Effect of conservation farming and biochar addition on soil organic carbon quality, nitrogen mineralization, and crop productivity in a light textured Acrisol in the sub-humid tropics

Significant build-up of soil organic carbon under climate-smart conservation farming in Sub-Saharan Acrisols

(2019) Vegard Martinsen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Reducing losses but failing to sequester carbon in soils – the case of Conservation Agriculture and Integrated Soil Fertility Management in the humid tropical agro-ecosystem of Western Kenya

(2018) Rolf Sommer et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Cation exchange capacity of biochar: An urgent method modification

(2018) J.L. Munera-Echeverri et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The benefits of conservation agriculture on soil organic carbon and yield in southern Africa are site-specific

(2018) C.M. Swanepoel et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Isolating organic carbon fractions with varying turnover rates in temperate agricultural soils – A comprehensive method comparison

(2018) Christopher Poeplau et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Cover Crops and Returning Residue Impact on Soil Organic Carbon, Bulk Density, Penetration Resistance, Water Retention, Infiltration, and Soybean Yield

(2018) Kopila Subedi Chalise et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Biochar boosts tropical but not temperate crop yields

(2017) Simon Jeffery et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Evaluation of soil health in organic vs . conventional farming of basmati rice in North India

(2017) Debjani Sihi et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Vertical and lateral transport of biochar in light-textured tropical soils

(2017) Alfred Obia et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Biochar in the Agroecosystem–Climate-Change–Sustainability Nexus

(2017) Vimala D. Nair et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Does conservation agriculture deliver climate change mitigation through soil carbon sequestration in tropical agro-ecosystems?

(2016) David S. Powlson et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Termite prevalence and crop lodging under conservation agriculture in sub-humid Zimbabwe

(2016) Eleanor Florence Mutsamba et al.   CROP PROTECTION

pH-dependence of organic matter solubility: Base type effects on dissolved organic C, N, P, and S in soils with contrasting mineralogy

(2016) Denis Curtin et al.   GEODERMA

Relative influence of soil- vs. biochar properties on soil phosphorus retention

(2016) Biswanath Dari et al.   GEODERMA

Climate-smart soils

(2016) Keith Paustian et al.   NATURE

Emissions and Char Quality of Flame-Curtain "Kon Tiki" Kilns for Farmer-Scale Charcoal/Biochar Production

(2016) Gerard Cornelissen et al.   PLoS One

Crop residue management and soil health: A systems analysis

(2015) Marie-Soleil Turmel et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

The contentious nature of soil organic matter

(2015) Johannes Lehmann et al.   NATURE

Biochar amendment increases maize root surface areas and branching: a shovelomics study in Zambia

(2015) Samuel Abiven et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Plant-biochar interactions drive the negative priming of soil organic carbon in an annual ryegrass field system

(2015) Zhe (Han) Weng et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Beyond conservation agriculture

(2015) Ken E. Giller et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The State of Soil Degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Baselines, Trajectories, and Solutions

(2015) Katherine Tully et al.   Sustainability

Farmer-led maize biochar trials: Effect on crop yield and soil nutrients under conservation farming

(2014) Vegard Martinsen et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Biochar stability in soil: Decomposition during eight years and transformation as assessed by compound-specific 14C analysis

(2014) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A fourth principle is required to define Conservation Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: The appropriate use of fertilizer to enhance crop productivity

(2013) B. Vanlauwe et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Soil organic carbon fraction losses upon continuous plow-based tillage and its restoration by diverse biomass-C inputs under no-till in sub-tropical and tropical regions of Brazil

(2013) Florent Tivet et al.   GEODERMA

Profile distribution and seasonal dynamics of water-extractable carbohydrate in soils under mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forest on Changbai Mountain

(2013) Shan-shan Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH

Biochar Effect on Maize Yield and Soil Characteristics in Five Conservation Farming Sites in Zambia

(2013) Gerard Cornelissen et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Near-infrared spectroscopic assessment of hot water extractable and oxidizable organic carbon in cultivated and uncultivated Mollisols in China

(2012) Ruqin Fan et al.   ACTA AGRICULTURAE SCANDINAVICA SECTION B-SOIL AND PLANT SCIENCE

Nutrient Leaching in a Colombian Savanna Oxisol Amended with Biochar

(2012) Julie Major et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Conservation agriculture in eastern and southern provinces of Zambia: Long-term effects on soil quality and maize productivity

(2012) Christian Thierfelder et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Predicting soil N mineralization: Relevance of organic matter fractions and soil properties

(2011) Gerard H. Ros et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Positive and negative carbon mineralization priming effects among a variety of biochar-amended soils

(2011) Andrew R. Zimmerman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Priming effects: Interactions between living and dead organic matter

(2010) Yakov Kuzyakov   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Narrow rows reduce biomass and seed production of weeds and increase maize yield

(2009) A.B. Mashingaidze et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY