What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Agriculture
- Organic chemistry
- Ecology
Soil water, Amendment, Compost, Mineralogy and Environmental chemistry are his primary areas of study.
His research on Soil water frequently connects to adjacent areas such as Sludge.
Alfredo Polo performs multidisciplinary study in Amendment and Agronomy in his work.
His Agronomy research incorporates elements of Animal science and Mineralization.
His research in Mineralogy intersects with topics in Organic matter and Humus.
His study in Humus is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Municipal solid waste and Dissociation.
His most cited work include:
- Long-term effects of municipal solid waste compost application on soil enzyme activities and microbial biomass (465 citations)
- Growth, yield and solute content of barley in soils treated with sewage sludge under semiarid Mediterranean conditions (145 citations)
- A comparative survey of recent results on humic-like fractions in organic amendments and effects on native soil humic substances (145 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Alfredo Polo mostly deals with Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Sludge, Amendment and Compost.
His Soil water research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Organic matter, Humic acid, Mineralogy and Agronomy.
His research in the fields of Fertilizer overlaps with other disciplines such as Hordeum vulgare.
As part of the same scientific family, Alfredo Polo usually focuses on Environmental chemistry, concentrating on Humus and intersecting with Biomass.
His Sludge research incorporates themes from Soil biology, Dry matter, Sewage, Phosphorus and Loam.
His Compost study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Food science, Environmental engineering, Municipal solid waste, Organic fertilizer and Cow dung.
He most often published in these fields:
- Soil water (64.10%)
- Environmental chemistry (44.87%)
- Sludge (35.90%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2010-2016)?
- Soil water (64.10%)
- Environmental chemistry (44.87%)
- Soil organic matter (24.36%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His main research concerns Soil water, Environmental chemistry, Soil organic matter, Compost and Sludge.
His work in Soil water addresses subjects such as Agronomy, which are connected to disciplines such as Slash-and-char.
The concepts of his Environmental chemistry study are interwoven with issues in Base and Sewage.
His Soil organic matter research includes themes of Fractionation and Soil test.
His Compost research incorporates themes from Organic matter, Municipal solid waste and Dry weight.
His studies in Organic matter integrate themes in fields like Sewage sludge compost, Mineralization, Soil conditioner, Humic acid and Waste disposal.
Between 2010 and 2016, his most popular works were:
- Physical, chemical, and biochemical mechanisms of soil organic matter stabilization under conservation tillage systems: A central role for microbes and microbial by-products in C sequestration (128 citations)
- Use of thermal analysis techniques (TG–DSC) for the characterization of diverse organic municipal waste streams to predict biological stability prior to land application (51 citations)
- Response of different soil organic matter pools to biochar and organic fertilizers (40 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Agriculture
- Organic chemistry
- Ecology
His primary areas of investigation include Soil water, Sludge, Compost, Soil organic matter and Environmental chemistry.
His Soil water research includes themes of Waste disposal and Tillage.
Alfredo Polo has included themes like Organic matter, Municipal solid waste, Mineralization and Soil conditioner in his Waste disposal study.
His Tillage study combines topics in areas such as Fractionation, Particulates and Soil test.
Particulates is closely attributed to Soil science in his study.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Organic fertilizer, Agronomy and Soil respiration.
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