Redesigning agrosystems to include more ecological regulations can help feed a growing
human population, preserve soils for future productivity, limit dependency on synthetic …

Sustainable crop production requires nutrient inputs to replace what was removed or lost.
Replenishing nutrients using fertilizers and animal wastes is one of the most common input …

The concept of soil health is appropriately receiving increased attention from governments,
producers, corporations, and other stakeholders because of the many functions of soil that …

Soil function assessment is critical to mitigate soil degradation and achieve the sustainable
use of soil resources. The changes in soil properties induced by land use type and slope …

Conservation agriculture is often assumed to reduce soil N2O emissions. Yet, studies
analyzing the specific effect of conservation agriculture practices on N2O emissions give …

Globally, agriculture has had a significant and often detrimental impact on soil. The
continued capacity of soil to function as a living ecosystem that sustains microbes, plants …

Context Long-term experiments are an important tool to investigate the effects of crop
rotation and fertilization measures under climate change conditions. However, there are few …

Nitrogen (N) is the most limiting nutrient for the production of vegetable crops, but
anthropogenic sources pose risks due to its transformation into several reactive forms and …

Nitrogen (N) in soil mainly occurs in organic forms, with soil organic nitrogen (SON) playing
an essential role in supplying N to crops. However, it is unclear how the content and …

Organic carbon based amendments can improve soil structure and fertility, as well as
increase composition and diversity of soil microbial community. One of the major functions of …