Sustainable Agricultural Practices to Enhance Soil Carbon Stability in Agroecosystems
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Soils".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil biogeochemical cycling; soil carbon stabilization (physical, chemical, and biochemical); soil enzyme activity and resource stoichiometry; ecosystem changes across natural gradients (elevation, climate, aridity, etc.); greenhouse gas flux measurements using eddy covariance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Carbon is a critical environmental resource for plant growth, crop yields, soil health and fertility, and overall ecosystem functions. Agricultural practices have significantly influenced the global soil carbon storage potential and stabilization, contributing to climate change, soil degradation, and diminished ecosystem resilience. In recent decades, sustainable agricultural management strategies (e.g., crop rotation, avoided land use conversion, cover cropping, organic amendments, etc.) have been developed to balance productivity with environmental sustainability. However, the effects of such novel strategies on soil carbon dynamics at both micro- and macro-scales and associated microbial dynamics over long-term and short-term timeframes remain uncertain.
This Special Issue aims to gather original research findings and reviews that explore how sustainable agricultural practices can influence soil carbon storage and stabilization within agroecosystems.
Cutting-edge research topics for inclusion encompass, but are not limited to, advancements in soil carbon stocks, sequestration and stabilization mechanisms, and associated microbial dynamics (e.g., enzymatic activities and resource stoichiometry) in agroecosystems at both the bulk soil and microscale levels.
Dr. Adugna Feyissa Gubena
Dr. Junjun Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aggregates
- agroecosystems
- carbon
- carbon stabilization (physical, chemical, and biochemical)
- carbon fractions
- carbon cycling enzymes and resource stoichiometry
- mineral associated organic matter
- sustainable agricultural practices
- particulate organic matter
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