Intensive crop production systems worldwide, particularly in China, rely heavily on nitrogen
(N) fertilization, but left more than 50% of fertilizer N in the environment. Nitrogen (over) …

A long-term experiment for testing different tillage methods and straw management practices
was carried out in the Northern China Plain (NCP) since 2002 in a double crop** system …

Heavy metals (HMs) from smelters pose severe challenges to the environmental soil quality
of surrounding farmlands, and threaten human health through the food chain. This study …

Abstract The North American Project to Evaluate Soil Health Measurements was initiated
with the objective to identify widely applicable soil health measurements for evaluation of …

The consumption of unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable diets is a major societal
challenge because of its impacts on human health and the environment. The adoption of …

Significant increase in soil organic carbon (SOC) has been found in Chinese croplands.
Current literature largely attributes this to the increased organic C inputs from manure, crop …

Biochar can improve soil health and crop productivity. We studied the response of soil
properties and wheat growth to four rates of wood biochar (0, 11.2, 22.4, and 44.8 Mg ha− 1) …

The introduction of novel perennial grains into annual row crop rotations is proposed to
increase soil ecosystem services and enhance plant-soil-microbial linkages because …

Soil organic matter (SOM) is essential for sustaining soil health and crop productivity.
However, changes in SOM stocks in response to agronomic practices are slow and show …

Untreated industrial sewage and domestic wastewater irrigation has led to agricultural soil-
crop system contamination by heavy metals and fluoride in Dongdagou and **dagou stream …