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Peatlands --- Bogs --- Peat --- Tourbières --- Tourbe

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This book represents a Special Issue collection called: “Optimising Soilless Culture Systems and Alternative Growing Media to Current Used Materials”. Nine original papers, one review, and an Editorial from 41 authors from different countries were published in this Special Issue. New strategies and technologies, including new sustainable raw materials, should be continually developed to solve specific cultivation limitations, optimise existing systems, reduce related environmental impacts, and address the impacts of climate change.

suppressiveness --- Trichoderma harzianum --- peat --- compost --- substrate --- Vaccinium corymbosum --- container --- ammonium uptake --- southern highbush blueberry --- organic fertilizer --- hydroponic --- ribotypes --- vermicompost leachate --- Spinacia oleracea --- substrates --- soilless culture systems --- photosynthetic pigments --- phenols --- flavonoids --- ascorbic acid --- DPPH --- FRAP --- Aquaponics --- soilless cucumber --- leachate pH --- cucumber yield --- peat substitute --- growing media --- decision tree --- feasibility --- heather --- cattail --- reed --- alder --- peat reduction --- cascade hydroponics --- basil --- salinity --- amino acids --- nutrients --- root restriction --- nutrient solution --- irrigation frequency --- rootzone temperature --- oxygenation --- vapour pressure deficit --- lighting --- rootzone pH --- root exudates --- CO2 --- plant-microorganism relationships --- NH4+ --- NO3− --- nitrification --- Q10 --- modeling --- greenhouse gases --- greenhouse --- organic substrates --- carotenoids --- phenolic compounds --- carbon dioxide --- nitrous oxide --- methane --- N2O --- CH4 --- n/a

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Agricultural practices involving the excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides pose major risks to the environment and to human health. The development and adoption of sustainable ecofriendly agricultural management to preserve and enhance the physical, chemical, and biological properties of soils and improve agroecosystem functions is a challenge for both scientists and farmers. The Special Issue entitled “Sustainable Agricultural Practices—Impact on Soil Quality and Plant Health” is a collection of 10 original contributions addressing the state of the art of sustainable agriculture and its positive impact on soil quality. The content of this Special Issue covers a wide range of topics, including the use of beneficial soil microbes, intercropping, organic farming and its effects on soil bacteria and nutrient stocks, application of plant-based nematicides and zeolite amendments, sustainability in CH4 emissions, and the effect of irrigation, fertilization, and environmental conditions as well as land suitability on crop production.

natural substances --- nematicidal --- root-knot nematodes --- oregano --- soil amendments --- basic substances --- PCA --- land capability --- crop suitability --- GIS --- NWCE --- Egypt --- microbial inoculants --- soil enzyme activities --- soil microbes --- 16S rRNA --- planting pattern --- soil chemical properties --- soil microbial community --- genotype × environment interaction --- maize --- yield --- soil amelioration --- resource use efficiency --- water conservation --- nutrient retention --- heavy metal toxicity --- Cucumis melo L. --- chemical composition --- cultivar --- drip irrigation --- fruit quality --- long term field experiment --- sustainable crop production --- nutrient balances --- legume nutrition --- drained peat --- greenhouse gas --- global warming --- organic soil --- pineapple --- water table --- AMF --- enzyme activity --- microbial communities --- PGPR --- plant growth --- PLFAs --- n/a

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The risk of physical accident or injury to humans from horses is well understood. Now, there is increasing awareness of negative impacts on the physical and mental wellbeing of horses from living in fundamentally human environments and being subject to human management regimes. The 17 articles in this collection describe horse-related risks to humans and human-related risks to horses across a range of equestrian disciplines, sectors and activities. Not only do the authors take detailed approaches towards describing and calculating risk, they suggest solutions-focussed interventions for reducing the consequence and likelihood of harm to horses and humans in their relations with one another. Together, these important articles provide strategies for maximising the mutual benefits of humans and horses in each other’s lives. By considering human, animal and environmental aspects of horse-related risk, this collection provides a foundation for the development of an ‘Equestrian One Health’ framework to underpin future research into horse-related risks.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- Animals & society --- horse-riding --- risk --- mitigation --- culture --- research --- review --- safety --- behavior change --- eque-culture --- motivator --- equestrian --- horse --- injury --- helmet --- online forum --- barriers --- enablers --- injury prevention --- horse-rider --- road safety --- decision-making vehicle --- Australia --- jockey --- economic --- costs --- insurance --- horse-related --- accident --- student --- education --- veterinary --- bedding material --- respiratory health --- peat --- wood shaving --- thoroughbred --- horse-racing --- steeplechase --- hurdles --- animal-human relationships --- media --- public debate --- horse stable --- management --- web tool --- transport --- journey duration --- season --- human–horse risk --- context-specificity --- attention --- cognitive error --- self-reference --- horses --- eventing --- falls --- riders --- human−animal relationships --- human−horse relationships --- protective behavior --- equestrians --- horse-related accidents --- safety equipment --- multiple regression analysis --- ethology --- equitation science --- learning theory --- behaviour change --- fireworks --- anxiety --- behaviour --- fear --- people --- WHS --- deaths --- workplace --- horse racing

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Dear colleagues, Geological energy has a long history in China. As early as 500 BC, China began to use coal as fuel. In the middle of the 19th century, China began to develop oil resources. After the foundation of new China, with the discovery of the Daqing oilfield, China's oil industry entered an era of great development. During the 21st century, with the development of drilling technology, the development of unconventional energy such as shale gas and shale oil has entered a new era. In recent years, the development of flammable ice has set off a wave of clean energy. With the carbon reduction plan proposed by the Chinese government, clean geo-energy has been granted unparalleled development space in the future. China's geo-energy development technology used to lag behind that of major developed countries for a long time, but after years of development, it has become the world's leading edge in some fields. Therefore, we specially set up this collection to collect China's advanced geo-energy exploitation technology and development trends, whilst providing some new directions for thinking about geo-energy development in China and even the world. This collection seeks to contribute to such topics through enhanced scientific and multidisciplinary knowledge.

airflow reversal --- gas outburst --- mine ventilation system --- orthogonal experiment --- numerical simulation --- deep chamber --- asymmetric failure --- mechanical analysis --- control measures --- Yinggehai --- overpressure --- hydraulic fracture --- mudstone --- fluid pressure --- red sandstone --- pre-existing cracks --- creep behavior --- temperature --- long-term permeability --- partial saturation --- patchy saturation --- squirt flow --- P-wave velocity dispersion and attenuation --- anelasticity --- ultrasonic measurements --- heavy oil reservoirs --- cyclic steam stimulation --- conformance control --- extreme gradient boost (XGBoost) trees --- prediction model --- Dongsha Waters in the northern South China Sea margin --- velocity inversion --- mud volcano --- magma intrusion --- Mesozoic hydrocarbon --- tubing --- modal analysis --- fluid-structure interaction --- inlet pressure --- pipeline --- water hammer --- gas-liquid two-phase flow --- pressure --- velocity --- lattice Boltzmann method --- discrete element method --- sand production --- force chain network analysis --- seismic sedimentology --- sedimentary facies evolution --- peat accumulation regularity --- frequency–division amplitude fusion --- thin sand bodies --- stable crack propagation --- crack strain --- stress–strain curve --- model --- wing crack --- outburst coal --- primary coal --- structural parameters --- infrared spectrum --- XRD --- oil shale --- in situ conversion project --- biomarker --- pyrolysis process --- organic geochemistry