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Chapter 1. Biochar Role in Soil Carbon Stabilization and Crop Productivity.- Chapter 2. Glomalin: A key Indicator for Soil Carbon Stabilization.- Chapter 3. Soil Carbon Flux, Respiration and Stablizarion under Climate Change.- Chapter 4. Clay Mineralogy: Carbon Stabilization and Soil Organic Matter Interaction.- Chapter 5. Microbial Potential for Carbon Fixation and Stabilization.- Chapter 6. Role of Soil Microbes and their Cell Components in Carbon Stabilization.- Chapter 7. Adsorption an Important Phenomenon in Controlling Soil Properties and Carbon Stabilization.- Chapter 8. Carbon Stabilization in Tropical Ecosystem.- Chapter 9. Methane Carbon Sink Distribution and Stability in Permafrost and Deep Marine Soils.- Chapter 10. How Soil Organic Carbon Fractions Affect N2O Emissions in a Long-Term Integrated Crop-Livestock System: A Case Study.

Dr. Rahul Datta is a soil microbiologist and enzymologist. Dr. Datta holds an MSc and PhD from the Department of Geology and Pedology at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. Dr. Datta’s research was focused on understanding the effect of biogenic & xenobiotic substances on microbial metabolism in the soil. Dr. Datta has worked with Dr. Richard Dick at Ohio State University, Ohio, USA as a visiting scientist. He was also invited as a visiting scientist by Prof. Paolo Nannipieri at University of Florence, Italy. Dr Datta has published numerous research articles, published book with a springer, Intech Open and he reviewed 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Datta is an editorial board member of Journal open agriculture and hosting special issue in Agriculture (MDPI) and Sustainability (MDPI) Journal. At present, he is a member of Soil Science Society of America.<div><br></div><div>Dr. Ram Swaroop Meena is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy, I.Ag. Scs., BHU, Varanasi (UP). Dr. Meena has been awarded Raman Research Fellowship by the MHRD, GOI. He has completed his postdoctoral research on soil carbon sequestration under Prof. Rattan Lal World Food Prize 2020 Laureate, Director, CMASC, Columbus, USA. Dr. Meena has supervised 20 PG and 6 PhD students, and has 10 years of research and teaching experience. He is working on the three externally funded projects (DST, MHRD, ICAR) with one patent. Dr. Meena has published more than 110 research and review papers and have H-index is 40, as well 4 published books at the national and 15 books at the international levels, and contributed in the books with 15 chapters at national and 50 at the international levels. He has worked as an expert for the NCERT, MHRD, GOI. Dr. Meena is contributed in several agricultural extension activities, trainings, meetings, workshops, etc.<br></div>

<div>Carbon stabilization involves to capturing carbon from the atmosphere and fix it&nbsp;in the forms soil organic carbon stock for a long period of time, it will be present to&nbsp;escape as a greenhouse gas in the form of carbon dioxide. Soil carbon storage is an&nbsp;important ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of several ecological processes. This process is primarily mediated by plants through photosynthesis, with carbon stored in the form of soil organic carbon. Soil carbon levels have reduced over decades of conversion of pristine ecosystems into agriculture landscape, which now offers the opportunity to store carbon from air into the soil. Carbon stabilization into the agricultural soils is a novel approach of research and offers promising reduction in the atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.&nbsp; This book brings together all aspects of soil carbon sequestration and stabilization, with a special focus on diversity of microorganisms and management practices of soilin agricultural systems. It discusses the role of ecosystem functioning, recent and future prospects, soil microbial ecological studies, rhizosphere microflora, and organic matter in soil carbon stabilization. It also explores carbon transformation in soil, biological management and its genetics, microbial transformation of soil carbon, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs), and their role in sustainable agriculture.&nbsp; The book offers a spectrum of ideas of new technological inventions and fundamentals of soil sustainability. It will be suitable for teachers, researchers, and policymakers, undergraduate and graduate students of soil science, soil microbiology, agronomy, ecology, and environmental sciences&nbsp;<br></div>

Describes soil carbon based sustainable approach for environment friendly agriculture Explains the role of carbon stabilization in soil health improvement Brings together understanding of the role of soil carbon in sustaining agroecosystem