Soil carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions, and water pollution under different tillage practices

SS Bhattacharyya, FFGD Leite, CL France… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tillage is a common agricultural practice and a critical component of agricultural systems
that is frequently employed worldwide in croplands to reduce climatic and soil restrictions …

Does occasional tillage undo the ecosystem services gained with no-till? A review

H Blanco-Canqui, CS Wortmann - Soil and Tillage Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Continuous no-till (NT) is an effective practice to control soil erosion, conserve water, and
reduce monetary and energy costs, but it can be challenged by inadequate weed control …

No-tillage and soil physical environment

H Blanco-Canqui, SJ Ruis - Geoderma, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Biological soil health indicators respond to tillage intensity: A US meta-analysis

MR Nunes, DL Karlen, KS Veum, TB Moorman… - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Tillage intensity affects soil microbiological activity in many ways, often driven by changes in
soil organic C (SOC) content. The magnitude and direction of those changes, however …

Novel Genetic Algorithm (GA) based hybrid machine learning-pedotransfer Function (ML-PTF) for prediction of spatial pattern of saturated hydraulic conductivity

VK Singh, KC Panda, A Sagar, N Al-Ansari… - Engineering …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) is an important soil characteristic that controls water
moves through the soil. On the other hand, its measurement is difficult, time-consuming, and …

Tillage intensity effects on soil structure indicators—A US meta-analysis

MR Nunes, DL Karlen, TB Moorman - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tillage intensity affects soil structure in many ways but the magnitude and type (+/−) of
change depends on site-specific (eg, soil type) and experimental details (crop rotation, study …

What we talk about when we talk about soil health

RD Stewart, J Jian, AJ Gyawali… - Agricultural & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas Despite nationwide emphasis on soil health in the USA, current measurements
lack consistency. A meta‐analysis showed 8 of 42 soil health indicators reported> 20% of …

Spatial variability of saturated hydraulic conductivity and its links with other soil properties at the regional scale

B Usowicz, J Lipiec - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (K) is a key property for evaluating soil water movement and
quality. Most studies on spatial variability of K have been performed soil at a field or smaller …

Assessing synergistic effects of no-tillage and cover crops on soil carbon dynamics in a long-term maize crop** system under climate change

Y Huang, W Ren, J Grove, H Poffenbarger… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate-smart agriculture management practices such as no-tillage (NT) and cover crops
(CCs) have been widely applied and are expected to offer multiple environmental benefits …