Soil health is a term used to describe the general state or quality of soil, and in an
agroecosystem, soil health can be defined as the ability of the soil to respond to agricultural …

The wellbeing of soils is crucial for securing food production worldwide. The soil health (SH)
concept has been introduced due to an evolving understanding that soil is not just a growing …

Enhancing soil organic matter in agricultural soils has potential to contribute to climate
mitigation while also promoting soil health and resilience. However, soil carbon (C) …

The current and projected anthropogenic global warming and the attendant increase in the
severity and extent of soil degradation may exacerbate the intensity and duration of drought …

Core Ideas POXC and mineralizable C were evaluated across diverse agroecosystems. The
two are related but differentially influenced by management practices. POXC better reflected …

Healthy soils that contain an active microbiome and food web are critical to sustainably
produce food for a growing global human population. Many studies have focussed on the …

There has been a growing interest in studying the labile C pool in order to promote the
sequestration and stabilization of soil organic carbon (SOC). Although labile SOC fractions …

The modern soil health (SH) movement has its roots in the oil embargo of 1973 that spurred
a renewed interest in investigating how the soil microbial population could be used to …

Core Ideas Soil health metrics were not differentiated in long‐term agronomic trials. Soil
health tests produced different results and were not consistent with management. Soil health …

Planting rice is one of the effective ways to improve saline soils, but the underlying
mechanisms are unknown. We studied basic soil properties (including pH, salt content, total …