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Soil Science
Tong Li, Guorui Li, Zhiqiang Lu, Deqiang Zhao, Yuze Li, Ziting Wang, Xiaoxia Wen, Yuncheng Liao
Summary: Conservation agriculture with three management principles is effective in mitigating soil erosion and nutrient loss. This study found that no tillage significantly increased soil extracellular enzyme activities, while legume incorporation only had a significant effect on phosphorus-acquiring enzymes. Crop diversity positively influenced the no tillage-induced increase in enzyme activities.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2024)
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Microbiology
James S. S. Lin, Marcos V. M. Sarto, Tiffany L. L. Carter, Dallas E. E. Peterson, Colleen Gura, Laura Mino, Megan Rohrs, Hallie Lucas, Jamie Clark, Charles W. W. Rice
Summary: Implementing sustainable agricultural land management practices such as no-till and diversified crops is important for maintaining soil health. This study investigated the effects of three long-term tillage systems (no-till, reduced tillage, conventional tillage) on soil health in monoculture winter wheat-fallow and wheat-soybean rotation. The results showed that no-till increased soil organic carbon and water content, and improved soil aggregation and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi biomass compared to conventional tillage. The study also found that the wheat-soybean cropping system had a greater microbial community composition. These findings highlight the benefits of conservation tillage systems and diversified crop rotation in improving soil quality.
ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Qian Wang, Aizhen Liang, Xuewen Chen, Shixiu Zhang, Yan Zhang, Neil B. McLaughlin, Yan Gao, Shuxia Jia
Summary: This study combined PLFA analysis and DNA sequencing to investigate the responses of soil fungal communities to different tillage practices and cropping systems. The results indicated that cropping system and tillage practices play a major role in shaping soil fungal communities, with season having a weaker effect. Continuous maize cropping system showed lower fungal diversity and evenness compared to maize-soybean rotation, while no-tillage favored symbiotrophs throughout the growing season.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Carlos Felipe dos Santos Cordeiro, Fabio Rafael Echer, Fabio Fernando Araujo
Summary: This study evaluated the chemical characteristics and microbial activity of sandy soil, as well as the effects of different rotation systems on crop yield. Results showed that using cover crops in off-season cultivation improved soil quality and crop yield varied depending on the cover crop treatments. Implementing cover crop systems improved microbial soil activity in sandy soil, with benefits to yield and soil chemistry observed after the third year of cultivation.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Bruno Vizioli, Karina Maria Vieira Cavalieri-Polizeli, Cassio Antonio Tormena, Gabriel Barth
Summary: This study evaluated soil physical quality indicators under different long-term tillage systems and found that no-tillage (NT) provided better soil physical quality and higher crop yields compared to conventional tillage (CT). Maize yield had a negative linear relationship with soil bulk density, with lower values in NT. Despite no significant differences in soybean yield between treatments, NT still provided higher yields than CT. These findings suggest that NT is the most effective system studied, with diversified crop rotation contributing to maintaining soil physical quality.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Alison Claire Gahagan, Yichao Shi, Devon Radford, Malcolm J. J. Morrison, Edward Gregorich, Stephane Aris-Brosou, Wen Chen
Summary: In order to better manage soil-borne oomycetes, a long-term field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of tillage and crop rotation on oomycete communities. It was found that no tillage and crop rotation both influenced the diversity and structure of the fungal community, and the interaction effects of tillage and rotation made it more complex to manage these pathogens.
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Agronomy
Rodolfo F. F. Costa, Ruan F. F. Firmano, Joao W. Bossolani, Luis R. F. Alleoni
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of broadcast lime and phosphogypsum (PG) application on soil chemical properties, soil enzyme activity, and crop production in a no-tillage system (NTS) area under crop rotation for 15 years. The results showed that the joint application of lime and PG can improve soil fertility, soil enzyme activity, and crop yields.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Soil Science
Julia Denier, Michel-Pierre Faucon, Anne-Maimiti Dulaurent, Julien Guidet, Lea Kervroedan, Justine Lamerre, David Houben
Summary: Our study highlights the importance of understanding management factors that drive soil biota in cropping systems. Tillage practices were found to have a greater impact on soil biota than specific cropping systems, while no-tillage generally had positive effects on soil microbial activity and earthworm abundance. Additionally, feed and biogas cropping systems were shown to increase microbial activity and diversity under no-tillage conditions, likely due to higher crop diversity and alternative nutrient sources.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Wentian He, Brian B. Grant, Qi Jing, Reynald Lemke, Mervin St Luce, Rong Jiang, Budong Qian, Con A. Campbell, Andrew VanderZaag, Guoyuan Zou, Ward N. Smith
Summary: The study found that diverse crop rotations including canola and legume crops have the potential to store more soil organic carbon (SOC) than traditional wheat-based cropping systems in semi-arid prairies of Canada. When coupled with no-tillage (NT) and residue management, these diverse rotations can enhance crop yields and maximize SOC sequestration.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Review
Soil Science
Carmelo Maucieri, Massimo Tolomio, Marshall D. McDaniel, Yaojun Zhang, Javad Robatjazi, Maurizio Borin
Summary: No-tillage management significantly decreased CH4 emissions in paddy fields, but showed a slight non-significant tendency to increase emissions in maize-cultivated fields. Factors like climate, soil, and years since conversion to NT management had weak regulation on CH4 emissions, with a slight reduction tendency in humid subtropical climate. Climate effects were often confounded by crop choice and should be interpreted cautiously.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Tong Li, Huanxin Xie, Zhangheng Ren, Yuting Hou, Deqiang Zhao, Weiyan Wang, Ziting Wang, Yang Liu, Xiaoxia Wen, Juan Han, Fei Mo, Yuncheng Liao
Summary: Crop rotation and soil tillage significantly influence the diversity, co-occurrence network and assembly processes of rhizobacterial communities. The interaction between crop rotation and tillage has a stronger effect on community composition than their individual contributions. The rhizobacterial network is more connected under crop rotation and the connectivity decreases with decreasing tillage intensity. Soil tillage determines the dominant assembly process in rhizobacterial communities.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Qiaoyi Huang, Shuanhu Tang, Xiaolin Fan, Jianfeng Huang, Qiong Yi, Mu Zhang, Yuwan Pang, Xu Huang, Ping Li, Hongting Fu
Summary: By comparing the RRV system with the traditional RRF system, it was found that planting green beans during the winter fallow period can significantly increase the annual crop yield, biomass, and economic returns, as well as positively affect the soil's biological, chemical, and physical properties.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Madara Darguza, Zinta Gaile
Summary: Crop diversification in rotations is crucial for sustainable crop production. This research analyzed the impact of soil tillage and crop rotation on the yield, energy yield, and economic profitability of different field crops. The study found that crop rotations with a diverse range of crops, particularly with a reduced share of winter wheat, significantly increased wheat grain yields and overall economic profitability. Furthermore, wheat and oilseed rape were identified as the most valuable crops in terms of energy yield.
Article
Agronomy
Xing Wang, Cong He, Bai-Jian Lin, Xin Zhao, Ran Zhang, Ling-Tao Zhong, Xiao-Ping Xiao, Hai-Lin Zhang
Summary: Periodic targeted tillage can improve soil management problems such as soil stratification and reduced yield. This method can enhance soil physicochemical properties, increase nutrient availability, and decrease soil acidification. In double-cropped rice systems in southern China, periodic targeted tillage is a more sustainable method compared to continuous no-tillage and ploughing tillage, as it can improve yield and increase the seed setting rate.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
I. Piccoli, B. Lazzaro, L. Furlan, A. Berti, F. Morari
Summary: Conservation agriculture is a farming system that promotes minimum soil disturbance, maintenance of a permanent soil cover, and diversification of plant species, which has been introduced in the Veneto region of north east Italy. The study found that this system did not have detrimental effects on root development and positively affected maize, soybean, and winter wheat, possibly due to increased nutrient availability. Further research on soil-specific mechanisms between soil compaction and root apparatus is warranted.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
(2021)
