The particular properties of the volcanic soil are ideal for growing purple potatoes, black truffles, buckwheat, white corn and tomatoes, and Nogue insists the ingredients have a distinct flavour profile compared to the same vegetables and grains grown elsewhere, a characteristic he attributes to the soil's perfect balance of absorption and porosity, as well as its mineral properties.
Fruit bodies of T. felleus have a high capacity to accumulate radioactive caesium (137Cs) from contaminated soil, a characteristic attributed to the deep soil penetration achieved by the mycelium.
The low levels of respiration and SMB were attributed to the low soil organic carbon (SOC) levels that result from little or no C input into the soils of these highly degraded landscapes as the high salinity and high sodicity levels have resulted in scarcity or absence of vegetation.
This can be attributed to the higher soil temperatures, which increases the rate of mineralization due to increase in microbial activity.
This progressive reduction in deformation is attributed to the overlying soil providing a cover (isolation from climatic conditions) and overburden load (cancelling the swelling movement).
The higher CH4 emission could be attributed to the higher soil CH4 production potential triggered by the combined application of straw and microbial inoculant, and the lower N2O emission to the decreased inorganic N content.
This is attributed to the low soil C stocks (35.5 80.4 Mg C/ha) from 0 60 cm depth reported by Dawoe [23], that were equivalent to the estimated C stocks in the current study's topsoil, 0 20 cm (35.7 70.7 Mg C/ha) (see Table 4).
It provides important environmental services: more than 10 million people in the Andean highlands benefit from the water supply and regulation function, which is attributed to the volcanic soils that underlie the ecosystem.
This behavior can be attributed to the increase in the soil hydraulic conductivity as the soil temperature increases.
Improvements in the soil properties in the cited reports were attributed to the enhancement of soil organic matter by the residues applied.
