Changes in soil enzymes, soil properties, and maize crop productivity under wheat straw mulching in Guanzhong, China

K Akhtar, W Wang, G Ren, A Khan, Y Feng… - Soil and Tillage …, 2018 - Elsevier
Addition of organic material, such as crop straw mulch in most soils is considered a strategy
for sustainable agricultural production. We conducted a two-year experiment in 2015 and …

Effects of straw incorporation on the soil nutrient contents, enzyme activities, and crop yield in a semiarid region of China

P Zhang, X Chen, T Wei, Z Yang, Z Jia, B Yang… - Soil and Tillage …, 2016 - Elsevier
The current crop** system of conventional tillage and stubble removal in the northwestern
Loess Plateau of China is known to decrease the water use efficiency and crop yield …

The contribution of organic and chemical fertilizers on the pools and availability of phosphorus in agricultural soils based on a meta-analysis

X Liu, Y Zhang, Z Wang, Z Chen - European Journal of Agronomy, 2024 - Elsevier
Fertilization have a potential to improve soil phosphorus (P) pool and availability, which are
largely concentered in the surface layer of soils. However, the mechanism of fertilizer types …

Achieving soil organic carbon sequestration with conservation agricultural systems in the southeastern United States

AJ Franzluebbers - Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation management of degraded land has the potential to build soil fertility, restore
soil functions, and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions as a consequence of surface soil …

Soil properties and crop yields after 11 years of no tillage farming in wheat–maize crop** system in North China Plain

J He, H Li, RG Rasaily, Q Wang, G Cai, Y Su… - Soil and Tillage …, 2011 - Elsevier
Soil deterioration and the accompanying decline in crop yields are the main factors limiting
the further development of agriculture in North China Plain. The long-term effects of no …

[HTML][HTML] Which soil microbial indicators should be included in routine laboratory tests to support the transition to sustainable management of arable farming systems …

E Cusset, N Bennegadi-Laurent, S Recous… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Our research aims to address the gap in understanding the sensitivity of multipurpose active
pools of soil organic matter (SOM) and microbiological indicators, in addition to the usual …

Energy and carbon budgeting of tillage for environmentally clean and resilient soil health of rice-maize crop** system

B Lal, P Gautam, AK Nayak, BB Panda, P Bihari… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Human interventions in the environment leading to higher green house gas emissions which
are degrading the soil and environment quality. Traditional/conventional tillage systems …

Stratification ratio of soil organic matter pools as an indicator of carbon sequestration in a tillage chronosequence on a Brazilian Oxisol

JC de Moraes Sa, R Lal - Soil and Tillage Research, 2009 - Elsevier
Long-term no-tillage (NT) leads to profile stratification of soil organic matter (SOM) pools,
and the soil organic carbon (SOC) stratification ratio (SR) is an indicator of soil quality. The …

Changes in soil bacterial community and enzyme activity under five years straw returning in paddy soil

L Wu, H Ma, Q Zhao, S Zhang, W Wei, X Ding - European Journal of Soil …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil biological properties are essential for sustainable agriculture development. A five-year
field experiment was conducted to understand the effects of mineral fertilizers combined with …

Soil biochemical response to long-term conservation tillage under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions

E Madejón, F Moreno, JM Murillo, F Pelegrín - Soil and Tillage Research, 2007 - Elsevier
We studied the effects of long term conservation tillage (CT) versus traditional tillage (TT) on
soil biological status of a semi-arid sandy clay loam soil (Xerofluvent). The study was …