Changfeng Ding

TL;DR: The results suggest that the accumulations of fungal pathogen loads at the expense of plant-beneficial fungi in the soil appear likely explanations for yield declines as a consequence of consecutive peanut cultivation.

TL;DR: The results suggest that pathogenic fungal accumulation at the expense of such beneficial microorganisms as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, mycorrhizal fungi induced byRoot exudates, rather than direct autotoxicity induced by root exudate, might represent the principal cause underlying the soil sickness associated with peanut plants.

TL;DR: Investigation of the effects of hydrated lime, hydroxyapatite, organic fertilizer and organic fertilizer alone or in combination to remedy Cd contaminated agricultural soil under rice-wheat rotation showed that crops grain yield, Cd concentration, soil pH, CaCl2 extractable Cd and Cd speciation were markedly affected by the amendments.

TL;DR: Path analysis showed soil pH and organic carbon content were the two most significant properties exhibiting direct effects on Cd uptake factor (ratio of Cd concentration in carrot to that in soil).

TL;DR: Zhang et al. as mentioned in this paper used two weighting methods, principle component analysis (PCA) and multiple regression analysis (MRA), to evaluate the soil quality of navel orange orchards in central subtropical China.