Recent literature on no-till is reviewed with particular emphasis on research on commercial
uptake and environmental concerns in northern, western and south-western Europe …

An integrated assessment of the potential of different management practices for mitigating
specific components of the total GHG budget (N 2 O and CH 4 emissions and C …

Executive summary Land and climate interact in complex ways through changes in forcing
and multiple biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks across different spatial and …

Implications of no-till (NT) management on soil C dynamics, soil fertility, and crop yields
have been discussed, but an up-to-date synthesis of NT impact on soil physical properties …

No-tillage (NT) practice is extensively adopted with aims to improve soil physical conditions,
carbon (C) sequestration and to alleviate greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions without …

Adopting no-tillage in agro-ecosystems has been widely recommended as a means of
enhancing carbon (C) sequestration in soils. However, study results are inconsistent and …

Mediterranean croplands are seasonally dry agroecosystems with low soil organic carbon
(SOC) content and high risk of land degradation and desertification. The increase in SOC is …

Human efforts to produce ever-greater amounts of food leave their mark on our environment.
Persistent use of conventional farming practices based on extensive tillage, especially when …

Nitrogen fertilization (NF) is one of the common practices to increase crop production
worldwide over the past several decades. Nevertheless, unreasonable NF results in …

There has been a growing interest in studying the labile C pool in order to promote the
sequestration and stabilization of soil organic carbon (SOC). Although labile SOC fractions …