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Agronomy
Sandeep Sharma, Neha Sharma, Nihar Gupta, Padma Angmo, Manzer H. Siddiqui, Md Atikur Rahman
Summary: In order to monitor soil biological quality, it is crucial to understand the impact of chemically diverse organic residue amendments on organic matter. This incubation study examined the effects of organic residue amendments with different biochemical compositions on soil enzymatic activity. Over a period of 63 days, changes in enzymatic activity patterns were observed using eleven different crop residues. The results showed that organic residues with diverse chemical compositions significantly increased soil enzymatic activity compared to the control. Furthermore, enzymatic activities remained high for up to 28 days after incorporation for Azadirachta indica, Avena sativa, and Lens culinaris. The study revealed that plant residues with different cellulose and hemicellulose contents influenced enzymatic activities and functional diversity of soil microbial communities.
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Microbiology
Yuncai Miao, Junjie Li, Ye Li, Yuhui Niu, Tiehu He, Deyan Liu, Weixin Ding
Summary: This study investigated the effects of long-term application of compost, nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK) fertilizer, and no fertilizer on cellulose decomposition. The results showed that cellulose loss was higher in compost soil and compost application increased the diversity of C-13-assimilating fungi. Compost amendment modified fungal community composition, promoted fungal diversity and phylogenetic relatedness, and accelerated the decomposition of cellulose-rich substrates in soil.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jose A. Siles, Inmaculada Garcia-Romera, Tomas Cajthaml, Jorge Belloc, Gloria Silva-Castro, Jirina Szakova, Pavel Tlustos, Mercedes Garcia-Sanchez
Summary: The application of biochar made from olive residue can enhance the functionality and abundance of microbial communities in metal-contaminated soils. Biochar amendment increases microbial abundances and has different effects on enzyme activities depending on the pyrolysis temperature and application dose. Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi promotes the growth of AMF community and results in increased soil glomalin content and AMF root colonization rates.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Heng Wan, Yiting Chen, Bingjing Cui, Xuezhi Liu, Jingxiang Hou, Zhenhua Wei, Jie Liu, Fulai Liu
Summary: The effects of biochar and soil water dynamics on C and N retention in soil-plant systems were investigated in this study. Biochar amendment increased plant biomass and water-use efficiency, especially when combined with partial root-zone drying (PRD). PRD irrigation increased soil respiration rate and mineralization of soil organic C and N, while biochar addition combined with PRD improved maize growth and sustained C and N retention in the soil-plant systems.
JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION
(2023)
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Soil Science
Xiaobo Li, Hongbo He, Xudong Zhang, Caner Kazanci, Zhian Li, Magdalena Necpalova, Qianqian Ma
Summary: Microbial inorganic nitrogen immobilization is crucial for nitrogen retention in soils, but measuring the respective immobilization rates of inorganic N by fungi and bacteria remains challenging due to the complexity of soil microorganisms. A proposed mathematical framework integrating measurable gross inorganic N immobilization rate and proxies for fungal and bacterial immobilization rates offers a promising approach to quantify the contributions of fungal and bacterial communities to soil nitrogen retention mechanisms.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Yuncai Miao, Yongxin Lin, Zengming Chen, Huijie Zheng, Yuhui Niu, Yakov Kuzyakov, Deyan Liu, Weixin Ding
Summary: This study investigated fungal succession and co-occurrence trends during cellulose decomposition using C-13 stable isotope probing. The findings suggest that compost amendment can increase the decomposition capacity of dominant fungal taxa and facilitate fungal colonization in smaller aggregates. The study also highlights differences in fungal interactions between microaggregates and macroaggregates.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Agronomy
Spencer M. Heuchan, Claudia Wagner-Riddle, Khagendra R. Baral, Katelyn A. Congreves, Richard E. Farrell, Sean Jordan, Hugh A. L. Henry
Summary: The study found that cover crops can effectively increase nitrogen retention, especially in the belowground N pool. In the cover crop treatments, 25% more nitrogen was recovered compared to the control group, and spring termination of red clover resulted in the highest belowground nitrogen retention.
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Soil Science
Xueli Ding, Bin Zhang, Qi Chen, Hongbo He, William R. Horwath, Xudong Zhang
Summary: The conversion of grassland into cropland decreased the assimilation rate of nitrogen into microbial residues, while enhancing responses depending on carbon sources. The addition of available and complex carbon substrates in cropland triggered different accumulation patterns of (15) N-amino sugars. Conversion of grassland suppressed nitrogen immobilization activities of both fungi and bacteria.
BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
(2021)
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Microbiology
Erin E. Nuccio, Steven J. Blazewicz, Marissa Lafler, Ashley N. Campbell, Anne Kakouridis, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, Jessica Wollard, Dariia Vyshenska, Robert Riley, Andy Tomatsu, Rachel Hestrin, Rex R. Malmstrom, Mary Firestone, Jennifer Pett-Ridge
Summary: The study introduced a semi-automated, high-throughput SIP pipeline to support well-replicated experiments in soil microhabitats, showcasing how this approach can improve operational efficiency and reproducibility in studying actively growing microbes within AMF hyphosphere. This method generated a series of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from C-13-labeled AMF hyphosphere DNA, revealing insights into key processes involved in nutrient cycling within the hyphosphere.
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Engineering, Chemical
Hongdi Yu, Wenjun Wang, Fawei Lin, Kai Li, Beibei Yan, Yingjin Song, Cheng Huang, Guanyi Chen
Summary: This study successfully synthesized N/P co-doped porous carbon from fungi residue using a facile and green strategy, with high adsorption capacity and low production cost. Activation with (NH4)3PO4 showed the highest adsorption capacity compared to other activators, surpassing KOH activated carbon, and demonstrated lower cost in economic analysis.
SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
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Agricultural Engineering
Myeong-Eun Lee, Sang Kyu Shin, Jeong-Joo Oh, Dong-Hyeok Hwang, Young Jin Ko, Jeong Eun Hyeon, Sung Ok Han
Summary: CcGlcNAcase is a cellulosomal component that enhances the degradation of fungi-infected lignocellulosic biomass in the presence of chitin, leading to higher levels of glucose and total reducing sugars.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
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Chemistry, Organic
Luis Ramon Ortega-Valdovinos, Anatoly K. Yatsimirsky
Summary: A N-quaternized derivative (5) of the James-Shinkai anthracene-boronic acid fluorescence sugar sensor (1) was prepared to investigate the role of the bridging nitrogen in the signaling mechanism of 1. While 5 and 1 both contain positively charged bridging groups (NMe+ or NH+), 5 lacks the ability to form the intramolecular ammonium-boronate doubly ionic hydrogen bond present in 1. The behavior of 1 and 5 in terms of their fluorescence vs pH profiles suggests that the ammonium-boronate hydrogen bond is essential for the signaling mechanism of 1.
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(2023)
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Soil Science
Wang Shichao, Lu Changai, Huai Shengchang, Yan Zhihao, Wang Jinyu, Sun Jiying, Sajjad Raza
Summary: Returning straw to farmlands has the potential to increase C sequestration and decrease losses. Factors such as straw burial depth and manure application play important roles in determining the decomposition or retention of straw C and N in soil. Returning straw to deep soil layers improves the stability of organic C and N in soil, without compromising their sequestration potential.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yongqiu Xia, Yuefei Li, Chaopu Ti, Xiaobo Li, Yongqiang Zhao, Xiaoyuan Yan
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2013)
Article
Soil Science
Jian Li, Zhian Li, Faming Wang, Bi Zou, Yao Chen, Jie Zhao, Qifeng Mo, Yingwen Li, Xiaobo Li, Hanping Xia
BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
(2015)
Article
Soil Science
Xiaobo Li, Longlong Xia, Xiaoyuan Yan
BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS
(2014)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yongqiang Zhao, Yongqiu Xia, Todd M. Kana, Yucheng Wu, Xiaobo Li, Xiaoyuan Yan
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yongqiu Xia, Yuefei Li, Xiaobo Li, Miao Guo, Dongli She, Xiaoyuan Yan
Article
Soil Science
H. B. He, X. B. Li, W. Zhang, X. D. Zhang
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE
(2011)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaobo Li, Yongqiu Xia, Yuefei Li, Todd M. Kana, Sonoko D. Kimura, Masanori Saito, Xiaoyuan Yan
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2013)
Article
Soil Science
Xiaobo Li, Hongbo He, Xudong Zhang, Xiaoyuan Yan, Johan Six, Zucong Cai, Matti Barthel, Jinbo Zhang, Magdalena Necpalova, Qianqian Ma, Zhian Li
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Weixin Zhang, Yuanqi Chen, Leilei Shi, Xiaoli Wang, Yongwen Liu, Rong Mao, Xingquan Rao, Yongbiao Lin, Yuanhu Shao, Xiaobo Li, Cancan Zhao, Shengjie Liu, Shilong Piao, Weixing Zhu, Xiaoming Zou, Shenglei Fu
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2019)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Longlong Xia, Xiaobo Li, Qianqian Ma, Shu Kee Lam, Benjamin Wolf, Ralf Kiese, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Deli Chen, Zhian Li, Xiaoyuan Yan
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Plant Sciences
Qianqian Ma, Jian-Guo Huang, Heikki Hanninen, Xiaobo Li, Frank Berninger
Summary: This study examined the responses of leaf-out and flowering of four common temperate tree species to climate warming using long-term phenological records in Europe. The results showed that the time interval between leaf-out and flowering increased from 1950 to 2013, with the first event advancing more than the second. The unequal advances of the two events may alter resource partitioning and spring frost damage, affecting species fitness and ecosystem structure and function.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Soil Science
Xinxing He, Xiaobo Li, Tao Liu, Xingjian Yang, Jianbo Cao, Libin Tao, Xiaoling Wang, Zhanfeng Liu, Qing Yao, Yongtao Li, Xiaoming Zou, Yuanhu Shao, Jianxiong Li, Weixin Zhang, Shenglei Fu
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2020)
Article
Soil Science
Xiaobo Li, Hongbo He, Xudong Zhang, Caner Kazanci, Zhian Li, Magdalena Necpalova, Qianqian Ma
Summary: Microbial inorganic nitrogen immobilization is crucial for nitrogen retention in soils, but measuring the respective immobilization rates of inorganic N by fungi and bacteria remains challenging due to the complexity of soil microorganisms. A proposed mathematical framework integrating measurable gross inorganic N immobilization rate and proxies for fungal and bacterial immobilization rates offers a promising approach to quantify the contributions of fungal and bacterial communities to soil nitrogen retention mechanisms.
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Qianqian Ma, Heikki Hanninen, Frank Berninger, Xiaobo Li, Jian-Guo Huang
Summary: Climate warming has advanced both flowering and fruiting phenology of temperate woody species, but the rates of advancement are not equal, resulting in divergent changes in the length of fruit development period (FDP). The shortened FDP is mainly due to elevated temperature, while the prolonged FDP is primarily caused by the substantial increase of the forcing requirement for fruiting. This study provides empirical evidence of warming-induced advances of FDP but divergent changes in its length in temperate woody species.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)