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Organic Carbon Dynamic

Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Saturation Deficit in Mediterranean Olive Groves: Effects of Intensification and Management Practices

Víctor Valenzuela‐Polo, Victoria Ochoa, Julio Calero, María Caridad Peñafiel‐Suarez, Vasileios Gkisakis, Ioanna Michail, Emmanouil Kabourakis, Ioannis Zografakis, Thanasis Kizos, Giorgios Stavrianakis, Stratis Sentas, Rosolino Ingraffia, Alfonso S Fenda, Aadil Bajoub, Francesca de Luca, Antonio J Manzaneda

European Journal of Soil Science 77, e70414

Keywords: Climate mitigation; Intensification; Mediterranean agroecosystems; Olive groves; Soil organic carbon

Publication date: 01/09/2026

Field-based assessment of carbon farming practices in Mediterranean olive groves: Emission reductions and sequestration outcomes

B. Ruiz-Carrasco, E. Pareja-Sánchez, J. Liétor, D. Vera, L. Fernández-Lobato, R. García-Ruiz

Journal of Cleaner Production 543, 147562

Keywords: Carbon footprint; Olive groves; Soil organic carbon; Carbon sequestration; Carbon farming

Publication date: 08/02/2026

Carbon farming in Mediterranean olive groves: potential for carbon credits and policy implications

Pablo Domouso, Evangelina Pareja Sánchez, Jaime Lechuga-Puñal, Antonio J. García Moreno, Victoria Ochoa, Roberto García-Ruiz

Journal of Environmental Managements, 398, 128464

Keywords: voluntary carbon market, soil organic carbon, cover crop, Organic amendment

Publication date: 15/01/2026

Soil Respiration in Traditional Mediterranean Olive Groves: Seasonal Dynamics, Spatial Variability, and Controlling Factors

Pareja-Sánchez, E.; García-Ruiz, R.; Sanchez, G.; Cerdá, X.; Angulo, E.; Soriguer, R.C.; Cobos, J. Soil Respiration in Traditional Mediterranean Olive Groves: Seasonal Dynamics, Spatial Variability, and Controlling Factors

Agriculture 2025, 15, 2610

Keywords: soil respiration; Mediterranean olive groves; spatial heterogeneity; soil moisture; carbon fluxes; climate change

Publication date: 17/12/2025

Conservation Practices Boost Soil-Protected Organic Carbon Stocks in Olive Orchards

Evangelina Pareja Sánchez, Pablo Domouso, Beatriz Gómez-Muñoz, Maria T. Heras-Linares, Roberto García-Ruiz

Agriculture 14(8):1354, 2024

Keywords: soil organic carbon fractions; olive groves; carbon sequestration; carbon saturation deficit

Publication date: 13/08/2024

Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization of Common Organic Amendments in Olive Grove Soils

Pablo Domouso, Evangelina Pareja Sánchez, Julio Calero, Roberto García-Ruiz

Agriculture 14(11):1923, 2024

Keywords: cover crop; pruning residues; olive mill pomace; carbon sequestration; nitrogen immobilization;decomposition

Publication date: 01/10/2024

Does spontaneous cover crop increase the stocks of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in commercial olive orchard?

Evangelina Pareja Sánchez, Julio Calero, Roberto García-Ruiz

Soil and Tillage Research 244(8):10623, 2025

Keywords: Soil organic matter; Cover crops; Soil quality; Nature-based solutions; EU Soil Strategy

Publication date: 01/05/2025

Byproducts Valorization

Optimizing alperujo composting strategies for acceleration and quality enhancement

Evangelina Pareja-Sánchez, Antonio Jesús García-Moreno, Melchor Martínez-García, Lola Pérez-Colodrero, Laura García-Zapata, Roberto García-Ruiz

International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Volume 201, 2025, 106076

Keywords: Quality of compost; Accelerating composting; Composted alperujo; Olive mill by-products; Circular economy

Publication date: 01/05/2025

Bio-based solvents for polyphenol recovery: Transforming olive mill wastewater into high-value resources

Evangelina Pareja-Sánchez, Antonio Jesús García-Moreno, Melchor Martínez-García, Lola Pérez-Colodrero, Laura García-Zapata, Roberto García-Ruiz

Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume 71, 2025, 107238

Keywords: Sustainable extraction; Bioeconomy; Circular valorization; Phenolic recovery; Green solvents

Publication date: 01/03/2025

Nutrient Cycling

Phosphorus and potassium cycling, recycling, and losses in Mediterranean olive orchards: Impact of management and erosion on nutrient balances

Evangelina Pareja-Sánchez, Pablo Domouso, Roberto García-Ruiz

European Journal of Agronomy

Keywords: Nutrient recycling; Phosphorus; Potassium; Nutrient balance; Agroecological management; Olive orchards

Publication date: 01/01/2027

Soil erosion changes nitrogen balance estimates across a management gradient in Mediterranean olive groves

Evangelina Pareja-Sánchez, Pablo Domouso, Roberto García-Ruiz

Frontiers 8

Keywords: Climate mitigation; Intensification; Mediterranean agroecosystems; Olive groves; Soil organic carbon

Publication date: 11/06/2026

Nitrogen recycling across a spectrum of fertilization strategies: an assessment in olive groves

Pablo Domouso, Julio Calero, Gustavo Ruiz-Cátedra, Roberto García-Ruiz

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 372:109096, 2024

Keywords: Nitrogen cycle; Nutrient balance; Olive orchard; Organic amendment

Publication date: 15/09/2024

Soil Health / Soil Quality

A global atlas of soil microbial genetic resources exposes protection shortfalls

Kunkun Fan, Tadeo Sáez-Sandino, Fernando T. Maestre, Haiyan Chu, David J. Eldridge, Antonio Gallardo, Bin Ma, Jianming Xu, Yuzhuo Zhao, Chao Xiong, Emilio Guirado, Nicolas Gross, Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Victoria Ochoa et al.

Nature Sustainability

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Publication date: 06/08/2026

Strong soil functional recovery under nature-based management despite limited prokaryotic community restructuring in Mediterranean olive groves

Gustavo Ruiz-Cátedra, Julio Calero, Evangelina Pareja-Sánchez, Pablo Domouso de Agar, José Liétor, Roberto García-Ruiz

Science of the Total Environment 1053, 182344

Keywords: Nature-based solutions; Olive groves; Soil health; Soil enzyme activities; Prokaryotic communities; Functinoal recovery; Mediterranean agroecosystems

Publication date: 25/10/2026

Do management practices which enhance nature-based processes improve soil health in olive groves?

Gustavo Ruiz-Cátedra, Julio Calero, Pablo Domouso, Roberto García-Ruiz

Geoderma, Volume 457, 2025, 117276

Keywords: Soil organic matter; Cover crops; Soil quality; Nature-based solutions; EU Soil Strategy

Publication date: 01/05/2025

Miscellanious

Impacts of Climate, Organic Management, and Degradation Status on Soil Biodiversity in Agroecosystems Worldwide

Pablo Sánchez-Cueto, Martin Hartmann, Laura García-Velázquez, Beatriz Gozalo, Victoria Ochoa, Giulia Bongiorno, Ron Goede, Melpomeni Zoka, Nikolaos Stathopoulos, Charalampos Kontoes, Luis Daniel Olivares Martinez, Jorge Mataix-Solera, Fuensanta García-Orenes, Tomas Van De Sande, Helle Hestbjerg, Ina Alsina, Zoltán Tóth ,María Paula Barral, Ximena Sirimarco, Joseph Blaise Dongmo, Julienne Nguefack, Rochana Tangkoonboribun, Anna Clocchiatti, Radu Ghemis, Montse Bosch, Marcos Parras-Moltó, Cristina Yacoub-Lopez, Santiago Soliveres, Salvador Lladó

Global Change Biology 2025; 31:e70486

Keywords: DNA metabarcoding; global climate; organic farming; oil biodiversity; soil degradation; soil ecology

Publication date: 12/09/2025

Olive Leaf Extracts With High, Medium, or Low Bioactive Compounds Content Differentially Modulate Alzheimer’s Disease via Redox Biology

Jose M. Romero-Marquez, María D. Navarro-Hortal, Alfonso Varela-López, Rubén Calderón-Iglesias, Juan G. Puentes, Francesca Giampieri, Maurizio Battino, Cristina Sánchez-González, Jianbo Xiao, Roberto García-Ruiz, Sebastián Sánchez, Tamara Y. Forbes-Hernández, José L. Quiles

Food Frontiers

Keywords: acetylcholinesterase (AChE), by-product, Caenorhabditis elegans, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), glutathione (GSH), phytochemical

Publication date: 02/04/2025