Rattan Lal
Biographic Data
| ID | 3726118 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rattan Lal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rattan |
| FAMILY NAME | Lal |
| SIGNATURE | LAL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9016-2972 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Food security in a time of climate–food–water–energy convergence
Coupling Effects of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization on Crop Growth in Response to Tillage Practices
Soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) mineralization are critical processes influencing C sequestration and soil fertility. However, the effects of tillage practices and the rhizosphere on these dynamics remain poorly understood. This study evaluated the impacts of long‐term tillage practices (no‐till, conventional tillage, and rotary tillage) and straw management (with or without straw return) on soil C and N mineralization, active C and N pools, and…
Sixty Years of Sugarcane Monoculture Alters Carbon Preservation in Large Soil Macroaggregates in Tropical Soil
Frequent and intensive tillage in conventional agriculture disrupts soil aggregates, engendering significant depletion of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks. Long‐term studies are essential for assessing the impact of sustainable practices on aggregate dynamics and carbon sequestration in sugarcane monocropping in tropical ecosystems. The following hypothesis was first, conventional sugarcane management would degrade soil, thereby reducing C stocks…
Can biochar conserve soil moisture and improve soil properties for sustainable intensification of acid soils in the Eastern Indian Himalayas
The marginal Himalayan ecosystems have great potential for biochar application for conserving soil moisture, ameliorating soil acidity, improving soil fertility, and thus, contributing to sustainable intensification. Thus, the efficacy of biochar was tested along with nutrient management practices (NMP) on the performance of maize ( Zea mays L.)‐French bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) as the emerging cropping system in an acid soil under rainfed hil…
Can natural undisturbed revegetation restores soil organic carbon to levels under native climax vegetation under tropical semiarid climate
Land‐use change has driven soil carbon stock losses in ecosystems worldwide. Implementing agricultural crops and exploiting forest resources trigger the breakdown of soil aggregates, thus exposing organic matter to microbial decomposition and enhancing carbon dioxide emissions, especially in biomes more susceptible to climate extremes as in the tropical semiarid regions. This study was based on the hypothesis that the undisturbed soil from the dr…
Realizing soil health for food security in Africa
Critical hydrologic impacts from climate change
Liming and micronutrient application improves soil properties and productivity of the groundnut‐rapeseed cropping system in an acidic Inceptisol of India's eastern Himalayas
Aluminum toxicity, nutrient imbalance, and reduced microbial activity are the most limiting factors for optimum agronomic productivity in acid soils. A field study was conducted to investigate the impact of micronutrient and liming on soil properties and productivity of groundnut‐rapeseed system in an acidic Inceptisol. The impact of six micronutrient (control or no micronutrient, Zn at 5 kg ha −1 , B at 1 kg ha −1 , Mo at 0.5 kg ha −1 , Zn + Mo,…
Greenhouse gases emissions and agronomic productivity as influenced by varying levels of N fertilizer and tank silt in degraded s emiarid Alfisol of Southern India
The study aimed to assess the effects of combined application of urea nitrogen (N) and tank* silt (TS) on greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions [i.e., carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O)] and agronomic productivity of maize‐horsegram system. A factorial [urea (0, 60, 120, and 180 kg N ha −1 )] and tank silt (0 and 30 t ha −1 ) replicated thrice randomized block design was employed for this investigation. Results of the study showed that m…
Improved agronomic practices and high yielding rice varieties maintain soil health and enhance yield and energy use efficiency under shifting cultivation landscapes of eastern Himalayas
Low productivity, depletion of soil fertility, and inefficient energy use are the major challenges of fragile Jhum (shifting cultivation: 280 M ha worldwide) agro‐ecosystems in north eastern Himalaya. Farmers' participatory field trials were conducted in sloping lands of Meghalaya, India over 3 years to identify suitable agronomic management practices and input responsive rice genotypes for sustaining soil health and enhance carrying capacity of …
Identifying a suitable revegetation method for soil organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus sequestration
Legume pasture species have been widely used to re‐establish vegetation cover and control soil erosion in semiarid degraded ecosystems. Nevertheless, the long‐term effects of revegetation on aboveground biomass (AB) and the soil properties under different topographies remain unclear. We conducted a 16‐year in situ experiment to evaluate soil properties and biomass dynamics under fallow, sweet clover ( Melilotus officinalis L.) and alfalfa ( Medic…
The market–society–policy nexus in sustainable agriculture
Intensive agriculture has led to several environmental impacts, such as soil erosion, water scarcity, and pesticide pollution. Despite the increasing research advocating greener agriculture, the transition into sustainable agriculture practices has been slower than expected. Then, why are we stuck in this transition? In this scientific essay, we aimed to answer this question not only by analyzing agricultural systems but also by the associated ac…
Can no‐till restore soil organic carbon to levels under natural vegetation in a subtropical and tropical Typic Quartzipisamment
Sandy soils are widely distributed in Brazil and occur in most states. However, they have serious limitations for agricultural use due to low natural fertility, low water retention capacity, low resilience, and high susceptibility to erosion. Management of these soils through a no‐till (NT) system following its basic principles (i.e., elimination of plowing, diversification of crop rotation, retention of crop residues, and maintenance of permanen…
Managing rice fallow lands of the Eastern Indian Himalayas
Degenerating soil properties, low diversification, and productivity are the major issues for keeping large areas as fallow after rainy season rice ( Oryza sativa L.) in Southeast Asia. Long‐duration rice cultivars along with conventional till farming and lack of irrigation facilities limit the chances of growing succeeding crops like pulses in rice fallow areas. Therefore, a field study was conducted to test the hypothesis that cultivating short‐…
Implementing land evaluation and site assessment ( Lesa system) in farmland protection
Farmland evaluation has become a major topic in farmland protection research. Due to the lack of reasonable and scientifically reliable evaluation methods for farmland protection, the farmland of quality and covering a wide area are at high risk of degradation and destruction in China due mainly to rapid industrialization and urbanization. The land evaluation and site assessment (LESA) system has been successfully applied to protect important far…
An optimal diet for planet and people
Addressing our planetary crisis
Viewpoint
Food systems that support healthy diets in sustainable, resilient, just, and equitable ways can engender progress in eradicating poverty and malnutrition; protecting human rights; and restoring natural resources. Food system activities have contributed to great gains for humanity but have also led to significant challenges, including hunger, poor diet quality, inequity, and threats to nature. While it is recognized that food systems are central t…
Conservation agriculture strengthen sustainability of Brazilian grain production and food security
Home gardening and urban agriculture for advancing food and nutritional security in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Spatiotemporal characteristics analysis of multifunctional cultivated land
The configuration of multifunctional cultivated land is critical for its protection. Although studies on multifunctional cultivated land have been conducted, there is a lack of information regarding the spatiotemporal characteristics and tradeoff synergy relationship of cultivated‐land functions at the same time on a nonadministrative unit scale. The purpose of this study was to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics and the tradeoff sy…
When does nutrient management sequester more carbon in soils and produce high and stable grain yields in China
In agro‐ecosystems, fertilization practices must accomplish high and stable crop productivity, with maximum soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration to address climate change and food security challenges. However, the impacts of these practices on SOC and crop yields are variable over the long‐term duration, and an improved understanding of the factors influencing SOC sequestration and sustainable productivity is still needed to provide evidence‐b…
Conservation tillage and residue management improves soil properties under a upland rice–rapeseed system in the subtropical eastern Himalayas
Poor soil properties and low soil moisture content (SMC) are major limitations for cultivating a second crop after the rainy season rice ( Oryza sativa L.) in the uplands of the Eastern Himalayas. Information on impact of conservation tillage and residue management (RM) to alleviate soil constraints is limited in the region. Thus, a field study was conducted in a rice–rapeseed ( Brassica campestris Var. Toria) system under rainfed conditions with…
Contribution of rice variety renewal and agronomic innovations to yield improvement and greenhouse gas mitigation in China
China’s rice agriculture, a primary source of greenhouse gases (GHGs), has experienced great changes in the last five decades due to changes in dominant varieties and farming practices. However, the impacts of these changes on GHG emissions have not been comprehensively assessed. While most earlier studies focused on the GHG emissions per unit area, recent research indicated that the yield-scaled impact may better reflect the reality. Through int…
Carbon Sequestration for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Viewpoint
Food systems that support healthy diets in sustainable, resilient, just, and equitable ways can engender progress in eradicating poverty and malnutrition; protecting human rights; and restoring natural resources. Food system activities have contributed to great gains for humanity but have also led to significant challenges, including hunger, poor diet quality, inequity, and threats to nature. While it is recognized that food systems are central t…
Soil Management for Sustainability
Sequestering carbon in soils of agro-ecosystems
Carbon sequestration in soil
The potential of world cropland soils to sequester C and mitigate the greenhouse effect
Addressing our planetary crisis
US Land-Grant Universities in India
Soil Erosion Research Methods
1. Soil Erosion by Wind and Water: Problems and Prospects, R. Lal The Need for Improved Data Data Extrapolation Standardization of Methodology and Data Reliability Record Duration and Data Continuity Toward Standardization of Research Methods 2. Laboratory and Field Plots for Erosion Research, C. K. Mutchler, C. E. Murphree, and K. C. McGregor The Project Outline The Soil Erosion Process Small Plots Conclusions 3. Measuring Sediment Yield from Ri…
Critical hydrologic impacts from climate change
Soil Erosion Research Methods
1. Soil Erosion by Wind and Water: Problems and Prospects, R. Lal The Need for Improved Data Data Extrapolation Standardization of Methodology and Data Reliability Record Duration and Data Continuity Toward Standardization of Research Methods 2. Laboratory and Field Plots for Erosion Research, C. K. Mutchler, C. E. Murphree, and K. C. McGregor The Project Outline The Soil Erosion Process Small Plots Conclusions 3. Measuring Sediment Yield from Ri…
Soil Management for Sustainability
The potential of world cropland soils to sequester C and mitigate the greenhouse effect
Soil erosion and the global carbon budget
Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security
The carbon sink capacity of the world's agricultural and degraded soils is 50 to 66% of the historic carbon loss of 42 to 78 gigatons of carbon. The rate of soil organic carbon sequestration with adoption of recommended technologies depends on soil texture and structure, rainfall, temperature, farming system, and soil management. Strategies to increase the soil carbon pool include soil restoration and woodland regeneration, no-till farming, cover…
Soil structure and management
The Potential of Soil Carbon Sequestration Through Improved Management Practices in Norway
Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia
Erosional Effects on Terrestrial Resources over the last Millennium in Reykjanes, Southwest Iceland
The study presents the effect of soil erosion on vegetation, soil accumulation (SA), SA rate (SAR), soil quality, soil mass, and the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool in Brown Andosols and Histosols in a 24-km area in southwest Iceland. Undisturbed prehistoric soils were distinguished from disturbed historic soils using tephrochronology. Soil erosion has been severe during historic time (last 1135 yr), resulting in the increase of the soil mass depo…
Carbon capture by biomass and soil are sound
Sequestering carbon in soils of agro-ecosystems
Restoring Soil Quality to Mitigate Soil Degradation
Feeding the world population, 7.3 billion in 2015 and projected to increase to 9.5 billion by 2050, necessitates an increase in agricultural production of ~70% between 2005 and 2050. Soil degradation, characterized by decline in quality and decrease in ecosystem goods and services, is a major constraint to achieving the required increase in agricultural production. Soil is a non-renewable resource on human time scales with its vulnerability to de…
Carbon sequestration in soil
Carbon Sequestration for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
US Land-Grant Universities in India
Managing tropical wetlands for advancing global rice production
Contribution of rice variety renewal and agronomic innovations to yield improvement and greenhouse gas mitigation in China
China’s rice agriculture, a primary source of greenhouse gases (GHGs), has experienced great changes in the last five decades due to changes in dominant varieties and farming practices. However, the impacts of these changes on GHG emissions have not been comprehensively assessed. While most earlier studies focused on the GHG emissions per unit area, recent research indicated that the yield-scaled impact may better reflect the reality. Through int…
Home gardening and urban agriculture for advancing food and nutritional security in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
Spatiotemporal characteristics analysis of multifunctional cultivated land
The configuration of multifunctional cultivated land is critical for its protection. Although studies on multifunctional cultivated land have been conducted, there is a lack of information regarding the spatiotemporal characteristics and tradeoff synergy relationship of cultivated‐land functions at the same time on a nonadministrative unit scale. The purpose of this study was to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics and the tradeoff sy…
When does nutrient management sequester more carbon in soils and produce high and stable grain yields in China
In agro‐ecosystems, fertilization practices must accomplish high and stable crop productivity, with maximum soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration to address climate change and food security challenges. However, the impacts of these practices on SOC and crop yields are variable over the long‐term duration, and an improved understanding of the factors influencing SOC sequestration and sustainable productivity is still needed to provide evidence‐b…
Conservation tillage and residue management improves soil properties under a upland rice–rapeseed system in the subtropical eastern Himalayas
Poor soil properties and low soil moisture content (SMC) are major limitations for cultivating a second crop after the rainy season rice ( Oryza sativa L.) in the uplands of the Eastern Himalayas. Information on impact of conservation tillage and residue management (RM) to alleviate soil constraints is limited in the region. Thus, a field study was conducted in a rice–rapeseed ( Brassica campestris Var. Toria) system under rainfed conditions with…
Can no‐till restore soil organic carbon to levels under natural vegetation in a subtropical and tropical Typic Quartzipisamment
Sandy soils are widely distributed in Brazil and occur in most states. However, they have serious limitations for agricultural use due to low natural fertility, low water retention capacity, low resilience, and high susceptibility to erosion. Management of these soils through a no‐till (NT) system following its basic principles (i.e., elimination of plowing, diversification of crop rotation, retention of crop residues, and maintenance of permanen…
Managing rice fallow lands of the Eastern Indian Himalayas
Degenerating soil properties, low diversification, and productivity are the major issues for keeping large areas as fallow after rainy season rice ( Oryza sativa L.) in Southeast Asia. Long‐duration rice cultivars along with conventional till farming and lack of irrigation facilities limit the chances of growing succeeding crops like pulses in rice fallow areas. Therefore, a field study was conducted to test the hypothesis that cultivating short‐…
Implementing land evaluation and site assessment ( Lesa system) in farmland protection
Farmland evaluation has become a major topic in farmland protection research. Due to the lack of reasonable and scientifically reliable evaluation methods for farmland protection, the farmland of quality and covering a wide area are at high risk of degradation and destruction in China due mainly to rapid industrialization and urbanization. The land evaluation and site assessment (LESA) system has been successfully applied to protect important far…
Environmental Science (31 works) · Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (24 works) · Soil water (22 works) · Agronomy (20 works) · Biology (20 works) · Agriculture (18 works) · Agroforestry (17 works) · Ecology (17 works) · Soil carbon (16 works) · Soil Science (15 works)