Cropland management practices that restore soil organic carbon (SOC) are increasingly
presented as climate solutions that also enhance yields. But how often these benefits align …

Highlights•Drylands are expanding globally due to climate change and human
activity•Dryland parasitoids face heat, drought, scarcity of plants, and low host …

Cover cropping consists in sowing non-cash crops to improve regulating and supporting
services without seeking provisioning services. Cover cropping has the potential for spatio …

Agricultural sustainability is threatened by pressures from water scarcity, energy crises,
escalating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and diminishing farm profitability. Practices …

Cover crops are an important component of sustainable agriculture, and additional carbon
(C) source inputs can accelerate the soil C cycle. However, the specific processes and …

Understanding the implications of replacing fallows with cover crops on plant-available
water (PAW) and soil mineral nitrogen (N) and their carry-over effects on subsequent cash …

Summer cover crops could add biomass (groundcover), fix nitrogen (legumes) and create
biopores in Mediterranean-type cropping systems, but soil water use, especially from the …

Conservation agriculture management practices (eg, cover crops and residue retention)
have been widely promoted to improve soil quality and environmental sustainability …

Providing adequate water for crops is a key consideration for agricultural resiliency. Climate
change is expected to exert substantial pressure on crop water supplies through increased …

In recent decades, there have been significant problems worldwide related to global
warming and the intensification of extreme temperature and rainfall events. This research …