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Organic Carbon Dynamic

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

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

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