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Identifying the best tillage system to maintain soil properties and crop yields after Conservation Reserve Program grassland conversion Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Hans W. Klopp, Humberto Blanco-Canqui, Cody F. Creech, Amanda C. Easterly
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a United.States of Americae government program that provides financial incentives to transition marginal croplands to permanent grass cover to conserve soil and water. Few studies have evaluated the best tillage system that maintains soil properties when converting CRP back to cropland. Our objective was to determine how converting CRP to cropland under different
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A study of different agricultural practices over a dozen years: Influence on soil CO2 fixation rates and soil autotrophic microbial communities Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Qingfeng Wang, Changbin Chu, Zheng Zhao, Deping Zhou, Shuhang Wu
Human activities, including agricultural practice, have a significant effect on soil biodiversity and function. However, little is known about the influence of agricultural practice on the microbial CO fixation potential. We applied stable isotope, quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and high-throughput sequencing to study the atmospheric CO fixation rates and the composition of autotrophic -gene-harboring
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Soil nitrogen availability mediates the positive effects of intercropping on soil organic carbon at global scales Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Tingting Sun, Jie Zhou, Yue Fu, Lixue Wu, Tian Zhang
Intercropping is an effective cultivation practice to develop sustainable agroecosystems and increase soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (N) with rich crop diversity. With increased duration, the changes in soil N availability might affect microbial and plant growth and consequently regulate the intercropping effects on SOC sequestration. However, the response of intercropping effects on SOC components
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Deep tillage enhances the spatial homogenization of bacterial communities by reducing deep soil compaction Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Ruiwen Hu, Bufan Zheng, Yongjun Liu, Shuguang Peng, Jia Gong, Junhui Li, Tian Qin, Jingsong Liang, Kunlong Xiong, Lanjun Shao, Zhongyi Zheng, Zhenxie Yi, Qingming Zhou, Juan Li
The pressures from machinery use and continuous agricultural production practices exacerbate soil compaction. Deep tillage (DT) can reduce subsoil compaction, but the spatial composition patterns and community assembly mechanisms of subsoil vs. topsoil bacteria mediated by DT are unknown. Here, we collected soil profile samples from 18 agricultural fields within a multiple cropping area of southern
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Fifteen-years of continuous application of organic materials improve the soil aggregation, organic carbon status and sustain the productivity of the basmati rice-wheat system Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Sunil Mandi, Yashbir Singh Shivay, Debashish Chakraborty, Manoj Shrivastava, Somanath Nayak, Kirttiranjan Baral, Kadapa Sreenivasa Reddy
The rice-wheat cropping system covers a considerable area of the Indo-Gangetic Plain zone (IGPZ) due to agro-pedological compatibility. The nutrient requirements of the rice-wheat system in an organic mode are met through locally available organic matter (OM) is a subject of investigation from the viewpoint of declining the underlying mechanisms. A long-term organic farming experiment was carried out
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Maize productivity and nutrient status in response to crop residue mineralization with beneficial microbes under various tillage practices Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Haris Khan, Ahmad Khan, Sajid Khan, Anjum Anjum, Habib Akbar, Dost Muhammad
The sustainable intensification of agriculture has become a paramount concern in ensuring global food security on a sustainable basis. Crop residue (CR) management plays a pivotal role in this context, as it influences soil health, nutrients cycling, and overall crop productivity. However, information about the intricate relationship between beneficial microbes (BM), crop residue mineralization, and
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Influence of tillage methods and soil crust breakers on cotton seedling emergence in silty-loam soil Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Davut Karayel, Egidijus Šarauskis
Soil crusting is a common problem that affects crop emergence and growth worldwide across different soil and climate conditions. This study aimed to investigate the impact of various tillage methods on soil crust formation and assess the effectiveness of soil crust breakers in enhancing cotton seedling emergence. The research was conducted on Silty-Loam soil, examining the impact of four tillage methods:
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Soil heterogeneity and the challenge of identifying a trajectory of soil properties development at a mine rehabilitated site Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Filipović Vilim, Franziska B. Bucka, Evelin Pihlap, Thomas Baumgartl
Rehabilitation following open-cast mining aims to build a long-term functional and sustainable soil cover for a stable landscape development. The objective of this study was to assess changes in soil recovery of rehabilitation performed at different times (1980, 1998, 2009, 2016, 2017) measured as soil hydraulic and mechanical properties (shear stress) at an open-cast Yallourn mine site in south-east
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Corrigendum to “Silicon in soil and its interaction with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium nutrients on rice yield: A case study of paddy fields in the Taihu Lake region, China, without a history of silicon fertilization” [Soil Tillage Res. 238 (2024) 106027] Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Sihua Huang, Lijie Pu, Gaili He, Xiaoqing Wang, Dejing Chen, Xuefeng Xie, Lu Qie, Yang Dan, Rui Zhang, Zhongshun Gong, Yumeng Lu
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Estimation of agricultural soil surface roughness based on ultrasonic echo signal characteristics Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Zhan Zhao, Hualin Wei, Sisi Liu, Zhen Xue
Roughness is an important physical property of soil surface, and the estimation of soil surface roughness (SSR) has widely applications in the working performance evaluation and parameter control of agricultural machinery. This paper analyzed the influence of SSR on the reflection characteristics of ultrasonic beam and the subsequent changes in the receiver output voltage signal. Then, taking the peak
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Responses of SOC, labile SOC fractions, and amino sugars to different organic amendments in a coastal saline-alkali soil Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Zhaorui Cheng, Jingyu Guo, Wen Jin, Zhitao Liu, Qin Wang, Li Zha, Zhiguo Zhou, Yali Meng
Organic amendment combined with mineral fertilizer is known as an effective management practice to improve soil carbon (C) sequestration in cropland. We evaluated the effects of three organic amendments combined with mineral fertilizer on soil organic carbon (SOC), labile SOC fractions, amino sugars, C mineralization, and C-cycle enzyme activities in a coastal saline-alkali soil. The three amendments
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Microbial role in enhancing transfer of straw-derived nitrogen to wheat under nitrogen fertilization Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Shuyu Huang, Xue Gao, Li Zeng, Meiling Zhang, Liyu Zhang, Shiyu Wang, Yuanzheng Zhao, Wei Zhou, Chao Ai
Straw return plays an important role in improving soil fertility and crop yield. Straw combined with nitrogen (N) fertilizer can alleviate soil nutrient stress caused by N competition between soil microorganisms and crops during straw decomposition. Nevertheless, the microbial mechanisms by which N application regulates the allocation of straw-derived carbon (C) and N in soil–plant systems remain unresolved
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Characterization of soil pores in strip-tilled and conventionally-tilled soil using X-ray computed tomography Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Preetika Kaur, Jasmeet Lamba, Thomas R. Way, Kipling S. Balkcom, Alvaro Sanz-Saez, Dexter B. Watts
Changes in soil pore size distribution and connectivity can affect contaminant transport. Climate, soil type, and agricultural management practices can influence these characteristics. Conservation tillage practices, such as strip tillage, have been promoted as agricultural management practices that can help reduce soil erosion and nutrient loss in runoff. However, limited information exists in the
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Anaerobic digestate influences the carbon distribution in soil organic matter pools after six months from its application Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Martina Sinatra, Beatrice Giannetta, César Plaza, Giorgio Galluzzi, Andrea Squartini, Claudio Zaccone
The decline of soil organic matter (SOM) and micro and macronutrients is among the most serious threats that many agricultural soils in the world are facing. In many countries, soil amendments from a wide range of organic wastes are increasingly used as a win-win strategy to mitigate global warming while enhancing soil fertility and, in turn, food security. Digestate, a by-product of the anaerobic
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Freeze-thaw effects on pore space and hydraulic properties of compacted soil and potential consequences with climate change Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Tobias Klöffel, Mats Larsbo, Nicholas Jarvis, Jennie Barron
Freezing and thawing affect the pore-space structure in agricultural soils with implications for soil hydraulic properties and water flow. Previous studies have focused on the upper few centimeters of the tilled topsoil, where most freeze-thaw (FT) cycles occur, even though deeper soil layers are also subject to freezing and thawing in cold climates. Thus, little is known about how freezing and thawing
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Evaluation of long-term organic carbon dynamics and organic matter stability in a cultivated paddy soil using a carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes-based model Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Victor Manna Samson, Yuanhui Wei, Liming Guo, Dongming Liu, Maria Heiling, Gerd Dercon, Yuxuan Guo, Yanling Mao
Understanding soil organic matter (SOM) stability and carbon storage under long-term intensive land management systems is vital for estimating the C sequestration potentials of agricultural lands. Available methods currently used for measuring the stability of SOM, such as radiocarbon dating, are expensive. However, a cost-effective and reliable stable isotope-based model was developed for grasslands
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Cation composition of saline water affects soil structure by altering the formation of macropores and cracks in illite soils Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Sihui Yan, Tibin Zhang, Binbin Zhang, Zhenyuan Liu, Yu Cheng, Hao Feng
Cation ratio of soil structural stability (CROSS) is preferred over sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) for assessing irrigation water quality. However, its applicability in evaluating the impact of high-CROSS saline water on soil cracking remains unknown, as previous studies have focused solely on clay particle dispersion and flocculation. This study aims to determine whether high-CROSS saline water, with
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Historical water regime determines the methanogenic pathway response to the current soil:water ratio Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Wanyu Shen, Yang Ji, Zhongjun Jia, Qiong Huang, Xiaoli Zhu, Jing Ma, Shuwei Wang, Xiaoli Liu, Guangbin Zhang, Hua Xu
Paddy fields differ greatly in their soil historical water regimes, which in turn vary substrate availability and assembly of methanogenic communities for methane (CH) production. However, it remains unclear how the response of the methanogenesis process to current soil moisture is impacted by past water regimes. Here, we noticed that the composition of the methanogenic community was influenced much
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Description and modeling of the impacts of rigid calcareous concretions and shrinkage on the water retention curve of a Vertisol Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Y.M. Chen, Z.C. Guo, L. Gao, Y.Q. Qian, Z.B. Zhang, X.H. Peng
Calcic Vertisol, locally called as Shajiang black soil in China, contains numerous porous and rigid calcareous concretions (CCs). However, the impact of CCs on the water retention capacity of Vertisols is not fully understood. The objectives of this study were i) to quantify the effects of the CC content and size distribution on soil water retention and ii) to develop a model to characterize the relationship
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Can midseason drainage mitigate methane emissions from a paddy field with milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) incorporation? Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Nannan Zhou, Haijun Zhang, Jiajia Wang, Aixin Zhang, Wenbin Yang, Shan Tang, Shang Han, Ying Wang
Midseason drainage (MSD) has been proven as an effective strategy for mitigating methane (CH) emissions in paddy fields. However, its efficacy under milk vetch ( L., MV) incorporation, a paddy green manure widely cultivated in East Asian countries, remains uncertain. A three-year field trial was conducted, including five treatments: common level of chemical fertilizer with continuous flooding (CF-F)
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Contrasting effects of different straw return modes on net ecosystem carbon budget and carbon footprint in saline-alkali arid farmland Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Min Hu, Zhongyi Qu, Yue Li, Yunwu Xiong, Guanhua Huang
Saline-alkali soils seriously restrict agricultural productivity, reduce carbon (C) sequestration and increase global warming potential (GWP) of farmland systems. Straw return is usually used to improve soil physicochemical properties, increase soil organic carbon (SOC) and crop yield in saline-alkali arid farmland. The performance of straw return is influenced by varieties of factors including incorporation
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A systematic review of strategies for identifying and stabilizing dispersive clay soils for sustainable infrastructure Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Amir Hossein Vakili, Mahdi Salimi, İnan Keskin, Mohammad Jamalimoghadam
Dispersivity has long been a major concern in civil and geo-environmental engineering, as well as in agricultural engineering and soil sciences. Dispersive clay soils are common, but their prevalence and characteristics vary greatly across different regions of the world, especially in arid and semi-arid areas. These soils are highly unstable and prone to erosion when exposed to water, due to their
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Combining soil carbon storage and crop productivity in partial conservation agriculture of rice-based cropping systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Narendra Kumar, C.P. Nath, Krishnashis Das, K.K. Hazra, M.S. Venkatesh, M.K. Singh, S.S. Singh, C.S. Praharaj, Suman Sen, N.P. Singh
Conservation agriculture (CA) is an approach to achieve the ‘Sustainable Intensification’ of the rice-wheat cropping system of South Asia. However, difficulties in adoption of the full CA principles (zero tillage, soil cover, crop diversification) have been a concern in South Asia and the Indo-Gangetic Plains region. Eventually, partial CA which comprises at least one crop with zero tillage (ZT) with
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Micro/nanobubble-aerated drip irrigation affects saline soil microenvironments and tomato growth by altering bacterial communities Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Jingwei Wang, Yongqin Cui, Kangle Wu, Siyu Wu, Kangjia Wu, Yuan Li, Wenquan Niu
The purpose of this study was to elucidate how micro/nanobubble-aerated drip irrigation affects the rhizosphere soil and root endophytic bacterial communities of crops grown in saline soil and to explore the microecological mechanism through which this irrigation promotes crop growth under these conditions. This study investigated the responses of root system architecture, the root zone soil microenvironment
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Small straw addition enhances straw decomposition and carbon stabilized in soil aggregates over time Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Xiaofang Ji, Jiang Jiang, Yugang Wang, Gilles Colinet, Wenting Feng
Straw return as a common and effective management can improve soil carbon (C) sequestration and structure by forming aggregates and aggregate associated C. Quantifying soil aggregation and aggregate associated C is key to predicting soil organic C dynamics using testable models. The relative quantity of C stabilized in soil aggregate is an indicator that can reveal the conversion efficiency of added
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Effects of grazing on soil respiration in global grassland ecosystems Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Shucheng Li, Tingting Xing, Rula Sa, Yujuan Zhang, Hongyang Chen, Ke Jin, Qingqin Shao, Shiming Tang, Chengjie Wang
Soil respiration is an important process in the global carbon cycle, one that plays a crucial role in altering carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. However, the effects of grazing on soil respiration at the global scale remain unclear. Here, we analyzed 688 paired observations from 69 studies worldwide and found that grazing substantially suppresses soil respiration (including autotrophic respiration
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Silicon in soil and its interaction with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium nutrients on rice yield: A case study of paddy fields in the Taihu Lake region, China, without a history of silicon fertilization Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Sihua Huang, Lijie Pu, Gaili He, Xiaoqing Wang, Dejing Chen, Xuefeng Xie, Lu Qie, Yang Dan, Rui Zhang, Zhongshun Gong, Yumeng Lu
The fact that the addition of silicon (Si) facilitates higher yields has been widely elucidated by academics. However, the effects and processes of plant-available Si (PASi) deficiency in soils on rice yield changes are still not fully understood. This study investigated the Si nutrient status of soils and rice in typical rice cultivation systems without the history of traditional Si fertilization
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Characteristics and mechanisms of soil structure damage under salt weathering Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Zhao Duan, Kun Song, Ning Zhang, Li-Cai Zheng, Xu-Sheng Yan, Meng-Meng Zhang
The structural damage caused by salt weathering in loess soil is a crucial factor leading to soil erosion and geological disasters in the Loess Plateau region of China. However, the impact of salt weathering on the structural damage and strength degradation of soil under unidirectional dehumidification conditions remains unclear. To gain a comprehensive understanding of the structural damage process
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Effect of colour calibration on the prediction of soil organic matter content based on original soil images obtained from smartphones under different lighting conditions Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Jiawei Yang, Tianwei Wang, Shuxin Que, Zhaoxia Li, Yuqi Liang, Yuhang Wei, Nian Li, Zirui Xu
The ability to quickly and accurately determine soil organic matter (SOM) content is critical for effective soil management decisions. Using the colour of soil images captured by smartphones to predict SOM content has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional wet chemistry methods. However, natural environments can present a complex array of light conditions that can compromise the accuracy
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Experimental study on the stability of vegetated earthen slopes under intense rainfall Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-03 Xianghua Song, Yong Tan
Soil bioengineering using vegetation is an environmentally friendly solution to maintain the stability of shallow earthen slopes. To explore the microscopic mechanical reinforcement mechanism of plant roots on slope stabilization, the stabilities of three soil slopes covered by live grasses in different root morphologies under intense rainfall were examined extensively by both experimental tests and
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Effects of soil structure complexity to root growth of plants with contrasting root architecture Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Licida M. Giuliani, Paul D. Hallett, Kenneth W. Loades
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Soil profile carbon sequestration and nutrient responses varied with cover crops in irrigated forage rotations Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Atinderpal Singh, Rajan Ghimire, Pramod Acharya
Irrigated forage production systems are intensive and highly exhaustive on nutrients. Integration of cover crops in irrigated forage crop rotation could be a strategy to increase soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and improve nutrient cycling. However, there is a lack of comprehensive information on cover cropping strategies for improving soil health, SOC sequestration, and nutrient cycling in forage-based
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APFlowNet: An inter-layer interpolation approach for soil CT images based on CNN and bidirectional optical flow Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Hao Bai, Xibo Zhou, Yue Zhao, Yandong Zhao, Qiaoling Han
Computed tomography (CT) is an effective technique for characterizing the internal structure of soil. However, the voxels in CT images obtained by majority of medical scanners exhibit anisotropy, i.e., the resolution in the vertical direction is lower compared to the horizontal direction, which can have adverse effects on the characterization of soil morphological parameters and the quality of three-dimensional
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Effects of conservation tillage and straw mulching on crop yield, water use efficiency, carbon sequestration and economic benefits in the Loess Plateau region of China: A meta-analysis Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Wangfei Qin, Lili Niu, Yongliang You, Song Cui, Chao Chen, Zhou Li
A meta-analysis was conducted on the main crops in the Loess Plateau regions to assess the changes in crop yield, water use efficiency, soil organic carbon, economic benefits, energy use and their response to no-till and straw mulching. The results indicated that no-till straw mulching (NTS) increased wheat and pea yield by 14.3% and 29.5% compared with tillage (T), respectively. Water use efficiency
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Comparison of equivalent soil mass approaches to estimate soil organic carbon stocks under long-term tillage Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Yajun Peng, Inderjot Chahal, David C. Hooker, Laura L. Van Eerd
In agricultural ecosystems, soil organic carbon (SOC) which is affected by management practices, is important for soil health, food security, and climate change mitigation. However, accurately assessing the influence of agricultural management practices on SOC storage is a challenge, due in part to the uncertainty of calculation approaches used to estimate SOC stocks. Although equivalent soil mass
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C/N ratio of high-organic C materials is a poor predictor of microbial nitrate immobilization potential in a nitrate-rich soil: An 15N incubation study Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Zhaoxiong Chen, Huimin Zhang, Xiaoshun Tu, Jing Wang, Ahmed S. Elrys, Quan Tang, Jinbo Zhang, Zucong Cai, Yi Cheng
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Assessment of carbon carrying capacities of Alfisols and Vertisols under long-term manuring and fertilization Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Suvana Sukumaran, T.J. Purakayastha, Binoy Sarkar, Bidisha Chakrabarti, K.K. Bandyopadhyay, Dhiraj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar Yadav, Thulasi Viswanath, K.K. Rout, S.T. Shirale, A.V. Rajani
Carbon (C) sequestration in soil is limited by the soil’s maximum C carrying capacity (Cm) and C saturation deficit (Sd). These two parameters have enormous implication for choosing appropriate management strategies to increase a soil’s C sequestration potential (CSP). The present study aims to estimate the Cm and Sd of two Alfisols from Bhubaneswar (Alfisol-BHNS) and Pattambi (Alfisol-PTMB) and two
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Including soil depth as a predictor variable increases prediction accuracy of SOC stocks Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Jiaying Li, Feng Liu, Wenjiao Shi, Zhengping Du, Xiangzheng Deng, Yuxin Ma, Xiaoli Shi, Mo Zhang, Qiquan Li
Accurate estimates of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks are important in understanding terrestrial carbon cycling. Based on the fundamental theorem of surfaces, an alternative method, high accuracy surface modelling (HASM) combined with soil depth information was applied to predict the spatial pattern of SOC stocks in Hebei Province, China. In this study, we collected 434 soil samples and key environmental
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Constraints on mineral-associated and particulate organic carbon response to regenerative management: carbon inputs and saturation deficit Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Alison E. King, Joseph P. Amsili, S. Carolina Córdova, Steve Culman, Steven J. Fonte, James Kotcon, Michael D. Masters, Kent McVay, Daniel C. Olk, Aaron M. Prairie, Meagan Schipanski, Sharon K. Schneider, Catherine E. Stewart, M. Francesca Cotrufo
Regenerative management has potential to increase soil organic carbon (SOC), which will be crucial for mitigating climate change and improving soil health. Distinct fractions of SOC, particulate organic carbon (POC) and mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC), have been posited as having contrasting responses to regenerative management. The POC response has been proposed as a leading indicator of
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Estimation of soil water storage according to its multi-scale correlations with environmental factors Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Xuezhang Li, Ming’an Shao, Wei Hu, Xianli Xu, Kelin Wang
Soil water storage (SWS) is a crucial parameter for vegetation restoration and a variety of hydrological processes in semi-arid regions. Its dynamics reflect the integrated influence of different factors operating at various intensities and scales. In this study, we investigated the scale-specific correlations between SWS and six selected environmental factors along a 1340-m long sampling transect
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Effects of tillage microrelief units on splash erosion: A case study from the Loess Plateau, in China Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Zixuan Wang, Qingwei Zhang, Zeyu Zhang, Chen Lu, Faqi Wu
A tillage microrelief unit is the smallest spatially discontinuous area unit of tillage microrelief. Understanding the impact of tillage microrelief units on splash erosion is essential for selecting suitable tillage measures and employing soil and water conservation practices. The objective of this study was to investigate the characteristics and mechanisms of splash erosion under different tillage
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A fine digital soil mapping by integrating remote sensing-based process model and deep learning method in Northeast China Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Yilin Bao, Fengmei Yao, Xiangtian Meng, Jingwen Wang, Huanjun Liu, Yihao Wang, Qi Liu, Jiahua Zhang, Abdul Mounem Mouazen
Accurate soil type maps provide an important basis for agricultural decision-making and land degradation control. In soil classification studies, the various environmental covariates are often selected based on the soil-forming framework. Since the mapping area and available observation data are limited, meteorological and vegetation cover factors have not been fully developed, and their role in soil
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Factors influencing and changes in the organic carbon pattern on slope surfaces induced by soil erosion Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Shixuan Zhou, Peng Li, Yi Zhang
The "Grain for Green" project disrupts the original sediment distribution pattern on eroded slopes, leading to changes in the lateral transport and vertical deposition of organic carbon. The organic carbon fraction can further enhance our understanding of the dynamics of soil carbon pools during deposition, which can help enhance understanding of the role of soil erosion in the global carbon cycle
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Different straw return methods have divergent effects on winter wheat yield, yield stability, and soil structural properties Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Yue Li, Diego Abalos, Emmanuel Arthur, Hao Feng, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, Ji Chen
Sustainable agriculture should aim to increase grain yield and yield stability while improving soil structure. Despite different straw return practices are widely recommended in agroecosystems targeting sustainable agriculture, few studies have concurrently explored their impact on grain yield, yield stability, soil structural properties, and any potential interactions between these variables. Therefore
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Variability and compatibility in determining soil particle size distribution by sieving, sedimentation and laser diffraction methods Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Ingmar Messing, Ana Maria Mingot Soriano, David Nimblad Svensson, Jennie Barron
A range of methods and applications are in use to determine soil particle size distribution. Due to the differences in measurement technology, the analytical results may deviate more or less from each other, which has implications for the matching with historical soil databases. There is a need for studies to critically evaluate their results, both concerning subsample variabilities and compatibilities
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Green manure provides growth benefits for soil mesofauna by promoting soil fertility in agroecosystems Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Hangle Ren, Huishuai Lv, Qian Xu, Zhiyuan Yao, Pengwei Yao, Na Zhao, Zhaohui Wang, Donglin Huang, Weidong Cao, Yajun Gao, Dabin Zhang
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Effective indicators and drivers of soil organic matter in intensive orchard production systems Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Ya’nan Fan, Yanxia Zhang, Yusef Kianpoor Kalkhajeh, Wenyou Hu, Kang Tian, Dongsheng Yu, Biao Huang
Soil organic matter (SOM) is critical for the sustainable development of intense agroecosystems such as orchard production systems. Nevertheless, the status and drivers of SOM are indecipherable in different orchard systems due to the perennial anthropogenic influences and complex multicollinearity of soil properties. Thus, the present work aimed to address these issues using indicator transformation
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Impact of soil and water conservation structures on the spatial variability of topsoil moisture content and crop productivity in semi-arid Ethiopia Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Gebeyehu Taye, Samuale Tesfaye, Inge Van Parijs, Jean Poesen, Matthias Vanmaercke, Bas van Wesemael, Etefa Guyassaa, Jan Nyssen, Jozef Deckers, Nigussie Haregeweyn
Plant available soil moisture and its spatial variability is among the most important limiting factors for crop and livestock productivity in semi-arid Ethiopia. The objectives of this study were therefore: 1) to measure the effects of land use and slope gradient on spatial variability of topsoil moisture content. 2) to analyze the variability of topsoil moisture content and crop responses under different
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Pyrolysis of different organic feedstock combinations as soil amendments enhances the reclamation of saline-sodic soil Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Maliheh Fouladidorhani, Mohammad Shayannejad, Hossein Shariatmadari, Mohammad Reza Mosaddeghi, Emmanuel Arthur
Utilizing agricultural wastes (e.g., straw, bagasse, manure) as amendments to remediate saline-sodic soils can be beneficial for improving soil quality and better waste management. In this study, we investigated the impact of raw and pyrolyzed feedstocks on salt leaching potential and physical and chemical properties in a saline-sodic silt loam soil. Utilizing a column experiment within a completely
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Decreased microbial phylogenetic diversity and community stability due to less bioavailable carbon and greater oxygen supply in Mollisols along a cultivation chronosequence Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Ye Li, Zengming Chen, Nan Zhang, Huijie Zheng, Yuncai Miao, Junjie Li, Weixin Ding
Soil microorganisms support multiple agroecosystem functions, but responses of the microbiome to prolonged agricultural land-use and underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this study, upland soils in the Mollisol region of Northeast China were selected along a 100-year cultivation chronosequence to examine the effects of intensive agriculture on the diversity, composition and co-occurrence
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Optimized tillage can enhance crop tolerance to extreme weather events: Evidence from field experiments and meta-analysis Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Jun Sun, Wenquan Niu, Fei Mu, Ruoyu Li, Yadan Du, Li Ma, Qian Zhang, Guochun Li, Jinjin Zhu, Kadambot H.M. Siddique
The frequency of droughts and floods has increased due to climate change and human activities, leading to adverse impacts on agricultural production. Conventional tillage exacerbates the vulnerability of crops to extreme weather. Optimized tillage practices can maintain crop yield stability by increasing soil water-holding capacity during dry seasons and improving crop lodging resistance during heavy
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Effects of climactic warming on the starch and protein content of winter wheat grain under conservation tillage in the North China Plain Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Xiangfei Kong, Ruixing Hou, Guang Yang
Climate warming is expected to affect global food security and nutritional quality, particularly winter wheat grain protein content. No-tillage (NT) agriculture may be an effective option to mitigate the effects of climate warming; however, the associated mechanism remains unclear. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of warming under NT and conventional tillage (CT) treatments on the physiological
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Cover crops in cereal rotations: A quantitative review Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Marco Fioratti Junod, Brian Reid, Ian Sims, Anthony J. Miller
The use of cover crops in conventional agriculture is not fully accepted. This is probably due to the substantial variability in outcomes reported and is complicated by the conflation of a host of techniques under the same umbrella term, often without the appropriate benchmarking. This review addresses these issues with a quantitative synthesis of the last 11 years of research on cover crops in cereal
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Zero-valent iron addition stimulated straw-derived carbon accumulation in submerged soil Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Jinli Hu, Muhammad Shaaban, Yan Wang, Shan Lin, Huabin Li, Xian Wu, Ronggui Hu
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the key indicator of soil fertility, and its stabilization plays a significant role in terrestrial carbon cycling. The turnover of SOC often interacts with iron due to its active redox characteristics, especially in paddy soils. Zero-valent iron (ZVI) is highly reductive, while how its addition controls SOC turning over in soil received less attention and knowledge gap
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Soil & Tillage Research Editorial (Version November 12, 2023) Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Laura Alakukku, Joshua Heitman, Rainer Horn, Boris Jansen, Thomas Keller, Blair M McKenzie, Elke Neollemeyer, Xinhua Peng, Ole Wendroth
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Response of soil microbial properties in the life cycle of potatoes to organic substitution regimes in North China Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Xiya Wang, Shicheng Zhao, Xinpeng Xu, Mengjiao Liu, Rong Jiang, Jun Zhang, Yu Duan, Ping He, Wei Zhou
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Effects of long-term monocropping, rotation cropping, and fertilization on energy and fuel requirements for fall moldboard plowing in a clay-loam soil Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Neil B. McLaughlin, Craig F. Drury, W. Daniel Reynolds, Xueming Yang, Stephen D. Burtt
With recent increases in energy costs, information on energy inputs is becoming a more important aspect in management decisions on selection of crop production systems. The effects of long-term (45–55 years) monocropping, rotation cropping, and fertilization on tillage energy (implement draft and tractor fuel consumption) were determined for a Brookston clay-loam soil in southwestern Ontario, Canada
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Monitoring of farmland dust during tillage and sowing operations and comparative analysis of cultivation modes in the suburban areas of Beijing Soil Tillage Res. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Guibin Chen, Qingjie Wang, Hongwen Li, Jin He, Caiyun Lu, Wenhao Qin, Luncong Mao
Agricultural machinery's tillage and sowing processes can generate much farmland dust, adversely affecting the surrounding environment. Clarifying the dust emissions from various agricultural machinery operations and selecting a reasonable cultivation mode is significant for reducing dust in the atmosphere and protecting the environment. However, a systematic exploration of the agricultural dust generated