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The soil organic C content in the 0\u201360\u00a0cm layer was larger in ZT (117.7\u00a0Mg C\u00a0ha \u22121 ) compared to CT (76.8\u00a0Mg C\u00a0ha \u22121 ) when residue was retained, but similar when it was removed. Tillage and residue management had only a small effect on GWP of the GHG emissions. However, the C sequestered in the 0\u201360\u00a0cm was affected by tillage and crop residue management, resulting in a negative net GWP for ZT with crop residue retention (\u22126.277\u00a0Mg CO 2 \u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0y \u22121 ) whereas in the other management practices it ranged from 1.288 to 1.885\u00a0Mg CO 2 \u00a0ha \u22121 \u00a0y \u22121 . It was found that cultivation technique had little effect on the GWP of the GHG, but had a large effect on C sequestered in the 0\u201360\u00a0cm layer and the net GWP.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. 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End-of-season yield results do not permit the evaluation of within-season management interactions with the production environment and do not allow for full understanding of the management practice applied. Crop growth and development were measured during the 2004, 2006 and 2008 crop cycles with an optical handheld NDVI sensor for all plots of the different management treatments of a long-term (since 1991) sustainability trial in the highlands of Mexico. Cropping systems varying in (1) tillage (conventional vs. zero tillage); (2) residue management (retention vs. removal); (3) rotation (monocropping vs. a maize [ Zea mays  L.]/wheat [ Triticum aestivum  L.] rotation) were compared. The NDVI-handheld sensor was evaluated as a tool to monitor crop growth and development and was found to be an excellent tool for this purpose. There was a strong relation between NDVI and biomass accumulation of maize and wheat. The measurement with the handheld sensor was non-destructive and fast so that a representative plot area could be measured easily and time-efficiently. Zero tillage induced different crop growth dynamics over time compared to conventional tillage. Zero tillage with residue retention is characterized by a slower initial crop growth, compensated for by an increased growth in the later stages, positively influencing final grain yield. Also crop rotation influenced early crop growth, with lower NDVI values for crops sown after wheat than crops after maize. Zero tillage with residue removal had low NDVI values throughout the growing season. Zero tillage with retention of crop residues results in time efficient use of resources, as opposed to conventional tillage, regardless of residue management, and zero tillage with residue removal. The results indicated that different tillage, rotation and residue management practices influence crop growth and development. It is important to monitor and understand crop growth under different management systems to select the right varieties and adjust timing and practice of input supply (fertilizer, irrigation etc.) in a holistic way in each cropping system.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Conservation agriculture", "Ecoagriculture", "Residue management", "Triticum aestivum", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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At the end of 13 years, soil samples were taken to a depth of 100 cm, and analysed for bulk density, chemical composition and 13 C natural abundance. Under a continuous sequence of wheat (winter) and soybean (summer) the stock of soil organic C to 100 cm depth under ZT (168 Mg ha \u22121 ) was not significantly different (LSD at P = 0.05 of 11 Mg ha \u22121 ) to that under CT (168 Mg ha \u22121 ). However, in the rotations with vetch planted as a winter green-manure crop (R2 and R3), soil C stocks were approximately 17 Mg ha \u22121 higher under ZT than under CT. Between 46 and 68% of this difference occurred at 30\u201385 cm depth. The 13 C abundance data indicated that under ZT the decomposition of the original native SOM was not affected by the different composition of crops in the different rotations, but under CT the rotations R2 and R3, which included vetch and maize, stimulated the decay of the original native SOM compared to the continuous wheat/soybean sequence (R1). It appears that the contribution of N2 fixation by the leguminous green manure (vetch) in the cropping system was the principal factor responsible for the observed C accumulation in the soil under ZT, and that most accumulated C was derived from crop roots. \u00a9 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "Soil nutrients", "2. Zero hunger", "Soil management", "Soil organic matter", "Carbon-13", "Green manure crops", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Crop rotations", "01 natural sciences", "Soil quality", "Zero tillage", "Soil", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Field Scale", "Conservation tillage", "Tillage methods", "Brazil", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Sisti, C. P. J., dos Santos, H. P., Kohhann, R., Alves, B. J. R., Urquiaga, S., Boddey, R. 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Increased interest in no-till, and minimum or reduced tillage, results from changes in the economic circumstances of crop production, the opportunity to increase the area of more profitable autumn-sown crops and increased concern about environmental damage associated with soil inversion by ploughing. Highly contrasting soil and climate types within and between these regions exert a strong influence on the success of no-till. While no-till may often result in crop yields which equal or exceed those obtained after ploughing, modest reductions in yield may be tolerated if production costs are lower than with ploughing. The relative costs of fuel and herbicides have changed appreciably in recent years making no-till more attractive commercially. While effective weed control is an essential aspect of no-till, current herbicide technology may not yet fully achieve this.In northern regions no-till usually allows earlier drilling of winter-sown crops but will give lower soil temperature and higher moisture content in spring, causing delayed drilling of spring-sown crops. No-till soils have greater bulk density and bearing capacity than ploughed soils with a pronounced vertical orientation of macroporosity allowing penetration of roots and water, especially in view of the increased population of deep-burrowing earthworms. Particular care must be taken with no-till to minimise soil damage at harvest and to ensure the even distribution of crop residues prior to drilling.Reduced erosion and runoff after adoption of no-till are widely observed and are of particular importance in southwestern Europe. No-till reduces losses of phosphorus in runoff and, in some cases, reduces the loss of nitrate through leaching. Emissions of greenhouse gases CO2 and N2O from no-till soils are highly variable and depend on complex interactions of soil properties. Emission of CO2 from fuel during machinery usage is always appreciably reduced with no-till. Increased soil organic carbon in surface layers of no-till soils is widely found but may not be associated with increased carbon sequestration throughout the profile. The evaluation of the relative carbon balance for no-till and ploughing depends upon complex inter-relationships between soil and climate factors which are as yet poorly understood. Adoption of no-till could be encouraged by government financial assistance in recognition of environmental benefits, although future restrictions on the use of herbicides may be a deterrent. Opportunities for further research on no-till are outlined.", "keywords": ["[SDV.SA.AGRO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agronomy", "Zero tillage", "2. Zero hunger", "13. 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Annual rainfall in this region varies from 1200 to 2000\u00a0mm, although there is a long (\u223c5 month) dry season with almost no rain. This region is regarded by Brazilians as their agricultural frontier and there is a steady growth in the area dedicated to permanent cropping in the region, which today is estimated to occupy 14\u00a0Mha. Owing to the dearth of long-term experiments, the impact of continuous cropping on soil carbon stocks remains unclear. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different tillage systems (zero till (ZT) and conventional tillage (CT)) on the change in soil carbon stocks over a 20-year period of the same crop sequence compared to that under a neighbouring area of native vegetation (NV). Only approximately 10\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121 of soil carbon in the 0\u2013100\u00a0cm depth interval was lost under continuous ZT. However, under CT systems losses were greater (up to 30\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha\u22121) when the mouldboard plough was used and/or tillage was performed twice a year. We did not have access to instrumentation to accurately assess soil charcoal but the C/N data and peroxide and dichromate oxidative techniques suggested that \u223c40% of soil C was in this form. The 13C natural abundance of soil profiles indicated that residues of crops (maize) and the spontaneous annual fallow of Brachiaria spp. resulted in integration of significant C4 residues to a depth of at least 40\u00a0cm. It would appear that zero tillage, which is already widely adopted in the Cerrado region of Brazil, will have only a small negative long-term impact on soil C stocks, but ploughing, especially more than once a year, will lead to considerably larger soil C losses.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Soil organic matter", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Cerrado region", "Zero tillage", "Charcoal", "Disc plough", "Mouldboard plough", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil carbon accumulation", "13C", "Soybean", "Brazil"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2006.11.005"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2006.11.005", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2006.11.005", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2006.11.005"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2007-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.still.2008.10.012", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-29T16:16:59Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-12-07", "title": "Controlled Traffic Farming With No Tillage For Improved Fallow Water Storage And Crop Yield On The Chinese Loess Plateau", "description": "On the semi-arid Loess Plateau of northern China, water is typically the biggest constraint to rainfed wheat production. Controlled traffic, combined with zero tillage and residue cover has been proposed to improve soil water, crop yield and water use efficiency. From 1998 to 2005, we conducted a field experiment comparing the water storage and wheat productivity of controlled traffic farming and conventional tillage farming. Three treatments were studied: controlled traffic with no tillage and full residue cover (NTCN), controlled traffic with shallow tillage and full residue cover (STCN) and random traffic with traditional tillage and partial residue cover (CT). Compared to CT, the controlled traffic treatments significantly reduced soil bulk density in 10-20 cm soil layer, significantly increased soil water content in the 0-150 cm soil profile at sowing, 9.3% for NTCN, 9.6% for STCN. These effects were greater in dry seasons, thus reducing the yearly variation in water conservation. Consequently, mean wheat yield of NTCN, STCN and CT were 3.25, 3.27 and 3.05 t ha-1, respectively, in which controlled traffic treatments increased by 6.9% with less yearly variation, compared to traditional tillage. Furthermore, controlled traffic had greater economic benefits than conventional tillage. Within controlled traffic treatments, NTCN showed better overall performance. In conclusion, controlled traffic farming has a better performance with respect to conserving water, improves yields and increases economic benefits. No tillage controlled traffic farming appears to be a solution to the water problem facing farmers on the Loess Plateau of China.", "keywords": ["macropore density", "0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "Yields", "bulk density", "571", "available water capacity", "Fallow water storage", "1904 Earth-Surface Processes", "permanent beds", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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Climate action", "Soils", "conservation tillage", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "total organic carbon", "plowing"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2013.02.008"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Soil%20and%20Tillage%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.still.2013.02.008", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.still.2013.02.008", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.still.2013.02.008"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1023/a:1025593121839", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-29T16:17:22Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2003-09-23", "description": "Emissions of N2O were measured following combined applications of inorganic N fertiliser and crop residues to a silt loam soil in S.E. England, UK. Effects of cultivation technique and residue application on N2O emissions were examined over 2 years. N2O emissions were increased in the presence of residues and were further increased where NH4NO3 fertiliser (200 kg N ha\u22121) was applied. Large fluxes of N2O were measured from the zero till treatments after residue and fertiliser application, with 2.5 kg N2O-N ha\u22121 measured over the first 23 days after application of fertiliser in combination with rye (Secale cereale) residues under zero tillage. CO2 emissions were larger in the zero till than in the conventional till treatments. A significant tillage/residue interaction was found. Highest emissions were measured from the conventionally tilled bean (Vicia faba) (1.0 kg N2O-N ha\u22121 emitted over 65 days) and zero tilled rye (3.5 kg N2O-N ha\u22121 over 65 days) treatments. This was attributed to rapid release of N following incorporation of bean residues in the conventionally tilled treatments, and availability of readily degradable C from the rye in the presence of anaerobic conditions under the mulch in the zero tilled treatments. Measurement of 15N-N2O emission following application of 15N-labelled fertiliser to microplots indicated that surface mulching of residues in zero till treatments resulted in a greater proportion of fertiliser N being lost as N2O than with incorporation of residues. Combined applications of 15N fertiliser and bean residues resulted in higher or lower emissions, depending on cultivation technique, when compared with the sum of N2O from single applications. Such interactions have important implications for mitigation of N2O from agricultural soils.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "nitrous oxide", "550", "13. 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Therefore, it is necessary to identify soil organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) fractions to understand the functionality and stabilization of these reserves. Our objectives were to study the NT effect in two crop rotations, corn-double cropped wheat/soybean (MWS) and double cropped wheat/soybean (WS) on: 1) SOM and its particle size and biological fractions contents, 2) C and N stubble biomass and 3) some soil properties in order to explain the SOM differences found. The larger biomass residue remaining on the soil surface under NT promoted higher aggregate stability and lower soil temperature and pH. At 0-5 cm soil depth, NT exhibited higher C and N contents, for both uncomplexed and intimately associated to the mineral components fractions. However, the results indicated variations in the SOM protection according to the rotation: in MWS the high aggregate stability showed better physical protection, while in WS the greater cation exchange capacity and the lower value of N released by anaerobic incubation would indicate the presence of transformed SOM. At 5-20 cm soil depth, only in WS, C microbial biomass was higher with a low metabolic rate, indicating again the presence of highly decomposed SOM. The results obtained in WS under NT would indicate the possibility of achieving slower recycled of the SOM.", "keywords": ["Rotaci\u00f3n de Cultivos", "[SDE] Environmental Sciences", "soil organic matter fractions", "Plant Soil Relations", "Propiedades F\u00edsico-qu\u00edmicas Suelo", "Residuos de Cosechas", "Nitrogen", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "Crop Residues", "Conventional Tillage", "Materia Org\u00e1nica", "Labranza Convencional", "630", "Regi\u00f3n Pampa Ondulada", "no tillage;crop rotations;soil organic matter fractions", "Crop Rotation", "no tillage", "crop rotations", "Carbono", "[SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology", "[SDV.BV] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology", "Zero Tillage", "2. Zero hunger", "Nitr\u00f3geno", "Soil Biology", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Relaciones Planta Selo", "Carbon", "[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]", "Organic Matter", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Soil Organic Matter Fractions", "Biolog\u00eda del Suelo", "Fracciones de la Materia Org\u00e1nica", "Cero-labranza"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Irizar, A, Andriulo, Adrian Enrique, Mary, Bruno, B.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02642900/file/2013_Irizar_Open%20Agriculture%20Journal_1.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.2174/1874331501307010022"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/The%20Open%20Agriculture%20Journal", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.2174/1874331501307010022", "name": "item", "description": "10.2174/1874331501307010022", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.2174/1874331501307010022"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-02-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1590/s0100-204x2000000100018", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-29T16:19:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2007-10-04", "title": "N\u00edvel E Natureza Do Estoque Org\u00e2nico De Latossolos Sob Diferentes Sistemas De Uso E Manejo", "description": "<p>O papel fundamental da mat\uffc3\uffa9ria org\uffc3\uffa2nica (MO) justifica o crescente interesse pela identifica\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o de sistemas de uso e manejo que melhorem o estoque org\uffc3\uffa2nico em solos tropicais. O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar varia\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffb5es quantitativas e qualitativas da MO e caracterizar compartimentos org\uffc3\uffa2nicos em um Latossolo Vermelho-Escuro argiloso sob vegeta\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o natural antropizada (CER), pastagem de longa dura\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o (PAL), pastagem degradada (PAD), e pousio (PAC), comparados com culturas sob preparo convencional (CCL) e plantio direto (PD). Foi encontrada pouca varia\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o dos estoques org\uffc3\uffa2nicos na camada superficial, explicada pela antropiza\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o da vegeta\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o em CER, pela n\uffc3\uffa3o-exporta\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o dos res\uffc3\uffadduos em PD e CCL e pela pr\uffc3\uffa1tica de pousio em PAC. Fracionamento granulom\uffc3\uffa9trico, considerando os compartimentos: res\uffc3\uffadduos vegetais (20-2.000 \uffc2\uffb5m), organo-siltoso (2-20 \uffc2\uffb5m) e organo-argiloso (0-2 \uffc2\uffb5m), mostrou diferen\uffc3\uffa7as na qualidade da MO quando comparadas situa\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffb5es edafoambientais semelhantes. Mesmo com pequenas varia\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffb5es, o compartimento res\uffc3\uffadduos vegetais foi um indicador da evolu\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o dos estoques org\uffc3\uffa2nicos, permitindo a caracteriza\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o da degrada\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o nas pastagens e do efeito do plantio direto, quando comparado ao sistema convencional. PD favoreceu a estocagem de C no compartimento organo-argiloso. Solos estudados diferem de outros solos argilosos tropicais pela mais elevada rela\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffa3o C/N encontrada nas fra\uffc3\uffa7\uffc3\uffb5es 0-20 \uffc2\uffb5m.</p>", "keywords": ["Agriculture (General)", "SAVANE", "LATOSOL", "01 natural sciences", "mat\u00e9ria org\u00e2nica", "S1-972", "pastagens", "ANALYSE QUALITATIVE", "ANALYSE QUANTITATIVE", "zero tillage", "Latossolo Vermelho-Escuro", "organic matter", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "solos argilosos", "SOL", "Cerrados", "MATIERE ORGANIQUE", "SYSTEME DE CULTURE", "PATURAGE", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "organic compartments", "clayey soils", "15. Life on land", "GRANULOMETRIE", "granulometric fraction", "JACHERE", "Dark-Red Latosol", "pasture", "STOCK ORGANIQUE", "plantio direto", "acid savannas (Cerrados)", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "compartimentos org\u00e2nicos", "VEGETATION", "UTILISATION DU SOL", "SOL ARGILEUX", "fra\u00e7\u00e3o granulom\u00e9trica"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Freitas, P. L. de, /Blancaneaux, Philippe, /Gavinelli, Evelyne, /Larr\u00e9 Larrouy, Marie-Christine, /Feller, Christian,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1590/s0100-204x2000000100018"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Pesquisa%20Agropecu%C3%A1ria%20Brasileira", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1590/s0100-204x2000000100018", "name": "item", "description": "10.1590/s0100-204x2000000100018", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1590/s0100-204x2000000100018"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1590/s0100-06832008000200031", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-29T16:19:27Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2008-07-04", "title": "Root Abundance Of Maize In Conventionally-Tilled And Zero-Tilled Soils Of Argentina", "description": "<p>Maize root growth is negatively affected by compacted layers in the surface (e.g. agricultural traffic) and subsoil layers (e.g. claypans). Both kinds of soil mechanical impedances often coexist in maize fields, but the combined effects on root growth have seldom been studied. Soil physical properties and maize root abundance were determined in three different soils of the Rolling Pampa of Argentina, in conventionally-tilled (CT) and zero-tilled (ZT) fields cultivated with maize. In the soil with a light Bt horizon (loamy Typic Argiudoll, Chivilcoy site), induced plough pans were detected in CT plots at a depth of 0-0.12 m through significant increases in bulk density (1.15 to 1.27 Mg m-3) and cone (tip angle of 60 \uffc2\uffba) penetrometer resistance (7.18 to 9.37 MPa in summer from ZT to CT, respectively). This caused a reduction in maize root abundance of 40-80 % in CT compared to ZT plots below the induced pans. Two of the studied soils had hard-structured Bt horizons (clay pans), but in only one of them (silty clay loam Abruptic Argiudoll, Villa L\uffc3\uffada site) the expected penetrometer resistance increases (up to 9 MPa) were observed with depth. In the other clay pan soil (silty clay loam Vertic Argiudoll, P\uffc3\uffa9rez Mill\uffc3\uffa1n site), penetrometer resistance did not increase with depth but reached 14.5 MPa at 0.075 and 0.2 m depth in CT and ZT plots, respectively. However, maize root abundance was stratified in the first 0.2 m at the Villa L\uffc3\uffada and P\uffc3\uffa9rez Mill\uffc3\uffa1n sites. There, the hard Bt horizons did not represent an absolute but a relative mechanical impedance to maize roots, by the observed root clumping through desiccation cracks.</p>", "keywords": ["soil compaction", "plantio direto", "plantio convencional", "root growth", "ra\u00edzes", "conventional tillage", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "zero tillage", "camadas compactadas"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Taboada, Miguel Angel, Alvarez, Carina Rosa,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1590/s0100-06832008000200031"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Revista%20Brasileira%20de%20Ci%C3%AAncia%20do%20Solo", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1590/s0100-06832008000200031", "name": "item", "description": "10.1590/s0100-06832008000200031", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1590/s0100-06832008000200031"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2008-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/SU10030794", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-29T16:20:25Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-03-13", "title": "Assessment of Benefits of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Functions in Arable Production Systems in Europe", "description": "<p>Conventional farming (CONV) is the norm in European farming, causing adverse effects on some of the five major soil functions, viz. primary productivity, carbon sequestration and regulation, nutrient cycling and provision, water regulation and purification, and habitat for functional and intrinsic biodiversity. Conservation agriculture (CA) is an alternative to enhance soil functions. However, there is no analysis of CA benefits on the five soil functions as most studies addressed individual soil functions. The objective was to compare effects of CA and CONV practices on the five soil functions in four major environmental zones (Atlantic North, Pannonian, Continental and Mediterranean North) in Europe by applying expert scoring based on synthesis of existing literature. In each environmental zone, a team of experts scored the five soil functions due to CA and CONV treatments and median scores indicated the overall effects on five soil functions. Across the environmental zones, CONV had overall negative effects on soil functions with a median score of 0.50 whereas CA had overall positive effects with median score ranging from 0.80 to 0.83. The study proposes the need for field-based investigations, policies and subsidy support to benefit from CA adoption to enhance the five soil functions.</p>", "keywords": ["environmental zones", "330", "Conservation agriculture", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "Soil functions", "01 natural sciences", "630", "conventional farming", "Conventional farming", "zero tillage", "Biology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "soil functions", "15. Life on land", "Environmental zones", "Zero tillage", "Chemistry", "conservation agriculture", "13. Climate action", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "soil function", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil functions; conservation agriculture; conventional farming; zero tillage; environmental zones", "Engineering sciences. Technology"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/3/794/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/SU10030794"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/SU10030794", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/SU10030794", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/SU10030794"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-03-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.3390/su10030794", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-29T16:20:43Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-03-13", "title": "Assessment of Benefits of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Functions in Arable Production Systems in Europe", "description": "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Conventional farming (CONV) is the norm in European farming, causing adverse effects on some of the five major soil functions, viz. primary productivity, carbon sequestration and regulation, nutrient cycling and provision, water regulation and purification, and habitat for functional and intrinsic biodiversity. Conservation agriculture (CA) is an alternative to enhance soil functions. However, there is no analysis of CA benefits on the five soil functions as most studies addressed individual soil functions. The objective was to compare effects of CA and CONV practices on the five soil functions in four major environmental zones (Atlantic North, Pannonian, Continental and Mediterranean North) in Europe by applying expert scoring based on synthesis of existing literature. In each environmental zone, a team of experts scored the five soil functions due to CA and CONV treatments and median scores indicated the overall effects on five soil functions. Across the environmental zones, CONV had overall negative effects on soil functions with a median score of 0.50 whereas CA had overall positive effects with median score ranging from 0.80 to 0.83. The study proposes the need for field-based investigations, policies and subsidy support to benefit from CA adoption to enhance the five soil functions.</p></article>", "keywords": ["environmental zones", "330", "Conservation agriculture", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "Soil functions", "01 natural sciences", "630", "conventional farming", "Conventional farming", "zero tillage", "Biology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "soil functions", "15. Life on land", "Environmental zones", "Zero tillage", "Chemistry", "conservation agriculture", "13. Climate action", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "soil function", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil functions; conservation agriculture; conventional farming; zero tillage; environmental zones", "Engineering sciences. Technology"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/3/794/pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030794"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Sustainability", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.3390/su10030794", "name": "item", "description": "10.3390/su10030794", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.3390/su10030794"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-03-13T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5424/sjar/2006044-212", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-29T16:23:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-11-21", "description": "<p>Soil degradation is the result of interactions involving the soil itself, human activity, climate, relief, and vegetation. These can lead to changes in &#151;or even the loss of&#151; certain characteristics of the soil, reducing its present and future productive capacity. The aim of this study was to determine the behaviour of a number of soil physical variables and total organic carbon content, as well as the root activity and yield of crops grown in rotation (soybean in 1998/1999 and maize in 1999/2000) under direct sowing (DS) and conventional tillage (CT) conditions. Root activity was assessed using an isotopic methodology involving the uptake of 32P. The root activity of the soybean crop, which grew under normal rainfall conditions, was greater under CT conditions. That of the maize crop, which grew when rainfall was well below normal, was greater under DS conditions. Bulk density was higher and total porosity lower in the upper 0.10 m of the soil in the DS plots. Conventional tillage led to lower penetration resistance values in the upper layers of the soil profile. No differences in soil total organic carbon were found between the two tillage systems. The soil water content of the upper soil layers was higher under DS. The yield of the soybean crop under CT was 57% higher than under DS. The yield of maize was affected by water deficiency; higher yields were obtained with DS than with CT.</p>", "keywords": ["Glycine max", "Argentina", "Rendimiento de cultivos", "Soil fertility", "Zea mays", "Tracer techniques", "Glycine max; Zea mays; Crop rotation; Conventional tillage; Zero tillage; Soil chemicophysical properties; Soil fertility; Tracer techniques; Crop yield; Argentina", "Glycine max; Zea mays; Rotaci\u00f3n de cultivos; Labranza convencional; Cero-labranza; Propiedades f\u00edsico - qu\u00edmicas suelo; Fertilidad del suelo; T\u00e9cnicas de trazadores; Rendimiento de cultivos; Argentina", "Crop rotation", "Labranza convencional", "Crop yield", "Fertilidad del suelo", "2. Zero hunger", "Conventional tillage", "Soil chemicophysical properties", "0402 animal and dairy science", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "T\u00e9cnicas de trazadores", "6. Clean water", "Propiedades f\u00edsico - qu\u00edmicas suelo", "Zero tillage", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "Rotaci\u00f3n de cultivos", "AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING", "Cero-labranza"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Barrios, M.B., Bozzo, A.A., Debelis, S.P., Pereyra, A.M., Buj\u00e1n, A.,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2006044-212"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Spanish%20Journal%20of%20Agricultural%20Research", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.5424/sjar/2006044-212", "name": "item", "description": "10.5424/sjar/2006044-212", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.5424/sjar/2006044-212"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2006-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.5424/sjar/2009073-456", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-29T16:23:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-11-19", "description": "<p>Conservation tillage has been promoted as a solution to counteract constraints caused by intensive agriculture. In this work the effects of two conservation tillage systems, reduced tillage (RT) and no-tillage (NT) were compared to the traditional tillage (TT) in a long- (15 years, RT) and short-term experiment (3 years, NT). Both experiments were carried out under semi-arid, rainfed agriculture of Mediterranean SW Spain. Tillage caused a sharp increase in soil CO2 emissions immediately after tillage implementation, with a maximum value of 6.24 g CO2/square m/h under long-term TT treatment. Along the year, losses of carbon through CO2 emission were higher (905 and 801 g C/square m/year for the long- and shortterm TT treatments respectively), than those estimated for conservation systems (764 and 718 g C/square m/year for RT and NT respectively). Conservation tillage systems accumulated more soil organic carbon (SOC) in surface than the corresponding TT treatments (1.24 and 1.17 times greater for RT and NT, respectively, at 0-10 cm depth). Despite SOC accumulation would be moderate other variables related to soil quality, such as dehydrogenase activity, can be consistently increased in soil surface in conservation tillage, as the stratification ratio values indicated. Crop yields in conservation tillage were similar to or even greater than those obtained in TT. The agricultural (soil quality) and environmental (less CO2 emission to the atmosphere) benefits derived from conservation tillage make this system recommendable for semi-arid Mediterranean rainfed agriculture.</p>", "keywords": ["CULTIVOS; CULTIVO EN TIERRAS ARIDAS; LABRANZA MINIMA; CERO-LABRANZA; LABRANZA CONVENCIONAL; CARBONO; FERTILIDAD DEL SUELO; PROTECCION AMBIENTAL; RENDIMIENTO DE CULTIVOS; EXPERIMENTACION; ESPANA", "PROTECCION AMBIENTAL", "Soil quality", "EXPERIMENTACION", "12. Responsible consumption", "CARBON", "CULTIVOS", "RENDIMIENTO DE CULTIVOS", "Rendimiento de cultivo", "CROP YIELD", "ESPANA", "SOIL FERTILITY", "Calidad del suelo", "EXPERIMENTATION", "Conservation tillage", "CROPS", "2. Zero hunger", "FERTILIDAD DEL SUELO", "Crop yields", "SPAIN", "CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE", "0402 animal and dairy science", "AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY", "Laboreo de conservaci\u00f3n", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "CULTIVO EN TIERRAS ARIDAS", "6. Clean water", "CO2 fluxes", "Flujo del CO2", "LABRANZA CONVENCIONAL", "CERO-LABRANZA", "CROPS; DRY FARMING; MINIMUM TILLAGE; ZERO TILLAGE; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTATION; SPAIN", "13. 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Conservation agriculture (CA) is an alternative to enhance soil functions. However, there is no analysis of CA benefits on the five soil functions as most studies addressed individual soil functions. The objective was to compare effects of CA and CONV practices on the five soil functions in four major environmental zones (Atlantic North, Pannonian, Continental and Mediterranean North) in Europe by applying expert scoring based on synthesis of existing literature. In each environmental zone, a team of experts scored the five soil functions due to CA and CONV treatments and median scores indicated the overall effects on five soil functions. Across the environmental zones, CONV had overall negative effects on soil functions with a median score of 0.50 whereas CA had overall positive effects with median score ranging from 0.80 to 0.83. The study proposes the need for field-based investigations, policies and subsidy support to benefit from CA adoption to enhance the five soil functions.</p></article>", "keywords": ["environmental zones", "330", "Conservation agriculture", "[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]", "Soil functions", "01 natural sciences", "630", "conventional farming", "Conventional farming", "zero tillage", "Biology", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "soil functions", "15. Life on land", "Environmental zones", "Zero tillage", "Chemistry", "conservation agriculture", "13. Climate action", "[SDE]Environmental Sciences", "soil function", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "soil functions; conservation agriculture; conventional farming; zero tillage; environmental zones", "Engineering sciences. 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