Microplastics as an emerging threat to plant and soil health in agroecosystems

The microplastisphere: biodegradable microplastics addition alters soil microbial community structure and function

(2021) Jie Zhou et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microplastic Shape, Polymer Type, and Concentration Affect Soil Properties and Plant Biomass

(2021) Yudi M. Lozano et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Microplastic effects on carbon cycling processes in soils

(2021) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Effects of Microplastic Fibers and Drought on Plant Communities

(2020) Yudi M. Lozano et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

(Micro)plastic crisis: Un-ignorable contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change

(2020) Maocai Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Microplastics in take-out food containers

(2020) Fangni Du et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics affect sedimentary microbial communities and nitrogen cycling

(2020) Meredith E. Seeley et al.   Nature Communications

Distribution, abundance and risks of microplastics in the environment

(2020) Qing Yu et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems

(2020) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   SCIENCE

Effective uptake of submicrometre plastics by crop plants via a crack-entry mode

(2020) Lianzhen Li et al.   Nature Sustainability

Effect of microplastics on greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions during aerobic composting

(2020) Yue Sun et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in the agroecosystem: Are they an emerging threat to the plant-soil system?

(2020) Huadong Zang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Polyester microfiber and natural organic matter impact microbial communities, carbon-degraded enzymes, and carbon accumulation in a clayey soil

(2020) Q.Q. Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Allocation of assimilated carbon in paddies depending on rice age, chase period and N fertilization: Experiment with 13CO2 labelling and literature synthesis

(2019) Huadong Zang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Microplastic effects on plants

(2019) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Micro(nano)plastics: Unignorable vectors for organisms

(2019) Maocai Shen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Polyvinyl Chloride Microplastics Affect Methane Production from the Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Activated Sludge through Leaching Toxic Bisphenol-A

(2019) Wei Wei et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biodegradation of Polymeric Mulch Films in Agricultural Soils: Concepts, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Research Directions

(2019) Michael Sander   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic film mulching increased the accumulation and human health risks of phthalate esters in wheat grains

(2019) Mei Shi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in municipal mixed-waste organic outputs induce minimal short to long-term toxicity in key terrestrial biota

(2019) Jonathan D. Judy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics Can Change Soil Properties and Affect Plant Performance

(2019) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics accumulate on pores in seed capsule and delay germination and root growth of the terrestrial vascular plant Lepidium sativum

(2019) Thijs Bosker et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Ecotoxicity and genotoxicity of polystyrene microplastics on higher plant Vicia faba

(2019) Xiaofeng Jiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Shaping Up: Toward Considering the Shape and Form of Pollutants

(2019) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Effects of polyester microfibers on soil physical properties: Perception from a field and a pot experiment

(2019) G.S. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Polyester-derived microfibre impacts on the soil-dwelling earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

(2019) Miranda T. Prendergast-Miller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of Microplastics in Soil Ecosystems: Above and Below Ground

(2019) Bas Boots et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

LDPE microplastic films alter microbial community composition and enzymatic activities in soil

(2019) Yi Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Development of Fertilizer Coatings from Polyglyoxylate–Polyester Blends Responsive to Root-Driven pH Change

(2019) Spencer M. Heuchan et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat rhizosphere and soil properties

(2019) Yueling Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Environmental fate and impacts of microplastics in soil ecosystems: Progress and perspective

(2019) Wenfeng Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Response of soil enzyme activities and bacterial communities to the accumulation of microplastics in an acid cropped soil

(2019) Yufan Fei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

pH and exchangeable aluminum are major regulators of microbial energy flow and carbon use efficiency in soil microbial communities

(2019) Davey L. Jones et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Mixing effect of polylactic acid microplastic and straw residue on soil property and ecological function

(2019) Huiping Chen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Effects of microplastics on greenhouse gas emissions and the microbial community in fertilized soil

(2019) Xinwei Ren et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects

(2019) Joana Correia Prata et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Arbuscular mycorrhiza enhances rhizodeposition and reduces the rhizosphere priming effect on the decomposition of soil organic matter

(2019) Jie Zhou et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Adsorption of antibiotics on microplastics

(2018) Jia Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Disguising As Soil Carbon Storage

(2018) Matthias C. Rillig   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Aggregation, Deposition, and Enhanced Contaminant Transport

(2018) Olubukola S. Alimi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling

(2018) John N. Hahladakis et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics research—from sink to source

(2018) Chelsea M. Rochman   SCIENCE

Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system: Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat ( Triticum aestivum ) growth

(2018) Yueling Qi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The distribution of microplastics in soil aggregate fractions in southwestern China

(2018) G.S. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Soil quality – A critical review

(2018) Else K. Bünemann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition

(2018) Dong Zhu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Dissolved organic carbon leaching from plastics stimulates microbial activity in the ocean

(2018) Cristina Romera-Castillo et al.   Nature Communications

Polystyrene (nano)microplastics cause size-dependent neurotoxicity, oxidative damages and other adverse effects in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2018) Lili Lei et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Organic fertilizer as a vehicle for the entry of microplastic into the environment

(2018) Nicolas Weithmann et al.   Science Advances

Impacts of Microplastics on the Soil Biophysical Environment

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Effects of plastic contamination on water evaporation and desiccation cracking in soil

(2018) Yong Wan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Micro(nano)plastics: An un-ignorable carbon source?

(2018) Duofei Hu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Incorporation of microplastics from litter into burrows of Lumbricus terrestris

(2017) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Policy considerations for limiting unintended residual plastic in agricultural soils

(2017) Marion Brodhagen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Is Biodegradable Plastic Mulch the Solution to Agriculture’s Plastic Problem?

(2017) Henry Y. Sintim et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic Bag Derived-Microplastics as a Vector for Metal Exposure in Terrestrial Invertebrates

(2017) Mark E. Hodson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Carbon sequestration and turnover in soil under the energy crop Miscanthus : repeated 13 C natural abundance approach and literature synthesis

(2017) Huadong Zang et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Enhanced nitrogen loss from rivers through coupled nitrification-denitrification caused by suspended sediment

(2017) Xinghui Xia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic Incorporation into Soil in Agroecosystems

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Soil biota contributions to soil aggregation

(2017) Anika Lehmann et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Scientific Reports

Combined use of nitrification inhibitor and struvite crystallization to reduce the NH3 and N2O emissions during composting

(2016) Tao Jiang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Greenhouse gas emissions from soils—A review

(2016) Cornelius Oertel et al.   CHEMIE DER ERDE-GEOCHEMISTRY

Cytotoxicity and colloidal behavior of polystyrene latex nanoparticles toward filamentous fungi in isotonic solutions

(2016) Toshiyuki Nomura et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Effects of plastic film residues on occurrence of phthalates and microbial activity in soils

(2016) Jun Wang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Nanosilver inhibits nitrification and reduces ammonia-oxidising bacterial but not archaealamoAgene abundance in estuarine sediments

(2016) Jessica Beddow et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of conventional and biodegradable microplastics on a marine ecosystem engineer (Arenicola marina) and sediment nutrient cycling

(2016) Dannielle Senga Green et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics Alter the Properties and Sinking Rates of Zooplankton Faecal Pellets

(2016) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic Size-Dependent Toxicity, Oxidative Stress Induction, and p-JNK and p-p38 Activation in the Monogonont Rotifer (Brachionus koreanus)

(2016) Chang-Bum Jeong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the Terrestrial Ecosystem: Implications for Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

(2016) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The behaviors of microplastics in the marine environment

(2016) Jundong Wang et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microbial Degradation of Polyhydroxyalkanoates with Different Chemical Compositions and Their Biodegradability

(2016) Tatiana G. Volova et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

A theoretical assessment of microplastic transport in river catchments and their retention by soils and river sediments

(2016) Luca Nizzetto et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

Cytotoxicity and behavior of polystyrene latex nanoparticles to budding yeast

(2015) Jumpei Miyazaki et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Potential Health Impact of Environmentally Released Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Human Food Production Chain: Experiences from Nanotoxicology

(2015) Hans Bouwmeester et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The contentious nature of soil organic matter

(2015) Johannes Lehmann et al.   NATURE

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

‘White revolution’ to ‘white pollution’—agricultural plastic film mulch in China

(2014) E K Liu et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Reconciliation of the carbon budget in the ocean’s twilight zone

(2014) Sarah L. C. Giering et al.   NATURE

Exploring the transfer of recent plant photosynthates to soil microbes: mycorrhizal pathway vs direct root exudation

(2014) Christina Kaiser et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Competition between roots and microorganisms for nitrogen: mechanisms and ecological relevance

(2013) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Uptake of fluorescent nano beads into BY2-cells involves clathrin-dependent and clathrin-independent endocytosis

(2012) Vera Bandmann et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Contrasting Soil pH Effects on Fungal and Bacterial Growth Suggest Functional Redundancy in Carbon Mineralization

(2009) J. Rousk et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

(2009) E. L. Teuten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Carbon flow in the rhizosphere: carbon trading at the soil–root interface

(2009) D. L. Jones et al.   PLANT AND SOIL