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Volume 11, Number 4

Nine studies examine soil organic carbon, crop residues, grain nutrition, salinity response, agro-ecosystem scenarios, field beans, grassland restoration, biochar and quinoa.

9 articlesPages 209–281Original researchShort communications

Cereal crop rows across cultivated farmland

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Original articles

Researcher assessing soil and cereal growth in a field

Soil carbon

Soil organic carbon dynamics in durum wheat rotations

A study of carbon behaviour in typical wheat-based rotations under southern Mediterranean conditions.

Cattle grazing beside cultivated rural land

Organic matter

Sensitivity analysis of six soil organic matter models

Comparing model responses for the decomposition of animal manures and crop residues.

Agronomist examining ripening wheat heads

Grain quality

Nutritional characteristics of heritage Tuscan wheat

A comparative assessment of nutritional characteristics in traditional bread wheat varieties.

Plant researcher examining healthy crop leaves

Plant response

Folic acid and salinity-induced stress in barley

Morphological and anatomical observations of barley response under saline conditions.

Field specialist using digital tools beside crops

Agro-ecosystems

Virtual territories for agro-ecosystem scenario analysis

Methods and tools for developing spatial scenarios while retaining relevant territorial context.

Vigorous field bean plants in cultivated rows

Legumes

Seed mineral profiles and yield in field bean genotypes

Variation in seed composition and agronomic performance among field bean material.

Short communications

Grassland

Targeted grazing for sub-alpine grassland restoration

Managed grazing as an approach to shrub encroachment in sub-alpine landscapes.

Broad cultivated field showing textured soil and crop rows

Soil amendments

Biochar amendment and nitrate retention

Controlled observations of nitrate retention in a silty clay loam soil amended with biochar.

Quinoa plants growing in a cultivated field

Crop diversity

Characterising quinoa for Mediterranean cultivation

Comparing quinoa accessions and saponin content in a Mediterranean growing environment.

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This issue contains six original articles and three short communications.

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Coverage includes soil carbon, decomposition modelling, grain nutrition, salinity response, scenario methods, legumes, grassland, biochar and quinoa.

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