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Agronomy
Marie-Liesse Aubertin, Cyril Girardin, Sabine Houot, Cecile Nobile, David Houben, Sarah Bena, Yann Le Brech, Cornelia Rumpel
Summary: Adding biochar to compost as a soil amendment is increasingly popular, but little is known about the evolution of material properties of biochar-compost mixtures after exposure to physical weathering. This study found that biochar-compost interactions can reduce mass loss and retain fixed carbon, leading to positive effects on plant growth. As weathering progresses, carbon mineralization of biochar-compost mixtures increases, potentially benefiting plant growth.
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Forestry
Changfu Huo, Jiayu Lu, Liming Yin, Peng Wang, Weixin Cheng
Summary: Rhizosphere effects (REs) of mature trees in natural ecosystems were investigated in this study. The study found that REs had significant positive effects on soil processes, soil microbial biomass, enzyme activities, and soil chemical properties across altitudinal sites. The magnitude of ecosystem-level REs on C-min and net N-min were relatively high and increased with altitude. The results suggest the importance of incorporating REs into land C and N models.
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Environmental Sciences
Cassandra R. Howell, Sasha N. Jenkins, Lynette K. Abbott, Bede S. Mickan
Summary: Land degradation reduces productivity and biodiversity, and requires restoration of both soil condition and vegetation to re-establish ecosystem services. Organic amendments can improve soil biological and chemical properties, thereby enhancing revegetation success in severely degraded soil. This study investigated the use of compost and biochar to support revegetation and soil restoration.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Yin Liu, Qing Huang, Wen Hu, Jiemin Qin, Yingrui Zheng, Junfeng Wang, Qingqing Wang, Yuxin Xu, Genmao Guo, Shan Hu, Li Xu
Summary: The study found that long-term mulching can reduce rice growth, with 20 years of mulching showing more negative effects on rice tiller number and biomass than 60 years. PMFR altered the composition, diversity, and metabolic function of rhizosphere bacterial communities. As residues increased, the content of SOC decreased, with significant correlations observed between bacterial communities and SOC in the soil-microbe-plant system.
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Xiaolu Chen, Dalong Zhang, Xiaoya Li, Xiaotian Li, Jie Lou, Min Wei
Summary: Returning vegetable residues can improve soil buffering capacity, increase organic matter and available nutrient content, enhance the diversity and structure of the soil microbial community. It also significantly increases cucumber root vigor and fruit yield.
ANNALS OF MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Fangli Wang, Xuexia Wang, Ningning Song
Summary: The co-application of biochar and vermicompost improves soil properties, increases cucumber yield and quality. The joint application significantly increases soil pH, reduces soil electrical conductivity, and enhances fruit quality and cucumber yields.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Soil Science
Amber D. Moore, Eliza Smith, Andy Bary, Dan M. Sullivan
Summary: Understanding the sulfur (S) nutritive value of biosolids produced by different methods is essential for growers using biosolids in agriculture. The study found that alkaline stabilized biosolids had the highest plant available S content, and properties like pH, organic C/total S, total Ca, total S, and SO4-S concentrations were correlated with S release rate and plant available S. Further investigation is needed to verify these correlations in different soil types and field conditions.
SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Saiqa Andleeb, Irsa Shafique, Anum Naseer, Wajid Arshad Abbasi, Samina Ejaz, Iram Liaqat, Shaukat Ali, Muhammad Fiaz Khan, Fayaz Ahmed, Nazish Mazhar Ali
Summary: Earthworms possess plant growth promoting bacteria in their digestive tracts, which can be used as potential microbial biofertilizers to enhance crop production.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xiang Ma, Qingqing Zhang, Haibing Wu, Jing Liang
Summary: The addition of waste amendments increases soil mineralization and accelerates the rate of soil mineralization. The mineralization rate of soil organic carbon can be divided into two stages, and SOC and POC content are significantly correlated with CO2 emissions.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Micaela Tosi, John Drummelsmith, Dasiel Obregon, Inderjot Chahal, Laura L. Van Eerd, Kari E. Dunfield
Summary: This study analyzed the effects of different agricultural management practices on soil microbial communities, finding that cover crops and residue management had impacts on these communities. Radish-based cover crops were particularly beneficial for microbial abundance and richness, but detrimental for fungal evenness. Crop residues also modulated the effects of cover crops on bacterial abundance and fungal evenness, as well as microbial taxa.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Shelby C. McClelland, M. Francesca Cotrufo, Michelle L. Haddix, Keith Paustian, Meagan E. Schipanski
Summary: Improved agricultural soil management can help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and have different effects on plant productivity and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in different types of semi-arid grasslands.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Maire Holz, Eric Paterson, Johanna Pausch
Summary: Soil priming significantly impacts soil N transformation and plant N availability. Future research should focus on the interactions between plant roots and their associated microbiota.
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Soil Science
Dayong Gan, Jiguang Feng, Mengguang Han, Hui Zeng, Biao Zhu
Summary: Rhizosphere effects play a crucial role in controlling soil biogeochemical cycling in forest ecosystems, particularly in belowground carbon and nitrogen processes. The positive effects of rhizosphere on various variables were consistent, with differences observed in the impact on soil nitrate-N between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal associations. The variation in rhizosphere effects on carbon and net nitrogen mineralization rates was mainly influenced by bulk soil properties rather than plant functional types and climatic factors.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Liming Yin, Feike A. Dijkstra, Richard P. Phillips, Biao Zhu, Peng Wang, Weixin Cheng
Summary: Tree roots and their associated microbes can significantly influence soil organic matter decomposition, with AM-associated trees inducing greater soil C decomposition than ECM-associated trees. AM-associated trees have higher C-degrading enzyme activities and lower N-degrading enzyme activities, resulting in a higher C:N ratio of SOM decomposition compared to ECM-associated trees.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Jun-Ya Li, Peng Chen, Zhi-Guo Li, Lin-Yang Li, Run-Qin Zhang, Wei Hu, Yi Liu
Summary: Understanding the determinants of soil carbon mineralization at both the aggregate and rhizosphere levels is crucial for providing feedback on climate change. This study found that rhizosphere soil promotes microbial activities and soil carbon mineralization through increased nutrient input and aggregate stability. The spatial heterogeneity of soil aggregates enhances the diversification of carbon mineralization. Rhizosphere contributes to soil carbon mineralization through soil properties and microbial variables, with soil nutrients playing a crucial role.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Horticulture
Peng Jia, Rui Yan, Yuan Wang, Feng-huan Gao, Yang Liu, Qing-long Dong, Hao-an Luan, Xue-mei Zhang, Han Li, Su-ping Guo, Guo-hui Qi
Summary: The KNOX gene plays crucial roles in plant development, and this study identified 19 KNOX gene members in kiwifruit. One of the genes, AcKNOX11, is selectively expressed in flower buds and shoots, and its expression can be induced by ABA and melatonin. Functional analysis revealed that AcKNOX11 delays flowering, reduces plant height, alters leaf shape, and inhibits seed germination through ABA-melatonin interaction.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Dan Hua, Wen-Shu Chen, Rong-Yu Rao, Xu-Feng Chen, Huan-Huan Chen, Ning-Wei Lai, Lin-Tong Yang, Xin Ye, Li -Song Chen
Summary: This study revealed that nitrogen deficiency can lead to increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and methylglyoxal (MG), but also enhances the ability of leaves and roots to detoxify these molecules. The effects of nitrogen deficiency on ROS and MG generation and their detoxification systems were found to be different in leaves and roots, with roots being more affected.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Shenghan Yang, Chonlong Chio, Wensheng Qin, Yanxi Pei, Guangpeng Pei, Yuen Zhu, Hua Li
Summary: This study evaluates the immobilization and deactivation of pathogen-produced enzymes and toxic metabolites by biochar in tomato Fusarium wilt and finds that biochar can effectively prevent disease occurrence.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Deborah Pagliaccia, Michelle Ortiz, Michael Rodriguez, Sophia Abbott, Agustina De Francesco, Madison Amador, Valeria Lavagi, Benjamin Maki, Francesca Hopkins, Jonathan Kaplan, Samantha Ying, Georgios Vidalakis
Summary: This study investigates the effectiveness of organic soil amendments (bokashi, biochar, and their combination) in promoting soil health, nutrient availability, and plant growth. The results show that these amendments can significantly alter soil parameters and have positive effects on soil and plant health.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Yu-Jeong Kwon, Min Jeong Hong, Minkyu Park, Dawon Jeon, Gah-Hyun Lim, Sungyul Chang, Dong-Hwan Kim, Jin-Baek Kim, Jundae Lee, Yeong Deuk Jo
Summary: Flowing LOCUS T (FT)-like genes play crucial roles in flowering induction in plants. Pepper FT-like genes are mostly expressed in leaves and interact with FLOWERING LOCUS D, promoting or delaying flowering. The unique evolutionary process of pepper FT-like genes provides insights for improving productivity.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Ziwen Su, Juan Yan, Binbin Zhang, Meng Sun, Zhixiang Cai, Zhijun Shen, Ruijuan Ma, Mingliang Yu
Summary: Bagging is a crucial cultivation measure that affects the quality of peach fruit by regulating exposure to light. This study investigated the effects of bagging on the content of phenolic compounds in peach fruit and identified the most sensitive compounds to bagging treatment. The study also explored the regulatory role of bagging on phenolic synthetic-related genes. The results showed that bagging affected the accumulation of different phenolics in different peach cultivars and light intensity played a significant role in the accumulation of anthocyanins and other phenolic substances in peach fruit. Additionally, the expression of structural genes and transcription factors related to phenolic synthesis was regulated by bagging and light conditions. These findings provide a foundation for understanding the regulation mechanism of light on the synthesis of phenolic compounds in peach fruit.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Yanfang Zhang, Xinzhi Cui, Zhilei Du, Xiulian Li, Bangdi Liu, Meng Liu, Xiangquan Zeng, Fengjun Guo, Xinguang Fan, Shuyang Sun
Summary: In this study, melatonin treatment effectively improved the aroma quality of apricots during low temperature storage by maintaining firmness and soluble solids content, inhibiting ethylene production, and regulating enzyme activities related to aroma synthesis.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Sang-Mo Kang, Shifa Shaffique, Md. Injamum-Ul-Hoque, Sarah Owdah Alomrani, Yong-Sung Park, In-Jung Lee
Summary: Salinity is a global environmental problem that affects the physiology and morphology of plants. Melatonin has been found to improve photosynthesis, antioxidant activities, and seedling characteristics in milk thistle plants exposed to salinity stress, thereby enhancing their salt tolerance.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Nadia Borgini, Haifa Benmoussa, Mohamed Ghrab, Mehdi Ben Mimoun
Summary: This study investigates the agroclimatic requirements of Prunus species cultivars growing in warm areas using Partial Least Squares regression. The findings reveal that the chilling and heat requirements of the cultivars appear discontinuous, with overlaps or transition periods between the two phases. The warm mean temperatures occurring during the chilling period are the main determinant of the flowering of the studied cultivars.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Review
Horticulture
Kayise Hypercia Maseko, Thierry Regnier, Belinda Meiring, Obiro Cuthbert Wokadala, Tonna Ashim Anyasi
Summary: Bananas are a significant tropical fruit with diverse cultivars, providing essential minerals, vitamins, and phytochemicals. The Cavendish group is preferred, but identifying suitable cultivars and maturity stages is crucial for various applications.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Godfrey Ouma, Joshua Wanyama, Isa Kabenge, Joseph Jjagwe, Mukulu Diana, John Muyonga
Summary: Irrigation plays a crucial role in increasing eggplant yields amidst climate change, but the deficit irrigation level for optimal growth remains uncertain. This study examined the effect of deficit drip irrigation on eggplant performance and found that irrigating at 75% field capacity maximizes yield and water saving in sandy clay loam soil.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Andrea Marcone, Giorgio Impollonia, Michele Croci, Henri Blandinieres, Stefano Amaducci
Summary: This study used Sentinel-2 satellite images to estimate biophysical and biochemical parameters of spinach crops and found that canopy-level parameters were estimated more accurately. The estimation of the canopy-scale parameter AGB using MCARI showed the highest accuracy, while the estimation of the leaf-scale parameter LCC using NDWI showed the lowest accuracy. At the field scale, the validation results for AGB estimation using SR were the best.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Chengsheng Gong, Guangjun Guo, Baogui Pan, Changzhou Gao, Xianwei Zhu, Shubin Wang, Jinbing Liu, Weiping Diao
Summary: This study investigated the role of key cytokines and metabolic factors in the formation of plant-type traits in pepper. Through integrated analysis of RNA-seq and metabolite determination, the study identified the low content of gibberellin and high content of auxin as important factors causing plant dwarfing, and jasmonic acid as a metabolic factor affecting branch traits. A total of 131 candidate genes involved in metabolite synthesis and the formation of plant-type traits were identified.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Yue Ma, Jia-Chen Hu, Yang Yu, Xin Cheng, Yan-Li Du, Qiang Zhao, Ji-Dao Du
Summary: Cadmium and drought stress significantly inhibited the growth of adzuki bean seedling plants, with the combined stress showing the highest degree of inhibition. Cd+D treatment reduced Cd accumulation in adzuki bean seedling roots. The treatment altered antioxidant enzyme activities and cell cycle phases in the roots, leading to changes in reactive oxygen species content.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
Lucette Adet, Danae M. A. Rozendaal, Arthur Tapi, Pieter A. Zuidema, Philippe Vaast, Niels P. R. Anten
Summary: This study investigated the effects of water stress on cocoa trees and found that they are highly sensitive to water stress, with different genotypes exhibiting varied responses. Potassium application did not mitigate the negative effects of water stress. There was significant variation among genotypes in terms of leaf and crown traits, and positive interactions between genotype and irrigation were observed. These findings provide insights into the acclimation strategies of cocoa trees and can be useful for selecting drought-tolerant genotypes.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)