Soil microbial biomass plays important roles in nutrient cycling, plant–pathogen
suppression, decomposition of residues and degradation of pollutants; therefore, it is often …

Due to intensive agricultural practices, agricultural lands are subject to continuous
degradation. Agricultural productivity depends to a great degree on soil characteristics—soil …

A long-term study on the effect of different crop rotations [soybean/wheat, S/W; maize/wheat,
M/W or cotton/wheat, C/W] and tillage regimes [no-tillage (NT) or conventional tillage (CT)] …

Crop rotation and tillage impact microbial C dynamics, which are important for sequestering
C to offset global climate change and to promote sustainable crop production. Little …

Reduction in soil disturbance can stimulate soil microbial biomass and improve its metabolic
efficiency, resulting in better soil quality, which in turn, can increase crop productivity. In this …

Agricultural practices that reduce soil degradation and improve agricultural sustainability are
needed particularly for tropical/subtropical soils. No-tillage planting causes minimal soil …

The objective of this work was to identify soil parameters potentially useful to monitor soil
quality under different soil management and crop rotation systems. Microbiological and …

The advantages of no-tillage (NT) over conventional tillage (CT) systems in improving soil
quality are generally accepted, resulting from benefits in soil physical, chemical and …

Soil conservation practices are critical for agricultural sustainability, and in this study the
shotgun sequencing approach was used to investigate the effects on soil biodiversity of …

Relatively less attention has been paid on the use of conservation agriculture (CA) in the
arid and semi-arid tropics (SAT), although a lot of information is available from humid and …