Soil Health Assessment for Crop-Specific Production: Linking Soil Microbiomes, Pathogen Risk, and Crop Nutritional and Phytochemical Quality

Soil degradation is one of the greatest threats to sustainable agriculture, yet current soil health assessment frameworks largely rely on physicochemical indicators and may insufficiently account for crop-specific biological requirements and microbiome functions. Increasing evidence indicates that different crops require distinct combinations of physical, chemical, and biological soil properties and recruit differentially enriched rhizosphere microbial assemblages that regulate nutrient cycling, disease suppression, plant performance, and nutritional quality. Keywords: pandemic Preprint Version: Version 2 (Revised Preprint) Revision Summary: Fixed sample size Previous Version: 10.5281/zenodo.23377829 Preprint Notice: This manuscript is an open-access scientific preprint published in the Global Youth Science Journal (GYSJ) Preprints repository. It has not undergone formal journal peer review. Permanent Repository URL: https://globalyouthsciencejournal.app/preprint/202610.0001/v2