Soil aggregation and carbon and nitrogen stabilization in relation to residue and manure application in rice–wheat systems in northwest India

DK Benbi, N Senapati - Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2010 - Springer
Soil organic matter (SOM), besides influencing carbon (C) transfer between soils and
atmosphere, impacts soil functional ability and its response to environmental and anthropogenic …

Total and labile pools of soil organic carbon in cultivated and undisturbed soils in northern India

DK Benbi, K Brar, AS Toor, P Singh - Geoderma, 2015 - Elsevier
Labile fractions of soil organic matter (SOM) have been used as indicators for land use
induced changes in soil quality. Differences in soil C pools under row crop production and …

Sensitivity of labile soil organic carbon pools to long-term fertilizer, straw and manure management in rice-wheat system

DK Benbi, B Kiranvir, S SHARMA - Pedosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
Labile soil organic carbon (SOC) pools, estimated through chemical fractionation techniques,
are considered sensitive indicators of management-induced changes in quality and …

Fixation and defixation of ammonium in soils: a review

R Nieder, DK Benbi, HW Scherer - Biology and fertility of Soils, 2011 - Springer
Fixed NH 4 + (NH 4 + f ) and fixation and defixation of NH 4 + in soils have been the subject
of a number of investigations with conflicting results. The results vary because of differences …

[BOOK][B] Carbon and nitrogen in the terrestrial environment

R Nieder, DK Benbi - 2008 - books.google.com
… Nieder), and Adwitheya and Meenu (DK Benbi) for their patience and understanding during
the preparation of this book. We are grateful to Hans P. Dauck for help in the preparation of …

Manure and fertilizer application effects on aggregate and mineral-associated organic carbon in a loamy soil under rice-wheat system

DK Benbi, P Singh, AS Toor… - Communications in Soil …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The study was conducted to investigate the aggregate stability and distribution of organic
carbon (C) in different-sized aggregates and mineral fractions in a loamy soil under rice-wheat …

A critical review of some approaches to modelling nitrogen mineralization

DK Benbi, J Richter - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2002 - Springer
A number of approaches have been used to model and thus describe N mineralization
kinetics in soils. In this paper, we review and present a comparative evaluation of some …

Nutrient management impacts on net ecosystem carbon budget and energy flow nexus in intensively cultivated cropland ecosystems of north-western India

P Singh, DK Benbi - Paddy and Water Environment, 2020 - Springer
Nutrient management has led to unprecedented increase in crop production, but with significant
carbon (C) trade-off that has close nexus with energy flow. We quantified the impacts of …

Nutrient management impacts on nutrient use efficiency and energy, carbon, and net ecosystem economic budget of a rice–wheat cropping system in Northwestern …

P Singh, DK Benbi, G Verma - Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2021 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of nutrient management practices on
crop productivity, energy use efficiency (E R ), greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, and …

Potentially toxic elements in the environment–a review of sources, sinks, pathways and mitigation measures

R Nieder, DK Benbi - Reviews on Environmental Health, 2024 - degruyter.com
Pollution of ecosystems with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) has become a global problem
with serious consequences for public health. The PTEs are hazardous to humans owing to …