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Agronomy
Sarah C. Castle, Deborah A. Samac, Jessica L. Gutknecht, Michael J. Sadowsky, Carl J. Rosen, Daniel Schlatter, Linda L. Kinkel
Summary: The study aimed to investigate short-term responses of soil microbiota to cover crops and nitrogen fertilization, finding that nitrogen fertilizer application had a greater impact on soil chemical properties than cover crops. Additionally, cover crops were found to significantly affect fungal community compositions in the soil.
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Agronomy
Dongxian Wei, Shengbao Wei, Anchun Peng, Chaoran Yang, Changqing Chen
Summary: Understanding the impact of global warming on soil bacterial diversity is crucial, especially in winter wheat fields. Through infrared heating and nitrogen fertilizer application, this study found that temperature increase and nitrogen application can alter the community structure and diversity of soil bacteria, with soil moisture being an important mediator.
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Environmental Sciences
Yi Xie, Zhenchang Wang, Xinxin Cheng, Rangjian Qiu, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud, Cheng Hong, Xingyu Zong, Yaosheng Wang, Evgenios Agathokleous, Xiangping Guo
Summary: Rice cultivars, fertilizer types, and irrigation modes have significant effects on soil bacterial communities and nitrogen productivity in rice plants, which are related to the different responses of diverse rhizosphere bacteria recruited by different cultivars.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Soil Science
Lei Wang, Hui Zhang, Jing Wang, Jidong Wang, Yongchun Zhang
Summary: Long-term N fertilization decreased the abundance of the nifH gene significantly and altered the structure and diversity of the soil diazotrophic community. High N fertilization rates reduced the relative abundance of nifH-harboring microorganisms, especially potential N2-fixers like Cyanobacteria. Soil pH had a greater impact on diazotrophic community diversity and structure compared to soil organic matter and nitrogen forms, while soil available phosphorus content mainly regulated diazotrophs abundance.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Jinbin Wang, Lingling Li, Junhong Xie, Lihua Xie, Zechariah Effah, Zhuzhu Luo, Mir Muhammad Nizamani
Summary: This study investigated the impact of nitrogen fertilization on soil bacterial communities and CO2 emissions in the semiarid Loess Plateau. The results showed that nitrogen fertilization increased soil bacterial abundance, altered bacterial community composition and network, and promoted CO2 emission. Furthermore, nitrogen fertilization also increased maize grain yield and carbon emission efficiency.
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Forestry
Haifeng Yin, Yu Su, Size Liu, Xiangjun Li, Xianwei Li, Chuan Fan, Pingting Guan, Zhijing Xie, Simin Wang, Stefan Scheu, Valentyna Krashevska
Summary: Crop-tree thinning can significantly increase the abundance of soil nematodes in plantations and enhance the relative abundance of herbivorous nematodes. The impact of CTT varies among different plantations, mainly due to changes in microbial biomass nitrogen and understory vegetation diversity.
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Environmental Sciences
HaiMei Fu, YingHua Duan, Ping Zhu, HongJun Gao, MingGang Xu, XiaoMei Yang
Summary: The study aimed to understand soil nitrogen mineralization potential and crop nitrogen availability during the growing season in order to improve nitrogen use efficiency and prevent over-fertilization. Different levels of fertility in black soils were studied, and nitrogen mineralization dynamics were simulated under different temperatures. The results showed that higher fertility soils had increased cumulative mineralized nitrogen and lower nitrogen fertilizer requirement. This research provided data for reducing chemical nitrogen fertilizer application to improve nitrogen use efficiency and reduce negative environmental impacts.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Changjiang Li, Cunyou Zhao, Ximei Zhao, Yuanbo Wang, Xingjun Lv, Xiaowei Zhu, Xiliang Song
Summary: The irrational use of nitrogen fertilizer poses a major threat to soil quality and food security, causing ecological and environmental problems. The holistic approaches to nitrogen fertilizer application are necessary to maintain high nitrogen utilization efficiency and sustainable agriculture development. Biochar, as an efficient carbon-rich material, can improve soil quality and enhance crop nitrogen uptake, but its promoting effects on nitrogen fertilizers are still not well studied.
Article
Microbiology
Sami Ullah, Muhammad Mohsin Raza, Tanveer Abbas, Xian Guan, Wei Zhou, Ping He
Summary: This study examined the effects of long-term nitrogen (N) addition on fluvo-aquic and black soils in north China, focusing on soil microbial communities and enzyme activities. The results showed that increasing N fertilization levels enhanced nutrient availability but led to soil acidification. N fertilization affected microbial community composition and enzyme activities, with more pronounced effects observed in black soil. Soil type, rather than N fertilization, influenced the response of the soil microbial community and enzyme activities. Soil pH was identified as the key driver impacting soil microbial groups and enzyme activities in both soils.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
FangMing Xiang, JianLin Sheng, Gang Li, JingJin Ma, XianZhe Wang, ChengLiang Jiang, ZhiJian Zhang
Summary: The research reveals that black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) vermicompost can promote the availability of nutrients in soil, the succession of microbial communities, and the optimization of biochemical functions, which is of great significance in the field of soil health.
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Newton Z. Lupwayi, H. Henry Janzen, Eric Bremer, Elwin G. Smith, Derrick A. Kanashiro, Andrea H. Eastman, Renee M. Petri
Summary: Long-term field trials are ideal for studying soil microbial communities, as they evolve over time in a specific cropping system. This study found that crop rotation influenced microbial biomass carbon, with continuous wheat showing higher levels compared to other rotations. Fertilizer application increased soil microbial biomass carbon by 21%, while soil moisture deficit had no effect on the soil microbiome.
Article
Soil Science
Abdourahmane Diallo, Kevin Hoeffner, Sarah Guillocheau, Pierrick Sorgniard, Daniel Cluzeau
Summary: This study investigated the effects of different agricultural practices on earthworm communities in 26 fields over a four-year period. The results showed that tillage had the greatest impact on earthworms, followed by fertilization and pesticide applications. Ploughing reduced earthworm abundance and biomass, while reduced tillage had less impact. Mineral fertilization increased the abundance and biomass of certain earthworm species, while organic fertilization had no effect. Increased use of insecticides, fungicides, and molluscicides decreased the biomass of certain earthworms. Endogeic earthworms were not affected by any agricultural practices. To promote sustainable agriculture, crop management should be adjusted to preserve the ecosystem services provided by soil biodiversity, particularly earthworms.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Catherine W. Kamau, Richard van Duijnen, Christoph A. O. Schmid, Helga E. Balazs, Julien Roy, Matthias Rillig, Peter Schroeder, Viviane Radl, Vicky M. Temperton, Michael Schloter
Summary: The 2-year outdoor mesocosm experiment investigated the effects of high carbon amendments (HCAs) and different crop rotation systems on soil bacterial communities using a molecular barcoding approach. Results showed a decrease in bacterial diversity after winter barley harvest in no-HCA and wheat straw treatments, while sawdust application stabilized bacterial diversity but negatively affected yields. Different bacterial phyla showed changes in response to the treatments, with only minor differences between wheat straw-amended and no-HCA control samples.
BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Qi Ning, Lin Chen, Congzhi Zhang, Donghao Ma, Daming Li, Xiaori Han, Zejiang Cai, Shaomin Huang, Jiabao Zhang
Summary: The study demonstrates that long-term application of chemical combined with organic fertilizers can significantly increase soil fertility, promote the growth of saprotrophic fungi, and improve the C:N and N:P ratios in soil. The composition of saprotrophic fungi is closely related to the C:N and N:P ratios in soil, indicating that nitrogen status is an important factor influencing saprotrophic fungal communities.
APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xinlin Zhang, Yu Li, Kunxue Cui, Yiwen Sun, Xu Zhang, Guangren Zheng, Meiyang Zhao, Bo Wang, Hongyu Yang
Summary: In winter, snowpack and organic compost have different effects on the succession of soil bacterial communities and important soil nutrients. The study found that temperature significantly affected Proteobacteria and fertilization increased its abundance. Snow increased the abundance of Acidobacteriota, but reduced overall bacterial community connectivity and increased association with environmental factors. This study provides new insights into soil management.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Jing Zhou, Dawei Guan, Baoku Zhou, Baisuo Zhao, Mingchao Ma, Jie Qin, Xin Jiang, Sanfeng Chen, Fengming Cao, Delong Shen, Jun Li
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2015)
Article
Soil Science
Jing Zhou, Xin Jiang, Baoku Zhou, Baisuo Zhao, Mingchao Ma, Dawei Guan, Jun Li, Sanfeng Chen, Fengming Cao, Delong Shen, Jie Qin
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2016)
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Mingchao Ma, Jing Zhou, Marc Ongena, Wenzheng Liu, Dan Wei, Baisuo Zhao, Dawei Guan, Xin Jiang, Jun Li
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Environmental Sciences
Nianxin Zhang, Mengmeng Wu, Yuying Che, Yong Kong, Fengyue Shu, Qingfeng Wang, Weilai Sha, Zhijin Gong, Jing Zhou
Summary: Submerged macrophytes, such as shining pondweed, have a significant impact on the bacterial community composition and abundance in both water and sediment in Nansi Lake. These macrophytes can alter the chemical properties of sediment and water, affecting the transportation and cycling of nutrients in lake ecosystems. Submerged macrophytes play an important role in shaping the structure of bacterial communities in lake environments.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Qingfeng Wang, Deping Zhou, Changbin Chu, Zheng Zhao, Jing Zhou, Shuhang Wu
Summary: This study assessed the impact of rice-upland crop rotations on soil AMF diversity and composition, and explored the mechanisms behind these effects using trait-based guild methods. The results showed that different plant rotations with rice had different influences on soil AMF. Rice-wheat and rice-Chinese milk vetch rotations significantly altered the composition and diversity of AMF, with rice-wheat increasing AMF diversity and rice-Chinese milk vetch decreasing AMF diversity compared to rice-fallow treatment. Furthermore, different AMF guilds showed distinct responses to rice-upland crop rotations. Rice yield was found to be mainly correlated with AMF colonization rate.
SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Weilai Sha, Nianxin Zhang, Jing Zhou, Zihan Zhang, Yong Kong, Lei Wang, Fengyue Shu, Lei Chen, Zhijin Gong
Summary: This study investigates the effects of Potamogeton lucens L. on fungal communities in aquatic ecosystems. The research shows that areas cultivated with P. lucens L. had higher fungal diversity in water samples but lower diversity in sediment samples. The copy number of the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was higher in sediment samples with P. lucens L. The study also found significant differences in fungal genera between sediment and water samples. The findings demonstrate that submerged macrophytes can influence the composition of fungal communities and nutrient cycling in lake ecosystems.
Article
Forestry
Yuying Che, Yong Kong, Shangwen Song, Xianfeng Yi, Jing Zhou, Baoxuan Liu
Summary: This study investigated the effects of substrates on the growth and rhizosphere bacterial communities of Quercus variabilis seedlings. The results showed that substrates with cork flour promoted seedling growth and chlorophyll synthesis, as well as increased the abundance and diversity of rhizosphere bacteria. Therefore, cork flour can enhance the growth and development of Q. variabilis seedlings.
Article
Forestry
Weilai Sha, Die Hong, Yuying Che, Yafei Xue, Yong Kong, Xianfeng Yi, Jing Zhou, Guohong Yu, Baoxuan Liu
Summary: This study found that the composition and function of bacterial communities associated with root microorganisms in Chinese cork oak seedlings varied with different growth years. The second year showed the highest bacterial alpha diversity, while the third year showed the lowest. Age was found to be the decisive factor for differences in root endophytic bacterial communities. Total phosphorus had the greatest impact on bacterial communities. The abundance of beneficial bacteria Streptomyces and Novosphingobium decreased in the third year compared to the second year.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Jing Zhou, Ran Li, Yong Kong, Hao-Wu Hu, Xiao-Han Shu
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES
(2019)