[HTML][HTML] Conservation agriculture as a sustainable system for soil health: A review

B Cárceles Rodríguez, VH Durán-Zuazo… - Soil Systems, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Soil health is a term used to describe the general state or quality of soil, and in an
agroecosystem, soil health can be defined as the ability of the soil to respond to agricultural …

Soil health and microplastics: a review of the impacts of microplastic contamination on soil properties

RW Chia, JY Lee, J Jang, H Kim, KD Kwon - Journal of Soils and …, 2022‏ - Springer
Purpose Soil is a thin coating of matter that covers the earth's surface, formed through the
process of rock weathering. It is a natural filter for impurities in groundwater and is very …

Optimizing carbon sequestration in croplands: A synthesis

A Tiefenbacher, T Sandén, HP Haslmayr, J Miloczki… - Agronomy, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Climate change and ensuring food security for an exponentially growing global human
population are the greatest challenges for future agriculture. Improved soil management …

Predicting measures of soil health using the microbiome and supervised machine learning

RC Wilhelm, HM van Es, DH Buckley - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Soil health encompasses a range of biological, chemical, and physical soil properties that
sustain the commercial and ecological value of agroecosystems. Monitoring soil health …

Legume-based crop diversification reinforces soil health and carbon storage driven by microbial biomass and aggregates

Z Yan, J Zhou, C Liu, R Jia, KZ Mganga, L Yang… - Soil and Tillage …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Diversified crop** is a crucial management practice for increasing carbon (C) and
nitrogen (N) sequestration in agroecosystems. However, knowledge gaps regarding the …

Fertilizers for food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa: an overview of soil health implications

C Dimkpa, W Adzawla, R Pandey, WK Atakora… - Frontiers in Soil …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces chronic food insecurity associated with soil degradation
and the peculiar aftermath of climate change and exacerbated by rising population and …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation agriculture effects on soil water holding capacity and water-saving varied with management practices and agroecological conditions: A Review

AM Abdallah, HS Jat, M Choudhary, EF Abdelaty… - Agronomy, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Improving soil water holding capacity (WHC) through conservation agriculture (CA)-
practices, ie, minimum mechanical soil disturbance, crop diversification, and soil mulch …

Micro/nanoplastics pollution poses a potential threat to soil health

L Chen, T Qiu, F Huang, Y Zeng, Y Cui… - Global Change …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Micro/nanoplastic (MNP) pollution in soil ecosystems has become a growing environmental
concern globally. However, the comprehensive impacts of MNPs on soil health have not yet …

Rigorous, empirical, and quantitative: a proposed pipeline for soil health assessments

J Wade, SW Culman, CK Gasch, C Lazcano… - Soil Biology and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Soil health is a promising lens through which to approach land management, having the
potential to serve as a descriptor of biophysical processes and as an effective …

[HTML][HTML] Systems knowledge for sustainable soil and land management

MT Löbmann, L Maring, G Prokop, J Brils… - Science of the Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
While soils and land are pivotal elements of many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
and societal challenges, they face degradation and reduction of related functions and …