Soil organic carbon (SOC) improvement has become a sustainable strategy for enhancing
soil resilience and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the rice cropping system …

Bulk density of a soil is a dynamic property that varies with the soil structural conditions. In
general, it increases with profile depth, due to changes in organic matter content, porosity …

The effects of topography, land cover type, and soil physicochemical properties on the
distribution of soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) have drawn growing …

To meet the requirement of increasing demand for food and fodder and to ensure food
security, it is important to increase the production potential through soil health improvement …

In hilly area of North China, massive deforestation of natural forests and extensive use of
agricultural lands have resulted in severe soil degradation. Soil organic carbon (SOC) and …

Rain-fed agriculture is an important part of the global agriculture system and plays a vital
role in ensuring food security. Conservation tillage (CT) is widely used in USA maize …

Land-use changes can alter soil carbon (C) contents, and in particular deforestation has
been responsible for a large part of the cumulative human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Forests around the globe have been converted to agricultural land to meet human demands.
The investigation of soil quality index (SQI) as affected by land use change is essential to …

Soil aggregate stability is considered feasible and important indicator for understanding
complex interactions between soils' physico-chemical and biological properties and soil …

Poor soil properties and low soil moisture content (SMC) are major limitations for cultivating
a second crop after the rainy season rice (Oryza sativa L.) in the uplands of the Eastern …