Harnessing soil carbon sequestration to address climate change challenges in agriculture

MJ Nazir, G Li, MM Nazir, F Zulfiqar… - Soil and Tillage …, 2024 - Elsevier
Elevating levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2), primarily driven by the burning of
fossil fuels, combustion of organic matter, and unsustainable land practices, have amplified …

[HTML][HTML] Depth-driven responses of soil organic carbon fractions to orchard cover crops across China: A meta-analysis

W Ding, L Sun, Y Fang, F Zvomuya, X Liu… - Soil and Tillage Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Cover crops (CC) have been widely recognized and implemented as one of the most
effective agronomic practices for enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in …

Positive effects of crop rotation on soil aggregation and associated organic carbon are mainly controlled by climate and initial soil carbon content: A meta-analysis

F Zheng, X Liu, W Ding, X Song, S Li, X Wu - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the global patterns and controls on soil aggregation and associated organic
carbon (OC) is essential to improve soil carbon storage and mitigate climate warming. Crop …

Understanding how conservation tillage promotes soil carbon accumulation: Insights into extracellular enzyme activities and carbon flows between aggregate fractions

X Liu, X Song, S Li, G Liang, X Wu - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Conservation tillage has been shown to mitigate climate change by promoting the
sequestration of soil carbon (C) in agroecosystems. However, knowledge on how …

Estimation of soil organic carbon content in coastal wetlands with measured VIS-NIR spectroscopy using optimized support vector machines and random forests

J Song, J Gao, Y Zhang, F Li, W Man, M Liu, J Wang… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coastal wetland soil organic carbon (CW-SOC) is crucial for both “blue carbon” and carbon
sequestration. It is of great significance to understand the content of soil organic carbon …

Long-term maize and pea intercropping improved subsoil carbon storage while reduced greenhouse gas emissions

L Yang, Y Luo, B Lu, G Zhou, D Chang, S Gao… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intercropping cereals with legumes is considered a promising option for improving
productivity and sustaining soil health. However, the long-term effects of cereal and legume …

How maize-legume intercropping and rotation contribute to food security and environmental sustainability

Y Zhao, S Guo, X Zhu, L Zhang, Y Long, X Wan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
A revolution of cropping systems offers a promising opportunity to address complex and
interconnected challenges to food security and environmental protection. Intercropping and …

Soil organic carbon changes in China's croplands: A newly estimation based on DNDC model

W Ding, N Chang, G Zhang, J Kang, X Yi… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) in cropland represents a significant facet of the
terrestrial ecosystem's carbon reservoirs, playing a pivotal role in global climate change …

Intercropping regulates plant-and microbe-derived carbon accumulation by influencing soil physicochemical and microbial physiological properties

Q Zhu, Z Yang, Y Zhang, Y Wang, J Fei, X Rong… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Intercropping can increase soil carbon (C) sequestration and utilization by planting a variety
of plants on a same land. However, the main plant and microbial-driven pathways leading to …

Anthropogenic soil management performs an important role in increasing soil organic carbon content in northeastern China: A meta-analysis

N Zhang, X Chen, J Wang, H Dong, X Han, X Lu… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
The black soil region of northeastern China stores large amounts of soil organic carbon
(SOC), so understanding the changes of SOC content and its influencing factors is …