Effects of agricultural management practices on soil quality: A review of long-term experiments for Europe and China

AG and SM smThe title above comes from a new article published in "Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment". The article is a review and describes the effects four paired management practices on five soil quality indicators. Some highlights of this research : 1) yield was lower under No Tillage (NT) and organic agriculture, but with environmental benefits, 2) Soil Organic Matter (SOM) increased under NT, organic matter addition, crop rotation and organic farming, 3) number of earthworms was the most sensitive indicator for the paired practices, and 4) soil pH appears to be the least sensitive indicator.

The article is open access and the authors are: Zhanguo Bai, Thomas Caspari, Maria Ruiperez Gonzalez, Niels H. Batjes, Paul Mäder, Else K. Bünemann, Ron de Goede, Lijbert Brussaard, Minggang Xu, and Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira

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