Advances in Agronomy

1. Soil organic matter formation, persistence, and functioning: A synthesis of current understanding to inform its conservation and regeneration <br>M. Francesca Cotrufo and Jocelyn M. Lavallee<br>2. The soil health–human health nexus: Mineral thresholds, interlinkages and rice systems in Jharkhand, India<br>Fatma Rekik and Harold Mathijs van Es<br>3. Soil health assessment methods: Progress, applications and comparison <br>Tingting Chang, Gary Feng, Varun Paul, Ardeshir Adeli, and John P. Brooks<br>4. Rice grain quality: Where we are and where to go? <br>Jihua Cheng, Xin Lin, Yu Long, Qin Zeng, Kaijun Zhao, Peisong Hu, and Junhua Peng<br>5. Conservation Agriculture in the drylands of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: Past trend, current opportunities, challenges and future outlook <br>Mina Devkota, Yadvinder Singh, Yigezu Atnafe Yigezu, Isam Bashour, Rachid Mussadek, and Rachid Mrabet<br>6. Current status of herbicide-resistant weeds and their management in the rice-wheat cropping system of South Asia<br>Simerjeet Kaur, Sachin Dhanda, Ashok Yadav, Pardeep Sagwal, Dharam Bir Yadav, and Bhagirath Singh Chauhan<br>