Soil quality impacts of current South American agricultural practices

AB Wingeyer, TJC Amado, M Pérez-Bidegain… - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
Increasing global demand for oil seeds and cereals during the past 50 years has caused an
expansion in the cultivated areas and resulted in major soil management and crop …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive framework for evaluating the impact of land use change and management on soil organic carbon stocks in global drylands

C Fu, Z Chen, G Wang, X Yu, G Yu - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Drylands play major roles in the terrestrial carbon cycle and mitigation of climate change.
Understanding the dynamics of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks under land use change …

Carbon pathways in aggregates and density fractions in Mollisols under water and straw management: Evidence from 13C natural abundance

P Chen, J Xu, Z Zhang, K Wang, T Li, Q Wei… - Soil biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mollisols have a high potential to mitigate climate change and play an important role in the
global carbon (C) cycle due to their inherently high soil organic matter (SOM). However, little …

Positive effects of crop rotation on soil aggregation and associated organic carbon are mainly controlled by climate and initial soil carbon content: A meta-analysis

F Zheng, X Liu, W Ding, X Song, S Li, X Wu - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the global patterns and controls on soil aggregation and associated organic
carbon (OC) is essential to improve soil carbon storage and mitigate climate warming. Crop …

Soil microorganism regulated aggregate stability and rill erosion resistance under different land uses

Y Yang, Y Zhang, X Yu, G Jia - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
How microbial communities respond to soil aggregation and rill erosion resistance has
rarely been addressed. Such a knowledge gap hinders the practice of guiding sustainable …

Increased crop** intensity improves crop residue inputs to the soil and aggregate-associated soil organic carbon stocks

LE Novelli, OP Caviglia, G Piñeiro - Soil and Tillage Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Many South American agroecosystems are based mainly on soybean [Glycine max
(L.) Merr.] as a sole crop in the year, which has increased concerns regarding soil …

Development of a soil quality index for sequences with different levels of land occupation using soil chemical, physical and microbiological properties

DL Serri, C Pérez-Brandan, JM Meriles, F Salvagiotti… - Applied Soil …, 2022 - Elsevier
The sustainable intensification of agricultural systems through crop rotations and/or the use
of winter service crops can contribute to the diversification of the systems. This alteration of …

Evaluation of soil degradation produced by rice crop systems in a Vertisol, using a soil quality index

SMJ Sione, MG Wilson, M Lado, AP González - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the priorities of land planners is the development of methodologies that allow the
detection of negative impacts on soils. The objective of this work was to evaluate the impact …

Soil stabilisation by water repellency under no-till management for soils with contrasting mineralogy and carbon quality

FB Kraemer, PD Hallett, H Morrás, L Garibaldi… - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
No-till soil management is common around the globe, but the impacts on soil structural
quality varies depending on crop** practice and inherent soil properties. This study …

The intensity change of urban development land: Implications for the city master plan of Guangzhou, China

J Gong, W Chen, Y Liu, J Wang - Land Use Policy, 2014 - Elsevier
The Chinese economy has experienced substantial development over the last thirty years.
This growth has resulted in an enormous expansion of China's urban areas and it has also …