Global food production needs to be doubled by 50% by the middle of 21st century to ensure
the food and nutritional security for 9 billion people explicitly in the challenging scenarios …

A significant challenge in our time is to produce sufficient agricultural products on limited
farmable land to meet the needs for food, feed, fiber, and industrial uses in the face of a …

Agriculture is the main source of terrestrial N2O emissions, a potent greenhouse gas and the
main cause of ozone depletion. The reduction of N2O into N2 by microorganisms carrying …

The emissions of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and leaching of nitrate (NO 3) from agricultural
cropping systems have considerable negative impacts on climate and the environment …

In this study, field-specific data was collected from a 10-year experiment in central Spain in
which vetch (Vicia sp. L.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were established as cover crops …

Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate
source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and …

Nitrogen is an element present on Earth in different forms, such as gaseous in the air,
dissolved in water, immobilized in the soil, as well as biologically bound in all living …

Cover crops are often recommended as a valuable practice to develop more sustainable
cropping systems but, despite many benefits, their adoption in practice is still limited mainly …

Cover crops provide ecosystem services such as storing atmospheric carbon in soils after
incorporation of their residues. Cover crops also influence soil water balance, which can be …

Agriculture contributes to a significant proportion of global emissions of greenhouse gases
(GHG) but can also participate in climate change mitigation. The introduction of legumes in …