Healthy soils are essential for progressive agronomic activities. Organic fertilization
positively affects agro-ecosystems by stimulating plant growth, enhancing crop productivity …

Human efforts to produce more food for increasing populations leave marks on the
environment. The use of conventional agricultural practices, including intensive tillage …

Soil aggregation plays a critical role in the maintenance of soil structure, as well as in its
productivity. Fertilization influences soil aggregation, especially by regulating soil organic …

In saline-alkaline soil, soil structural stability and phosphorus (P) availability are the limiting
factors for crop yield. Organic amendments are proved to play a key role in soil quality, P …

Of late, intensive farming for higher food production is often associated with many negative
implications for soil systems, such as decline of soil organic matter (SOM), increase in risks …

Tillage treatments have an important effect on soil microstructure characteristics, water
thermal properties and nutrients, but little is known in the newly reclaimed cultivated land …

An exhaustive meta-analysis of 132 long-term (≥ 10 years) studies worldwide was carried
out to determine the effects of the use of organic amendments (OA) and OA+ inorganic …

Limited information is available on long-term fertilization impacts on soil organic carbon
(SOC) sequestration in deep soils and C pools within bulk soils and aggregates. Hence, the …

Conservation agriculture (CA) can be an important strategy for improving soil organic carbon
(SOC) and total nitrogen (TN). Numerous studies have examined SOC and TN dynamics in …

Organic manure and biochar amendments have been used in agriculture to improve soil
fertility and enhance crop productivity. Plant roots play an important role in the functionality …