Mariela Fuentes

TL;DR: In the semi-arid and rainfed subtropical highlands of central Mexico, positive effects were observed with zero tillage, crop rotations and crop residue retention, compared with common farming practices.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied plant and soil physical and chemical characteristics as affected by different agricultural management practices, i.e., ZT and CT, cropped with continuous wheat or maize in monoculture (M) or in a yearly rotation (R) of these two crops, either with residue retention (+r) or without residues retention (−r).

TL;DR: In this article, three management factors were analyzed: (1) tillage (zero or reduced tillage), crop residue retention and crop rotation, and residue management (with (+r), or without (−r) crop residues).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantified soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil C derived from C3 (wheat) and C4 (maize) plant species using δ13C stable isotope.

TL;DR: In this paper, the results of a multinational study to develop useful calibrations associating NIRS spectra with laboratory-measured results for total soil carbon (C), total soil nitrogen (N), δ13C, and δ15N from a single soil site in Mexico subjected to zero-and conventional-tillage regimens with and without crop residues and crop rotations of maize and wheat across 16 years.