atonik (sodium nitrophenolate) under skip irrigation regimes modulated the physiology, growth and productivity of Zea mays L	5
Biodegradable film mulching promotes better soil quality and increases summer maize grain yield in North China Plain	5
Saffron yield estimation by adaptive neural-fuzzy inference system and particle swarm optimization (ANFIS-SCM-PSO) hybrid model	5
Silicon and arbuscular mycorrhizal species complement in improving soil characteristics, sulfur metabolism and antioxidant defense responses in arsenic stressed Cajanus cajan	5
Effect of partial root-zone drying irrigation (PRDI) on alfalfa available soil P	5
Crop nutrition and grain yield as affected by phosphorus fertilization and continued use of phosphogypsum in an Oxisol under no-till management	5
Effects of belowground interactions on crop yields and nutrient uptake in maize-faba bean relay intercropping systems	5
The role of management practices on soil seed bank agrobiodiversity and agronomic sustainability in a horticultural cropping system	5
Response of microbial community diversity and subsoil properties to cow manure amendment in mollisols	5
Influence of nitrogen sources on grain yield of wheat and net global warming potential	5
Scaling of Kostiakov–Lewis equation and estimation of scaling factors at field scale	5
Subsoiling before winter wheat cultivation increases photosynthetic characteristics and leaf water-use efficiency of summer maize in a double-cropping system	5
Straw, biochar, and nanocarbon altered the enzymatic reaction kinetics and thermodynamic process of catalase in the black soil under continuous warming	5
Effect of organic amendments on soil structure, microbial community and water transport in the Qinghai Lake watershed, North-Eastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	5
Effect of herbicides on weed dynamics, soil fertility, energetics and productivity of upland rice in an acidic subtropical soil of the Eastern Himalayas, India	5

Reductive soil disinfestation to improve soil properties in long-term tobacco cultivation	5
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	5
IsBacillus amyloliquefaciensinoculation effective for the enhancement of soil and plant nutrient status and fruit quality ofSolanum lycopersicumL. in the presence of composted organic fe	5
Loose and tower-type canopy structure can improve cotton yield in the Yellow River basin of China by increasing light interception	5
Twenty—eight years long chemical fertilization effects on soil potassium status under rice-wheat-green gram cropping sequence	5
Modelling soil, plant and fertilizer relationship to optimize nutrient management for chilli ( Capsicum annuum L) under Alfisols of Southe	5
Microbial inoculants improve nutrients uptake and yield of durum wheat in calcareous soils under drought stress in the Mediterranean region	5
Influence of the application of charred and uncharred spent coffee grounds on soil Carbon and Nitrogen cycles	5
Taxonomic and biological characterization and predatory activity of four nematophagous fungi isolates of Arthrobotrys species from Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico	5
Effect of controlled traffic on maintaining physical soil quality in sugarcane fields under different crop management systems	5
Bioethanol potential of switchgrass cultivars for rainfed and irrigated conditions in marginal lands	5
Using a single base addition for lime requirement of Acrisols: a case study in Southeastern Vietnam	5