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Soil Quality - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Ability of soil to act as a living ecosystem
        
        supports:
        
        biodiversity
        
        productivity
        
        environmental quality
      - Biological vitality
    - - Capacity of soil to perform its functions
        
        ecosystem and
        land-use boundaries
        
        such as:
        
        sustaining plant and animal life
        
        storing nutrients
        
        filtering water
  - - - Avaible Water Capacity (AWC)
      - Bulk density
      - Aggregate stability
    - - pH
      - Organic matter
      - Cation exchange capacity (CEC)
    - - Microbial biomass
      - Enzyme activityS
      - oil organism diversity
  - - - VSA (Visual Soil ssessment)
      - VESS (Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure)
    - - Quantitative chemical/biological analysis
    - - Affordable tools for:
        
        farmers
        
        citizen science
  - - - Salinization
        
        Erosion
        
        Loss of biodiversity
    - - Poor farming practices
  - - - vs.
        
        Slow-changing indicato
        
        carbon content
      - microbes
- - - - affected by leachate
        
        using indicators:
        
        basic physical
        
        chemical
      - natural
  - - - Measured:
        
        soil pH
        
        compaction
        
        moisture
        
        texture
        
        organic matter presence
        
        Recorded observations and data for each sample
  - - - showed higher pH
        
        more alkaline
      - lower infiltration
        
        more compact
      - less water absorption
    - - was drier
        
        had better infiltration and more porosity
        
        through it contained trash
    - - more visible in leachate soil
        
        possibly due to animal waste
    - - simple and effective
        
        etecting key differences in soil quality
- - - - porosity
      - structure
    - - microbial activity
      - biodiversity
    - - Promotes carbon sequestration
    - - erosion risk
      - heavy metal toxicity
  - - - root development
      - nutrient uptake
    - - growth rate
      - chlorophyll content
      - grain yield
    - - disease resistance
      - tolerance to pests
    - - seed quality
      - fruit nutritional content
      - physiological processes
        
        photosynthesis
        
        water use efficiency
    - - humic substances
      - hormones
    - - under low irrigation
  - - - water retention
      - reduces irrigation needs
    - - dependence on chemical fertilizers
      - pesticide use
      - mitigates climate change impacts
    - - efficient water use
        
        arid and semi-arid farming
      - biological pest control
    - - soil health regeneration
      - long-term productivity
    - - crop resilience under stressful environmental conditions
    - - safe food production
      - addresses micronutrient malnutrition