No-tillage practice enhances soil total carbon content in a sandy Cyperus esculentus L. field

• Published in: Ecological processes Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 9
• Main Authors: Wang, Cong, Hu, Yuxiang, Wu, Hui, Wang, Zhirui, Cai, Jiangping, Liu, Heyong, Ren, Wei, Yang, Ning, Wang, Zhengwen, Jiang, Yong, Li, Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2025; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Aeolian sandy soil; Agricultural ecosystems; agroecosystems; Aridity; Bacterial community composition; Bacterial function prediction; Biomass; Carbon; Carbon content; carbon sequestration; China; Community structure; conventional tillage; Crop yield; Cyperus esculentus; Cyperus esculentus L; dissolved organic carbon; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Eolian soils; Field tests; microbial biomass; Microorganisms; No-till cropping; No-tillage; Nutrient availability; Organic carbon; Photosynthesis; phytomass; Plant biomass; Plants; rRNA 16S; Sandy soils; soil bacteria; Soil degradation; Soil erosion; Soil investigations; Soil microorganisms; soil organic carbon; Soil properties; Soil stability; Soil structure; Tillage; China; Aeolian sandy soil; No-tillage; Bacterial community composition; L; Bacterial function prediction

Background No-tillage (NT) is a widely used field management to reduce soil erosion and degradation and is suggested to be beneficial for enhancing soil carbon (C) sequestration capacity. Nonetheless, the effects of NT on soil total carbon (TC) content in aeolian sandy soils are not extensively expl...