Meta-analysis approach to measure the effect of integrated nutrient management on crop performance, microbial activity, and carbon stocks in Indian soils

R Padbhushan, S Sharma, U Kumar… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cereal crop production gains under conventional agricultural systems in India have been
declining in recent years because of inadequate management practices, creating a …

Soil microbial biomass carbon stock and its relation with climatic and other environmental factors in forest ecosystems: A review

S Das, S Deb, SS Sahoo, UK Sahoo - Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil Microbial biomass is soil organic matter's living mass. Half of the microbial biomass is in
the uppermost (15 cm) soil, which stores< 4% organic matter, plays a major role in …

Global patterns and controlling factors of soil nitrification rate

Z Li, Z Zeng, D Tian, J Wang, Z Fu… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soil nitrification, an important pathway of nitrogen transformation in ecosystems, produces
soil nitrate that influences net primary productivity, while the by‐product of nitrification …

Effect of vegetation type and season on microbial biomass carbon in Central Himalayan forest soils, India

K Bargali, V Manral, K Padalia, SS Bargali… - Catena, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil microbial biomass is an important component of soil organic matter constituting from 2
to 5% of the soil organic carbon and play a significant role in the cycling of nutrients and …

Assessment of soil microbial and enzyme activity in the rhizosphere zone under different land use/cover of a semiarid region, India

A Meena, KS Rao - Ecological Processes, 2021 - Springer
Background Land use/cover and management practices are widely known to influence soil
organic matter (S OM) quality and quantity. The present study investigated the effect of …

Effect of land use, season, and soil depth on soil microbial biomass carbon of Eastern Himalayas

NT Lepcha, NB Devi - Ecological processes, 2020 - Springer
Background Soil microbial biomass, an important nutrient pool for ecosystem nutrient cycling
is affected by several factors including climate, edaphic, and land-use change. Himalayan …

Quality of fresh organic matter affects priming of soil organic matter and substrate utilization patterns of microbes

H Wang, TW Boutton, W Xu, G Hu, P Jiang, E Bai - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in biogeochemical cycles and the climate system due to human activities
are expected to change the quantity and quality of plant litter inputs to soils. How changing …

Repetitive land application of urban sewage sludge: Effect of amendment rates and soil texture on fertility and degradation parameters

H Hamdi, S Hechmi, MN Khelil, IR Zoghlami, S Benzarti… - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
The agricultural reuse of urban sewage sludge in degraded croplands has seen a wide
acceptance for biowaste recycling and for the improvement of soil fertility. However, soil …

Changes in soil biochemical properties following replacement of Banj oak forest with Chir pine in Central Himalaya, India

V Manral, K Bargali, SS Bargali, C Shahi - Ecological Processes, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Introduction In Central Himalaya, anthropogenic activities have led to the
widespread replacement of Banj oak (Quercus leucotrichophora) forest by Chir pine (Pinus …

Influence of urban sewage sludge amendment on agricultural soil parameters

R Dhanker, S Chaudhary, S Goyal, VK Garg - Environmental Technology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Using sewage sludge for agricultural soil conditioning may be a potential alternative for its
proper disposal and enhancing soil fertility by virtue of its high content of organic matter and …