A method of production of granular soil conditioner based on a mixture of biochar and organic fertilizer comprising the following steps: Biochar mixing with animal excrements in a ratio of 1 part of biochar to 0.1 to 0.4 parts of the excrement dry matter, adding to the base of a mixture of soil bacteria belonging to at least two genera of the following: bacteria of the Rhizobia genus, nitrifying bacteria of the Azospirillum or Azotobacter genus, bacteria of the Pseudomonas genus, and bacteria of the Bacillus genus, topping the bacteria-endowed base with water in the weight not more than double the weight of the bacteria-endowed base and letting the mixture ferment for at least 5 days, draining off the excess water and drying the bacterial base so that the water content does not exceed 20% by weight, adding a mixture of spores of fungi containing at least two of the group including Trichoderma, Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Ectomycorrhizal fungi to the base-bacteria compound in a total quantity corresponding to 0.2 to 1% of the dry matter weight of the base-bacteria compound.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for reducing emissions of deleterious atmospheric gases and/or precursors thereof from a flooded ecosystem comprising: one or more small molecules that reduce the production of one or more deleterious atmospheric gases and/or precursors thereof and one or more agriculturally suitable carriers.

A mulch may include a hydrophilic cellulose layer and hydrophobic top layer formed on the cellulose layer. The cellulose layer and top layer together may form a wettability gradient which facilitates directional water transport from the hydrophobic top layer to the hydrophilic cellulose layer. A surface of the hydrophobic top layer is optically opaque and exhibits a solar reflectance of 85% to 98% in response to incident light the 250-2500 nm wavelength range. The mulch provides a mid-infrared emissivity of 0.85 to 0.97 in the 8-13 m range. The solar reflectance and mid-infrared emissivity decrease underlying soil temperature by at least 2 C. compared to uncovered soil under equivalent solar conditions.

A phage and its use in compensating soil nitrogen fixation: Klebsiella pneumoniae phage YSZKA, wherein the method has solved some problems of conventional azotobacters, such as high cost, interspecific competition and limited range of application. Through phage transplantation, the efficiency of microbial nitrogen fixation in soil can be improved, and thus, more nitrogen sources may be provided for the nitrogen cycle and plant growth in ecosystems. Also, a new solution is provided for the nitrogen sequestration process of soil in saline-alkali lands, tea plantations and pesticide-polluted sites in China.

A pelletized nutritional soil conditioning formulation which includes particulates of igneous rock; particulates of a carbon source; and a binding agent to bind together the particulates of igneous rock and the carbon source.