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• You have access Implementing constructed wetlands for nutrient reduction at watershed scale: Opportunity to link models and real-world execution C.T. Nietch , R.J. Hawley , A. Safwat , J.R. Christensen , M.T. Heberling , J. McManus , R. McClatchey , H. Lubbers , N.J. Smucker , E. Onderak and S. Macy Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2024, 79 (3) 113-131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.00077
• You have access A historic landmark for the role of soil health in climate and food security: “Soil health” in COP28 UAE Declaration Rattan Lal Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2024, 79 (3) 48A-52A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.0226A
• You have access Leveraging ecological monitoring programs to collect soil and geomorphology data across the western United States P. Martinez , J.R. Brehm , A.M. Nafus , A. Laurence-Traynor , S.W. Salley and S.E. McCord Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2024, 79 (3) 132-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.00068
• You have access Elevation-Derived Hydrography: The USGS’s rich new hydrological features dataset Tracy Ray and Brad Barker Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2024, 79 (3) 53A-55A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.0314A
• You have access Exploring agricultural soil health through constraints of place: How pedology adds context to understanding soil health evaluation Suzanne Fey and Josh McDanel Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2024, 79 (3) 43A-47A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.0108A
• You have access Resolving the hydrologic signature of water spreader berms in the US Southwest O. Crompton , M. Nichols , D. Lapides and H. Xu Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2024, 79 (3) 155-165; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.00086
• You have access Nitrogen balances and losses in conservation cropping systems across a tile-drained landscape in Ohio, United States B.R. Hanrahan , K.W. King , K.R. Rumora and J.H. Stinner Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2024, 79 (3) 145-154; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.00055
• You have access Insights from the USDA Grazing Land National Resources Inventory and field studies Kenneth E. Spaeth , William A. Rutherford , Carrie-Ann Houdeshell , C. Jason Williams , Brenda Simpson , Shane Green , David Toledo , Erik Suffridge and Sarah E. McCord Journal of Soil and Water Conservation May 2024, 79 (3) 37A-42A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.0107A
• You have access Eco-hydrological functioning of multi-aged dryland afforestation systems E. Argaman , C. Xu , Z. Xu , G. Zheng , U. Basson and I. Stavi Journal of Soil and Water Conservation March 2024, 79 (2) 55-65; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.00053
• You have access Low-overhead dairy grazing: A specific solution to a vexing problem Jonathan R. Winsten Journal of Soil and Water Conservation March 2024, 79 (2) 27A-31A; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.0122A

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• U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center
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• Southwest Watershed Research
• Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Research
• Crop Improvement and Protection Research
• Watershed Management Research
• Soil and Water Conservation Research
• Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research
• Center for Agricultural Resources Research
• Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research
• Center for Grain and Animal Health Research: Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research
• Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory: Agricultural Systems Research
• Integrated Cropping Systems Research
• Conservation and Production Research Laboratory
• Conservation and Production Research Laboratory: Soil and Water Management Research
• Conservation and Production Research Laboratory: Livestock Nutrient Management Research
• Cropping Systems Research Laboratory
• Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research
• Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory
• Global Change and Photosynthesis Research
• National Soil Erosion Research
• National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment: Soil, Water & Air Resources Research
• Soil Management Research
• Soil and Water Management Research
• U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center
• U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center: Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management Research
• Soil Dynamics Research
• Delta Water Management Research
• Sugarcane Production Research
• U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory: Subtropical Plant Pathology Research
• Southeast Watershed Research
• National Sedimentation Laboratory
• National Sedimentation Laboratory: Water Quality and Ecology Research
• Crop Science Research Laboratory
• Crop Production Systems Research
• Plant Science Research
• New England Plant, Soil and Water Research Laboratory
• Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory
• Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory
• Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory
• Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health
• Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health: Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research
• Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research

187 Research Projects Studying Soil

• Managing manure as a soil resource for improved biosecurity, nutrient availability, and soil sustainability (Agroecosystem Management Research)
• Soil response to agricultural intensification in the western corn belt (Agroecosystem Management Research)
• Development of improved soil sampling design using geophysical layers (Agroecosystem Management Research)
• Identifying and managing soilborne pathogens in high tunnel vegetable production (Application Technology Research)
• Coupling soilless containerized production systems and irrigation technology to address water, agrichemical, and weed management (Application Technology Research)
• Experimentation, model development and on-farm application crop and soil process models for corn, potato...experiment stations (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory)
• Factors affect the transfer of bacterial pathogens to leafy greens from soils (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Environmental Microbial & Food Safety Laboratory)
• Microbial and physico-chemical technologies to control bacterial pathogens during hydroponic, aquaponic, and soil production of fresh produce (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Environmental Microbial & Food Safety Laboratory)
• Leveraging the national potato soil health project platform (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Genetic Improvement for Fruits & Vegetables Laboratory)
• Common scab pathogen population stability and soil factors associated with disease suppression (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Genetic Improvement for Fruits & Vegetables Laboratory)
• Calibration and validation of in situ soil moisture sensors at marena oklahoma (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory)
• Metrics, management, and monitoring: an investigation of rangeland and pasture soil health and its drivers (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory)
• Root-zone soil moisture using p-band observations (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory)
• Using smap soil moisture products to improve streamflow forecasting in ungauged basins (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory)
• Application of remote sensing and land data assimilation for high-resolution, root-zone soil moisture monitoring within almond orchards... (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory)
• Farming for more than food: management impact on soil organic carbon and mineralogy (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory)
• Soil, crop, and manure biochemistry and molecular ecology: bridging knowledge gaps in microbiome response to management and climate change (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory)
• Long-term cropping systems impacts on soil carbon and nitrogen pools (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory)
• Development of genomic tools for control and characterization of rhizoctonia solani and other soil-borne plant pathogens (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory)
• Assessment of soil quality parameters in tropical soils and elemental composition in tropical crops subjected to abiotic stresses (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Sustainable Perennial Crops Laboratory)
• Metrics, management, and monitoring: an investigation in rangeland and pasture soil health and their drivers - fort collins (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Rangeland Resources & Systems Research)
• Soil c cycling in irrigated agroecosystems (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research)
• Agricultural management for long-term sustainability and soil health (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research)
• Characterization of soil microbiome in diverse biochar-amended soils and ecosystems (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Soil Management and Sugarbeet Research)
• Understanding soil and environmental effects on crop species and rangeland ecosystems under water limitation (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Water Management and Systems Research)
• Long-term tillage influence soil nutrient dynamics and soil quality in dryland cropping system (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Water Management and Systems Research)
• Long-term oil seed production influence soil quality and carbon content in dryland cropping system (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Water Management and Systems Research)
• Improving soil quality and productivity of eroded crop land using animal beef manure (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Water Management and Systems Research)
• Long-term tillage influence soil quality and carbon cycling in dryland cropping system (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Water Management and Systems Research)
• Long-term cover crops influence soil quality and carbon content in cropping system (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Water Management and Systems Research)
• Residue removal study and manure addition to maintain soil quality and sustainability (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Water Management and Systems Research)
• Long-term beef manure influences soil quality, carbon dynamics, and corn productivity (Center for Agricultural Resources Research: Water Management and Systems Research)
• Effect of soil sulfur content on sorghum protein quality (Center for Grain and Animal Health Research: Grain Quality and Structure Research)
• Investigating naturally revegetated chat-contaminated soils-assisted revegetation (Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research)
• Use of locally effective microorganisms and other amendments for the improvement of soil health in mine-impacted remediated soils (Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research)
• Innovative manure treatment technologies and enhanced soil health for agricultural systems of the southeastern coastal plain (Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research)
• Strategies to manage feed nutrients, reduce gas emissions, and promote soil health for beef and dairy cattle production systems of the southern great plains (Conservation and Production Research Laboratory: Livestock Nutrient Management Research)
• Developing the perfect molecular markers and new germplasm for rapid incorporation of resistance to soil borne pathogens in soybean (Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research)
• Healthy soils and bioproducts for improved nutrient-use efficiency and ecosystem services (Crop Genetics and Breeding Research)
• Row crop production under climate change – assessment of sustainable management practices for plant and soil health (Crop Genetics Research)
• Strategies and tools to improve soil resources, pest management, and climate resilience on organic and conventional vegetable and strawberry farms (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry & vegetable cropping systems - economic analysis (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry & vegetable cropping systems - fumigation and weed management (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry & vegetable cropping systems - yield monitoring (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry & vegetable cropping systems - remote sensing (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry & vegetable cropping systems - santa maria (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry & vegetable cropping systems - food origins yield quantification (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry and vegetable cropping systems – oxnard trials (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry & vegetable cropping systems – oxnard plot management (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• A metagenomics marker system for identification of all fusarium oxysporum taxa in field soils (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry & vegetable cropping systems - characterization of plant health (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Site-specific soil pest management in strawberry & vegetable cropping systems - modeling strawberry yield (Crop Improvement and Protection Research)
• Stimulation of potentially active soil microbes to provide maximum soil health (Crop Science Research Laboratory: Genetics and Sustainable Agriculture Research)
• Sensitivity and reproducibility of dynamic soil properties (Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research)
• Expansion and refinement of soil health assessment protocol and evaluation (shape) and revised technical note 450-03 (Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research)
• Regional soil health testing for shape tool (Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research)
• Developing strategies for resilient and sustainable crop, water, and soil management in semi-arid environments (Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research)
• Establishing a soil health framework for water-limited regions (Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research)
• Partitioning of anthropogenic radioisotopes on aeolian sediments and erosion-affected soils (Cropping Systems Research Laboratory: Wind Erosion and Water Conservation Research)
• Defining soil health for winegrape production (Crops Pathology and Genetics Research)
• Plant breeding partnership: modeling genetic variation of rice hydraulic response to changes in soil moisture (Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center)
• Development of the fpac soil carbon data management tools suites and systems that are integrated into and maintained on the usda ars partnerships (Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center)
• Microbial indicators of soil health and plant productivity for hawaii agroecosystems (Daniel K. Inouye U.s. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center: Tropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research)
• Exploring the link between soil and human health: protein, protein quality, and the nutraceutical amino acid ergothioneine (Eastern Regional Research Center: Sustainable Biofuels and Co-products Research)
• The soil health nexus: biochar use for improving soil health and limiting pfas movement in soils (Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center: Food Animal Metabolism Research Unit)
• Pchi: field experiments to incorporate pulse crops in cropping systems and assess soil health and plant water use efficiency - phase 2 (Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center: Small Grain and Food Crops Quality Research Unit)
• Pchi: assessment of soil health and nitrogen economy in lentil and pea cropping systems (Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center: Small Grain and Food Crops Quality Research Unit)
• Field experiments to incorporate pulse crops in cropping systems and assess soil health and plant water use efficiency (Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center: Small Grain and Food Crops Quality Research Unit)
• Pchi - minimizing water and nutrient footprint for sustainable pulses-wheat cropping systems and enhanced soil health (Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center: Small Grain and Food Crops Quality Research Unit)
• Understanding how sunflower soil microbiome impacts resistance to sclerotinia stalk rot (Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center: Sunflower Improvement Research Unit)
• Evaluating rotational cropping systems and their impact on soil microbiota, crop yield and ecosystem benefits in northern agro-ecosystems (Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center: Weed and Insect Biology Research Unit)
• Connecting social and environmental characteristics to soil health on new england farms (Food Systems Research)
• Optimizing soil carbon sequestration in oregon seed production systems (Forage Seed and Cereal Research)
• Improved understanding of soilborne oomycete communities from florida citrus production areas (Foreign Disease-weed Science Research)
• Climate adaptation and sustainability in switchgrass: exploring plant-microbe-soil interactions across continental scale environmental gradients (Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory)
• Rangeland ecohydrology and soil erosion course (Great Basin Rangelands Research)
• Soil erosion and ecosystem recovery after wildfire under a changing climate (Great Basin Rangelands Research)
• Soil, water, meadow and rangeland monitoring on the desatoya mountains project (Great Basin Rangelands Research)
• Identifying huckleberry pollinators and the impact of soil amendment treatments (Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research)
• Optimizing mineral nutrition in container-grown crops in soilless substrates (Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research)
• Quantifying soil health in the des moines lobe under a wide range of management scenarios using the oklahoma mobile kits (National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment: Agroecosystems Management Research)
• Agroecosystem sustainability in upper mississippi river basin: crop, soil, and water resources (National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment: Agroecosystems Management Research)
• Know your carbon landscape: data for consistent monitoring of soil carbon monitoring (National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment: Agroecosystems Management Research)
• Optimizing carbon management for enhancing soil and crop performances (National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment: Soil, Water & Air Resources Research)
• Mapping subsoil fragipan breakdown by ryegrass cover cropping (National Laboratory for Agriculture and The Environment: Soil, Water & Air Resources Research)
• Enhancing long-term agroecosystem sustainability of water and soil resource through science and technology (National Sedimentation Laboratory: Water Quality and Ecology Research)
• Enhancing long-term agroecosystem sustainability of water and soil resources through science and technology (National Sedimentation Laboratory: Water Quality and Ecology Research)
• Assessing conservation practice impacts on reducing soil loss from ephemeral gullies within ceap watersheds (National Sedimentation Laboratory: Watershed Physical Processes Research)
• Science and technologies for improving soil and water resources in agricultural watersheds (National Sedimentation Laboratory: Watershed Physical Processes Research)
• Acoustic and geophysical methods for multi-scale measurements of soil and water resources (National Sedimentation Laboratory: Watershed Physical Processes Research)
• Provide soil erosion-resistance data of lower american river site 4a to usace, sacramento district, for risk-based evaluation of bank erosion (National Sedimentation Laboratory: Watershed Physical Processes Research)
• Groundwater and soil water dynamics modeling to advance erosion prediction in agricultural fields (National Sedimentation Laboratory: Watershed Physical Processes Research)
• Characterization of existing soil conservation practices using remote sensing and machine learning (National Sedimentation Laboratory: Watershed Physical Processes Research)
• Improving understanding of soil processes for making more informed agricultural management decisions that increase agricultural sustainability in the central u.s. (National Soil Erosion Research)
• Northern great plains research laboratory and area iv soil conservation districts research farm agreement (Natural Resource Management Research)
• Influence of plant secondary metabolites on abiotic co2 efflux from soils (Natural Resource Management Research)
• Assessing soil microbiomes for soil health and agricultural productivity (Natural Resource Management Research)
• Determining impacts of soil moisture and weather variability on crp emergence and establishment (Natural Resource Management Research)
• Support of the soil and water conservation society international annual conference (Natural Resources and Sustainable Agricultural Systems)
• Enhancing soil health in potato production by applying soil amendments and manipulating post-fumigation microbiomes (New England Plant, Soil and Water Research Laboratory)
• Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobium on soil health and plant growth (Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory: Agricultural Systems Research)
• Sustainable soils for healthy communities and climate resilience in the semi-arid west (Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory: Agricultural Systems Research)
• Rangeland resilience following wildfire: post-fire soil health (Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory: Agricultural Systems Research)
• Consequences of uniformly managing irrigated fields with variable soil depths (Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research)
• U.s. dairy net zero initiative: improving dairy on-farm sustainability through improved soil health and manure management (Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research)
• Advancing soil health and agricultural performance to promote sustainable intensification and resilience of northwest dryland cropping systems (Northwest Sustainable Agroecosystems Research)
• Continuing a general framework for cooperation for research on crop and soil science projects (Northwest Sustainable Agroecosystems Research)
• Effects of grazing land management on soil organic carbon in the united states: a climate hubs-ltar science synthesis and translation collaboration (Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center (ocparc))
• Evaluation of management impacts on water and soil quality using distributed hydrologic and transport models (Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center (ocparc): Agroclimate and Hydraulics Research)
• Adapting agricultural production systems and soil and water conservation practices to climate change and variability in southern great plains (Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center (ocparc): Agroclimate and Hydraulics Research)
• Impacts of variable land management and climate on water and soil resources (Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center (ocparc): Agroclimate and Hydraulics Research)
• Increasing water productivity, nutrient efficiency and soil health in rainfed food systems of semi-aris southern great plains (Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center (ocparc): Livestock, Forage and Pasture Management Resaerch)
• Interseeding cover crops into corn to extend the grazing season and improve soil health (Pasture Systems & Watershed Management Research)
• Sampling for root-zone enrichment of soil organic matter (Plant Science Research)
• Analysis to support soil health and climate change research (Plant Science Research)
• Enhanced soil carbon farming as a climate solution (Plant Science Research)
• Quantifying soil organic carbon on cotton farms throughout the southeastern united states and texas (Plant Science Research)
• Using soil and water health assessment tools to identify best management strategies (Poultry Production and Product Safety Research)
• Advancing the state of soil information on u.s. tribal lands for improved food security (Poultry Production and Product Safety Research)
• Developing best management practices for poultry litter to improve agronomic value and reduce air, soil and water pollution (Poultry Production and Product Safety Research)
• Identifying drivers of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in semi-arid agroecosystems (Range Management Research)
• Microbial interactions in the soybean cyst nematode suppressive soil microbiome (Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health: Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research)
• Biochemistry and physiology of crop adaptation to soil-based abiotic stresses (Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture & Health: Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research)
• Quantifying dynamic soil properties for soil health in the central valley of california (San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center: Water Management Research)
• Improving soil and water productivity and quality in irrigated cropping systems (San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center: Water Management Research)
• Linking soil carbon building practices to almond nutritional quality (San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center: Water Management Research)
• Management practices to promote soil biological health with reduced irrigation inputs (San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center: Water Management Research)
• Soil health and crop productivity in pacific northwest dryland wheat production systems (Soil and Water Conservation Research)
• Developing aspirational practices through improved process understanding to protect soil and air resources and increase agricultural productivity in the upper midwest u.s. (Soil and Water Management Research)
• Improved process-based models for predicting nitrous oxide emissions from fertilized soils (Soil and Water Management Research)
• Healthy soils, healthy waters: will soil health improvements mitigate nutrient loading to the great lakes? (Soil Drainage Research)
• Soil health and water quality nexus in sustainable agroecosystems (Soil Drainage Research)
• Soil health assessment across the ohio edge-of-field network (Soil Drainage Research)
• Improving our understanding of the impact of management on greenhouse gas emissions of major mid-south crops-auburn-soil dynamics research unit (Soil Dynamics Research)
• American society of agronomy, crop science society of america, and soil science society of america (asa, cssa, sssa) (Southeast Watershed Research)
• Influence of soil microbiota and entomopathogenic nematodes on cotton defensive chemical production (Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: Insect Control and Cotton Disease Research)
• Soil microbiome to control aflatoxin and field evaluation of transgenic corn (Southern Regional Research Center: Food and Feed Safety Research)
• Nitrous oxide, methane, and carbon dioxide soil flux from climate-smart sugarcane production systems in louisiana (Sugarcane Research)
• Post-harvest crop residue management affects sugarcane yield, soil health, and carbon sequestration (Sugarcane Research)
• Silicate rock (carbonlock) soil application effects on insect herbivory, carbon sequestration, and sugarcane growth (Sugarcane Research)
• Dissipation and activity of selected pesticides in sugarcane production soil of louisiana (Sugarcane Research)
• Water and soil resources in sustainable sugarcane production systems for temperate climates (Sugarcane Research)
• Determining subsurface hydraulic properties and water content using geophysical methods and limited soil/sediment datasets (Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Research)
• Machine learning for unearthing environmental drivers of soil moisture dynamics and scaling to hillslope and remote sensing observations (Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Research)
• Intensification of agroecosystems and its impact on soil health and water quality (Sustainable Water Management Research)
• Characterization of soil health parameters from nematode infested potato fields in the columbia basin (Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research)
• Increasing water productivity, nutrient efficiency and soil health in rainfed food systems of semi-arid southern great plains (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Plant Physiology and Genetics Research)
• Roles of microplastics in reclaimed water - enhancing persistence and bioavailability of antimicrobials in agricultural soils (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Water Management and Conservation Research)
• Multi-site study of soil, sediments and water for pfass analysis in north carolina (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Water Management and Conservation Research)
• Identify the effective microalgae-based strategies to ensure food safety in reclaimed water irrigated soils (U.s. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center: Water Management and Conservation Research)
• Soil health collaborative: evaluating the social, economic, policy, and biophysical drivers and barriers to greater use of soil health practices (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research)
• Comprehensive soil health: conservation & remediation practices for urban agriculture (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research)
• Soil health collaborative: nutrient and pest management program outreach (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research)
• Outreach and promotion of regenerative grazing practices to support soil health and economic resilience (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research)
• Evaluating, educating, and communicating the value of cover crop in wi crop rotations, for enhanced productivity, water, and soil quality protection (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research)
• Measuring field-scale changes in soil ecosystem services and crop production with the integration of conservation practices in dairy forage systems (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research)
• Kentucky alfalfa nutrient survey: understanding the role of soil fertility (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research)
• Native american soil health collaborative: strengthening soil health efforts among indigenous communities (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research)
• Advancing hmong farmers in soil health practices through outreach and education (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research)
• Supporting soil health practices through study of labor management on midwest diversified farms (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Dairy Forage Research)
• The crop and soil module of the ruminant farm systems (rufas) model (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management Research)
• Quantifying soil resources and carbon stocks at the uw marshfield agricultural research station (mars) (U.s. Dairy Forage Research Center: Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management Research)
• Soil amendment effects on tomato bacterial spot (U.s. Horticultural Research Laboratory: Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research)
• Anaerobic soil disinfestation for enhancing and advancing the sustainability of organic specialty crop production systems (asd-easy organic) (U.s. Horticultural Research Laboratory: Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research)
• Organic soil treatment methods for nematode control in california carrots (U.s. Horticultural Research Laboratory: Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research)
• Utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance to determine the effect of anaerobic soil disinfestation on soil properties (U.s. Horticultural Research Laboratory: Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research)
• Soil disinfestation treatments for organic carrot production (U.s. Horticultural Research Laboratory: Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research)
• Impact of residue biochemical quality on soil disinfestation (U.s. Horticultural Research Laboratory: Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research)
• Anaerobic soil disinfestation for organic strawberry production (U.s. Horticultural Research Laboratory: Citrus and Other Subtropical Products Research)
• Investigating soil microbiomes that increase suppression of verticillium dahliae and potato early dying disease (Vegetable Crops Research)
• Alternatives to soil fumigants for managing root-knot nematode damage in carrots (Vegetable Crops Research)
• Leveraging concentrated organic byproduct for nutrient use efficiency, and anaerobic soil disinfestation in organic vegetable production (Vegetable Research)
• Nematode early warning system (news) facilitates real-time remote monitoring of soil pathogens in agricultural fields (Vegetable Research)
• Plant-soil feedbacks driving cheatgrass invasion (Western Regional Research Center: Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Research)
• Effect of irrigation regimes on the romaine lettuce and soil microbiomes, and their transmission, throughout the growth season (Western Regional Research Center: Produce Safety and Microbiology Research)
• Ecology and genomics of soilborne pathogens, beneficial microbes, and the microbiome of wheat, barley, and biofuel brassicas (Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research)
• Winter peas in the wheat-fallow region of the pacific northwest: benefits to soil health and cropping systems (Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research)
• Identification and management of soilborne pathogens of wheat and barley in idaho (Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research)

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Soil and Water Engineering Principles and Applications of Modeling

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Modeling aspects have added a new dimension in research innovations in all branches of engineering. In the field of soil and water engineering, they are increasingly used for planning, development, and management of land and water resources, including analysis of quantity and quality parameters of surface and ground water, flood forecasting and control measures, optimum allocation and utilization of irrigation water. The application of these models saves considerable time in decision support systems and helps in conservation and optimum allocations of scarce precious natural resources.

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Improving water stability of soil aggregates with polyvinyl alcohol as a polymeric binder.

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Research on ecosystem services of water conservation and soil retention: a bibliometric analysis

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Water conservation and soil retention are two essential regulating services that are closely related, and their relationship might produce synergies or trade-offs. Distinguishing the current status and evolution of research in this field could provide a scientific foundation for subsequent research. “Water conservation” and “soil retention” were selected as keywords for a search of Web of Science for publications during 1976–2018. A total of 4489 periodical articles were obtained. Using bibliometric and social network analysis tools, the scientific output performance, national research contributions, potential hot topics, and connections between keywords and the levels of cooperation between countries at different stages were explored to reveal the related development trends. The results showed that the literature on water conservation and soil retention increased rapidly, especially after 2008. The USA, China, and India were the most productive countries, and the USA, the UK, and Canada were the most influential countries regarding international cooperation. Agriculture, water resource utilization, water–soil erosion, and ecosystem services were closely related topics, and the connections between these topics have increased since 1998. In addition to sustainability, the response of water conservation and soil retention to global environmental change, such as water resource management, land use, and land conservation, are potential emerging research hotspots.

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I study urban lead poisoning in children from soil and other sources, and I have worked with colleagues to analyze tens of thousands of soil samples collected from typical homes by research scientists and by citizens across the U.S. . This work is ongoing, but our newly published findings show that under the new EPA standard, potentially harmful lead exposure from soil is far more widespread than many people—including public officials—realize. Reducing this risk will be a very long-term effort.

A toxic legacy

Lead exposure has blighted communities across the U.S., particularly lower-income communities of color. Many factors have contributed, including lead in gasoline, water pipes and paint . In addition, redlining and other policies have trapped vulnerable families in substandard housing that often contains lead paint and is located in areas heavily polluted by traffic and industrial sources.

Lead affects many parts of the body , including the brain and central nervous system. Exposure to high levels of lead in childhood can lead to lower educational outcomes and lower earning potential.

Since the federal government started severely limiting the production and use of lead in the 1970s, the share of children in the U.S. who are considered lead-affected, based on current standards, has fallen dramatically. This means that for tens of millions of U.S. children, the risk of being cognitively impaired by lead exposure is greatly reduced. In the 1970s, this figure was near 100%; today it is about 1%, which equates to some 500,000 children .

But many urban children are still exposed to lead at unsafe levels, and soil exposure isn't addressed by laws that have reduced other lead sources. Lead in soil is the residue of degraded lead-based paint, pollution deposited by cars that burned leaded gasoline for decades, and emissions from factories and industrial facilities.

Lead in soil is a widespread risk

Our national analysis of samples collected from 16 cities found that out of 15,595 household soil samples , 12.3%—one in every eight— exceeded the old federal screening level of 400 parts per million. When the standard is adjusted down to the proposed level of 200 parts per million, 23.7% of households—nearly 1 in 4—contain a lead hazard.

These samples were typically collected in sets, with one sample near the exterior walls of a home, where the highest soil lead values are expected; another from the yard; and a third from near the street, which can also record elevated lead levels.

If our findings are extrapolated across the nation, they indicate that up to roughly 29 million households out of the 123.6 million that were recorded in the 2020 census could be exposed to soil lead hazards and should take steps to mitigate them. Applying the EPA's aspirational goal of 100 parts per million, our analysis indicates that some 40.2% of households could be affected—equivalent to nearly 50 million households nationwide.

Not all communities in our research have similar risk profiles. In Chicago, for example, 52.8% of household soils that we tested contained more than 200 parts per million of lead. Samples from parts of several medium-sized cities, including Springfield, Massachusetts, and Chattanooga and Memphis, Tennessee, had comparable percentages.

It is difficult to fully assess city-specific soil lead burdens, for several reasons. First, the citizen science dataset that we used in our analysis was collected by private citizens using certain guidelines, not under the strict scientific protocols that the EPA would follow. Second, there is no other systematic, comprehensive measurement of household soil lead values across the U.S. that could be used to assess the accuracy of the community science samples.

Capping soil as a first step

Because so little data on lead soil values exists, it's not yet possible to determine which particular households have the greatest potential risk. Without that information, the real cost of mitigating this problem is also unknown.

Full remediation, which involves removing contaminated soils and replacing them with clean soils, can cost from US$10,000 to $30,000 per household . Typically, the cost of this type of voluntary cleanup is borne by the homeowner, although some states may have assistance programs.

At this rate, the price tag for mitigating all households nationwide that we project to have soil above the new EPA standard would range from $290 billion to over $1.1 trillion. Household soil remediation involves many steps, including soil testing and monitoring dust levels . If it is done poorly, it can actually scatter lead-contaminated soils and dust beyond the mitigation site.

Given this projected price tag, my colleagues and I do not expect such a program to be proposed any time soon. However, there's a faster and much cheaper strategy: capping existing soils with clean soil or mulch. This is an imperfect solution, but it solves the immediate lead exposure problem for children living in these settings.

Capping isn't a permanent answer, since land cover can be disturbed, which would make lead-enriched soils an active risk once again. But even covering a contaminated site with clean soils will permanently dilute the site's total lead concentration. Nearly all lead deposited from human activities is captured in the upper 10 inches of soils . Adding another 10 inches of clean soil on top would cut the soil lead concentration by half.

It's a cliche, but nonetheless true, that the solution for pollution is often dilution. I see this simple strategy as an immediate way for cities to start addressing their new lead challenge.

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The federal state of Hesse’s water industry is facing major challenges when it comes to sustainably ensuring the secure supply of water for both the population as well as companies. Many of these challenges are the result of climate change. On December 11, 2023, Hessian Environment Minister Priska Hinz officially inaugurated the new Hesse Water Competence Center (Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Hessen, KWH) at Goethe University Frankfurt. The center, which brings together stakeholders from science and education, public administration, politics and the water industry, aspires to tackle problems at system level, speed up the transfer of scientific findings into water management practice, and expand the range of educational opportunities.  

There are several profound transformations facing Hesse’s water sector: Increasingly frequent extreme weather events caused by climate change are exerting rising pressure on water resources and water ecosystems, leading in turn to a loss of biodiversity. Nothing made the consequences for people and nature clearer than the drought summers of recent years. At the same time, there has been an increase in heavy rainfall events, with resulting damage to buildings and infrastructure. Demographic change also constitutes a challenge for water management: While growing urban populations will have an increasing demand for water in the coming years, the population decline in rural areas will result in rising costs for the provision of sufficient water and wastewater infrastructure. Already today, the entry of trace substances – for example from pharmaceuticals – into wastewater is causing problems in its treatment and in drinking water purification. 

Given these challenges and the associated trade-off between the protection and the use of water resources, innovative and sustainable implementation solutions must be sought and found for the many stakeholders involved. Addressing these challenges, the federal state of Hesse has now set up the Hesse Water Competence Center KWH, strengthening interdisciplinary cooperation between science, public administration, politics, practice and education. KWH will bundle the expertise of and encourage cooperation among its members, which include the Hessian Ministry of Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, the Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, the regional councils, all Hessian universities, many Hessian institutions of higher education, as well as the Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN) and the Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE).

Environment Minister Priska Hinz explains: “With the Climate Plan Hessen and the Water Plan for the Future, we have set the course for the sustainable protection and integrated management of Hesse’s water resources. The Hesse Water Competence Center will support us in implementing the necessary climate change-related adaptations, by taking into account the latest scientific findings as well as innovative solutions.”

Professor Thomas Schmid, President of the Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, is certain: “Now that KWH bundles the different and very comprehensive expertise in Hesse’s water sector, it is much easier for scientific findings to contribute to the practical development of concrete solutions that ensure the sustainable use of water as a resource.”

Professor Enrico Schleiff, President of Goethe University Frankfurt, which played a key role in KWH’s establishment, explains: “We must succeed in creating ‘win-win situations’ that preserve water resources and protect aquatic biodiversity on the one hand, and at the same time also safeguard the water needs of both the population and the economy. Research carried out at Hessian universities and institutions of higher learning will contribute to achieving this goal.” According to Schleiff, universities and colleges can also help when it comes to recruiting the right specialists: “We are constantly working on new teaching and training concepts and further developing existing ones – all with a view towards qualifying experts for nature conservation and water management.” He is not only in favor of involving partner institutions active in the field as well as the authorities in courses offered at different university faculties or other institutions of higher learning. In addition, Schleiff is also a proponent of awarding external theses, for example: “This would allow us to generate added value from a scientific perspective as well.”

Schleiff is delighted about KWH’s launch at his university: “Water research has been an integral and important part of Goethe University Frankfurt’s research portfolio for many years. Together with our colleagues from other universities, institutions of higher learning and non-university research institutions in Hesse, we see it as our responsibility to advance KWH’s objectives and deliver a contribution to the conservation and sustainable use of water resources in Hesse.”

KWH sets out to develop practical, scientifically sound, evidence-based and innovative solutions to meet the challenges in the water sector. Instead of addressing individual hydrological, ecological and technical-engineering issues, within KWH, the urgent problems relating to the processes and dynamics of water resource management can be addressed in an interdisciplinary and integrated approach. Thanks to this comprehensive cooperation, social, economic and political aspects – which constitute further important fields of action in water management – can also be taken into account.

Pooling Hesse’s water expertise in such a manner opens up new perspectives for the implementation of applied research projects on topics relevant to the sustainable use of water resources in Hesse, including the transfer of required skills, as well as policy advice.

About the Hesse Water Competence Center (Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Hessen, KWH)

The Hesse Water Competence Center acts as a link between actors in the water sector, which range from science, public administration, politics, and education all the way to water management practice. In addition, KWH will also cooperate with associated partners, including non-governmental organizations, associations or companies active in the water sector. A cooperation agreement regulates the future collaboration between the institutional partners:

1. Hessian Ministry of Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection 2. Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology 3. Darmstadt Regional Authority (Regierungspräsidium) 4. Gießen Regional Authority (Regierungspräsidium) 5. Kassel Regional Authority (Regierungspräsidium) 6. Goethe University Frankfurt 7. Justus Liebig University Giessen 8. Philipps-Universität Marburg 9. Technical University of Darmstadt 10. University of Kassel 11. Hochschule Darmstadt 12. Hochschule Fresenius 13. Hochschule Geisenheim University 14. RhineMain University of Applied Sciences 15. Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen 16. Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN) 17. Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE)

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