Impact factor (WoS):
2023: 2.3
Q1 – Agronomy
5-Year Impact Factor: 2.2
SCImago Journal Rank (SCOPUS):
Plant, Soil and Environment
- ISSN 1214-1178 (Print)
- ISSN 1805-9368 (On-line)
An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic Published since 1955 (by 2002 under the title Rostlinná výroba)
- The journal is administered by an international Editorial Board
- Editor-in-Chief: prof. Ing. Václav Vaněk, CSc.
- Co-editors: Ing. Jan Haberle, CSc., Mgr. Jan Lipavský, CSc., prof. Ing. Daniela Pavlíková, CSc., prof. Ing. Pavel Tlustoš, CSc., dr. h. c.
- Executive Editor: Mgr. Kateřina Součková
- The journal is published monthly
Aims & Scope
experimental biology, agronomy, natural resources, and the environment; plant development, growth and productivity, breeding and seed production, growing of crops and their quality, soil care, conservation and productivity; agriculture and environment interactions from the perspective of sustainable development. Articles are published in English.
Types of published articles: original scientific papers, information, review studies, communications
Current issue
Effects of controlled irrigation on global warming potential based on CH4, N2O and CO2 fluxes in plateau paddy fieldOriginal Paper
Shufang Wang, Hongchun Bi, Liping Wang, Jing Wang, Ying Wang, Lihong Chen
Plant Soil Environ., 2024, 70(9):535-542 | DOI: 10.17221/453/2023-PSE 
A suitable irrigation pattern is of great significance for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, field experiments and a denitrification-decomposition (DNDC) model were used to study the global warming potential based on CH4, N2O and CO2 fluxes under flooding irrigation and controlled irrigation in paddy fields in the Erhai Lake basin. The results showed that the average value of CH4 flux under controlled irrigation was lower than that under flooding irrigation, with a reduction range of 43.21% to 48.88%, however, the average value of the N2O and CO2 fluxes from paddy field...
Gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence of four sorghum genotypes under drought stress and rehydratationOriginal Paper
František Hnilička, Helena Hniličková, Tomáš Rýgl
Plant Soil Environ., 2024, 70(9):543-551 | DOI: 10.17221/292/2024-PSE
Water deficit (drought) is an important environmental factor affecting physiological processes in plants. The present work focuses on the study of changes in physiological responses of juvenile plants (plants in the vegetative phase of growth BBCH 14–16) of selected sorghum genotypes Dokok, 30485, Barnard Red and Ruzrok to water deficit and after rehydration. Water deficit affected the observed physiological parameters – gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence. Genotypic differences were also confirmed, with Dokok appearing to be the more sensitive genotype and Ruzrok and Barnard Red appearing to be tolerant. Following rehydration, these...
Roots of Lupinus angustifolius L. and enzyme activities in soil contaminated by toxic elementsOriginal Paper
Milan Novák, Veronika Zemanová, Jindřich Černý, Daniela Pavlíková
Plant Soil Environ., 2024, 70(9):552-561 | DOI: 10.17221/194/2024-PSE
The impact of toxic elements (TEs) contaminating the root zone of Lupinus angustifolius L. on enzymatic activities, nitrification rate, and changes in the root system was evaluated. Lupine was cultivated in a pot experiment using two types of soil – control and contamination (with a high degree of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn) contamination). After harvesting lupine biomass, enzyme activities (β-glucosidase, acid phosphatase, arylsulphatase, lipase, chitinase, cellobiohydrolase, alanine aminopeptidase, and leucine aminopeptidase) in soils were analysed. Enzyme activities decreased with TE soil contamination....
Effects of cultivation duration of the crop and growth stages on rhizosphere soil physicochemical properties, enzyme activities, and microbial communities of ginseng under forestOriginal Paper
Yuchi Zhao, Qiuyu Wang, Shuaiqi Feng, Yang Zhang, Weiwei Dong, Wenxiu Ji
Plant Soil Environ., 2024, 70(9):562-579 | DOI: 10.17221/250/2024-PSE
In this study, Illumina MiSeq sequencing of 16S and ITS2 rRNA genes were used to determine the dynamic changes in bacterial and fungal communities and soil properties and enzyme activities in rhizosphere soil of ginseng under forest after 5, 10 and 15 years of cultivation and different growth stages. Results showed that the changes were particularly prominent in 10-year-old ginseng under forest, and the trends of organic carbon, alkaline hydrolysed nitrogen, and available potassium were extremely similar in different duration of the crop, especially in the middle stage of rapid root growth, when soil nutrient consumption was severe, and soil enzyme...
Dynamics of Cry1Ac protein and soil enzyme activity in the rhizosphere of transgenic Bt oilseed rapeOriginal Paper
Zhengjun Guan, Wei Wei, Yanlin Huo, C. Neal Stewart Jr., Zhixi Tang
Plant Soil Environ., 2024, 70(9):580-589 | DOI: 10.17221/330/2024-PSE
In this study, three insect-resistant transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) oilseed rape events (GT1, GT5 and GT9) under field conditions were utilised to analyse the dynamics of Cry1Ac protein and the changes in soil enzyme activities in the rhizosphere soil of transgenic Bt plants during different growth stages over two successive cultivation years. The results indicated that compared to the non-transgenic control plant cv. Westar, the amount of Cry1Ac protein in the rhizosphere soil of the three transgenic oilseed rape events was significantly higher during the flowering and podding stages in the first cultivation year. Additionally,...
γ-aminobutyric acid enhances the antioxidant defense system and photosynthetic performance of wheat seedlings under cadmium stressShort Communication
Yuanzhi Fu
Plant Soil Environ., 2024, 70(9):590-599 | DOI: 10.17221/199/2024-PSE
In this paper, I elucidated the influence of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) on wheat cadmium (Cd) tolerance. Research results manifested that Cd stress increased superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase and glutathione peroxidase activities, and ascorbic acid (AsA) and glutathione (GSH) contents. However, Cd stress decreased AsA/ dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) and GSH/oxidised glutathione (GSSG) ratios, and inhibited photosynthetic performance and plant growth. Compared to Cd alone, GABA plus Cd improved wheat Cd tolerance by increasing the activities of above antioxidant enzymes, AsA and GSH contents, and AsA/DHA and GSH/GSSG...