Soil heterogeneity at the field-scale not only affects crop growth and yield, but also spatial patterns of soil-borne pests and weeds. Therefore, site-specific management in due consideration of soil variability is required ...

Subsoil, i.e., soil below 30 cm depth, harbours great amounts of water and nutrients. However, physical and chemical barriers for vertical root elongation may restrict plants from accessing subsoil resources. Such ...

At long sight ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr are the main radionuclides responsible for the contamination of agricultural soils due to core melts in nuclear power plants such as Chernobyl or Fukushima. Once deposited ...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an important role in global C cycling. Until today, the spatial patterns of individual SOC fractions are, however, largely undiscovered as traditional methods for their determination are too ...

Improved understanding of water flow and solute transport through the unsaturated zone is important for the sustainable management of soils. As soils are complex and heterogeneous systems, quantification of the transport ...