Minggang Xu

Biographic Data

ID8273264
NAMEMinggang Xu
GIVEN NAMESMinggang
FAMILY NAMEXu
SIGNATUREXU M
AFFILIATIONSChinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning Beijing 100081 PR China
ORCID0000-0002-7308-0633
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Dynamics and Drivers of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration by Cropland Afforestation

    Open AccessXuechun Wang, Deshuai Huang et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2026

    Cropland afforestation is a key strategy for enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration and mitigating climate change, yet its global patterns and drivers remain unclear. Here, we conducted a meta‐analysis of 1691 observations to quantify the impact of cropland afforestation on SOC and identify key influencing factors across climatic zones, forest types and soil depths. Results revealed that cropland afforestation significantly increased S…

  • Long‐Term Organic Fertilization Enhances Particulate Organic Matter Accumulation Through Macroaggregate Formation in the Loess Plateau

    Open AccessTing Shi, Xiujun Wang et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2026

    Organic amendments are widely recommended to enhance soil organic carbon (SOC) in low‐fertility soils. Yet, SOC level remains persistently low in erosion‐prone croplands of the Eastern Loess Plateau. Here, we investigate how long‐term organic fertilization influences soil aggregation and SOC dynamics in loess soils based on a 33‐year maize field experiment with five treatments: no fertilizer, mineral nitrogen‐phosphorus (NP) fertilizer (M0), and …

  • Organic–Inorganic Fertilization Enhances Soil Carbon but Weakens Its Stability via Reduced Microbial Necromass in Reclaimed Mining Land

    Open AccessZhengming Luo, Jianhua Li et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2026

    Large‐scale coal mining regions hold substantial potential for soil carbon (C) sequestration through reclamation, but the long‐term influence of fertilization on the soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics of these ecosystems remains largely unclear. A 14‐year field study was conducted at a representative coal mining reclamation site to examine how different fertilization treatments—unfertilized control (CK), inorganic fertilizer (F), and low/high man…

  • Distributions of Organic Carbon and Nitrogen in Aggregates of Saline‐Alkaline Soils in the Yellow River Delta

    Open AccessAmar Ali Adam Hamad, Xiujun Wang et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2026

    Soil salinity alters aggregate structure, organic matter dynamics, and carbon stabilization; however, its mechanistic effects on carbon‐nitrogen distribution and soil organic matter (SOM) stability remain inconclusive. We hypothesize that salinity‐induced shifts toward microaggregate dominance weaken the physical protection of SOM, increasing SOC lability and promoting C  N decoupling. Soil samples from low‐ and high‐salinity sites were fraction…

  • Impacts of nitrogen fertilization on CO 2 efflux with and without organic amendments in a high‐ pH soil

    Open AccessHaolin Zhao, Zhu Zhu et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2024

    Organic amendments and nitrogen fertilization are common practices in agriculture, which have complex influences on the carbon cycle. To evaluate the effects of nitrogen‐organic carbon combination on CO 2 efflux, we conducted a field incubation experiment with control, N fertilization without and with straw/biochar amendments for 20 months in a typical soil of North China Plain. CO 2 efflux was measured every ~3–4 weeks, and water‐extractable org…

  • Long‐term manure application enhances organic carbon and nitrogen stocks in Mollisol subsoil

    Open AccessMuhammad Mohsin Abrar, Syed Atizaz Ali Shah et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2023

    Subsoils contain half of the total soil organic carbon (SOC) that is supposed to be relatively more persistent than that present in the topsoil. Improving SOC and total nitrogen (TN) stocks in croplands is crucial to mitigate climate change and ensuring food security. However, our insight into how the management practices and climatic variables influence stocks of SOC and TN, and crop grain yields in the soil profile is limited. In this study, we…

  • When does nutrient management sequester more carbon in soils and produce high and stable grain yields in China

    Open AccessMuhammad Ahmed Waqas, Yue Li et al.ARTICLELand Degradation and Development2020

    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…