Soil as World Heritage

The soil and environment.- Chernozem: soil of the steppe- The quality of Moldovan soils: issues and solutions.- The state of soil erosion in the Republic of Moldova and the need for monitoring.- Chernozem under different land uses in long-term field experiments.- Essential mass and structure of soil microorganisms in the black earth.- Effects of long-term fertility management on the soil nematode community and cyst nematode Heteroera schachtii population in experimental sugar beet fields.- Biochemical parameters of arable chernozem in long-term field experiments.- Energy status of soil agro-ecosystems.- Heavy metals in the anthropogenic cycle of elements.- Effects of long-term application of fertilizers on the trace element content of soils.- Potassium in Brown forest soils.- Pure and applied agro-physics.- Evolution of chernozem in the complex section at Storozheve, Ukraine.- Climate-change and its impact on soil productivity in Moldova.- Differences between two multi-scalar indices of drought in intensively farmed regions of the Czech Republic.- Soil fertility: lessons from long-term field experiments.- The continuing value of long-term field experiments: insights for achieving food security and environment.- Long-term field experiments with fertilizers in Romania: their relevance to sustainable agriculture.- The beginnings of long-term field experiments on crop rotations at Balti.- 50 years of field experiments with crop rotations and continuous cultures at the Selectia Research Institute for Field Crops.- Long-term field experiments as a foundation for conserving and enhancing soil fertility.- Productivity and fertility of the Balti chernozem under crop rotation with different systems of fertilization.- Long-term field experiment with irrigation on the Balti chernozem.- Quality of soil organic matter under crop rotations and continuous cultures.- Soil organic matter and soil microbial biomass in the Balti long-term experiments.- Total and labile organic matter in Typical chernozem under crop rotation, continuous cropping, perennial crops and fertilization.- Primary soil tillage in rotations of the main field crops in Moldova.- Humus dynamics and efficiency of crop rotations on Calcareous and Common chernozem.- Soil conservation capability of crops and crop rotations: data from long-term studies in Belarus.- Crop yield and quality depending on fertilization in crop rotation on Sod-Podzolic soil.- Potassium effects on wheat yield and quality in long-term experiments on Luvisol in Romania.- Effect of systematic mineral fertilization on available potassium in Pellic Vertisol.- Different ways of doing things.- Towards sustainable, self-supporting agriculture: biological nitrogen factories as a key for future cropping systems.- Legumes as an alternative source of nitrogen for modern agriculture.- Resource-conserving agriculture: under-sowing and mixed crops as stepping stones towards a solution.- Rationale for humus conservation in arable soils in Moldova.- Phyto-amelioration of degraded chernozem.- Phyto-technology for remediation of chernozem in the south of Moldova.- Organic manuring to restore the fertility of eroded soils.- Structural indices of Typical chernozem under various methods of tillage.- Direct and residual effects of phosphate-enhanced organic fertilizers on soil fertility and crop production.- Worm compost to improve soil fertility.- Efficiency of grass strips and sodded waterways.- Sown and natural grassland for soil protection and productivity in the forest-steppe of Ukraine.- Perennial grasses creating soil structure and raising fertility.- Ecological agriculture to mitigate soil fatigue.- Mitigation of western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte) by maize varietal selection.- Soil policy and communications to decision makers.- Abating climate change and feeding the World through soil carbon sequestration.- Business case for Green Water Credits.- European Commission's policy initiatives towards European and global soil protection.- Scientific evidence on the contribution of crop rotation to more sustainable agriculture.- Recommendations of the symposium.