Article
Agronomy
Justin D. Gay, Hannah M. Goemann, Bryce Currey, Paul C. Stoy, Jesper Riis Christiansen, Perry R. Miller, Benjamin Poulter, Brent M. Peyton, E. N. Jack Brookshire
Summary: This study examines the effects of different fertilizer strategies on biomass, greenhouse gas fluxes, soil organic carbon, and soil microbiome of perennial grasses in a semi-arid agroecosystem. The results show that the C3 grass had higher productivity and nitrogen use efficiency compared to the C4 grass when fertilized. The C4 grass resulted in a net loss of soil organic carbon, while the C3 grass had a net gain. Additionally, the two crops showed different soil microbiome compositions.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Giorgia Novello, Elisa Bona, Omrane Toumatia, Francesco Vuolo, Noureddine Bouras, Houda Titouah, Abdelghani Zitouni, Susanna Gorrasi, Nadia Massa, Patrizia Cesaro, Valeria Todeschini, Guido Lingua, Elisa Gamalero
Summary: This study isolated and identified bacterial strains capable of tolerating salinity and drought, and evaluated their beneficial traits and potential for promoting plant growth. Three strains were found to have potential plant growth-promoting activity on tomato plants.
Article
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)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mateusz Macik, Agata Gryta, Lidia Sas-Paszt, Magdalena Frac
Summary: The use of phosphorus biofertilizer can improve deteriorated soil by enhancing enzymatic activity, increasing crop yield, bacterial diversity, and availability of phytoavailable phosphorus. It also promotes the occurrence of plant growth promoting microorganisms and improves soil microbiome quality.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Abdelwahab Rai, Mohamed Belkacem, Imen Assadi, Jean-Claude Bollinger, Walid Elfalleh, Aymen Amine Assadi, Abdeltif Amrane, Lotfi Mouni
Summary: In arid regions, the quality of soil and cereal production are often affected by drought, high salinity, and toxic metals. However, Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) can establish symbiotic relationships with plants, promoting plant growth and improving soil quality. Additionally, PGPR have the ability to fix nitrogen, solubilize nutrients, and produce various metabolites, making them ecofriendly alternatives to chemicals in agriculture.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Terry J. Rose, Shahnaj Parvin, Eusun Han, Jason Condon, Bonnie M. Flohr, Cassandra Schefe, Michael T. Rose, John A. Kirkegaard
Summary: Cover crops are widely used in temperate regions, but their effectiveness in Mediterranean climates like southern Australia is still uncertain.
AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Megahed M. Amer, Mohssen Elbagory, Mahmoud Aiad, Alaa El-Dein Omara
Summary: Tillage systems, including physical, chemical, and biological modifications, have impacts on soil properties. This study conducted field experiments to investigate the effects of different soil tillage and soil additives on the biological, chemical, and physical properties of soil and its productivity. The results showed that the combination treatment of no tillage and soil additives resulted in improved soil properties, biological activity, and higher yields.
Article
Soil Science
Wenjing Li, Yan Li, Jie Lv, Xuemin He, Jinlong Wang, Dexiong Teng, Lamei Jiang, Hengfang Wang, Guanghui Lv
Summary: The study shows that soil water availability significantly affects the ecological strategies and carbon and nitrogen utilization of rhizosphere microbes in arid regions.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Susana Redondo-Gomez, Jennifer Mesa-Marin, Jesus A. Perez-Romero, Javier Lopez-Jurado, Jesus Garcia-Lopez, Vicente Mariscal, Fernando P. Molina-Heredia, Eloisa Pajuelo, Ignacio D. Rodriguez-Llorente, Timothy J. Flowers, Enrique Mateos-Naranjo
Summary: Utilizing plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria from halophytic plants can enhance crop growth in salinized soils. Biofertilizers have shown the ability to improve the growth of most crops and counteract the detrimental effects of salinity, even under future climate change scenarios.
Article
Plant Sciences
Qiyu Xu, Tao Zhu, Ruifeng Zhao, Yang Zhao, Yangkai Duan, Xiang Liu, Guodong Luan, Ruibo Hu, Sanyuan Tang, Xinrong Ma, Yan Liu, Shengjun Li, Xuefeng Lu
Summary: This study reveals the positive effect of Arthrospira (Spirulina) on plant growth and salt tolerance. Arthrospira promotes seed germination and seedling growth and enhances the resistance of plants to salt stress. It also synthesizes compatible solutes to improve plant stress tolerance. Furthermore, Arthrospira positively influences the rhizosphere bacteriome structure.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xusheng Jiang, Xuemei Zhong, Guo Yu, Xuehong Zhang, Jie Liu
Summary: Understanding the effects of plant roots on soil pore structure and microbial community is important for soil recovery and productivity improvement in mining areas. This study assessed the impact of taproot and fibrous root crops on soil physicochemical properties, pore structure, and microbial communities. The results showed that fibrous root crops were more effective in improving pore structure and enhancing microbial network development in reclaimed soil.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Jiahui Shao, Youzhi Miao, Kaiming Liu, Yi Ren, Zhihui Xu, Nan Zhang, Haichao Feng, Qirong Shen, Ruifu Zhang, Weibing Xun
Summary: The soil microbiome plays a dominant role in the assembly of the rhizosphere microbiome, while the seed-borne beneficial bacterium Burkholderia gladioli colonizes the rhizosphere in high relative abundance, significantly altering its assembly. This seed-borne beneficial bacterial species may contain extracellular phosphatase-encoding genes, which facilitate functional compensation to promote phosphorus acquisition by the host plant.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Microbiology
Daniel R. H. Graf, Christopher M. Jones, Ming Zhao, Sara Hallin
Summary: The rhizosphere serves as a hotspot for denitrification. Different root systems may influence the assembly of N2O-reducing microbial communities, with competition being more influential than habitat selection.
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gordana Kaplan, Hakan Oktay Aydinli, Andrea Pietrelli, Fabien Mieyeville, Vincenzo Ferrara
Summary: This study utilized remote sensing technologies and machine learning methods to investigate oil-contaminated soils in the context of the Kuwait desert oil spill in 1991. By analyzing pre- and post-spill data and developing spectral signatures, the researchers were able to detect and model the location and degree of contamination. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach in detecting oil-contaminated soil.
Article
Agronomy
R. K. Didawat, V. K. Sharma, D. J. Nath, Abhik Patra, Sarvendra Kumar, D. R. Biswas, K. A. Chobhe, K. K. Bandyopadhyay, Ankita Trivedi, Indu Chopra, Asik Dutta, K. K. Mohapatra, Ajin S. Anil
Summary: The use of enriched compost (ECM) improves the nutritional quality of rice and enhances soil biochemical properties, especially in acidic soils.
ARCHIVES OF AGRONOMY AND SOIL SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Anna Sytiuk, Regis Cereghino, Samuel Hamard, Frederic Delarue, Amelie Guittet, Janna M. Barel, Ellen Dorrepaal, Martin Kuttim, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Bertrand Pourrut, Bjorn J. M. Robroek, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Vincent E. J. Jassey
Summary: The study highlights that Sphagnum metabolites are more likely to influence peatland microbial food web structure and functioning than Sphagnum anatomical and morphological traits. Through structural equation modeling and phylogenetic distance analyses, it was found that Sphagnum traits play an important role in shaping microbial community composition and functioning.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Tom W. N. Walker, Jake M. Alexander, Pierre-Marie Allard, Oliver Baines, Virginie Baldy, Richard D. Bardgett, Pol Capdevila, Phyllis D. Coley, Bruno David, Emmanuel Defossez, Maria-Jose Endara, Madeleine Ernst, Catherine Fernandez, Dale Forrister, Albert Gargallo-Garriga, Vincent E. J. Jassey, Sue Marr, Steffen Neumann, Loic Pellissier, Josep Penuelas, Kristian Peters, Sergio Rasmann, Ute Roessner, Jordi Sardans, Franziska Schrodt, Meredith C. Schuman, Abrianna Soule, Henriette Uthe, Wolfram Weckwerth, Jean-Luc Wolfender, Nicole M. van Dam, Roberto Salguero-Gomez
Summary: We review the potential of the metabolome to enhance trait-based ecology and improve our understanding of plant and ecosystem functioning. We explore the relationship between the metabolome and plant functional traits, discuss life-history trade-offs and plasticity in shaping fitness, and propose solutions to challenges in acquiring and interpreting metabolome data. The Special Feature studies examine mechanisms behind plant community assembly, plant-organismal interactions, and effects of plants and soil microorganisms on ecosystem processes.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Vincent E. J. Jassey, Romain Walcker, Paul Kardol, Stefan Geisen, Thierry Heger, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Samuel Hamard, Enrique Lara
Summary: Soil algae, together with other microorganisms, play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle by fixing atmospheric carbon through photosynthesis. This study compiled a dataset on soil algae and used machine learning modeling to predict their productivity at a global scale. The findings emphasize the significance of soil algae in the global carbon cycle and highlight the need to include their contribution in carbon emission mitigation strategies.
Article
Ecology
Anna Sytiuk, Regis Cereghino, Samuel Hamard, Frederic Delarue, Ellen Dorrepaal, Martin Kuttim, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Bertrand Pourrut, Bjorn J. M. Robroek, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Vincent E. J. Jassey
Summary: Research found that there are close connections between the morphological, anatomical and biochemical traits of Sphagnum mosses, which are driven by their shared responses to local and regional environmental factors. The relationships between biochemicals and certain morphological traits can describe physiological dimensions that are not captured solely by anatomical and morphological traits alone. These findings are important for enhancing our understanding and predictive power in Sphagnum ecology.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Aishah Alatawi, Xiukang Wang, Arosha Maqbool, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Kamal Usman, Muhammad Rizwan, Tahira Yasmeen, Muhammad Saleem Arif, Shamaila Noreen, Afzal Hussain, Shafaqat Ali
Summary: This study assessed the beneficial role of two types of fertilizer in the phytoremediation of Cd-contaminated soil using Solanum nigrum L. The results showed that the combined application of GYP + ES significantly enhanced the phytoremediation potential of S. nigrum in Cd-contaminated soil.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Muhammad Umair Hassan, Maria Batool, Taimoor Hassan Farooq, Muhammad Saleem Arif, Muhammad Aamer, Muhammad Ahmed Waqas, Gadah Albasher, Maryium Sajjad, Awais Shakoor
Summary: The global climatic energy balance has been altered by the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as CO2, CH4, and N2O, which has led to disturbances in terrestrial ecosystems. The production of biofuels from plant biomass is seen as a promising source of renewable energy. Soil acidification is a major obstacle to crop production and a significant source of GHG emissions. Dolomite (DM) is commonly used to neutralize soil acidity and control GHG fluxes. However, the effects of DM on GHG emissions under different environmental conditions are still unclear. This meta-analysis examines the impact of DM, climate zones, and soil properties on GHG emissions, filling in the gaps in knowledge.
Article
Plant Sciences
Anna Sytiuk, Samuel Hamard, Regis Cereghino, Ellen Dorrepaal, Honorine Geissel, Martin Kuttim, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Eeva Stiina Tuittila, Vincent E. J. Jassey
Summary: In this study, a reciprocal transplant experiment was conducted along a climate gradient in Europe to investigate the effects of climate warming on the seasonality of metabolites produced by Sphagnum mosses and the consequences for peatland carbon uptake. The results showed that Sphagnum species exhibited consistent responses to warming, with shifts in their primary or secondary metabolites according to seasons. These shifts were also correlated with changes in gross ecosystem productivity, particularly in spring and autumn. The findings highlight the plasticity of plant metabolites and their ability to impact carbon processes in ecosystems.
Article
Plant Sciences
Mario Fontana, Sokrat Sinaj, Said Elfouki, Thomas Guillaume, Luca Bragazza
Summary: Integration of cover crops in agriculture rotation has multiple agronomic and environmental benefits. The impact of cover crop identity on cash crop productivity and nutrient uptake is still uncertain, especially with regard to soil types. Our experiment shows that leguminous cover crops improved nitrogen uptake by maize, while the effect on phosphorus uptake was less significant. Sandy soil had higher above- and belowground biomass of maize compared to clay soil. Overall, the presence of a preceding cover crop promoted or did not modify maize productivity in clay soil, but decreased aboveground productivity in sandy soil.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Vincent E. J. Jassey, Owen L. Petchey, Philippe Binet, Alexandre Buttler, Genevieve Chiapusio, Fatima Laggoun-Delarue, Daniel Gilbert, Frederic Delarue, Fatima Laggoun-Defarge, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Janna M. Barel
Summary: Soil microbial communities play a crucial role in ecosystem processes and services, especially through their food webs. However, the impact of food web structure on ecosystem functioning is not well understood. In this study, the relationships between different aspects of microbial food web structure and ecosystem functions were investigated in a peatland. The results showed that trophic interactions and increasing connectance, biomass, and energy fluxes played a significant role in enhancing ecosystem functions. These findings highlight the importance of considering food web structure and energy flows in understanding biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Janna M. Barel, Owen L. Petchey, Abir Ghaffouli, Vincent E. J. Jassey
Summary: Microbial trophic interactions are important for understanding ecosystem functioning, but observing predation is challenging. This study demonstrates that machine learning algorithms can successfully predict microbial feeding links based on species traits and taxonomy. The model trained with the boosted regression trees algorithm performed best in predicting feeding links, and the predictions were robust against faulty predictors and new taxa. By combining traditional observations and DNA-based sampling strategies, machine learning can help study microbial food webs and soil biodiversity along ecological gradients.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Hugo Sentenac, Adeline Loyau, Luca Zoccarato, Vincent E. J. Jassey, Hans-Peter Grossart, Dirk S. Schmeller
Summary: Mountain lakes, which provide clean drinking water to humans, are strongly affected by global change. Benthic biofilms play a crucial role in maintaining water quality, but little is known about the effects of global change on mountain biofilm communities. By analyzing metabarcoding data and climatic and environmental data, this study reveals significant shifts in the composition and decline in biodiversity of prokaryotic and micro-eukaryotic biofilm communities in Pyrenean lakes from 2016 to 2020.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tom W. N. Walker, Franziska Schrodt, Pierre-Marie Allard, Emmanuel Defossez, Vincent E. J. Jassey, Meredith C. Schuman, Jake M. Alexander, Oliver Baines, Virginie Baldy, Richard D. Bardgett, Pol Capdevila, Phyllis D. Coley, Nicole M. van Dam, Bruno David, Patrice Descombes, Maria-Jose Endara, Catherine Fernandez, Dale Forrister, Albert Gargallo-Garriga, Gaetan Glauser, Sue Marr, Steffen Neumann, Loic Pellissier, Kristian Peters, Sergio Rasmann, Ute Roessner, Roberto Salguero-Gomez, Jordi Sardans, Wolfram Weckwerth, Jean-Luc Wolfender, Josep Penuelas
Summary: The metabolome, which forms the biochemical basis of plant form and function, shows macroecological variation across the plant kingdom. Using the plant functional trait concept, this study reveals that plants vary on two major axes of leaf metabolic specialization. The metabolome expands the functional trait concept by providing additional axes of metabolic specialization for examining plant form and function.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Mario Fontana, Alice Johannes, Claudio Zaccone, Peter Weisskopf, Thomas Guillaume, Luca Bragazza, Said Elfouki, Raphael Charles, Sokrat Sinaj
Summary: The study shows that the immediate application of Ramial wood chips amendment can increase the uptake of macronutrients (N, P, and Mg) by crops, but decrease the uptake of micronutrients (Mn, Fe, and Zn). Furthermore, the amendment also improves soil organic carbon content, stability, and physical properties such as water capacity and aeration.
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Juan Carlos Quezada, Luca Bragazza
Summary: Foliar application of natural zeolites as plant biostimulants can increase root nitrogen concentration and aboveground to belowground nitrogen uptake ratio in maize and wheat, but it leads to a significant reduction in root biomass. This study also found an increase in the activity of carbon-degrading and nitrogen-degrading enzymes in the soil due to zeolite application.
JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alexandre Buttler, Roland Teuscher, Nicolas Deschamps, Konstantin Gavazov, Luca Bragazza, Pierre Mariotte, Rodolphe Schlaepfer, Vincent E. J. Jassey, Lucas Freund, Jessica Cuartero, Juan Carlos Quezada, Beat Frey
Summary: Snow-farming is an adaptive strategy used in ski resorts to address snow deficits. However, prolonged compressed snow cover negatively impacts vegetation, soil biological activity, and soil microbial community composition.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
He Zhang, Aurore Degre, Caroline De Clerck, Shuangshuang Li, Jinshan Lian, Yuanyuan Peng, Tao Sun, Lindan Luo, Yanan Yue, Guihua Li, Jianfeng Zhang
Summary: The continuous expansion of sandy soil poses a threat to crop security. The use of chitin-rich organic material and attapulgite as soil amendments can improve degraded soil by increasing nutrient content and enzyme activity and altering bacterial community structure. This study provides insights into the link between soil properties, bacterial community structure, and microbial carbon metabolism function.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Xian Zhou, Yi Jiang, Ganghua Leng, Wanting Ling, Jian Wang
Summary: Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) residues have significant impacts on soil pollution remediation. The addition of exogenous functional microbial consortium and glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) can promote the degradation of bound PAH residues. This study fills the cognitive gap of GRSP in regulating the degradation of bound PAH residues in soil.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Review
Soil Science
Xinyu Zhao, Evrim Elcin, Lizhi He, Meththika Vithanage, Xiaokai Zhang, Jie Wang, Shuo Wang, Yun Deng, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Sabry M. Shaheen, Hailong Wang, Zhenyu Wang
Summary: The increase of cultivated varieties of Chinese herbal remedies, the expansion of cultivation area, and long-term monoculture cropping have led to aggravated problems of soil diseases, yield loss, and quality reduction. Biochar, as a carbon-rich material, has the potential to improve soil quality and alleviate continuous crop obstacles for Chinese herbal remedies.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Editorial Material
Soil Science
Melanie M. Pollierer, Anton Potapov, Andrey Zaitsev
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Yajie Wang, Jiefeng Li, Yongfen Wei, Zhiyi Deng, Xiaodi Hao, Fusheng Li
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of heavy metal pollution caused by coal production on soil microbial ecology in the semi-arid region of Heilongjiang. The results reveal negative correlations between heavy metals and bacterial abundance and diversity. Twelve sensitive bacterial taxa and corresponding models were identified. Water content and total phosphorus were also found to play vital roles in regulating the bacterial community in the soil.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Sujit Das, Sunanda Biswas, B. Ramakrishnan, T. K. Das, T. J. Purakayastha, B. H. Gawade, Priya Singh, Partha Sarathi Ghorai, Saloni Tripathy, Kanchan Sinha
Summary: This study assessed the impact of conservation agriculture on the biological soil health index in a rice-wheat system in the Indo-Gangetic Plains. The results showed that zero till direct seeded rice and crop residue incorporation could improve soil organic carbon, enzyme activities, and microbial population. Specifically, the inclusion of mungbean residues and sesbania brown manuring significantly increased the abundance of the nifH gene in the soil.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Xingxiu Huang, Genxing Pan, Lianqing Li, Xuhui Zhang, Hailong Wang, Nanthi Bolan, Bhupinder Pal Singh, Chongjian Ma, Fuwei Liang, Yanjie Chen, Huashou Li
Summary: The study evaluated the effects of using a mixture of biomass waste ash and biochar on soil pH, heavy metal remediation, and plant growth. The results showed that the mixed use could ameliorate soil acidification, reduce absorption of cadmium and lead by plants, and promote plant growth. The special fertilizer prepared from the mixture can be used to promote crop growth and reduce environmental pollution.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Astrid C. H. Jaeger, Martin Hartmann, Rafaela Feola Conz, Johan Six, Emily F. Solly
Summary: This study investigates the effects of tree mortality on soil microbial communities using a mesocosm experiment. The results show that tree death influenced soil microbial abundance and composition, with the potential to affect soil processes in forest ecosystems.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Dane C. Elmquist, Subodh Adhikari, Ina Popova, Sanford D. Eigenbrode
Summary: This study investigated the effects of soil arthropod communities from cereal-based agroecosystems on wheat plant growth and above-belowground interactions. The results showed that wheat grown in soils with arthropod communities had better growth and defense against aphids, compared to wheat grown in soils without arthropod communities.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Lei Wang, Jing Wang, Zhonghou Tang, Jidong Wang, Yongchun Zhang
Summary: This study found that the application of organic fertilizer enhances carbon and phosphorus cycling enzyme activities in soil, reshapes the soil microbial community structure, and regulates the interactions between these crucial indicators through soil organic carbon.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Review
Soil Science
M. Pawlett, N. T. Girkin, L. Deeks, D. L. Evans, R. Sakrabani, P. Masters, K. Garnett, N. Marquez-Grant
Summary: The modern funeral industry faces environmental risks and challenges, and natural burial offers a more sustainable alternative. However, there is a lack of research comparing the risks and benefits of natural burial practices, including groundwater contamination and atmospheric emissions. More scientific research is needed to understand and regulate funeral options, as well as cultural incentives for natural burial.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Zhongcheng Wang, Jin Zhao, Dan Xiao, Meifeng Chen, Xunyang He
Summary: Root AMF colonization, diversity, and interactions vary with soil depth. Higher soil nutrient levels and root biomass promote colonization but suppress diversity and interactions in the upper soil layer compared to deeper layers.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Zhiyang Zhang, Shiting Zhang, Riikka Rinnan
Summary: This study revealed the mechanisms behind the effects of dung deposition on soil heterotrophic respiration, providing insights for grassland management and carbon feedback prediction in grazed ecosystems.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Ismail Ibrahim Garba, Graham R. Stirling, A. Marcelle Stirling, Alwyn Williams
Summary: Integrating diverse cover crops into dryland crop-fallow rotations can enhance soil nutrient and water retention, suppress soil-borne pests, and improve soil health. The effects on soil nematode communities are modulated by the functional type and mixture composition of the cover crops. Selecting cover crops with appropriate traits can improve soil health through suppression of plant-parasitic nematodes, promotion of free-living nematodes, and enhancement of soil food web complexity.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Min Li, Chao He, Miao Wei, Junmeng Long, Jingru Wang, Xinrong Yang, Kehan Wang, Xueli He
Summary: In extreme desert environments, black septate endophytes (DSE) can benefit the relict plant Gymnocarpos przewalskii by assisting it to survive and maintain ecosystem stability. The colonization of DSE in the roots of G. przewalskii varies significantly with seasons and sites, with soil properties being a major factor affecting the composition of DSE. Additionally, the functional metabolite composition of DSE strains varies greatly with different drought levels and isolates, indicating the potential complementarity between different strains in helping hosts cope with drought stress.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2024)
