Article
Soil Science
Songmei Shi, Miao Wen, Xingshui Dong, Sharifullah Sharifi, Deti Xie, Xinhua He
Summary: The study found that varying daytime/nighttime elevated CO2 levels along with the presence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) significantly increased AMF mycorrhization, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and various forms of the glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP). Under daytime eCO(2), soil total nitrogen decreased in non-AMF soil, but mycorrhization helped alleviate soil nitrogen limitation. Levels of beta-glucosidase and protease activities were significantly increased by nighttime and dual daytime/nighttime eCO(2) in both AMF and non-AMF soils. With greater effects observed in AMF soils, GRSPs were positively related to mycorrhization, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and beta-glucosidase activity, indicating their importance under rising global CO2 levels.
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Agronomy
Jingfan Zhang, Jinge Zhou, Emma J. Sayer, Hans Lambers, Zhanfeng Liu, Xiankai Lu, Yingwen Li, Yongxing Li, Hui Li, Faming Wang
Summary: This study assessed the influence of nitrogen deposition on glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) and microbial residual carbon (MRC) as sources of soil organic carbon (SOC). The results showed that although total GRSP, MRC, and SOC concentrations were higher under nitrogen deposition, this was mainly due to long-term accumulation and reduced microbial degradation. The relative contributions of GRSP or MRC to SOC did not change or were lower compared to the controls.
Article
Forestry
Yu-lin Zhu, Xue-ping Lin, Yun-peng Huang, Xing-hao Tang, Xiong Fang, Zhi-gang Yi
Summary: Nitrogen deposition increases soil respiration and carbon content, while severe drought decreases both. In a young subtropical forest, future frequent droughts may offset the promoting effects of nitrogen deposition on soil respiration and carbon sequestration.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yu Zhang, Lingbo Dong, Zhouping Shangguan
Summary: Soil aggregation and structural stability are crucial for soil organic carbon sequestration. Appropriate nitrogen addition can promote arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to secrete glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP), enhancing the formation of soil aggregates and the physical protection of organic carbon, thereby improving soil organic carbon stability and carbon sequestration capacity.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Arezou Siami, Nasser Aliasgharzad, Leili Aghebati Maleki, Nosratollah Najafi, Farzin Shahbazi, Asim Biswas
Summary: This study investigated the impact of agricultural practices on the spatial distribution of glomalin in soil using digital soil mapping. The findings showed that the random forests model outperformed other predictive models in predicting and mapping the distribution of glomalin.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Xiaolin Chen, Mingyan Hu, Gaochao Zheng, Han Y. H. Chen
Summary: Soil organic carbon (SOC) is crucial for supporting ecosystem functions and services, but its content and distribution are uncertain after the conversion of primary forests to plantations and secondary forests. Our study in subtropical China found that SOC content differed significantly between forest types and soil depths, with primary and secondary forests having higher SOC content than Chinese fir plantations in topsoil. However, SOC content did not increase with stand age within plantations or secondary forests. We also found that mineral-associated organic carbon was higher in Chinese fir plantations, indicating a need to conserve primary forests and protect secondary forests and plantations.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Huan Li, Guangli Liu, Haiping Luo, Renduo Zhang
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of labile organic carbon (LOC) input on the turnover of soil organic matter (SOM) in subtropical forests. The findings showed that LOC input reduced the priming effects of SOM decomposition and aided carbon storage in the soil.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Haydee E. Laza, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Amanda Cano, Jeff Baker, James Mahan, Dennis Gitz, Yves Emendack, Lindsey Slaughter, Robert Lascano, David Tissue, Paxton Payton
Summary: The study found that soil respiration and temperature could serve as indicators of ecosystem productivity and climate feedback in future semi-arid climates. Soil organic carbon and AMF were also identified as indicators of soil nutrient status. This research provides important insights into understanding the impact of these changes on soil ecology and climate feedback, as well as the carbon cycling and productivity of peanut agroecosystems in future climates.
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Xiangyin Ni, Chengfang Lin, Guangshui Chen, Jinsheng Xie, Zhijie Yang, Xiaofei Liu, Decheng Xiong, Chao Xu, Kai Yue, Fuzhong Wu, Yusheng Yang
Summary: The rapid conversion of natural broadleaved forests to plantations in subtropical China has led to a significant decline in soil fertility. This decline is primarily due to lower litter production and slow nutrient release in plantations compared to natural forests.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Xiao-Qing Liu, Ya-Chao Xie, Yan Li, Li Zheng, Anoop Kumar Srivastava, Abeer Hashem, Elsayed Fathi Abd-Allah, Wiwiek Harsonowati, Qiang-Sheng Wu
Summary: This study found that the foliar application of easily extractable GRSP (EE-GRSP) has significant effects on fruit quality and soil structural changes in citrus varieties. EE-GRSP can enhance root mycorrhizal fungal colonization and soil hyphal length, improve external and internal quality of fruits, increase soil available nutrients, and regulate soil structure.
Article
Agronomy
An-Qi Lei, Qing-Hua Yang, Ying Zhang, Wen-Yue Liao, Ya-Chao Xie, Anoop Kumar Srivastava, Abeer Hashem, Mashael Daghash Alqahtani, Elsayed Fathi Abd Allah, Qiang-Sheng Wu, Yi Zhang
Summary: This study analyzed the effects of Easily extractable glomalin-related soil protein (EEG) and found that it can improve soil fertility and fruit quality when used alone. However, when combined with agronomic practices, the positive effects of EEG may be reduced or suppressed.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Piaopiao Ke, Ronghua Kang, Loreena K. Avery, Jiawei Zhang, Qian Yu, Danni Xie, Lei Duan
Summary: Soils in subtropical forests in South China were found to have significant emissions of NO, which could be attributed to high nitrogen deposition. Soil temperature and water filled pore spaces were important factors regulating NO emissions, along with ambient NO concentration and rainfall. Additionally, differences in mineral nitrogen and soil moisture conditions between sites influenced the NO emissions characteristics.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Jackson Freitas Brilhante de Sao Jose, Mauricio Roberto Cherubin, Luciano Kayser Vargas, Bruno Brito Lisboa, Josileia Acordi Zanatta, Elias Frank Araujo, Cimelio Bayer
Summary: This study assessed the effects of different intensity Eucalyptus harvest residue management on soil quality and forest productivity. The results indicated that removing Eucalyptus harvest residues from sandy soils can have adverse impacts on soil quality and forest productivity.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zongyao Qian, Rui Gu, Kun Gao, Dejun Li
Summary: Plant species diversity (PSD) has beneficial effects on soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation, and this study explores the mechanisms underlying the stimulative effects of PSD on SOC pools in a subtropical forest. The study finds that PSD enhances soil lignin accumulation through three mechanisms: stimulating plant detritus inputs, increasing reactive minerals for enhanced lignin protection, and lowering microbial C limitation for reduced lignin degradation. These findings provide valuable insights into SOC dynamics under PSD alteration and can be integrated into Earth system models for more accurate predictions.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kelsey H. H. Jensen, Jed P. P. Sparks
Summary: Isolating soil organic carbon (SOC) from soil inorganic carbon (SIC) is necessary for quantifying SOC stocks and understanding SOC dynamics. Different methods of SIC removal can introduce biases in SOC measurements, especially when experimental treatments such as elevated atmospheric CO2 alter SOC concentration and composition. This study compares two commonly used methods of SIC removal and finds that acid washing underestimates SOC compared to acid fumigation, particularly in control CO2 plots. These results suggest that acidification disrupts stabilization mechanisms under elevated CO2 treatment.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Msafiri Y. Mkonda, Xinhua He
Summary: This study assessed the influence of soil organic carbon accumulation and climate variability on crop yields in central Tanzania. The results showed that organic fertilization led to greater SOC accumulation and higher crop yields compared to no-fertilization. Additionally, changes in rainfall and temperature were found to be correlated with crop yields.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Tengteng Li, Ye Yuan, Zhijian Mou, Yue Li, Luhui Kuang, Jing Zhang, Wenjia Wu, Faming Wang, Jun Wang, Hans Lambers, Jordi Sardans, Josep Penuelas, Hai Ren, Zhanfeng Liu
Summary: Microbial metabolic products are important for maintaining ecosystem multifunctionality, and afforestation can enhance soil quality and carbon sequestration. Our study found that the concentrations of amino sugars and GRSP increased during the restoration process, but their contributions to the SOC pool decreased. Moreover, the contribution of GRSP was consistently higher than that of amino sugars.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Yu-Juan Wang, Xin-Hua He, Lu-Lu Meng, Ying-Ning Zou, Qiang-Sheng Wu
Summary: Soil water stress affects SOC decomposition and C emissions. Glomalin, released by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, is an important pool of SOC with hydrophobic characteristics. Inoculation with Rhizophagus intraradices alleviated negative effects on plant growth and leaf water potential under water stress, and increased SOC and mean weight diameter in both root and hyphal chambers.
Article
Microbiology
Zijie Yu, Xinhua He, Zhitong Li, Shuang Zhou, Dalu Guo, Hao Pu, Hongyan Luo
Summary: This study investigated the existence, abundance, and diversity of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacteria in purple paddy soils at different temperatures. By using C-13-DNA stable-isotope probe and Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing, the researchers found differences in the abundance and diversity of anammox bacteria in purple paddy soils at different temperatures. These findings contribute to a better understanding of the regulation of soil nitrogen cycling.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Xirong Gu, Hao Jia, Xiaohe Wang, Yanan Jiang, Jie Li, Xinhua He
Summary: Plant tolerance to aluminum toxicity can be enhanced by ectomycorrhizal fungi through biological filtering or physical blockage. This study found that the ectomycorrhizal fungus Lactarius deliciosus was more effective than Pisolithus tinctorius in improving biomass and aluminum tolerance of Pinus massoniana seedlings. The increased aluminum tolerance was attributed to lower absorption capacity, fewer available active sites, decreased affinity and boundary layer thickness for aluminum, and higher aluminum accumulation and translocation in the ECM-inoculated seedlings. These findings contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms and strategies of plant aluminum tolerance conferred by ECM fungi and suggest that inoculation with Lactarius deliciosus is more beneficial for forest plantation and ecosystem restoration in acidic soils, especially in Southwest China and similar soils worldwide.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Guangcan Yu, Jing Chen, Mengxiao Yu, Andi Li, Ying-Ping Wang, Xinhua He, Xuli Tang, Hui Liu, Jun Jiang, Jiangming Mo, Shuo Zhang, Junhua Yan, Mianhai Zheng
Summary: Nitrogen deposition does not increase plant phosphorus demand in a nitrogen-saturated mature tropical forest. Different nitrogen addition rates regulate soil phosphorus transformation through microbial community transition.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zijian Qiu, Xinhua He, Haiyang Yu, Chunwu Zhu, Weishou Shen
Summary: The effects of elevated CO2 (eCO2) on paddy soil microbial communities are unclear, especially in different rice cultivars. This study compared the responses of soil bacterial communities to eCO2 and ambient CO2 (aCO2) in two weakly CO2-responsive and two strongly CO2-responsive rice cultivars. The results showed that eCO2 increased differences in bacterial diversity and had positive impacts on soil organic carbon and bacterial abundances. However, eCO2 did not significantly affect the relationship between bacterial diversity and rice yields.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lanlan Huang, Yongmei Li, Jing Yuan, Shanping Wan, Carlos Colinas, Xinhua He, Xiaofei Shi, Yanliang Wang, Fuqiang Yu
Summary: In a greenhouse study, the effects of Tuber indicum (Chinese black truffle) and T. lijiangense (Chinese white truffle) colonization on Castanopsis rockii host growth, physiological responses, and mycorrhizosphere bacterial communities were compared. Both truffle species increased leaf photosynthetic rate, leaf P concentration, acid phosphatase activity, and bacterial richness of the mycorrhizosphere. However, T. indicum colonization decreased tartrate content, bacterial acid phosphatase, phoC gene abundance, and peroxidase (POD) activity of ectomycorrhizal root tips, but increased mycorrhizosphere pH and superoxide dismutase (SOD) of ectomycorrhizal root tips compared to T. lijiangense colonization. Mycorrhizosphere bacterial community composition also differed significantly between the two truffle species. The bacterium Agromyces cerinus showed a significant correlation with acid phosphatase activity and leaf P concentration, indicating its potential role in phosphorus mobilization and acquisition.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiao Han, Xinhua He, Wei Xiong, Weiyu Shi
Summary: Cities play a central role in carbon emissions and water consumption, and their development is closely connected to carbon-water coupling. However, little is known about the changes in this relationship during urbanization. In the case of Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration in China, carbon-water coupling during urbanization has contributed to achieving the government's goals of carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutralization by 2060. Economic growth has been a major driver of increased carbon emissions and water use, with intensity effect helping to mitigate their growth. The decoupling between CO2 emissions and the economy has been increasing, while the coupling between water use and the economy has been strengthening. Therefore, although CCUA has partially achieved its low-carbon target, more attention should be given to water-saving strategies.
Article
Soil Science
Haocai Wang, Xinhua He, Yuejin Zhang, Junlan Xiao, Hang Wang, Mingguo Ma, Ryunosuke Tateno, Weiyu Shi
Summary: This study compares the composition and functionality of soil microbial communities between a plantation forest and a naturally restored secondary forest in a karst region in Southwest China using metagenomics and gene sequencing. The results show that fungal communities differ more than bacterial communities between the two forests. Naturally restored secondary forests have better soil fertility and microbial-mediated carbon and nitrogen cycling, which is important for selecting forest restoration approaches.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hongbin Wei, Zhi Song, Yurong Xie, Hongli Cheng, Huiting Yan, Fan Sun, Huajie Liu, Junlong Shen, Laigeng Li, Xinhua He, Haiyang Wang, Keming Luo
Summary: The plant vascular system is a complex network of tissues that regulate transportation and support functions throughout the plant. High temperature can affect the development of this system and lead to negative effects on crop yield and quality. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of vascular development under high temperature are still not fully understood.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fangcuo Qin, Junkun Lu, Zhenshuang Li, Sen Meng, Shengkun Wang, Junfeng Liang, Xinhua He
Summary: Hemiparasitic plants can affect community composition by changing nutrient cycling. The potential positive effects of hemiparasites on nutrient return to multispecies communities are not well understood.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhijie Ren, Xiaojie Han, Haoxiang Feng, Lifang Wang, Geng Ma, Junhong Li, Junjie Lv, Wenzhong Tian, Xinhua He, Yanan Zhao, Chenyang Wang
Summary: Long-term conservation tillage improves crop yields and soil stoichiometry balance, with great potential for carbon sequestration, contributing to sustainable agricultural management in rain-fed farmland.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Forestry
Zhenshuang Li, Sen Meng, Fangcuo Qin, Shengkun Wang, Junfeng Liang, Xinhua He, Junkun Lu
Summary: This study investigates how the root parasite Santalum album selectively forages for superior hosts and how it uses root exudates to locate and trigger haustorium formation. The results show that the root exudates of the superior host Dalbergia odorifera play a significant role in promoting S. album root growth and haustorium formation. Flavonoids in the root exudates are found to be important for S. album foraging activity.
Correction
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Suping Li, Yong Li, Xiao Feng, Jingjie Zhang, Xinhua He
INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
C. Beraud, F. Piola, J. Gervaix, G. Meiffren, C. Creuze des Chatelliers, A. Delort, C. Boisselet, S. Poussineau, E. Lacroix, A. A. M. Cantarel
Summary: This study investigated the soil factors influencing the development of biological denitrification inhibition (BDI) and found that initial soil moisture, ammonium concentration, and the initial abundance of certain microbial genes play significant roles in BDI development. Additionally, the research highlighted the relevance of biotic factors in explaining BDI and proposed the use of procyanidin concentration from plant belowground system as a new proxy for measuring BDI intensity.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Yizhu Qiao, Tingting Wang, Qiwei Huang, Hanyue Guo, He Zhang, Qicheng Xu, Qirong Shen, Ning Ling
Summary: Soil microbial community coalescence, the mixing and interaction of microbial communities, has been found to enhance the stability and complexity of rhizobacterial networks, leading to improved plant health and biomass. This study investigated the effects of different degrees of bacterial community coalescence on plant disease resistance by mixing soils from healthy and diseased habitats for watermelon planting. The results showed that mixing in more healthy soil reduced the plant disease index and increased biomass by improving the stability and complexity of the rhizobacterial network. Core taxa Nitrospirillum and Singulisphaera were enriched in the rhizosphere from healthy soils and played important roles in disease suppression and regulating the positive cohesion and modularity of the networks. Overall, these findings provide insights into the potential mechanism of microbial community coalescence for improving plant microbial community function and suggest new tools for enhancing plant fitness via soil microbiota mixing.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Mengqiu He, Shending Chen, Lei Meng, Xiaoqian Dan, Wenjie Wang, Qinying Zhu, Zucong Cai, Jinbo Zhang, Pierfrancesco Nardi, Christoph Mueller
Summary: Maize genotypes directly affect gene expression and nitrogen uptake capacity. The feedback between maize genotypes and soil nitrogen transformations, as well as their regulations on nitrogen uptake capacity, have been studied. The findings suggest that maize genotypes play a central role in regulating these feedbacks, which are important for maize breeding and enhancing maize production.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Ke Shi, Jiahui Liao, Xiaoming Zou, Han Y. H. Chen, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Zhengming Yan, Tingting Ren, Honghua Ruan
Summary: Through rewilding, microbial extracellular and cellular residues can continuously accumulate in soils and significantly contribute to soil organic carbon sequestration. Extracellular residues are mainly driven by fine root biomass, while cellular residues are mainly driven by soil nitrogen and organic carbon content.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Sensen Chen, Ying Teng, Yongming Luo, Eiko Kuramae, Wenjie Ren
Summary: This study comprehensively assesses the effects of NMs on the soil microbiome through a global meta-analysis. The results reveal significant negative impacts of NMs on soil microbial diversity, biomass, activity, and function. Metal NMs, especially Ag NMs, have the most pronounced negative effects on various soil microbial community metrics.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Shareen K. D. Sanders, Gerard Martinez-De Leon, Ludovico Formenti, Madhav P. Thakur
Summary: Collembolans, the diverse group of soil invertebrates, are affected by anthropogenic climate warming, which alters their diversity and density. In addition to abiotic stressors, changes in food availability, specifically the abundance of saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi, influence Collembola responses to climate warming. Collembolans prefer saprotrophic fungi but rely on mycorrhizal fungi when food sources are scarce. Understanding the mechanisms behind these dietary shifts in warm-dry and warm-wet soil conditions is crucial for predicting the impact of climate change on Collembola-fungal interactions.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Wimonsiri Pingthaisong, Sergey Blagodatsky, Patma Vityakon, Georg Cadisch
Summary: A study found that mixing high-C/N ratio rice straw with low-C/N ratio groundnut stover can improve the chemical composition of the input, stimulate microbial growth, decrease the loss of residue-derived carbon in the soil, and reduce native soil carbon and nitrogen consumption.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
Article
Soil Science
Jiachen Wang, Jie Zhao, Rong Yang, Xin Liu, Xuyuan Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xiaoyong Chen, Wende Yan, Kelin Wang
Summary: Nitrogen is vital for ecosystem productivity, restoration, and succession processes. This study found that legume intercropping was more effective than chemical nitrogen fertilizers in promoting the complexity and stability of the soil micro-food web, as it increased microbial and nematode communities and enhanced energy flow patterns.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2024)
