The increasing frequency and extent of forest fires cause severe temporal effects on soil
properties, which knowledge about is controversial or lacking. So, the research aimed to …

Microplastics (MPs) represent emergent pollutants in terrestrial ecosystems. Microplastics
can cause the release of metal and damage to crop quality. The present research aimed to …

This study aims to investigate the activities and expression of enzymes of primary
metabolism and relate these data with the growth performance of three different durum wheat …

Plastic sheets are widely used in farming soil to improve the productivity of cultures. Due to
their absorption capacity, plastic sheets can alter element and metal content in soils, and in …

Climate change has strongly increased the fire frequency in Mediterranean forests causing
changes in soil bacterial, fungal and microarthropod communities. Fire impacts on soil …

Soil microarthropods play essential roles in soil functioning and they are considered useful
indicators of soil metal contamination, as they quickly respond to environmental changes. …

In recent years, plastic pollution has become a growing environmental concern: more than
350 million tons of plastic material are produced annually. Although many efforts have been …

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is one of the main crops cultivated all over the world. As for
other cereals, throughout the centuries barley was subjected by human breeding to genetic …

Mediterranean regions are the most impacted by fire in Europe. The effects of fire on soil
greatly vary according to several factors such as vegetation cover type, but they are scarcely …

As they quickly respond to environmental conditions, soil enzymes, involved in nutrient
cycles, are considered good indicators of soil quality. The Mediterranean area is a peculiar …