Bio-tillage: A new perspective for sustainable agriculture

Z Zhang, X Peng - Soil and Tillage Research, 2021 - Elsevier
For sustainable agricultural production, we propose bio-tillage, which is defined as
improving soil structure with plant roots to boost the growth of crops, in this paper. Cover …

Future roots for future soils

JP Lynch, SJ Mooney, CF Strock… - Plant, Cell & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanical impedance constrains root growth in most soils. Crop cultivation changed the
impedance characteristics of native soils, through topsoil erosion, loss of organic matter …

[HTML][HTML] Natural and managed soil structure: On the fragile scaffolding for soil functioning

D Or, T Keller, WH Schlesinger - Soil and Tillage Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil structure in natural systems is a product of complex interactions between biological
activity, climate and soil minerals that promote aggregation and accumulation of biopores. In …

Occasional tillage in no-tillage systems: A global meta-analysis

DS Peixoto, LCM da Silva, LBB de Melo… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
No-tillage (NT) is a major component of conservation agricultural systems. Challenges that
have arisen with the adoption of NT include soil compaction, weed management, and …

Root-rhizosphere-soil interactions in biopores

AS Wendel, SL Bauke, W Amelung, C Knief - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Background Even with extensive root growth, plants may fail to access subsoil water and
nutrients when root-restricting soil layers are present. Biopores, created from decaying roots …

Effect of water and nitrogen coupling regulation on the growth, physiology, yield, and quality attributes and comprehensive evaluation of wolfberry (Lycium barbarum …

Z Ma, J Yin, Y Yang, F Sun, Z Yang - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The characteristics of the growing environment (arid and semi-arid regions with abundant
light), wastage of water, types of fertilizers used, quality of the plants, and the decline in yield …

Precrops alleviate soil physical limitations for soybean root growth in an Oxisol from southern Brazil

AM Bertollo, MT de Moraes, JC Franchini… - Soil and Tillage …, 2021 - Elsevier
The impact of soil compaction on soybean root growth and grain yield can be alleviated by
the presence of biopores and root channels in the soil profile. We hypothesize that cover …

Multi-year belowground data of minirhizotron facilities in Selhausen

L Lärm, FM Bauer, N Hermes, J van der Kruk… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
The production of crops secure the human food supply, but climate change is bringing new
challenges. Dynamic plant growth and corresponding environmental data are required to …

Linking root structure to functionality: the impact of root system architecture on citrate‐enhanced phosphate uptake

DM McKay Fletcher, S Ruiz, T Dias… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Root citrate exudation is thought to be important for phosphate solubilization. Previous
research has concluded that cluster‐like roots benefit most from this exudation in terms of …

[PDF][PDF] 农田土壤机械压实研究进展与展望

任利东, 王丽, 林琳, 张斌 - 土壤学报, 2023 - researchgate.net
土壤机械压实是威胁全球农业可持续发展的重要因素之一. 从农田土壤压实的检测, 危害,
缓解和预防四个方面系统介绍当前国内外土壤压实的最新研究进展与不足 …