Soil degradation in India is estimated to be occurring on 147 million hectares (Mha) of land,
including 94 Mha from water erosion, 16 Mha from acidification, 14 Mha from flooding, 9 …

Land-use changes (LUC), primarily due to deforestation and soil disturbance, are one of the
major causes of soil quality degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. Effects of LUC on …

Carbon (C) storage and sequestration in agricultural soils is considered to be an important
issue in the study of terrestrial C cycling and global climatic change. The baseline C stock …

Accurate knowledge of regional soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and the effects of
environmental factors on SOC is crucial, both from the perspective of regional carbon …

Reliable map** of soil organic carbon (SOC) and Soil Inorganic Carbon (SIC) densities
and estimates of their pool size are important from global warming perspective to …

Abstract Background The Himalayan zones, with dense forest vegetation, cover a fifth part of
India and store a third part of the country reserves of soil organic carbon (SOC). However …

Topsoil is very sensitive to human disturbance under the changing climate. Estimates of
topsoil soil organic carbon (SOC) pool may be crucial for understanding soil C dynamics …

Conventional-till (CT) agriculture is known to be ecologically indiscreet, economically and
environmentally unsustainable, and leads to degradation of soil and environment in Indo …

A thorough knowledge of the effects of land use systems (LUS) on the soil carbon pool and
soil total nitrogen (STN) are critical to planning effective strategies for adaptation and …

With fast development of industry and agriculture in last two decades, land use changed
greatly on specific soil types of intrinsic low quality with C loss potential and necessitates …