Can yield, soil C and aggregation be improved under long-term conservation agriculture in the eastern Indo-Gangetic plain of India?

Surajit MondalJanki Sharan MishraShish Pal PooniaRakesh KumarRachana DubeySantosh KumarMausam VermaKarnena K RaoAkram AhmedSharad DwivediBhagwati Prasad BhattRam Kanwar MalikVirender KumarAndrew McDonald

Published in: European journal of soil science (2021)

Effects of long-term conservation agriculture (CA) on soil C, aggregation and yield were evaluated.CA improved SOC concentration and stock by 46 and 40%, as well as macroaggregate SOC stock by 36-66%.Macro-aggregation and mean weight diameter improved in CA but was mostly limited to a shallow soil depth.CA can be promoted for sustainability of a rice-wheat system due to higher productivity (38-53%).

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