Soil physiology discriminates between no‐till agricultural soils with different crop systems on winter season

Abstract

Soil is the basic resource to produce food and materials for human beings, from cultivated plants (Rillig, Lehmann, Lehmann, Camenzind, & Rauh, 2018). Soil is a complex living system, and life is mostly represented by microbes. One of the main challenges in present science is to understand soil microbiology structure and function to effect correct soil use and management and thereby preserve the resource (Jansson & Hofmockel, 2018). Soil fertility is largely dependent on the processing of organic substrates through the soil food web (Bahram et al., 2018). Although the level of soil microbial activity depends on soil type (Kuramae et al., 2012), it is also influenced by the management practiced on agricultural land (Bronick & Lal, 2005; Wagg, Bender, Widmer, & van der Heijden, 2014; Zhang et al., 2014). Management practices such as conventional tillage decrease soil organic matter (Lal, 2004). The maintenance of the quality and quantity of organic substrates is key to

Sustainable Soil Loss Management in Tropical Uplands: Impact on Maize-Chili Cropping Systems

“…Most farmers in the region have already left farming and started off-farm jobs in various mills, factories, and institutions. Knowledge of proper soil use and management to preserve available resources is a big challenge [9] for farming communities living in soil-loss hotspot areas.…”