Can N2O emissions offset the benefits from soil organic carbon storage?

B Guenet, B Gabrielle, C Chenu… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To respect the Paris agreement targeting a limitation of global warming below 2° C by 2100,
and possibly below 1.5° C, drastic reductions of greenhouse gas emissions are mandatory …

Effects of plastic mulching and plastic residue on agricultural production: A meta-analysis

H Gao, C Yan, Q Liu, W Ding, B Chen, Z Li - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
China is a large agricultural country, and food security is significantly limited by the shortage
of water resources. Plastic mulching technology can effectively modify the crop growth …

Nitrogen fertilization weakens the linkage between soil carbon and microbial diversity: a global meta‐analysis

Y Yang, X Chen, L Liu, T Li, Y Dou, J Qiao… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil microbes make up a significant portion of the genetic diversity and play a critical role in
belowground carbon (C) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbial diversity and …

Reducing food's environmental impacts through producers and consumers

J Poore, T Nemecek - Science, 2018 - science.org
Food's environmental impacts are created by millions of diverse producers. To identify
solutions that are effective under this heterogeneity, we consolidated data covering five …

Effect of animal manure, crop type, climate zone, and soil attributes on greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils—A global meta-analysis

A Shakoor, S Shakoor, A Rehman, F Ashraf… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural lands, because of their large area and exhaustive management practices, have
a substantial impact on the earth's carbon and nitrogen cycles, and agricultural activities …

A global meta-analysis of greenhouse gases emission and crop yield under no-tillage as compared to conventional tillage

A Shakoor, M Shahbaz, TH Farooq, NE Sahar… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
No-tillage (NT) practice is extensively adopted with aims to improve soil physical conditions,
carbon (C) sequestration and to alleviate greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions without …

Trade‐offs between soil carbon sequestration and reactive nitrogen losses under straw return in global agroecosystems

L Xia, SK Lam, B Wolf, R Kiese, D Chen… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely recommended that crop straw be returned to croplands to maintain or increase
soil carbon (C) storage in arable soils. However, because C and nitrogen (N) …

Current status and environment impact of direct straw return in China's cropland–A review

H Li, M Dai, S Dai, X Dong - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018 - Elsevier
With the development of grain production technologies and improvement of rural living
standard, the production and utilization of straw have significantly been changed in China …

Global greenhouse vegetable production systems are hotspots of soil N2O emissions and nitrogen leaching: A meta-analysis

W Qasim, L Xia, S Lin, L Wan, Y Zhao… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vegetable production in greenhouses is often associated with the use of excessive amounts
of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, low NUE (15–35%), and high N losses along gaseous and …

Effects of Organic Fertilizers on the Soil Microorganisms Responsible for N2O Emissions: A Review

C Lazcano, X Zhu-Barker, C Decock - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of organic fertilizers constitutes a sustainable strategy to recycle nutrients, increase
soil carbon (C) stocks and mitigate climate change. Yet, this depends largely on balance …