[ { "key": "NUB5UKS2", "version": 50790, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/NUB5UKS2", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/NUB5UKS2", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Hobbs et al.", "parsedDate": "2019", "numChildren": 1 }, "data": { "key": "NUB5UKS2", "version": 50790, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Conservation Agriculture in the IndoGangetic Plains of India: Past, Present and Future.", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Peter", "lastName": "Hobbs" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Raj", "lastName": "Gupta" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Raj Kumar", "lastName": "Jat" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "R. K.", "lastName": "Malik" } ], "abstractNote": "This paper follows the progress made in India for research and farmer adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) since the publication of Erenstein (2012), who contested the idea that zero-till (ZT) establishment of wheat in rice–wheat systems could be further developed into full CA systems. Data presented in this paper show that research has successfully found solutions for both the wheat and rice phases of the rice–wheat systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) in the past 8 years. It shows that by finding solutions in both the rice and wheat phases, yields, water use efficiency and profits increased, while labour needs reduced. Indian scientists have also confirmed these benefits in participatory on-farm research in various locations, both east and west regions of the IGP. Farmers see for themselves through experimentation that they get higher yields with less cost and with more efficient use of inputs and water. A key factor has been the development of improved seed drills with the help of Indian private sector manufacturers of agricultural equipment. Indian scientists have also successfully conducted CA research on several other crops and in other regions besides the IGP. The paper shows that it is better to introduce parts of the CA management practices in a step-wise fashion first, rather than introducing the entire package at once since farmers first have to test and evaluate a new technology to understand how it benefits them personally before they will adopt it. The paper concludes that in the rice–wheat systems of South Asia, adoption of CA is indeed possible to achieve although it is still a work in progress. CA is a complex technology package and it takes time to overcome all of the contested issues mentioned in Erenstein (2012).", "publicationTitle": "Experimental Agriculture", "publisher": "", "place": "", "date": "2019", "volume": "55", "issue": "2", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "1–19", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479717000424", "citationKey": "", "url": "https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/experimental-agriculture/article/conservation-agriculture-in-the-indogangetic-plains-of-india-past-present-and-future/4994686B1A7714B9B1928BAC3D2E4E8A", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [ { "tag": "Adoption/Disadoption" }, { "tag": "Equipment/Mechanization" }, { "tag": "India" }, { "tag": "Labor" }, { "tag": "No-till" }, { "tag": "Rice" }, { "tag": "Service providers" }, { "tag": "South Asia" }, { "tag": "Wheat" } ], "collections": [ "3HMCQGEI", "KGBFX8BX" ], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2017-11-17T16:49:53Z", "dateModified": "2026-03-30T15:44:47Z" } }, { "key": "7CCBXSC6", "version": 50787, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/7CCBXSC6", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/7CCBXSC6", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Fischer and Hobbs, P.R.", "parsedDate": "2019", "numChildren": 1 }, "data": { "key": "7CCBXSC6", "version": 50787, "itemType": "bookSection", "title": "Ch. 1. Tillage: global update and prospects", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Tony", "lastName": "Fischer" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "", "lastName": "Hobbs, P.R." }, { "creatorType": "editor", "firstName": "J.", "lastName": "Prately" }, { "creatorType": "editor", "firstName": "J. A.", "lastName": "Kirkegaard" } ], "abstractNote": "Tillage refers to the mechanical disturbance of the soil primarily for planting of crops, but weed control and incorporation of nutrients are common secondary purposes. Modern primary tillage, principally mouldboard or disc ploughing, was developed in the 18th and 19th century, requiring substantial secondary tillage for seedbed preparation (the whole package being defined here as conventional tillage, CT). In response to the ‘dust bowl’ years in the US Great Plains in the 1940s, reduced (RT) and stubble mulch tillage, commonly called conservation tillage, that controls weeds with minimal soil disturbance and leaves at least 30% plant residue on the soil surface, was developed to combat such erosion. In the\n1960s and with the development of herbicides, modern one-pass seeding systems started to appear: according to GRDC these include direct drilling (full surface disturbance), no-till (partial disturbance with narrow point), and zero-till (minimal disturbance with disc opener). These three one-pass systems approximate the definition of ‘low soil disturbance no-till’ in Kassam et al. (2019), and throughout our paper are together called no-till (NT). \nAt the time the book “Tillage: New Directions in Australian Agriculture” appeared in 1987, the no-till\nrevolution was only a few years old, global NT area was small and there were few long term\nexperiments. Today, global numbers from Kassam et al. (2019) estimate the area of conservation\nagriculture (CA), referring to no-till planting systems with surface retention of crop residue and rotation of crops, to be about 180 Mha in 2015-16, or 12.5% of global crop area. This is an pproximate estimate of world NT, approximate because there can be NT outside of CA, but it can be confidently stated that NT does not exceed 15% of world crop area. On the other hand, the world’s tillage literature suggests that more than 90% of the current research relates to NT (or CA). Therefore, given that there is still at least 1,200 M ha of conventional tillage (CT), this review begins by considering some current issues with CT, before passing to NT, for which many long term results now exist. The focus is largely at a global level, leaving Australian results to later chapters.", "bookTitle": "Australian Agriculture In 2020: From Conservation To Automation", "series": "", "seriesNumber": "", "volume": "", "numberOfVolumes": "", "edition": "", "date": "2019", "publisher": "Agronomy Australia and Charles Sturt University: Wagga Wagga", "place": "", "originalDate": "", "originalPublisher": "", "originalPlace": "", "format": "", "pages": "1-19", "ISBN": "", "DOI": "", "citationKey": "", "url": "https://www.academia.edu/101536676/Australian_Agriculture_in_2020_From_Conservation_to_Automation", "accessDate": "", "ISSN": "", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "", "tags": [], "collections": [ "3HMCQGEI" ], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2024-12-20T18:34:49Z", "dateModified": "2026-03-30T15:31:02Z" } }, { "key": "WM7DRK77", "version": 50771, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/WM7DRK77", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/WM7DRK77", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Hendrik et al.", "parsedDate": "2025", "numChildren": 2 }, "data": { "key": "WM7DRK77", "version": 50771, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Conservation Agriculture: A Review of Plant Residue use with Zero Tillage and Crop Rotation", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Ernantje", "lastName": "Hendrik" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Apris A.", "lastName": "Adu" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Eryc Z.", "lastName": "Haba Bunga" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Tasalina", "lastName": "Gultam" } ], "abstractNote": "Although Conservation Agriculture (CA) techniques have long been known, they are still rarely applied by farmers in their farming. Three principles of conservation agriculture: 1). zero tillage (ZT), 2). Cover crop used and 3). Crop rotations have spread throughout the world, but in practice, only one or two of the three principles used and vary greatly (The combination of zero tillage and crop residue is more efficient in utilizing rainwater and a more resilient agronomic production system compared to conventional tillage (CT) or zero tillage (ZT) without crop residue application. Not using crop residue in the system can result in decreased production and even yield zero. Zero tillage applications that are not combined with ground cover will result in poor farming performance. In areas with low rainfall, the yields were highest obtained in farms that combined zero treatments and the use of crop residues, whereas in rainfed areas with conventional (CT) systems, when residues were removed from no-till (ZT) systems, wheat and maize yields were drastically reduced. Furthermore, in many small-scale farms, the residue yield is low and has many competing uses. Crop residues are generally burned in the fields or fed to livestock. For successful farming using CA techniques, at least a combination of 2 principles of conservation agriculture is needed, namely the use of crop residues and ZT as soil cover or the use of crop residues as soil cover with crop rotation, can provide better results than only applying one of the three CA principles. © 2025, Agricultural Research Communication Centre. All rights reserved.", "publicationTitle": "Indian Journal of Agricultural Research", "publisher": "Agricultural Research Communication Centre", "place": "", "date": "2025", "volume": "59", "issue": "Special Issue", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "12 – 17", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.18805/IJARe.AF-961", "citationKey": "", "url": "https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105026726932&doi=10.18805%2fIJARe.AF-961&partnerID=40&md5=202a0231524035985d1db2a9cc72b1e1", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "03678245", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "Type: Review", "tags": [ { "tag": "Maize" }, { "tag": "No-till" }, { "tag": "Residue" }, { "tag": "Review" }, { "tag": "Rotation" }, { "tag": "Smallholder" }, { "tag": "Wheat" } ], "collections": [ "KGBFX8BX" ], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2026-03-20T19:06:58Z", "dateModified": "2026-03-22T21:08:31Z" } }, { "key": "GC7HQPIK", "version": 50769, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/GC7HQPIK", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/GC7HQPIK", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Yuan et al.", "parsedDate": "2025", "numChildren": 2 }, "data": { "key": "GC7HQPIK", "version": 50769, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Effects of strip-tillage on soil microbial community structure and function in black soil", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Cunxia", "lastName": "Yuan" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Zhixing", "lastName": "Ma" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Siyang", "lastName": "Liu" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Hongli", "lastName": "Nie" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Guozhong", "lastName": "Feng" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Shaojie", "lastName": "Wang" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Shasha", "lastName": "Luo" } ], "abstractNote": "Introduction: The spatial heterogeneity introduced by strip tillage (ST; maize belt (ST-M) and straw belt (ST-S)) leads to the pronounced differentiation in soil properties. However, its effects on soil microbial community structure and function remain unclear. Methods: In this study, amplicon sequencing (Accu16S™ and AccuITS™) was used to investigate the effects of different tillage practices on soil microbial communities. Results: The results showed that the ST and ST-S treatments significantly increased the Shannon diversity index of microbial communities compared to rotary tillage (RT). Tillage practices also influenced microbial community structure, with fungal communities showing a more pronounced response than bacterial communities. Compared to the RT treatment, the ST-M, ST-S, and ST treatments significantly increased the relative abundance (RA) of Gemmatimonadetes and reduced the RA of Acidobacteria. Additionally, the ST-S and ST treatments significantly enhanced the absolute abundances (AAs) of Arenimonas and Luteolibacter compared to the RT treatment. Following freeze–thaw events, the ST-M, ST-S, and ST treatments significantly increased the AAs of Latescibacteria, while significantly increasing the AA of Microvirga compared to the RT treatment. Furthermore, Mantel test showed that soil bacterial communities were significantly correlated with electric conductivity (EC) and available potassium, while soil fungal communities were significantly correlated with EC and soil organic carbon. Functional prediction revealed that ST significantly promoted nitrification, denitrification, sulfur oxidation, and ectomycorrhizal. Disscussion: Therefore, strip tillage could improve microbial community diversity and microbial regulation of the N and S cycles in black soil, providing a microbiological perspective for conservation agriculture. Copyright © 2025 Yuan, Ma, Liu, Nie, Feng, Wang and Luo.", "publicationTitle": "Frontiers in Microbiology", "publisher": "Frontiers Media SA", "place": "", "date": "2025", "volume": "16", "issue": "", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "Article 173092", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1730920", "citationKey": "", "url": "https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105026786785&doi=10.3389%2ffmicb.2025.1730920&partnerID=40&md5=3f3be4eb6dde7a67254a69474a043917", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "1664302X", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "Type: Article", "tags": [ { "tag": "China" }, { "tag": "Equipment/Mechanization" }, { "tag": "Maize" }, { "tag": "Soil Biological" }, { "tag": "Soil Organic carbon" }, { "tag": "Strip Tillage" }, { "tag": "Tillage" } ], "collections": [ "KGBFX8BX" ], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2026-03-20T19:22:02Z", "dateModified": "2026-03-22T20:38:50Z" } }, { "key": "UD6JN9FP", "version": 50753, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/UD6JN9FP", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/UD6JN9FP", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Pradhan et al.", "parsedDate": "2025", "numChildren": 2 }, "data": { "key": "UD6JN9FP", "version": 50753, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Innovative conservation tillage and weed management techniques under rice maize-cowpea system for higher productivity, resource use efficiency and healthy soil in coastal Odisha", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.", "lastName": "Pradhan" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "L.M.", "lastName": "Garnayak" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "R.", "lastName": "Dash" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "R.D.", "lastName": "Behera" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "P.K.", "lastName": "Bharteey" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.", "lastName": "Dandasena" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.", "lastName": "Priyadarshini" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "N.", "lastName": "Hazarika" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.", "lastName": "Hussain" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.R.", "lastName": "Borah" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.", "lastName": "Rai" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.", "lastName": "Pandey" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "R.", "lastName": "Gupta" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "M.", "lastName": "Kumar" } ], "abstractNote": "In rice-growing regions of India particularly in Odisha, tillage intensive cropping practices have reduced soil organic carbon (SOC) levels and declined soil physical properties. The productivity of crops has therefore decreased over time, indicating a requirement for sustainable substitutes. In this context, a long-term field investigation (2016—2018) was undertaken at the Central Research Station (CRS) of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, to assess the effects of conservation tillage and weed management practices on the productivity, resource-use efficiency (RUE) and economics of a rice-based cropping system under sandy loam Typic Endoaquepts. The experiment, laid out in a strip-plot design with three replications, evaluated five crop establishment and residue management practices, viz., conventional tillage (CT), zero tillage (ZT), direct-seeded rice (DSR) and their combinations with residue retention, alongside three weed management strategies, i.e., herbicide-based, manual/mechanical and integrated weed management (IWM). Among the tested combinations, the CT (DSR)-CT-ZT sequence recorded the highest rice equivalent yield (REY) of 13.86 t/ha, system productivity of 37.96 kg REY/ha/day and sustainable yield index (SYI) of 0.79. IWM across all crops enhanced REY (13.84 t/ha) and system productivity (37.42 kg REY/ha/day), outperforming sole herbicide use and hand weeding. The best-performing treatment combination, CT (DSR)-CT-ZT with IWM, achieved the maximum REY (14.58 t/ha), nutrient uptake (327 kg N (nitrogen), 115 kg P (phosphorus), 349 kg K (potassium)/ha), net returns (₹ 122535/ha) and benefit-cost ratio (2.48). The RUE ranking was CT (DSR)-CT-ZT > CT (TPR)-ZT-ZT > (ZT (DSR) + R)-(ZT+R)-ZT > CT (TPR)-CT-F > ZT (DSR)-ZT-ZT. These findings underscore CT (DSR)-CT-ZT with IWM as a promising strategy under conservation agriculture, promoting long-term sustainability and enhanced system productivity through improved resource utilization and soil quality. © The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)", "publicationTitle": "Plant Science Today", "publisher": "Horizon e-Publishing Group", "place": "", "date": "2025", "volume": "12", "issue": "sp4", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "1 – 10", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.9984", "citationKey": "", "url": "https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105026506285&doi=10.14719%2fpst.9984&partnerID=40&md5=cd05d7da8fc96eadd81b92aeee4694c2", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "23481900", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "Type: Article", "tags": [ { "tag": "Economics" }, { "tag": "India" }, { "tag": "Legumes" }, { "tag": "Maize" }, { "tag": "No-till" }, { "tag": "Residue" }, { "tag": "Rice" }, { "tag": "Soil Health" }, { "tag": "Soil Physical" }, { "tag": "Tillage" }, { "tag": "Weed Management" } ], "collections": [ "KGBFX8BX" ], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2026-03-20T19:15:17Z", "dateModified": "2026-03-20T19:38:32Z" } }, { "key": "XYT6WPNK", "version": 50741, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/XYT6WPNK", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/XYT6WPNK", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Tripathy et al.", "parsedDate": "2025", "numChildren": 2 }, "data": { "key": "XYT6WPNK", "version": 50741, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Crop growth performance in a rice-maize cropping system under conservation agriculture and nutrient management", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "B.", "lastName": "Tripathy" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "N.C.", "lastName": "Sarkar" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "B.B.", "lastName": "Panda" } ], "abstractNote": "Reduction in crop growth potential is major hurdle in reaching the desired crop productivity under rice-maize (RM) cropping system. To address the issue, the experiment was conducted at Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Rice Research Institute (ICAR-CRRI), Cuttack during 2022-23 and 2023-24 with four production systems: Conventional + Sole Crop (CSC), Conventional + Inter Crop (CIC), Conservation Agriculture + Sole Crop (CASC) and Conservation Agriculture + Inter Crop (CAIC) under three nutrient management strategy: Recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) (NR), 25 % N (N25) and 50 % N (N50) based substitution of RDF with FYM (farm yard manure) using split plot design. The results reflect that the overall crop growth was significantly affected by both production systems and nutrient management practices. The plant height, leaf area index (LAI) and dry matter accumulation (DMA) were found higher under conventional system. The N25 and N50 performed better than NR though not to a significant extent. The experiment concludes that substituting inorganic fertilizers with organic sources and conservation agriculture practices can enhance the crop growth under RM cropping system. © (2025), (Horizon e-Publishing Group). All rights reserved.", "publicationTitle": "Plant Science Today", "publisher": "Horizon e-Publishing Group", "place": "", "date": "2025", "volume": "12", "issue": "sp4", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "1 – 9", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.11449", "citationKey": "", "url": "https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105026487127&doi=10.14719%2fpst.11449&partnerID=40&md5=fff6ddd7b8c800a1035d0f8f603d859f", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "23481900", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "Type: Article", "tags": [ { "tag": "India" }, { "tag": "Intercropping" }, { "tag": "Maize" }, { "tag": "Nutrient management" }, { "tag": "Rice" } ], "collections": [ "KGBFX8BX" ], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2026-03-20T19:11:00Z", "dateModified": "2026-03-20T19:35:51Z" } }, { "key": "D77W42SA", "version": 50776, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/D77W42SA", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/D77W42SA", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Alvarez-Sagrero et al.", "parsedDate": "2026", "numChildren": 2 }, "data": { "key": "D77W42SA", "version": 50776, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Soil structure changes under reduced tillage and cover cropping enhance carbon mineralization in Mediterranean croplands", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Jennifer", "lastName": "Alvarez-Sagrero" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Stephany S.", "lastName": "Chacon" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Jeffrey P.", "lastName": "Mitchell" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Teamrat Afewerki", "lastName": "Ghezzehei" } ], "abstractNote": "Conservation agriculture practices like no-tillage and cover cropping are promoted for rebuilding soil health and sequestering carbon, but their effectiveness in irrigated systems remains questioned. We hypothesized that improved soil structure under conservation practices could inadvertently stimulate microbial respiration upon wetting, potentially offsetting carbon gains. After 19 years of reduced tillage with cover crops (conservation tillage with cover crops [CTCC]) versus standard tillage with no cover crops (STNC), we found CTCC increased surface (0–5 cm) soil carbon by 50%, nitrogen by 83%, and air-filled porosity by up to 2.5-fold (580%) at high water potentials. However, CTCC respiration rates increased over 100% under wet conditions (-0.25 to -2 kPa) in 0- to 5-cm depth, likely due to the formation of macropores that become microbial hotspots upon rewetting, accelerating carbon cycling. Normalized respiration showed that each unit of soil carbon under CTCC was mineralized at nearly triple the rate observed under STNC when soils were wet, with this effect decreasing substantially with declining soil moisture and at 5–10 cm. Future work should focus on irrigation intensity and the possibility of amplifying this effect, constraining net carbon accrual despite the overall benefits of conservation practices. Our findings highlight that soil structure–moisture–microbe interactions represent a critical frontier for optimizing conservation agriculture for carbon sequestration, requiring a balanced approach to tillage, organic inputs, and irrigation management to minimize rapid carbon losses. © 2025 The Author(s). Vadose Zone Journal published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Soil Science Society of America.", "publicationTitle": "Vadose Zone Journal", "publisher": "John Wiley and Sons Inc", "place": "", "date": "2026", "volume": "25", "issue": "1", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "Article e70065", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.70065", "citationKey": "", "url": "https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105026336086&doi=10.1002%2fvzj2.70065&partnerID=40&md5=799ef60c73bef7fbddf8830c78749d4c", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "15391663", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "Type: Article", "tags": [ { "tag": "Carbon sequestration" }, { "tag": "Cover Crop" }, { "tag": "Long-Term" }, { "tag": "No-till" }, { "tag": "North America" }, { "tag": "Soil Biological" }, { "tag": "Soil Physical" }, { "tag": "Tillage" } ], "collections": [ "KGBFX8BX" ], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2026-03-20T19:02:20Z", "dateModified": "2026-03-20T19:31:20Z" } }, { "key": "FBIP2A5B", "version": 50777, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/FBIP2A5B", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/FBIP2A5B", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Chassain et al.", "parsedDate": "2026", "numChildren": 2 }, "data": { "key": "FBIP2A5B", "version": 50777, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Toward an assessment of multiple soil taxa and their interactions in alternative and transitioning cropping systems", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Juliette", "lastName": "Chassain" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Sophie", "lastName": "Joimel" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Tania", "lastName": "De Almeida" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Laure", "lastName": "Vieublé Gonod" } ], "abstractNote": "Developing cropping systems that promote soil biodiversity is crucial to guarantee sustainable production in the face of global changes. However, effects of alternative systems on soil organisms remain largely unknown. For two consecutive years, soil microorganisms, mesofauna and macrofauna were collected in 21 fields under conventional, organic or conservation agriculture, either long-established or transitioning, ranging in tillage intensity, pesticide treatment intensity and organic inputs. Effect sizes were calculated to compare taxa density or diversity between alternative and conventional systems, and between transitioning and long-established systems. Piecewise structural equation modeling was conducted to assess relations between practices and soil trophic groups. Long-established conservation systems had positive effects on various taxa densities (Collembola, Coleoptera larvae, Gastropoda) and earthworm biomass, but negative effects on fungal richness. Recent conservation systems had positive effects on Coleoptera larvae density, earthworm density and biomass, and negative effects on fungal abundance (10–20 cm depth). Recent organic systems benefited earthworm density and biomass, and fungal diversity. Transitions from conservation to organic decreased Araneae density and influenced microbial and Collembola diversity. Conservation, and to a lesser extent organic systems, had overall positive effects on soil organism density. Tillage intensity showed the strongest negative effect on soil organisms with cascading effects through the soil food web, while organic matter inputs promoted bacteria and macrofauna detritivore densities. Mesofauna detritivores played a central role in studied soil food webs. 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Based on measurable data and case stories from several agro-ecological zones, conservation agriculture, agroforestry, integrated nutrient and water management, climate-smart cropping systems and precision farming technologies are well known agricultural practices. It has been reported that CRAPs can increase crop yield by 10–35% and crop water-use efficiency by 40%, depending on regional contexts and crop species. Agroforestry systems showed more stability of yields with 15–25% lower declines due to drought or flood than monocultures. Precision agriculture can minimize input applications by 20–50% without affecting crop performance. Economic analysis showed that CRAP’s benefit–cost ratios between 1.5 and 3.8 show CRAP profitability and scalability through enabling policy support. However, uptake varies greatly as a result of socio-economic, institutional, and infrastructural limitations, particularly in low-income areas. 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Under these conditions, transitioning from conventional to conservation agriculture (CA) represents a strategic solution for improving farm resilience and competitiveness. This study evaluates the economic efficiency of the main field crops—wheat, barley, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower—by comparing income and expenditure budgets for conventional and conservation systems. The results highlight significant advantages for conservation agriculture, both in terms of profitability and the sustainable use of natural resources (water, soil, and biodiversity). The analysis, based on data from 25 representative farms collected between 2020 and 2024, shows that CA improves profitability by 15–35%, reduces fuel use by 35–40%, and decreases mechanized operations by 30–45%. These benefits result in lower production costs and greater yield stability in drought conditions. The research conclusions confirm that the implementation of conservation agriculture can contribute to the efficient adaptation of farmers to climate risks and to the consolidation of the sustainable development of the agricultural sector in the Republic of Moldova. © 2025 by the authors.", "publicationTitle": "Sustainability (Switzerland)", "publisher": "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)", "place": "", "date": "2025", "volume": "17", "issue": "24", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "Article 10916", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.3390/su172410916", "citationKey": "", "url": "https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105025947420&doi=10.3390%2fsu172410916&partnerID=40&md5=9b2029627157e7ba714000a30e79eecb", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "20711050", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "Type: Article", "tags": [ { "tag": "Climate Change" }, { "tag": "Economics" }, { "tag": "Energy" }, { "tag": "Europe" }, { "tag": "Maize" }, { "tag": "Oil seeds" }, { "tag": "Survey/analysis" }, { "tag": "Wheat" } ], "collections": [ "KGBFX8BX" ], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2026-03-18T15:55:31Z", "dateModified": "2026-03-20T18:45:04Z" } }, { "key": "652GTXF4", "version": 50661, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/652GTXF4", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/652GTXF4", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Zheng et al.", "parsedDate": "2026", "numChildren": 2 }, "data": { "key": "652GTXF4", "version": 50661, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Farm-level adoption of conservation agriculture practices and their role in building climate-resilient and resource-efficient food systems in China", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Liyuan", "lastName": "Zheng" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Wei", "lastName": "Wang" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Pengqun", "lastName": "Gao" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Shamsheer Ul", "lastName": "Haq" } ], "abstractNote": "This study emphasizes how conservation agricultural practices assist farm managers to use farm input efficiently. Therefore, the primary objective of current study aimed to identify conservation agriculture practices adopted at the farm level and their role in the optimal use of farm resources. Data collected from 384 farmers were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier analysis. Farmers have adopted diversification, water conservation, and soil conservation strategies to minimize the effects of climate change on their farms. The mean technical efficiency score of farmers was 0.69 indicating that farmers could increase their farm output by 31% at the current input level. The findings also showed that a 1% increase in land and working capital increases output by 0.259% and 0.096%, respectively. Similarly, a 1 unit increase in the adoption of diversified strategies improved farm output by 0.037%. The results showed that age (β= −0.0043), training (β = 0.027), government policies (β = 0.0105), climate change awareness (β = 0.0127), cooperative membership (β = 0.0317), and internet accessibility (β = 0.0238) significantly affected farm efficiency. The outcomes of this study substantially provide the practical guidance for enhancing the farm efficiency. Therefore, public policymakers should promote adoption of digital tools in farming by increasing access and training to mobile-based digital tools. © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.", "publicationTitle": "Cogent Food and Agriculture", "publisher": "Informa Healthcare", "place": "", "date": "2026", "volume": "12", "issue": "1", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "Article 2602861", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2025.2602861", "citationKey": "", "url": "https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105025415646&doi=10.1080%2f23311932.2025.2602861&partnerID=40&md5=16f34530899e0a6ad30658fe820f7019", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "23311932", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "Type: Article", "tags": [ { "tag": "Adoption" }, { "tag": "China" }, { "tag": "Mitigation Climate Change" }, { "tag": "Survey/analysis" } ], "collections": [ "KGBFX8BX" ], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2026-03-18T15:34:50Z", "dateModified": "2026-03-20T18:39:49Z" } }, { "key": "R8UWM59G", "version": 50659, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/R8UWM59G", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/R8UWM59G", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Cerasuolo et al.", "parsedDate": "2026", "numChildren": 2 }, "data": { "key": "R8UWM59G", "version": 50659, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Estimated effect of crop diversification on soil organic carbon under present and future climate conditions", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Marianna", "lastName": "Cerasuolo" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Silvia", "lastName": "Vanino" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Chiara", "lastName": "Piccini" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Roberta", "lastName": "Farina" } ], "abstractNote": "Crop diversification has been increasingly suggested as a sustainable approach to mitigate climate change impacts by enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration. In intensive agricultural regions, such as the Po Valley in Italy, reliance on monocultures has significantly depleted SOC, worsening vulnerability to future climate change. To address this issue, field experiments combined with biophysical modelling (ECOSSE) and spatial interpolation techniques were used to evaluate the effectiveness of diversified cropping systems in increasing SOC under current and projected climate scenarios. This study represents the first use of ECOSSE to assess the effect of diversified systems in the Po Valley, integrating novel crop rotations with pea, reduced tillage, and circular organic amendments. It also incorporates slurry management effects and compares three complementary approaches: process-based modelling, machine learning, and spatial interpolation, under multiple general circulation models for climate scenarios. Our results indicate that crop diversification improves soil organic carbon retention substantially compared to conventional monoculture. This, in particular, benefits soils that are initially low in carbon content. However, the extent of these benefits varied considerably depending on the soil type and climate scenario. Machine learning analysis revealed temperature, rainfall, and evapotranspiration as critical features influencing simulated SOC changes. The results provide region-specific insights that can inform climate-resilient agricultural policies, including conservation agriculture incentives and payment-for-ecosystem-services schemes. These findings underline the necessity for context-specific diversification strategies to enhance agricultural resilience and sustainability in the face of climate change. © 2025 The Authors", "publicationTitle": "Science of the Total Environment", "publisher": "Elsevier B.V.", "place": "", "date": "2026", "volume": "1012", "issue": "", "section": "", "partNumber": "", "partTitle": "", "pages": "Article 181173", "series": "", "seriesTitle": "", "seriesText": "", "journalAbbreviation": "", "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181173", "citationKey": "", "url": "https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-105025407567&doi=10.1016%2fj.scitotenv.2025.181173&partnerID=40&md5=dc4553f2bdc586b9b641f6e667386474", "accessDate": "", "PMID": "41447813", "PMCID": "", "ISSN": "00489697", "archive": "", "archiveLocation": "", "shortTitle": "", "language": "", "libraryCatalog": "", "callNumber": "", "rights": "", "extra": "Type: Article", "tags": [ { "tag": "Carbon sequestration" }, { "tag": "Crop Diversification" }, { "tag": "Europe" }, { "tag": "Legumes" }, { "tag": "Mitigation Climate Change" }, { "tag": "Modeling" }, { "tag": "Organic" }, { "tag": "Soil Organic carbon" }, { "tag": "Tillage" } ], "collections": [ "KGBFX8BX" ], "relations": {}, "dateAdded": "2026-03-18T15:30:28Z", "dateModified": "2026-03-20T18:34:53Z" } }, { "key": "35ATZEND", "version": 50763, "library": { "type": "group", "id": 348525, "name": "Cornell Conservation Agriculture", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture", "type": "text/html" } } }, "links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.zotero.org/groups/348525/items/35ATZEND", "type": "application/json" }, "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/groups/cornell_conservation_agriculture/items/35ATZEND", "type": "text/html" } }, "meta": { "createdByUser": { "id": 2474293, "username": "phobbs45", "name": "", "links": { "alternate": { "href": "https://www.zotero.org/phobbs45", "type": "text/html" } } }, "creatorSummary": "Hasanain et al.", "parsedDate": "2026", "numChildren": 1 }, "data": { "key": "35ATZEND", "version": 50763, "itemType": "journalArticle", "title": "Sustainable energy-food-nutrient nexus: strategies for enhancing wheat production resilience in India", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Mohammad", "lastName": "Hasanain" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "V.K.", "lastName": "Singh" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "S.S.", "lastName": "Rathore" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Vijay Singh", "lastName": "Meena" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "R.K.", "lastName": "Singh" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Kapila", "lastName": "Shekhawat" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Sunita Kumari", "lastName": "Meena" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "B.S.", "lastName": "Dwivedi" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "P.K.", "lastName": "Upadhyay" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Rajendra P.", "lastName": "Mishra" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Gaurav", "lastName": "Verma" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Sandeep", "lastName": "Kumar" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Nikita", "lastName": "Singh" }, { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Aman Singh", "lastName": "Mandloi" } ], "abstractNote": "Precision nutrient management (PNM) in conservation agriculture (CA) provides transformative strategies to improving wheat productivity, profitability, nutrient efficiency, and energy optimization. A two-year field study (2018-19 ad 2019–20) in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGPs) to compared four crop establishment scenarios (CESc) (i) conventional tillage without residue CESc1-CT (-R), (ii) conventional tillage with residue CESc2-CT (+R), (iii) permanent raised bed without residue CESc3-PRB(-R), and (iv) permanent raised bed with residue CESc4-PRB(+R). Additionally, three nutrient management scenarios (NMSc) were assessed: (i) soil test-based recommendation (NMSc1-STB), (ii) nutrient expert-based (NMSc2-NE), and (iii) Nutrient Expert + GreenSeeker (NMSc3-NE + GS). Results showed that CESc4-PRB(+R) significantly enhanced wheat growth, phenology, nutrient balance, energy efficiency, and economic returns over to other CESc. At CESc4-PRB(+R) had accelerated 50 % and 75 % flowering at ⁓85.0 days and ⁓88.8 days and improved dry matter translocation (297 and 311 g m−2) over other CESc. At CESc4-PRB(+R) had higher protein content (10.94 % and 11.6 %) and increase of protein and carbohydrate yield by ⁓10.68–23.72 and ⁓9.14–20.22 % over other CESc in wheat in 2 ‘yrs of study. Compared to other CESc, CESc4-PRB(+R) had significantly increased production efficiency (⁓20.68 %) and total nutrient uptake (⁓21.15 %). CESc4-PRB(+R) also resulted in the highest gross returns (1658.28–1729.66 ha-1), net return (1182.26–1252.34 ha-1), and benefit-cost ratio (2.48–2.62) while energy profitability was obtained highest at CESc2-CT (+R) (9.16 and 9.45 MJ ha−1) over other CESc. The CESc3-PRB (-R), improve EEI by ⁓17.34–73.33 % over remaining scenarios. Among nutrient management strategies (NMSc), NMSc3-NE + GS had higher dry matter translocation (297 and 311 g m−2), enhancing grain yields (⁓6.53 %), total biomass yield (⁓5.46 %), protein content (⁓10.75 %–10.94 %), protein yield (⁓4.15–7.55 %) and carbohydrate yield (⁓3.59–5.94 %) over NMSc2-NE and NMSc1-STB. However, total nutrient uptake (6.98 %), production efficiency (32.3 and 32.6 kg ha−1 day−1) and energy profitability (4.00–4.17 MJ ha−1) with NMSc3-NE + GS over NMSc2-NE and NMSc1-STB. Meanwhile, economic returns, yielding gross returns (1627.78–1696.11 ha-1), net returns (1122.16–1190.90 ha-1), and benefit-cost ratios (2.22–2.36) while maintaining lower cultivation costs ($505.21 and 505.62 ha-1) and lower number of days required to reached at 50 % and 75 % flowering in wheat under NMSc3-NE + GS over other NMSc. Overall, the findings suggested that adopting CESc4-PRB(+R) and NMSc3-NE + GS significantly enhanced productivity, profitability, and energy efficiency of wheat production system. 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