"Soil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
| Descriptor ID |
D012987
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.721 G01.311.820 G16.500.275.815 N06.230.600
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Soil".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Soil".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Soil" by people in this website by year, and whether "Soil" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
View timeline visualization
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2014 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2015 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2017 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2019 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15 | 20 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Soil" by people in Profiles.
-
Exploring the impact of grazing on fecal and soil microbiome dynamics in small ruminants in organic crop-livestock integration systems. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0316616.
-
Soil microbiome interventions for carbon sequestration and climate mitigation. mSystems. 2025 Jan 21; 10(1):e0112924.
-
Nitrogen Deposition Weakens Soil Carbon Control of Nitrogen Dynamics Across the Contiguous United States. Glob Chang Biol. 2024 Dec; 30(12):e70016.
-
Natural selection on floral volatiles and other traits can change with snowmelt timing and summer precipitation. New Phytol. 2025 Jan; 245(1):332-346.
-
Emerging multiscale insights on microbial carbon use efficiency in the land carbon cycle. Nat Commun. 2024 Sep 13; 15(1):8010.
-
Prevalence and risk factors of soil transmitted helminths among vegetable farmers of Akaki river bank, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Sep 12; 24(1):961.
-
Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture. Science. 2024 Sep 06; 385(6713):eadn3747.
-
Soil microbiomes from the groundnut basin of Senegal contain plant growth-promoting bacteria with potential for crop improvement in arid soils. Can J Microbiol. 2024 Dec 01; 70(12):538-550.
-
Aquatic processing enhances the loss of aged carbon from drained and burned peatlands. Glob Chang Biol. 2024 Jul; 30(7):e17394.
-
Mycorrhizal fungi modify decomposition: a meta-analysis. New Phytol. 2024 Jun; 242(6):2763-2774.