“…Sub-tropical northern Indo-Gangetic Plains (Masto et al 2007) Maize-wheat KMnO 4 oxidizable N, SOC, MBC, alkaline phosphatase activity, bulk density and DTPA Zn Sub-tropical lower Indo-Gangetic Plains (Chaudhury et al 2005) Jute-rice-wheat Olsen's P and NH 4 OAc extractable K, MBC, mean weight diameter and SOC Brahmaputra Valley (Mandal et al 2005) Rice-rice NH 4 OAc extractable K, DTPA Zn, SOC, per cent base saturation and dehydrogenase activity East and south-eastern coastal plain (Majhi et al 2019) Rice-rice Cation exchange capacity, reserve K, total N and DTPA Zn Sub-tropical northern Indo-Gangetic Plains (Purakayastha et al 2019) Rice-wheat Wheat-vegetables SOC, DTPA Zn, and Mn, NH 4 OAc extractable K, aggregate stability, MBC and mineralizable N Sub-tropical northern saline soil of Indo-Gangetic Plains (Soni et al 2021) Sorghum-wheat α-glucosidase activity, MBC, electrical conductivity (EC e ), KMnO 4 oxidizable N, MBC:MBN after sorghum and MBC:MBN, EC e , MBC, urease activity, KMnO 4 oxidizable N after wheat to soil living system (Lohan et al 2018). Rehabilitating and reverting from degradation or regaining its productive state needs time and expensive corrective measures (Mandal et al 2016;Basak et al 2014).…”