2024 Annual Publications: Refereed Journal Articles

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Adhikari, A., Y. Bajgai, J. Rabgyal, R. Lal, N. Tshering, et al. 2024. Altitude, Land Use and Soil Depth Effects on Earthworm Density and its Relationship to Soil Properties in an On-Farm Study. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. doi: 10.1007/s42729-024-01990-9. 

  1. Ahmad, N., A.L. Virk, A.-S. Nizami, R. Lal, S.X. Chang, et al. 2024. Carbon trade-off and energy budgeting under conventional and conservation tillage in a rice-wheat double cropping system. Journal of Environmental Management 351: 119888. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119888. 

  1. Arunrat, N., C. Sansupa, S. Sereenonchai, R. Hatano, and R. Lal. 2024. Fire-Induced Changes in Soil Properties and Bacterial Communities in Rotational Shifting Cultivation Fields in Northern Thailand. Biology 13(6). doi: 10.3390/biology13060383. 

  1. Bajgai, Y., R. Lal, and K. Lorenz. 2024. On-farm conservation agriculture practices effects on soil health and agronomic productivity in the Midwestern USA. Advances in Agronomy. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2024.02.009. 

  1. Basir, A., S. Iqbal, M. Adnan, M.A. Khan, R. Lal, S. Fahad, B. Saeed, M. Ahmad, I. Al-Ashkar, Ç.C. Toprak, Z. Erden and A. El Sabagh. 2025. Integration of compost with mineral NPK fertilizers for improving wheat yield and soil health. Pak. J. Bot., 57(3): DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30848/PJB2025-3(19) 

  1. Cerri, C.E.P., M.R. Cherubin, J.M. Villela, J.L. Locatelli, M.L. Carvalho, et al. 2024. Carbon farming in the living soils of the Americas. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 8. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1481005. 

  1. Cordero-Irizarry, P.M., Lal, R., Sotomayor-Ramírez, D. 2024. Soil Management Affects Soil C and N Stocks but Not Overall Soil Health. J. Agric. Univ. P.R. 108(1):13-29. 

  1. Ding, J., R. Chandra, R. Lal, and L. Tassiulas. 2024. Scarf: Soil Carbon Sensing with Wi-Fi and Optical Signals. Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA. p. 1653–1655 

  2. Franzluebbers, A. J. (2024). Particulate organic carbon and nitrogen and soil-test biological activity under grazed pastures and conservation land uses. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 88, 1852–1869. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20742
  3. Franzluebbers, A. (2024). Root-zone enrichment of soil organic carbon and nitrogen under grazing and other land uses in a humid-temperate region. Grass and Forage Science, 79(2), 265–280. https://doi.org/10.1111/gfs.12665
  4. Franzluebbers, A. J. (2024). Soil aggregation and surface-soil properties under grazed pastures and other conservation land uses in Virginia. Agronomy Journal, 116, 1730–1745. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21588
  5. Franzluebbers, A.J. (2024). Our connections to soil health through simile. Agricultural Environmental Letters. 9:e70003. https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.70003
  6. Franzluebbers, A.J., Zentella, R., Kafle, A. (2024). Soil health under forage and grazing lands in the humid United States. CABI Rev. 19:1. https://doi.org/10.1079/cabireviews.2024.0049
  7. Franzluebbers, A.J. (2025). Sand is the unifying textural component influencing surface-soil carbon and nitrogen fractions across undisturbed land uses in North Carolina. Soil Science Society of America Journal (accepted 16 Dec 2024; doi: 10.1002/saj2.70011).
  8. Loria, N., Lal, R. & Chandra, R. (2024). Handheld In Situ Methods for Soil Organic Carbon Assessment. Sustainability 16(13). doi: 10.3390/su16135592. 

  9. Herrick, J., C. Fowler, L. Sibanda, R. Lal, and A. Nelson. 2024. The vision for adapted crops and soils: how to prioritize investments to achieve sustainable nutrition for all. NATURE PLANTS. doi: 10.1038/s41477-024-01867-w. 

  10. Iqbal, A., R. Khan, Q. Hussain, M. Imran, Z. Mo, et al. 2024. Vermicompost application enhances soil health and plant physiological and antioxidant defense to conferring heavy metals tolerance in fragrant rice. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1418554  

  11. Lal, R. 2024. Unleashing AI: Revolutionizing 21st Century Agriculture. Agriculture World (April 2024 Edition), pp. 10-13. https://agricultureworld.co/april-2024/ 

  12. Lal, R. 2024. Soil, soul, spirituality, and stewardship. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 79(1):10A. 

  1. Lal, R. 2024. Farming Systems for Global Issues of the 21st Century: Viewpoint. Farming System: 100113. doi: 10.1016/j.farsys.2024.100113. 

  1. Lal, R. 2024. Soil Degradation Effects on Human Malnutrition and Under-Nutrition. Medical Research Archives; Vol 12 No 10 (2024): October Issue, Issue 10, VOl.12. doi: 10.18103/mra.v12i10.5753. 

  1. Lal, R. 2024. Enhancing Nutritional Quality of Food by Improved Soil and Crop Management. Medical Research Archives; Vol 12 No 11 (2024): November Issue, Issue 11, VOl.12. doi: 10.18103/mra.v12i11.5849. 

  1. Lal, R. 2024. African Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit: An action plan for food and climate. JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION 79(6): 95A-98A. doi: 10.2489/jswc.2024.0903A. 

  1. Lal, R. 2024. A historic landmark for the role of soil health in climate and food security: “Soil health” in COP28 UAE Declaration. JOURNAL OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION 79(3): 48A-52A. doi: 10.2489/jSWC.2024.0226A. 

  1. Lal, R., S. Chandra, and A. Prajapati. 2024. Fractal surfaces in Lebesgue spaces with respect to fractal measures and associated fractal operators. CHAOS SOLITONS & FRACTALS 181. doi: 10.1016/j.chaos.2024.114684. 

  1. Loria, N., R. Lal, and R. Chandra. 2024. Handheld In Situ Methods for Soil Organic Carbon Assessment. Sustainability 16(13). doi: 10.3390/su16135592. 

  1. Multer Hopkins, B., R. Lal, W.B. Lyons, and S.A. Welch. 2024. Carbon capture potential and environmental impact of concrete weathering in soil. Science of The Total Environment 957: 177692. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177692. 

  1. Nandal, A., S.S. Yadav, and R. Lal. Examining stakeholder attitudes towards tree ecosystem services and disservices in urban environments: insights from Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Arboricultural Journal: 1–30. doi: 10.1080/03071375.2024.2413300. 

  1. Nandal, A., S. Rani, S.S. Yadav, N. Kaushik, N. Kataria, et al. 2024. Soil quality under different tree species in an urban university campus: a multidimensional study. Environmental Earth Sciences 83(21): 613. doi: 10.1007/s12665-024-11902-w. 

  1. de Oliveira Ferreira, A., J.C. de Moraes Sá, R. Lal, G. Barth, T.M. Inagaki, et al. 2024. Why no-till system sequesters more carbon and is more resilient and productive with contrasting fertilization regimes in a highly weathered soil? Soil and Tillage Research 244: 106179. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2024.106179. 

  2. Reicosky, D., Brandt, D., Reeder, R., Lal, R. & Montgomery, D.R. (2023). Plowing: Dust storms, Conservation Agriculture, and need for a "Soil Health Act." Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 78(5): 105A-108A. doi: 10.2489/jswc.2023.0619A. 

  3. Snapp, S., J. Chamberlin, L. Winowiecki, T. Amede, E. Aynekulu, et al. 2024. Realizing soil health for food security in Africa. Nature Sustainability. doi: 10.1038/s41893-024-01482-9. 

  4. Thompson, M. L., Grunwald, S., Jones, S. B., Lal, R., Skinner, P., & Zhang, W. (2024). Society-to-society collaboration between the United States and China: A path forward. Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, 5, e2024CN000238. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024CN000238 

  1. Tomaz, A., A. De Oliveira Ferreira, R. Lal, T. Amado, B. Silva, et al. 2024. Can natural undisturbed revegetation restores soil organic carbon to levels under native climax vegetation under tropical semiarid climate? Land Degradation and Development 35: 1–11. doi: 10.1002/ldr.5036. 

  1. Zhao, X., R.-C. Li, W.-X. Liu, W.-S. Liu, Y.-H. Xue, et al. 2024. Estimation of crop residue production and its contribution to carbon neutrality in China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 203: 107450. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107450.