Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration

MF Cotrufo, JM Lavallee - Advances in agronomy, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further
accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …

A review on carbon pools and sequestration as influenced by long-term management practices in a rice–wheat crop** system

GS Dheri, G Nazir - Carbon Management, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The drastic increase of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and depletion of soil organic
carbon (SOC) have prompted interest in exploiting the sink potential of soil to sequester …

Carbon and nitrogen fractions and stocks under 41 years of chemical and organic fertilization in a sub-humid tropical rice soil

M Shahid, AK Nayak, C Puree, R Tripathi, B Lal… - Soil and Tillage …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of different fertilizers and manure on dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC)
and nitrogen fractions and their stock changes remains unclear under intensively cultivated …

Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a Vertisol following 50 years of no-tillage, crop stubble retention and nitrogen fertilization

P Jha, KM Hati, RC Dalal, YP Dang, PM Kopittke… - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Conservation agriculture commonly improves soil health and results in organic C
sequestration. This study compared conventional tillage (CT) and no tillage (NT) systems …

Variations in soil aggregate stability and organic carbon stability of alpine meadow and shrubland under long-term warming

L Qiao, H Zhou, Z Wang, Y Li, W Chen, Y Wu, G Liu… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Global warming is increasingly impacting the structure and functioning of the ecosystems in
the Tibetan plateau. However, information about warming effects on the stability of carbon …

Variation in soil organic carbon stability and driving factors after vegetation restoration in different vegetation zones on the Loess Plateau, China

H Xu, Q Qu, B Lu, Y Zhang, G Liu, S Xue - Soil and Tillage Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Vegetation restoration is considered to be an important pathway for ecosystem
improvement; however, information remains limited about how the soil organic carbon …

Long-term effects of NPK fertilizers and organic manures on soil organic carbon and carbon management index under a double-crop** rice system in Southern …

H Tang, X **ao, W Tang, C Li, K Wang… - … in Soil Science and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The effects of manure and chemical fertilizer on soil bulk density, soil organic carbon (SOC),
and the role of carbon management index (CMI) in soil quality evaluation were studied …

Biochar affects soil properties over 1 m depth in an alkaline soil of north China Plain

X Bai, J Tang, Q Lin - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Biochar has been shown to enhance soil quality and agricultural yields. Previous studies
about biochar's effect on soil properties mainly concentrated on the top 30 cm layer but less …