Legumes for soil health and sustainable management

RS Meena, A Das, GS Yadav, R Lal - 2018 - Springer
A challenge for today's agriculture is to ensure food and nutritional security for the rapidly
growing global population. The global population is expected to reach 8.55 billion by 2030 …

Cereal+ legume intercropping: An option for improving productivity and sustaining soil health

J Layek, A Das, T Mitran, C Nath, RS Meena… - Legumes for soil health …, 2018 - Springer
Intercropping is the system of simultaneously growing two or more crops on the same land
area with a definite row arrangement. However, it is very much important to ensure that …

Role of soil phosphorus on legume production

T Mitran, RS Meena, R Lal, J Layek, S Kumar… - Legumes for soil health …, 2018 - Springer
Legumes play a significant role in sustainable agriculture through their ability to improve soil
fertility and health. Legumes, with a mutual symbiotic relationship with some bacteria in soil …

Legume green manuring: an option for soil sustainability

BL Meena, RK Fagodiya, K Prajapat… - Legumes for soil health …, 2018 - Springer
Overuse of nitrogen (N) fertilizer to enhance agricultural production is threatening the
environment. The concentrations of reactive forms (eg, NOx, N 2 O, NO 3−, NH 3) of N have …

Role of legumes in soil carbon sequestration

S Kumar, RS Meena, R Lal, G Singh Yadav… - Legumes for soil health …, 2018 - Springer
The soil organic carbon (SOC) pool is the key indicator of soil health and quality which in
turn plays a vital role to soil sustainability. The continuous uses of unsustainable agricultural …

Legume root rot control through soil management for sustainable agriculture

B Naseri - Sustainable management of soil and environment, 2019 - Springer
One of the most desired goals in sustainable agriculture is to wisely organize crop
management programs which not only improve productivity but also do not disturb …

Legume-based rotation enhances subsequent wheat yield and maintains soil carbon storage

C Liu, X Feng, Y Xu, A Kumar, Z Yan, J Zhou… - Agronomy for …, 2023 - Springer
Legume inclusion into cropping systems has been proposed to maintain high crop yields
while offering multiple environmental benefits. However, the effect of legumes as pre-crop …

Soil carbon sequestration in crop production

RS Meena, S Kumar, GS Yadav - Nutrient dynamics for sustainable crop …, 2020 - Springer
The carbon (C) sequestration potential of global soils are estimated between 0.4 and 1.2 Gt
C year− 1 or 5–15%(1Pg= 1× 10 5 g). The C emission is rising rapidly by 2.3% every year. If …

Nitrogen and legumes: a meta-analysis

SK Kakraliya, U Singh, A Bohra, KK Choudhary… - Legumes for soil health …, 2018 - Springer
The current progress in agricultural production does not really cater to the demand of the
burgeoning human population. Consequently, this puts global food and nutritional security …

Enhanced phosphorus fertilizer use efficiency with microorganisms

H Etesami - Nutrient dynamics for sustainable crop production, 2020 - Springer
Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient in plant development and growth, and its deficiency
is one of the major factors limiting crop yields worldwide. Although soils generally possess a …