Limited impacts of occasional tillage on dry aggregate size distribution and soil carbon and nitrogen fractions in semi-arid drylands

WS Paye, VR Thapa, R Ghimire - International Soil and Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tillage management that minimizes the frequency and intensity of soil disturbance can
increase soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) sequestration and improve the resilience of …

Carbon storage and sequestration rates in Leucaena leucocephala-based silvopasture in Southern Mexico

JC López-Hernández, DR Aryal… - Agroforestry …, 2024 - Springer
Agroforestry practices that include trees on grazing lands could enhance atmospheric CO2
sequestration and storage. However, carbon sequestration rates and storage capacity of …

Comparative assessment of soil fertility across varying elevations

K Khosravi Aqdam, F Asadzadeh, S Rezapour… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Land elevation exerts a significant influence on soil fertility through affecting macro and
micro climatic conditions and geomorphological processes. To evaluate the soil fertility at …

Novel annual nitrogen management strategy improves crop yield and reduces greenhouse gas emissions in wheat-maize rotation systems under limited irrigation

C Du, Y Liu, J Guo, W Zhang, R Xu, B Zhou… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Excessive irrigation and nitrogen application have long seriously undermined agricultural
sustainability in the North China Plain (NCP), leading to declining groundwater tables and …

Straw Returning With No‐Tillage Alleviates Microbial Metabolic Carbon Limitation and Improves Soil Multifunctionality in the Northeast Plain

J Chu, L Wang, R Jia, J Zhou, H Zang… - Land Degradation & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Straw returning has been broadly recognized as an agronomic strategy to manage soil
quality and has great potential to enhance soil fertility. However, soil microbial metabolism …

[PDF][PDF] Comparative assessment of soil fertility across varying elevations

KK Aqdam, F Asadzadeh, S Rezapour… - Environmental …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Land elevation exerts a significant influence on soil fertility through affecting macro and
micro climatic conditions and geomorphological processes. To evaluate the soil fertility at …

Divergent effects of long-term fertilization on the carbon management index across soil profiles in key Chinese croplands

A Mustafa, M Xu, N Sun, A Cai, Z Cai, MTK Nezhad - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Evidence for the variability of the carbon (C) management index (CMI) across surface and
subsurface soil layers due to long-term fertilization in diverse agroecological settings is …

No-tillage with straw mulching promotes the utilization of soil nitrogen by rice under wheat–rice and oilseed rape–rice cropping systems

F Yan, W Zhou, Y Sun, C Guo, K Xiang, N Li… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction To investigate the effects of no-tillage with straw mulching on the absorption and
utilization of soil nitrogen (N), fertilizer N, and straw N by rice under paddy-upland rotations …

Differentiation in Nitrogen Transformations and Crop Yield as Affected by Tillage Modes in a Fluvo-Aquic Soil

F Shen, C Zhu, G Jiang, J Yang, X Zhu, S Wang… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen is a vital element for soil fertility and crop productivity. The transformation of
nitrogen is directly affected by tillage practices for the disturbing soil. The characteristics of …

Carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions: Insights from New Mexico

R Ghimire, DR Aryal, NP Hanan… - Agrosystems …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Arid and semiarid regions cover more than one‐third of the land surface, where the interplay
between water, land use, and management strongly influences carbon (C) sequestration …