Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science

To the Readers
The Executive Board of the Bulgarian Soil Science Society decided to begin publishing Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science as International Series in 2015 and web based, free, open access scientific journal. The Editorial Advisory Board consists of European researchers and specialists in soil and related sciences.
We are confident that Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science will unite the research of specialists and scientists in soil science from all over the world and help them in the processes of their scientific integration.
The Editorial Board
Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science (ISSN-online 2367-9212, ISSN-print 2534-8787) is an international open access web based scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of high-quality research in the field of soil sciences. Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science publishes scientific research that contributes to understanding the soil and its interaction with humans and the entire Earth system. The scope of the journal includes all topics that fall within the study of soil science as a discipline. The journal publishes original papers in topic sections on global and regional theoretical and experimental studies on the problems of genesis, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, fertility, management, conservation, and remediation of soils.
Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science articles are published: Issue 1 from January to June and Issue 2 from July to December.
The Editorial Board
Prof. Biser Hristov – Editor in chief - President of Bulgarian Soil Science Society, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof. Irena Atanassova – Executive editor - Director of ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Mariana Hristova - Editorial Secretary- ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof. Metodi Teoharov – Past President of Bulgarian Soil Science Society, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof. Edoardo Costantini - Past President of IUSS, Rome, Italy
Prof. Rattan Lal - Ohio State University, USA
Prof. Rainer Horn - Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany
Prof. Evgeny Shein - Moscow State University "M. Lomonosov", Russia
Prof. Pandi Zdruli - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Itlay
Prof. Milan Mesič - University of Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Margarita Mondeshka – University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof. Milena Kercheva – ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Rada Povova - Agricultural University Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Maya Benkova – ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Zdravka Petkova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Gergana Kuncheva - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Plamen Ivanov- ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Luba Nenova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Tzezka Simeonova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Vera Petrova – University of Forestry. Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc prof. Simeon Bogdanov - University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Boyka Malcheva – University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Bilyana Grigorova-Pesheva - University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Hristo Valchovski - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Vessela Branicheva - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Vanya Kachova – Institute of Forest, BAS, Sofia Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Mima Todorova – Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Ivaylo Kirilov - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Ilyana Gerasimova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Kameliya Petrova – University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria
Assoc. prof. Elena Grancharova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Asst. prof. Maria Ivanova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Asst. prof. Radoslava Lazarova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Asst. porf. Milena Hristozova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Asst. prof. Milena Mitova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Asst. prof. Asen Nikolov - Institute of animal sciences, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria
Asst. prof. Anna Katzarova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Asst. prof. Zornitsa Mitreva - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Asst. prof. Pavel Pavlov - University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria
Assit. prof. Plamen Tomov - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assistant Tsvetina Paparkova - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Assistant Anton Sotirov - Institute of Agriculture, Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Asst. prof. Mariela Stojkova - Technical editor, Preprint - ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” Sofia, Bulgaria
Indexing, abstracting and archiving by :
This work is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Open access policy
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science
















