Soil organic matter (SOM) provides vital services to humanity. Its preservation and further
accrual are key to sustain food production and avoid an irreversible climate crisis. Here we …

The carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles play an important role in agro-ecosystems. The
interaction of both elements is a complex process, ie, high soil organic carbon (SOC) and …

Conservation agriculture (CA) has been adopted worldwide on about 200 Mha to enhance
soil organic carbon (SOC) for mitigating climate change. However, as a crucial mechanism …

Legume inclusion into cropping systems has been proposed to maintain high crop yields
while offering multiple environmental benefits. However, the effect of legumes as pre-crop …

Soil health has received heightened interest because of its association with long‐term
agricultural sustainability and ecological benefits, including soil carbon (C) accumulation …

Root traits are important to crop functioning, yet there is little information about how root traits
vary with shoot traits. Using a standardized protocol, we collected 160 soil cores (0− 210 cm) …

Soil salinization is a serious environmental problem that affects agricultural productivity and
sustainability worldwide. Organic amendments have been considered a practical approach …

Above-and belowground linkages are responsible for some of the most important ecosystem
processes in unmanaged terrestrial systems including net primary production …

Monitoring soil nitrogen (N) dynamics in agroecosystems is foundational to soil health
management and is critical for maximizing crop productivity in contrasting management …

The use of options for sustainable intensification of smallholder farming in sub-Saharan
Africa is often limited by knowledge and resource constraints. To address both constraints …