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Engracia Madejón is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research predominantly focuses on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Within these broad fields, their work has contributed to plant science, soil science, pollution studies, environmental chemistry, and agronomy and crop science.

The scientist's main research topics include soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, horticultural and viticultural research, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, soil and water nutrient dynamics, heavy metals in the environment, irrigation practices and water management, and soil erosion and sediment transport.

Engracia Madejón has published extensively in several peer-reviewed venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Waste and Biomass Valorization
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Land Degradation and Development
  • Applied Soil Ecology

The scientist has worked collaboratively with several frequent coauthors, including Laura L. de Sosa, Marco Panettieri, Paula Madejón, María Teresa Domínguez, and I.F. Girón.

Some of Engracia Madejón's recent papers include:

  • Soil management and compost amendment are the main drivers of carbon sequestration in rainfed olive trees agroecosystems: An evaluation of chemical and biological markers, 2022, CATENA
  • Long-term impacts of conservation tillage on Mediterranean agricultural soils: shifts in microbial communities despite limited effects on chemical properties, 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Composting as Sustainable Managing Option for Seaweed Blooms on Recreational Beaches, 2021, Waste and Biomass Valorization
  • Plant response to mycorrhizal inoculation and amendments on a contaminated soil, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Thistle crops in marginal lands after compost addition: Plant biomass and effect on soil physical, chemical and biological properties, 2020, Land Degradation and Development

Best Publications

  • Chemical and biochemical properties in a silty loam soil under conventional and organic management

    Sebastiana Melero;Juan Carlos Ruiz Porras;Juan Francisco Herencia;Engracia Madejon

  • Microbial community structure and function in a soil contaminated by heavy metals: effects of plant growth and different amendments

    Alfredo Pérez-de-Mora;Pilar Burgos;Engracia Madejón;Francisco Cabrera

  • Changes in enzyme activities and microbial biomass after >in situ> remediation of a heavy metal-contaminated soil

    Alfredo Pérez de Mora;J. Julio Ortega-Calvo;Francisco Cabrera;Engracia Madejón

  • Agricultural use of three (sugar-beet) vinasse composts: effect on crops and chemical properties of a Cambisol soil in the Guadalquivir river valley (SW Spain)

    Engracia Madejón;Rafael López;José M Murillo;Francisco Cabrera

  • Chemical and biochemical properties of a clay soil under dryland agriculture system as affected by organic fertilization

    Sebastiana Melero;Engracia Madejón;Juan Carlos Ruiz;Juan Francisco Herencia

  • Effect of heavy metals and organic matter on root exudates (low molecular weight organic acids) of herbaceous species: An assessment in sand and soil conditions under different levels of contamination.

    M.M. Montiel-Rozas;E. Madejón;P. Madejón

  • Soil amendments reduce trace element solubility in a contaminated soil and allow regrowth of natural vegetation.

    Engracia Madejón;Alfredo Pérez de Mora;Efraín Felipe;Pilar Burgos

  • Soil biochemical response to long-term conservation tillage under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions

    E. Madejón;F. Moreno;J.M. Murillo;F. Pelegrín

  • Optimization of the rate vinasse/grape marc for co-composting process

    M.J Diaz;E Madejón;F López;R López

  • Spatial variability of the chemical characteristics of a trace-element-contaminated soil before and after remediation

    Pilar Burgos;Engracia Madejón;Alfredo Pérez-de-Mora;Francisco Cabrera

  • Soil enzymatic response to addition of heavy metals with organic residues

    Engracia Madejón;Pilar Burgos;Rafael López;Francisco Cabrera

  • Effect of long-term conservation tillage on soil biochemical properties in Mediterranean Spanish areas

    E. Madejón;J.M. Murillo;F. Moreno;M.V. López

  • Reduced tillage as an alternative to no-tillage under Mediterranean conditions: A case study

    R. López-Garrido;E. Madejón;M. León-Camacho;I. Girón

  • Use of electronic nose and GC-MS in detection and monitoring some VOC

    M. Delgado-Rodríguez;M. Ruiz-Montoya;I. Giraldez;R. López

  • Trace element availability and plant growth in a mine-spill contaminated soil under assisted natural remediation I. Soils

    Alfredo Pérez-de-Mora;Engracia Madejón;Pilar Burgos;Francisco Cabrera

  • Evolution of Humic Acid Molecular Weight As an Index of Compost Stability

    U. Tomati;Engracia Madejón;E. Galli

  • In situ remediation of metal-contaminated soils with organic amendments: role of humic acids in copper bioavailability.

    Pedro Soler-Rovira;Engracia Madejón;Paula Madejón;César Plaza

  • New approaches to establish optimum moisture content for compostable materials

    Engracia Madejón;Manuel Jesús Dı́az;Rafael López;Francisco Cabrera

  • Long-term effect on soil biochemical status of a Vertisol under conservation tillage system in semi-arid Mediterranean conditions

    Sebastiana Melero;Karl Vanderlinden;Juan Carlos Ruiz;Engracia Madejon

  • Implementation of chiselling and mouldboard ploughing in soil after 8 years of no-till management in SW, Spain: Effect on soil quality

    S. Melero;M. Panettieri;E. Madejón;H. Gómez Macpherson

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Cabrera
Francisco Cabrera Spanish National Research Council
José M. Murillo
José M. Murillo Spanish National Research Council
Teodoro Marañón
Teodoro Marañón Spanish National Research Council
Félix Moreno
Félix Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Markus Puschenreiter
Markus Puschenreiter BOKU University
Jorge Álvaro-Fuentes
Jorge Álvaro-Fuentes Spanish National Research Council
Heike Knicker
Heike Knicker Spanish National Research Council
Michael Schloter
Michael Schloter Technical University of Munich
Carlos Cantero-Martínez
Carlos Cantero-Martínez University of Lleida
Rasmus Kjøller
Rasmus Kjøller University of Copenhagen

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