Exploring Biotechnological Strategies in the Monitoring of Soil Quality

Obi, Linda U. and Olisaka, Frances N. and Ene, Christabel and Aniakor, Uchenna (2024) Exploring Biotechnological Strategies in the Monitoring of Soil Quality. In: The Marginal Soils of Africa Rethinking Uses, Management and Reclamation. Springer, pp. 173-204. ISBN 978-3-031-55184-0

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Abstract

Soil quality refers to soils’ ability to promote biological productivity, preserve envi ronmental quality, and advance fauna and flora health within the constraint of an ecosystem. The quality of soil is not limited to its agroecosystem productivity in terms of supporting plant growth; it also encompasses the natural ecosystem of sustaining biodiversity and environmental quality such as water purification, carbon sequestration, etc. (Bünemann et al. 2018). The chemical, physical and biological features of soil account for its general quality. Environmental disturbances such as drought, salinity, pollution, climate changes as well as human activities which include agriculture adversely impact soil quality which subsequently results to land degradation, loss of soil fertility, and biodiversity. Low/poor soil quality can be attributed to different physical, chemical, and biological degradation due to climate change, pollution, erosion, drought, salinity, soil compaction, decline in soil biodi

Item Type: Book Section
Subjects: Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions: Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2025 11:08
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2025 11:08
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5579

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