Conservation agriculture practices drive maize yield by regulating soil nutrient availability, arbuscular mycorrhizas, and plant nutrient uptake

The crucial role of mulch to enhance the stability and resilience of cropping systems in southern Africa

(2021) Blessing Mhlanga et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Direct transfer of zinc between plants is channelled by common mycorrhizal network of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and evidenced by changes in expression of zinc transporter genes in fungus and plant

(2021) Alessio Cardini et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Intensifying cropping systems through doubled-up legumes in Eastern Zambia

(2021) Mulundu Mwila et al.   Scientific Reports

Long-term conservation agriculture improves water properties and crop productivity in a Lixisol

(2021) Blessing Mhlanga et al.   GEODERMA

Effects of conservation agriculture maize-based cropping systems on soil health and crop performance in New Caledonia

(2021) Rémy Kulagowski et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Eukaryotes in soil aggregates across conservation managements: Major roles of protists, fungi and taxa linkages in soil structuring and C stock

(2021) Elisa Pellegrino et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Forage Rotations Conserve Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Fertility

(2020) Elisa Pellegrino et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Impacts of conservation agriculture on soil structure and hydraulic properties of Malawian agricultural systems

(2020) Samuel Eze et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Temporal Change of Soil Carbon on a Long-Term Experimental Site with Variable Crop Rotations and Tillage Systems

(2020) Ahmed Laamrani et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Organism body size structures the soil microbial and nematode community assembly at a continental and global scale

(2020) Lu Luan et al.   Nature Communications

Arbuscular Mycorrhiza in Highly Fertilized Maize Cultures Alleviates Short-Term Drought Effects but Does Not Improve Fodder Yield and Quality

(2019) Władysław Polcyn et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Interaction Between Conservation Tillage and Nitrogen Fertilization Shapes Prokaryotic and Fungal Diversity at Different Soil Depths: Evidence From a 23-Year Field Experiment in the Mediterranean Area

(2019) Gaia Piazza et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The effects of organic and inorganic phosphorus amendments on the biochemical attributes and active microbial population of agriculture podzols following silage corn cultivation in boreal climate

(2019) Waqas Ali et al.   Scientific Reports

Conservation agriculture had a strong impact on the sub-surface soil strength and root growth in wheat after a 7-year transition period

(2019) Surajit Mondal et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Long-term conservation tillage and nitrogen fertilization effects on soil aggregate distribution, nutrient stocks and enzymatic activities in bulk soil and occluded microaggregates

(2019) Gaia Piazza et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Soil carbon stock changes in tropical croplands are mainly driven by carbon inputs: A synthesis

(2018) Kenji Fujisaki et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Complementary practices supporting conservation agriculture in southern Africa. A review

(2018) Christian Thierfelder et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase grain yields: a meta-analysis

(2018) Shujuan Zhang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Closing system-wide yield gaps to increase food production and mitigate GHGs among mixed crop–livestock smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2016) B. Henderson et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

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

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

Phylogenetic and multivariate analyses to determine the effect of agricultural land-use intensification and soil physico-chemical properties on N-cycling microbial communities in drained Mediterranean peaty soils

(2016) Valentina Ciccolini et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Maize plant nitrogen uptake dynamics at limited irrigation water and nitrogen

(2016) Hafiz Mohkum Hammad et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Ecological intensification and arbuscular mycorrhizas: a meta-analysis of tillage and cover crop effects

(2016) Timothy M. Bowles et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data

(2016) Joseph W. Spatafora et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Effects of Mulching on Soil Properties and Growth of Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)

(2016) Xue Ni et al.   PLoS One

Soil carbon stocks in conservation agriculture systems of Southern Africa

(2016) Stephanie Cheesman et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Global change pressures on soils from land use and management

(2015) Pete Smith et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Predicting soil organic matter stability in agricultural fields through carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes

(2015) Tim De Clercq et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Responses of wheat to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A meta-analysis of field studies from 1975 to 2013

(2015) Elisa Pellegrino et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

piecewiseSEM: Piecewise structural equation modelling inr for ecology, evolution, and systematics

(2015) Jonathan S. Lefcheck   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Closing Yield Gaps: How Sustainable Can We Be?

(2015) Prajal Pradhan et al.   PLoS One

Conservation agriculture in Southern Africa: Advances in knowledge

(2014) Christian Thierfelder et al.   RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS

Comparison of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen contents in inundated and non-inundated zones in southern Québec, Canada

(2013) Diane Saint-Laurent et al.   CATENA

Initial nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane costs of converting conservation reserve program grassland to row crops under no-till vs. conventional tillage

(2013) Leilei Ruan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Variations in soil organic carbon for two soil types and six land uses in the Murray Catchment, New South Wales, Australia

(2013) M. C. Davy et al.   Soil Research

Long-term no tillage increased soil organic carbon content of rain-fed cereal systems in a Mediterranean area

(2012) Giacomo De Sanctis et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Effects of conservation agriculture on soil quality and productivity in contrasting agro-ecological environments of Zimbabwe

(2012) C. Thierfelder et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Effect of tillage and crop on arbuscular mycorrhiza colonization of winter wheat and triticale under Mediterranean conditions

(2012) I. Brito et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Plant nutrition for sustainable development and global health

(2010) P. J. White et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

No-till soil management increases microbial biomass and alters community profiles in soil aggregates

(2010) B.L. Helgason et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

ROTATION IN CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS OF ZAMBIA: EFFECTS ON SOIL QUALITY AND WATER RELATIONS

(2010) C. THIERFELDER et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE

Microbial biomass and activity at various soil depths in a Brazilian oxisol after two decades of no-tillage and conventional tillage

(2010) L.C. Babujia et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effect of tillage system and straw management on organic matter dynamics

(2009) Samarendra Hazarika et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus enhances crop yield and P-uptake of maize (Zea mays L.): A field case study on a sandy loam soil as affected by long-term P-deficiency fertilization

(2009) Junli Hu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Changes in soil aggregation and glomalin-related soil protein content as affected by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species Glomus mosseae and Glomus intraradices

(2009) Stefano Bedini et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY