Response of soil organic carbon content to crop rotation and its controls: A global synthesis

X Liu, S Tan, X Song, X Wu, G Zhao, S Li… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Determining the effect of crop rotation (CR) on soil organic carbon (SOC) and its controls is
vital for improving the potential benefits of CR in agroecosystems to achieve carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Depth-driven responses of soil organic carbon fractions to orchard cover crops across China: A meta-analysis

W Ding, L Sun, Y Fang, F Zvomuya, X Liu… - Soil and Tillage Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Cover crops (CC) have been widely recognized and implemented as one of the most
effective agronomic practices for enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in …

[PDF][PDF] Conservation agriculture impacts on productivity, resource-use efficiency and environmental sustainability: A holistic review

TK Das, S Ghosh, A Das, S Sen, D Datta… - Indian Journal of …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Conservation Agriculture (CA) with 3 interrelated principles of minimum soil disturbance,
permanent soil cover with crop residue mulch and diversified crop rotations offers a plethora …

Combined effects of long-term tillage and fertilisation regimes on soil organic carbon, microbial biomass, and abundance of the total microbial communities and N …

A Govednik, Ž Potočnik, K Eler, M Suhadolc - Applied Soil Ecology, 2023 - Elsevier
Reduced tillage intensity is known to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) in the topsoil, but
can also lead to increased microbially derived nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions. Although the …

Effects of cadmium contamination on bacterial and fungal communities in Panax ginseng-growing soil

H Sun, C Shao, Q Jin, M Li, Z Zhang, H Liang, H Lei… - BMC microbiology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Cadmium (Cd) contamination in soil poses a serious safety risk for the
development of medicine and food with ginseng as the raw material. Microorganisms are …

Response of wheat and maize yields to different tillage practices across China: A meta-analysis

S Zhao, X Xu, S Qiu, P He - European Journal of Agronomy, 2023 - Elsevier
Tillage practice can change soil properties, regulate crop root development and nutrient
availability, thus affecting crop growth and yield. However, the effect of no tillage (NT) and …

Carbon sequestration through conservation tillage in sandy soils of arid and semi-arid climates: A meta-analysis

SL Colunga, L Wahab, AF Cabo, E Pereira - Soil and Tillage Research, 2025 - Elsevier
This meta-analysis assessed soil organic carbon (SOC) percent changes in sandy soils,
transitioning from conventional tillage (CT) to conservational tillage (CST) in arid and semi …

Responses of soil organic carbon, microbial biomass carbon, and microbial quotient to ground cover management practices in Chinese orchards: a data synthesis

W Ding, J Chen, Y Wu, J Mu, Z Qi, F Zvomuya, H He - Plant and Soil, 2024 - Springer
Methods This study established a national database of SOC, SMBC, and SMQ, as well as
associated climatic and edaphic factors, and agronomic practices from 288 field experiments …

Shifting long-term tillage to geotextile mulching for weed control improves soil quality and yield of orange orchards

S Paliaga, C Lucia, D Pampinella, SM Muscarella… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Weed control in urban and peri-urban orange orchards is challenging due to operational
and legislative restrictions. Tillage, besides from negatively affecting soil fertility and …

Conservation agriculture influences soil nitrogen availability in the lower Indo-Gangetic Plains

S Mukherjee, D Sarkar, B Mandal, S Kanthal, S Ghosh… - Plant and Soil, 2024 - Springer
Background and aims Information on the effect of conservation agriculture (CA) on N
availability in soil is inconsistent. Estimation of available N using conventional analytical …