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Soil Science
Gerhard Du Preez, Mieke Daneel, Ron De Goede, Marie Joey Du Toit, Howard Ferris, Hendrika Fourie, Stefan Geisen, Thomais Kakouli-Duarte, Gerard Korthals, Sara Sanchez-Moreno, Jan Henrik Schmidt
Summary: The health and functioning of soil ecosystems are vital for sustainable food production and land management. Indices based on nematode community structure are widely used by soil ecologists. This review evaluates the application and future directions of nematode-based indices, providing a framework for selecting indices based on ecological mechanisms for hypothesis testing.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Agronomy
Miguel Talavera, Tim C. Thoden, Maria D. Vela-Delgado, Soledad Verdejo-Lucas, Sara Sanchez-Moreno
Summary: The novel sulfonamide nematicide fluazaindolizine showed high selectivity towards root-knot nematodes, with minimal impact on other plant-parasitic nematodes. However, there were some slight adverse effects on soil functions as indicated by changes in certain soil food web indices.
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Forestry
Jianqing Wang, Jiaoyan Mao, Yunyan Tan, Shu Kee Lam, Qiling Guo, Xiuzhen Shi
Summary: This study investigated the impacts of seven sub-tropical tree species on soil nematode communities. It found that deciduous trees significantly increased the abundance of soil nematodes, and both evergreen and arbuscular mycorrhizal trees increased soil nematode diversity. Root traits and soil properties were the best predictors of the community composition of soil nematodes.
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Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yang Wu, WenJing Chen, Wulan Entemake, Jie Wang, HongFei Liu, ZiWen Zhao, YuanZe Li, LeiLei Qiao, Bin Yang, GuoBin Liu, Sha Xue
Summary: The study demonstrated that vegetation restoration promoted the input of the availability of external resources, enhanced the metabolic activity of omnivorous carnivores and the soil carbon flow, and stabilized the soil food web. However, the increase in vegetation restoration time not only changed the species composition but also changed the carbon input, due to the lack of interference by agriculture. Therefore, the intrinsic mechanism needs to be studied further.
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Soil Science
Bingbing Wan, Zhengkun Hu, Ting Liu, Qian Yang, Daming Li, Chongzhe Zhang, Xiaoyun Chen, Feng Hu, Paul Kardol, Bryan S. Griffiths, Manqiang Liu
Summary: This study examined the effects of long-term organic amendments and mineral fertilizers on the energetic structure of soil nematodes and found that organic amendments increased the abundance of most trophic groups and the energy flux of total nematodes compared to mineral fertilizer treatments. Organic amendments also altered the allocation of energy flux, favoring microbivores over herbivores, and supported a higher flow uniformity. The results suggest that a complex and species-rich community can transfer more energy to support ecosystem services.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Syamkumar Sivasankara Pillai, Louise-Marie Dandurand
Summary: This study found that SGAs in Solanum sisymbriifolium have a deleterious effect on hatch, infection, and reproduction of Globodera pallida, with alpha-solamargine and solasodine showing particularly significant inhibitory effects.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Jianqing Wang, Xiuzhen Shi, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Qiling Guo, Jiaoyan Mao, Yunyan Tan, Guoyou Zhang
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of short-term elevated CO2 and O3 on agroecosystem multifunctionality, and found that the combined treatment significantly increased the multifunctionality index. Soil nematode abundances played a key role in regulating multifunctionality.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Agronomy
Jianqing Wang, Yingfeng Zheng, Xiuzhen Shi, Shu Kee Lam, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Zhiqun Huang
Summary: This study demonstrates the active responses of soil nematode community to nature restoration and highlights the importance of above-ground and below-ground interactions to the soil food web.
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Biology
Dan Zhao, Yao Wang, Ling Wen, Hongyun Qu, Zuobiao Zhang, Hui Zhang, Yunhe Jia, Juan Wang, Yixin Feng, Yan Li, Fan Yang, Fengjuan Pan
Summary: The monoculture of vegetables affects the soil nematode community structure and vegetable yields. Pumpkin and melon monoculture decrease the relative abundance of bacterivores but increase the relative abundance of plant parasites, leading to degraded soil food webs.
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Agronomy
Jingru Zhang, Zhengkun Hu, Chongzhe Zhang, Yiheng Tao, Xiaoyun Chen, Bryan S. Griffiths, Manqiang Liu
Summary: Root traits have a multifaceted effect on root-associated organisms, with finer root systems promoting the complexity of the rhizosphere nematode community, increasing the relative abundance of high trophic-level nematodes and enhancing nematode diversity.
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Forestry
Hongyang Zhou, Kaiwen Pan, Xiaoming Sun, Belayneh Azene, Piotr Gruba, Xiaogang Wu, Lin Zhang, Meng Zhang, Tianwen Tang, Renhuan Zhu
Summary: This study investigated the nematode community in natural and planted forests in western Sichuan, China, and found that plantations increased the carbon budget of herbivorous nematodes in the soil layer, but decreased their production and carbon budget in the moss layer compared to natural forests. The daily carbon budget and production of nematodes had a negative correlation with genus richness. Water content and total carbon were identified as the most important environmental factors affecting nematode carbon budget and production.
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Soil Science
Yang Wu, HuaKun Zhou, WenJing Chen, Yue Zhang, Jie Wang, HongFei Liu, ZiWen Zhao, YuanZe Li, QiMing You, Bing Yang, GuoBin Liu, Sha Xue
Summary: Both climate warming and litter removal have significant negative effects on the diversity and richness of soil nematodes. Vegetation plays a crucial role in maintaining soil nematode community diversity.
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Agronomy
Fengjuan Pan, Ruirui Yan, Jinling Zhao, Linghao Li, Yanfeng Hu, Ye Jiang, Jie Shen, Neil B. McLaughlin, Dan Zhao, Xiaoping Xin
Summary: Increasing soil depth weakens the effect of grazing intensities on soil nematode fauna. Grazing affects the soil nematode community structure via different paths in different soil layers.
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Soil Science
Tvisha Martin, Christine D. Sprunger
Summary: Soil aggregation plays a crucial role in soil carbon accrual and stabilization. The study found no significant differences in nematode community composition across different aggregate sizes. Microaggregates had significantly higher SOC values compared to macroaggregates, and mid-sized aggregates had greater SOC values as well. Additionally, a negative correlation was observed between SOC and total nematode abundance in certain aggregate sizes, indicating a potential link between nematode community composition and SOC stabilization.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Soil Science
Pablo Homet, Jean-Marc Ourcival, Eduardo Gutierrez, Jara Dominguez-Begines, Luis Matias, Oscar Godoy, Lorena Gomez-Aparicio
Summary: Climate change has significant impacts on terrestrial ecosystems, but little is known about its effects on soil communities, particularly their resistance to changes in temperature and precipitation. This study examined the impact of predicted reductions in rainfall on soil food webs using nematodes as bioindicators, and found that rainfall reduction had negative effects on nematode abundance, community composition, and indicators of soil food web structure. These results suggest a low resistance of soil food webs to climate change-induced rainfall reductions.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2023)
Review
Agronomy
Fateh Toumi, Lieven Waeyenberge, Nicole Viaene, Abdelfattah A. Dababat, Julie M. Nicol, Francis Ogbonnaya, Maurice Moens
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2018)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Gisele L. Herren, Isabelle Binnemans, Lisa Joos, Nicole Viaene, Ralf-Udo Ehlers, Bart Vandecasteele, Wim Bert, Hanne Steel
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
(2018)
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Fouad Mokrini, Nicole Viaene, Lieven Waeyenberge, Abdelfattah A. Dababat, Maurice Moens
JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION
(2019)
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Agronomy
Jolien Claerbout, An Decombel, Anneleen Volckaert, Sofie Venneman, Isabel Vandevelde, Peter Bleyaert, Jenny Neukermans, Nicole Viaene, Monica Hofte
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2019)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gisele L. Herren, Joos Habraken, Lieven Waeyenberge, Annelies Haegeman, Nicole Viaene, Mathias Cougnon, Dirk Reheul, Hanne Steel, Wim Bert
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Jolien Claerbout, Isabel Vandevelde, Sofie Venneman, Andrew Kigozi, Nancy de Sutter, Jenny Neukermans, Peter Bleyaert, Wim Bert, Monica Hofte, Nicole Viaene
Summary: Pin nematodes can reduce plant growth in butterhead lettuce monoculture, with growers currently relying on chemical soil disinfestation. Understanding factors influencing nematode population dynamics and damage thresholds for lettuce is crucial for integrated management strategies. Monitoring nematode populations and implementing measures like crop rotation or soil disinfestation can help prevent population build-up.
ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Soil Science
J. Debode, N. Ebrahimi, T. D'Hose, P. Cremelie, N. Viaene, B. Vandecasteele
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Stephanie Schelfhout, Safaa Wasof, Jan Mertens, Margot Vanhellemont, Andreas Demey, Annelies Haegeman, Eva DeCock, Iris Moeneclaey, Pieter Vangansbeke, Nicole Viaene, Steve Baeyen, Nancy De Sutter, Martine Maes, Wim H. van der Putten, Kris Verheyen, An De Schrijver
Summary: The study on Nardus grassland species grown in different phosphorus gradients revealed a significant impact of phosphorus concentration on the biomass of oligotrophic indicator species, which were outcompeted by fast-growing plant species. Restoration of Nardus grasslands requires phosphorus-poor soil conditions to maintain the typical species composition.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2021)
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Agronomy
Jolien Claerbout, Kris Van Poucke, Hanna Mestdagh, Ilse Delaere, Isabel Vandevelde, Sofie Venneman, An Decombel, Peter Bleyaert, Jenny Neukermans, Nicole Viaene, Kurt Heungens, Monica Hofte
Summary: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae race 4 causes vascular necrosis and wilting of lettuce. First observed in Belgium in 2015, the lack of disease resistance in commercial cultivars allowed this pathogen to spread to nearly the entire Belgian production area within 4 years. Different levels of disease development were observed in different commercial greenhouses.
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Zoology
Yao A. Kolombia, Oluwadamilola Ogundero, Emmanuel Olajide, Nicole Viaene, P. Lava Kumar, Danny L. Coyne, Wim Bert
JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY
(2020)
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Zoology
Y. A. Kolombia, P. L. Kumar, O. Adewuyi, S. Korie, N. Viaene, W. Bert, D. L. Coyne
Correction
Plant Sciences
Setondji Alban Paterne Etchiha Afoha, Antoine Affokpon, Lieven Waeyenberge, Nancy de Sutter, Clement Agbangla, Alexandre Dansi, Daniel L. Coyne, Nicole Viaene
TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2020)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Lieven Waeyenberge, Nancy de Sutter, Nicole Viaene, Annelies Haegeman
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Plant Sciences
SStondji Alban Paterne Etchiha Afoha, Antoine Affokpon, Lieven Waeyenberge, Nancy de Sutter, Clement Agbangla, Alexandre Dansi, Daniel L. Coyne, Nicole Viaene
TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY
(2018)
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Zoology
Yao A. Kolombia, Gerrit Karssen, Nicole Viaene, P. Lava Kumar, Nancy de Sutter, Lisa Joos, Danny L. Coyne, Wim Bert
JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY
(2017)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
