Impact of fertilization and tillage practices on transformations of carbon, essential plant nutrients and microbial biota composition in soils: a review

Soil management approaches have been advocated to modify the soil fertility parameters for higher agricultural production through different land systems. The present review examines the influence of organic/inorganic fertilizers and tillage practices through transformations in regulating the nutrien...

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Main Authors: Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Arvind Kumar Shukla, Sanjib Kumar Behera, Sarwan Kumar Dubey, Sandeep Sharma, Mehakpreet Kaur Randhawa, Gagandeep Kaur, Sohan Singh walia, Amardeep Singh Toor
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author Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal
Arvind Kumar Shukla
Sanjib Kumar Behera
Sarwan Kumar Dubey
Sandeep Sharma
Mehakpreet Kaur Randhawa
Gagandeep Kaur
Sohan Singh walia
Amardeep Singh Toor
author_facet Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal
Arvind Kumar Shukla
Sanjib Kumar Behera
Sarwan Kumar Dubey
Sandeep Sharma
Mehakpreet Kaur Randhawa
Gagandeep Kaur
Sohan Singh walia
Amardeep Singh Toor
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description Soil management approaches have been advocated to modify the soil fertility parameters for higher agricultural production through different land systems. The present review examines the influence of organic/inorganic fertilizers and tillage practices through transformations in regulating the nutrient status, microbial components, and soil organic carbon. Fertilization along with different tillage practices have been found to affect the available plant nutrient content including macronutrients, secondary nutrients, and micronutrients. The review investigation also showed that, compared to inorganic fertilizers (INF), application of compost enhanced plant available macronutrients (N, P, K), micronutrients (Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn) and soil organic carbon (SOC) with different tillage practices. Through different land systems, transformation of the plant available macronutrients, micronutrients and microbial compositions showed their enhancement. Microbial parameters viz. microbial biodiversity, microbial biomass carbon (MBC), potentially mineralizable nitrogen (PMN), microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN) and microbial respiration reported increase. Soil organic carbon and aggregate distribution in the soil and the aggregate-associated organic carbon and physical fractions of SOC have also been reviewed. Among different tillage systems, the reduced tillage with residue incorporation and no-tillage (zero tillage) with residue mulching, significantly enhanced carbon sequestration in soil aggregates in comparison to conventional tillage with residue removal treatments. The practice of zero tillage improved dissolved organic carbon and MBC in light and heavy fractions of carbon in the upper layers of soil.
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spelling doaj-art-94b07db7ddb84722a7cfe38ff160e4042025-08-20T02:12:31ZengMaximum Academic PressTechnology in Agronomy2835-94452024-01-014111710.48130/tia-0023-0020tia-0023-0020Impact of fertilization and tillage practices on transformations of carbon, essential plant nutrients and microbial biota composition in soils: a reviewSalwinder Singh Dhaliwal0Arvind Kumar Shukla1Sanjib Kumar Behera2Sarwan Kumar Dubey3Sandeep Sharma4Mehakpreet Kaur Randhawa5Gagandeep Kaur6Sohan Singh walia7Amardeep Singh Toor8Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, IndiaRajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, IndiaIndian Institute of Soil Science (ISSS), Bhopal 462038, IndiaICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CSSRI, Karnal 132001, IndiaDepartment of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, IndiaDepartment of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, IndiaDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USASchool of Organic Farming, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab 141004, IndiaDepartment of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, IndiaSoil management approaches have been advocated to modify the soil fertility parameters for higher agricultural production through different land systems. The present review examines the influence of organic/inorganic fertilizers and tillage practices through transformations in regulating the nutrient status, microbial components, and soil organic carbon. Fertilization along with different tillage practices have been found to affect the available plant nutrient content including macronutrients, secondary nutrients, and micronutrients. The review investigation also showed that, compared to inorganic fertilizers (INF), application of compost enhanced plant available macronutrients (N, P, K), micronutrients (Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn) and soil organic carbon (SOC) with different tillage practices. Through different land systems, transformation of the plant available macronutrients, micronutrients and microbial compositions showed their enhancement. Microbial parameters viz. microbial biodiversity, microbial biomass carbon (MBC), potentially mineralizable nitrogen (PMN), microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN) and microbial respiration reported increase. Soil organic carbon and aggregate distribution in the soil and the aggregate-associated organic carbon and physical fractions of SOC have also been reviewed. Among different tillage systems, the reduced tillage with residue incorporation and no-tillage (zero tillage) with residue mulching, significantly enhanced carbon sequestration in soil aggregates in comparison to conventional tillage with residue removal treatments. The practice of zero tillage improved dissolved organic carbon and MBC in light and heavy fractions of carbon in the upper layers of soil.https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/tia-0023-0020no-tillageconservation tillageorganic manuresinorganic fertilizerssoil organic carbonmicrobial biomass carbonsoil respirationcarbon fractionsorganic manuresinorganic fertilizers
spellingShingle Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal
Arvind Kumar Shukla
Sanjib Kumar Behera
Sarwan Kumar Dubey
Sandeep Sharma
Mehakpreet Kaur Randhawa
Gagandeep Kaur
Sohan Singh walia
Amardeep Singh Toor
Impact of fertilization and tillage practices on transformations of carbon, essential plant nutrients and microbial biota composition in soils: a review
Technology in Agronomy
no-tillage
conservation tillage
organic manures
inorganic fertilizers
soil organic carbon
microbial biomass carbon
soil respiration
carbon fractions
organic manures
inorganic fertilizers
title Impact of fertilization and tillage practices on transformations of carbon, essential plant nutrients and microbial biota composition in soils: a review
title_full Impact of fertilization and tillage practices on transformations of carbon, essential plant nutrients and microbial biota composition in soils: a review
title_fullStr Impact of fertilization and tillage practices on transformations of carbon, essential plant nutrients and microbial biota composition in soils: a review
title_full_unstemmed Impact of fertilization and tillage practices on transformations of carbon, essential plant nutrients and microbial biota composition in soils: a review
title_short Impact of fertilization and tillage practices on transformations of carbon, essential plant nutrients and microbial biota composition in soils: a review
title_sort impact of fertilization and tillage practices on transformations of carbon essential plant nutrients and microbial biota composition in soils a review
topic no-tillage
conservation tillage
organic manures
inorganic fertilizers
soil organic carbon
microbial biomass carbon
soil respiration
carbon fractions
organic manures
inorganic fertilizers
url https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/tia-0023-0020
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