O capítulo trada das minhocas e enchytraeídeos (pequenos vermes brancos, também chamados de “potworms”) que podem ser usados para avaliar a saúde do solo. Esses organismos são muito importantes porque melhoram a estrutura do solo, aumentam a fertilidade, ajudam na decomposição da matéri...

Ilex paraguariensis (yerba mate), a culturally and economically important South American species, faces significant challenges in vitro, including contamination, phenolic oxidation, and low regeneration rates. Nanoparticles have recently emerged as promising tools to overcome such limitations. This study e...

Ocorrência e recomendações para o manejo de Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Siricidae) em plantios de Pinus patula (Pinaceae) em Minas Gerais, Brasil. A vespa-da-madeira Sirex noctilio Fabricius, 1793 (Hymenoptera, Siricidae) é a praga mais importante das florestas cultivadas com Pinus spp...

Soils are estimated to contain more than half of the biodiversity on our planet, encompassing a rich spectrum of genes, organisms and functions that play a crucial role in many ecological processes, such as nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition, and the creation of a ...

As part of the post-2020 Plan of Action of the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity (CBD 2020), adopted at the 2022 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15), the Food and Ag...

Soil biodiversity is a major component of global biodiversity, but remains poorly characterized in many locations, and is under threat mainly due to land use change and intensification. Detailed assessments of soil biodiversity and a better knowledge of the ecology and distribution of&#...

The soil ecosystem services (SES) concept is often used as a synonym for soil functions and soil processes in the perspective of improving environmental decision-making and representing soil’s many benefits to people. In the present paper we conducted a bibliometric analysis on the ...

The world’s soils harbor an immense but as of yet inadequately measured and understood biodiversity, that perform essential ecosystem services in both undisturbed and agroecological and industrial agricultural systems. However, this vast natural resource is threatened by climate and land use ...

Soil fauna support life aboveground, are important for terrestrial ecosystems and are crucial for soil health and plant- protection. Approximately 23% of all known species are animals associated with soils, but there are many taxa with a low proportion of described species. The soi...