Will fungi solve the carbon dilemma?

Particulate organic matter as a functional soil component for persistent soil organic carbon

(2021) Kristina Witzgall et al.   Nature Communications

Crops for Carbon Farming

(2021) Christer Jansson et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Pathways of biogenically excreted organic matter into soil aggregates

(2021) Tom Guhra et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbial necromass as the source of soil organic carbon in global ecosystems

(2021) Baorong Wang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Fungal Endophyte: An Interactive Endosymbiont With the Capability of Modulating Host Physiology in Myriad Ways

(2021) Sohini Sarkar et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Fungal Traits Important for Soil Aggregation

(2020) Anika Lehmann et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes

(2020) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Drought and plant litter chemistry alter microbial gene expression and metabolite production

(2020) Ashish A. Malik et al.   ISME Journal

Rhizosphere fungi actively assimilating plant-derived carbon in a grassland soil

(2020) S.E. Hannula et al.   Fungal Ecology

How microbes can, and cannot, be used to assess soil health

(2020) Noah Fierer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Root Exudation of Primary Metabolites: Mechanisms and Their Roles in Plant Responses to Environmental Stimuli

(2019) Alberto Canarini et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Soil carbon sequestration accelerated by restoration of grassland biodiversity

(2019) Yi Yang et al.   Nature Communications

Agricultural intensification reduces microbial network complexity and the abundance of keystone taxa in roots

(2019) Samiran Banerjee et al.   ISME Journal

Soil aggregate microbial communities: Towards understanding microbiome interactions at biologically relevant scales

(2019) Regina L. Wilpiszeski et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Soil loss due to crop harvesting in the European Union: A first estimation of an underrated geomorphic process

(2019) Panos Panagos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatio-temporal microbial community dynamics within soil aggregates

(2019) Racheal N. Upton et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Mycorrhizal Fungi Respond to Resource Inequality by Moving Phosphorus from Rich to Poor Patches across Networks

(2019) Matthew D. Whiteside et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Increased microbial growth, biomass and turnover drive soil organic carbon accumulation at higher plant diversity

(2019) Judith Prommer et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Deep soil inventories reveal that impacts of cover crops and compost on soil carbon sequestration differ in surface and sub‐surface soils

(2019) N.E. Tautges et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Quantitative assessment of microbial necromass contribution to soil organic matter

(2019) Chao Liang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The global tree restoration potential

(2019) Jean-Francois Bastin et al.   SCIENCE

Microbial spatial footprint as a driver of soil carbon stabilization

(2019) A. N. Kravchenko et al.   Nature Communications

Microbial models with minimal mineral protection can explain long-term soil organic carbon persistence

(2019) Dominic Woolf et al.   Scientific Reports

Plant root exudation under drought: implications for ecosystem functioning

(2019) Alex Williams et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The hidden potential of saprotrophic fungi in arable soil: Patterns of short-term stimulation by organic amendments

(2019) Anna Clocchiatti et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Conceptualizing soil organic matter into particulate and mineral‐associated forms to address global change in the 21st century

(2019) Jocelyn M. Lavallee et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil carbon storage informed by particulate and mineral-associated organic matter

(2019) M. Francesca Cotrufo et al.   Nature Geoscience

A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns

(2019) Tomáš Větrovský et al.   Nature Communications

Soil Microarthropods and Soil Health: Intersection of Decomposition and Pest Suppression in Agroecosystems

(2019) Deborah A. Neher et al.   Insects

Constraining Carbon and Nutrient Flows in Soil With Ecological Stoichiometry

(2019) Robert W. Buchkowski et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Time after Time: Temporal Variation in the Effects of Grass and Forb Species on Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities

(2019) S. Emilia Hannula et al.   mBio

Minerals in the rhizosphere: overlooked mediators of soil nitrogen availability to plants and microbes

(2018) Andrea Jilling et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Lost in diversity: the interactions between soil-borne fungi, biodiversity and plant productivity

(2018) Liesje Mommer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Increasing organic stocks in agricultural soils: Knowledge gaps and potential innovations

(2018) Claire Chenu et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Plant–Soil Feedback: Bridging Natural and Agricultural Sciences

(2018) Pierre Mariotte et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Fungal Biodiversity and Their Role in Soil Health

(2018) Magdalena Frąc et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Structure and function of the global topsoil microbiome

(2018) Mohammad Bahram et al.   NATURE

Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances: Ecological Function and Impact on Soil Aggregation

(2018) Ohana Y. A. Costa et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Soil organic carbon storage as a key function of soils - A review of drivers and indicators at various scales

(2018) Martin Wiesmeier et al.   GEODERMA

Pathways of mineral‐associated soil organic matter formation: Integrating the role of plant carbon source, chemistry, and point of entry

(2018) Noah W. Sokol et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microbial formation of stable soil carbon is more efficient from belowground than aboveground input

(2018) Noah W. Sokol et al.   Nature Geoscience

Soil carbon 4 per mille

(2017) Budiman Minasny et al.   GEODERMA

Shifts in rhizosphere fungal community during secondary succession following abandonment from agriculture

(2017) S Emilia Hannula et al.   ISME Journal

Soil aggregates as massively concurrent evolutionary incubators

(2017) Matthias C Rillig et al.   ISME Journal

Soil carbon debt of 12,000 years of human land use

(2017) Jonathan Sanderman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Anaerobic microsites have an unaccounted role in soil carbon stabilization

(2017) Marco Keiluweit et al.   Nature Communications

Soil networks become more connected and take up more carbon as nature restoration progresses

(2017) Elly Morriën et al.   Nature Communications

Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi

(2017) Andreas Keymer et al.   eLife

Bacterial and fungal communities respond differently to varying tillage depth in agricultural soils

(2017) Craig Anderson et al.   PeerJ

Soil biota contributions to soil aggregation

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

The legacy effect of cover crops on soil fungal populations in a cereal rotation

(2016) Andrew P. Detheridge et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Mechanisms Underlying Establishment of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbioses

(2016) Jeongmin Choi et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Effects of mineral characteristics on content, composition, and stability of organic matter fractions separated from seven forest topsoils of different pedogenesis

(2016) Michael Kaiser et al.   GEODERMA

Ecological intensification and arbuscular mycorrhizas: a meta-analysis of tillage and cover crop effects

(2016) Timothy M. Bowles et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Scaling laws predict global microbial diversity

(2016) Kenneth J. Locey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Direct evidence for microbial-derived soil organic matter formation and its ecophysiological controls

(2016) Cynthia M. Kallenbach et al.   Nature Communications

Driving forces of soil bacterial community structure, diversity, and function in temperate grasslands and forests

(2016) Kristin Kaiser et al.   Scientific Reports

Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils via cultivation of cover crops – A meta-analysis

(2015) Christopher Poeplau et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Revisiting the hypothesis that fungal-to-bacterial dominance characterizes turnover of soil organic matter and nutrients

(2015) Johannes Rousk et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Agricultural policy: Govern our soils

(2015) Luca Montanarella   NATURE

The contentious nature of soil organic matter

(2015) Johannes Lehmann et al.   NATURE

Functional role of microarthropods in soil aggregation

(2015) Stefanie Maaß et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Arbuscular mycorrhizal contribution to copper, manganese and iron nutrient concentrations in crops – A meta-analysis

(2015) Anika Lehmann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Baiting of rhizosphere bacteria with hyphae of common soil fungi reveals a diverse group of potentially mycophagous secondary consumers

(2015) M.B. Rudnick et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbial hotspots and hot moments in soil: Concept & review

(2015) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Compositional differences in simulated root exudates elicit a limited functional and compositional response in soil microbial communities

(2015) Michael S. Strickland et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Soil Degradation Paradox: Compromising Our Resources When We Need Them the Most

(2015) Catherine DeLong et al.   Sustainability

Beyond carbon sequestration: soil as conduit of solar energy

(2014) H. H. Janzen   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Intensive agriculture reduces soil biodiversity across Europe

(2014) Maria A. Tsiafouli et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   NATURE

Microbial Growth and Carbon Use Efficiency in the Rhizosphere and Root-Free Soil

(2014) Evgenia Blagodatskaya et al.   PLoS One

Soil biodiversity and soil community composition determine ecosystem multifunctionality

(2014) C. Wagg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Glyphosate herbicide affects belowground interactions between earthworms and symbiotic mycorrhizal fungi in a model ecosystem

(2014) Johann G. Zaller et al.   Scientific Reports

Soil Fungal Resources in Annual Cropping Systems and Their Potential for Management

(2014) Walid Ellouze et al.   Biomed Research International

Global soil carbon: understanding and managing the largest terrestrial carbon pool

(2014) Jörn PW Scharlemann et al.   Carbon Management

Impact of interspecific interactions on antimicrobial activity among soil bacteria

(2014) Olaf Tyc et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Improving soil structure by promoting fungal abundance with organic soil amendments

(2013) Shawn T. Lucas et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Independent variations of plant and soil mixtures reveal soil feedback effects on plant community overyielding

(2013) Marloes Hendriks et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services across European land use systems

(2013) F. T. de Vries et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mapping the niche space of soil microorganisms using taxonomy and traits

(2012) Jay T. Lennon et al.   ECOLOGY

Mechanical fragmentation enhances the contribution of Collembola to leaf litter decomposition

(2012) Xiaodong Yang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance

(2012) Jennifer A. J. Dungait et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Emerging fungal threats to animal, plant and ecosystem health

(2012) Matthew C. Fisher et al.   NATURE

13C pulse-labeling assessment of the community structure of active fungi in the rhizosphere of a genetically starch-modified potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivar and its parental isoline

(2012) S. E. Hannula et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Microbial control over carbon cycling in soil

(2012) Joshua P. Schimel et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Linking Carbon Saturation Concepts to Nitrogen Saturation and Retention

(2011) Michael J. Castellano et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Microbial diversity affects self-organization of the soil-microbe system with consequences for function

(2011) J. W. Crawford et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture

(2011) D. Tilman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reciprocal Rewards Stabilize Cooperation in the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

(2011) E. T. Kiers et al.   SCIENCE

A new conceptual model for the fate of lignin in decomposing plant litter

(2010) Thimo Klotzbücher et al.   ECOLOGY

Microbial communities acclimate to recurring changes in soil redox potential status

(2010) Kristen M. DeAngelis et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The effect of resource quantity and resource stoichiometry on microbial carbon-use-efficiency

(2010) Katharina M. Keiblinger et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Reversal of desertification: The role of physical and chemical soil properties

(2010) G.R.H. Allington et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Tillage, residue burning and crop rotation alter soil fungal community and water-stable aggregation in arable fields

(2010) Yin Wang et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Soil microbial biomass: The eco-physiological approach

(2010) Traute-Heidi Anderson et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

In situ dynamics of soil fungal communities under different genotypes of potato, including a genetically modified cultivar

(2010) S.E. Hannula et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Modelling C and N mineralisation in soil food webs during secondary succession on ex-arable land

(2010) Remko Holtkamp et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Helping plants to deal with insects: the role of beneficial soil-borne microbes

(2010) Ana Pineda et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Mutualistic mycorrhiza-like symbiosis in the most ancient group of land plants

(2010) Claire P. Humphreys et al.   Nature Communications

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

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

Effects of mycorrhizal fungi on insect herbivores: a meta-analysis

(2009) Julia Koricheva et al.   ECOLOGY

High turnover of fungal hyphae in incubation experiments

(2009) Franciska T. De Vries et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY