Root-induced fungal growth triggers macroaggregation in forest subsoils

Fungal Traits Important for Soil Aggregation

(2020) Anika Lehmann et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Aggregate formation and organo-mineral association affect characteristics of soil organic matter across soil horizons and parent materials in temperate broadleaf forest

(2020) S. Vormstein et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Wet sieving versus dry crushing: Soil microaggregates reveal different physical structure, bacterial diversity and organic matter composition in a clay gradient

(2020) Vincent J.M.N.L. Felde et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Subsoil Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi for Sustainability and Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Solution Right Under Our Feet?

(2019) Moisés A. Sosa-Hernández et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Effects of bedrock type and soil chemistry on the fine roots of European beech – A study on the belowground plasticity of trees

(2019) Kristina Kirfel et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Biological Soil Crusts from Different Soil Substrates Harbor Distinct Bacterial Groups with the Potential to Produce Exopolysaccharides and Lipopolysaccharides

(2019) Barbara Cania et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Organic matter input determines structure development and aggregate formation in artificial soils

(2019) Franziska B. Bucka et al.   GEODERMA

Climate warming alters subsoil but not topsoil carbon dynamics in alpine grassland

(2019) Juan Jia et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Decoupling of topsoil and subsoil controls on organic matter dynamics in the Swiss Alps

(2018) Magalì Matteodo et al.   GEODERMA

Depth-dependent response of soil aggregates and soil organic carbon content to long-term elevated CO 2 in a temperate grassland soil

(2018) L. Keidel et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Root penetration in deep soil layers stimulates mineralization of millennia-old organic carbon

(2018) Tanvir Shahzad et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The ‘Invisible’ Subsoil: An Exploratory View of Societal Acceptance of Subsoil Management in Germany

(2018) Ana Frelih-Larsen et al.   Sustainability

Carbon dynamics in surface and deep soil in response to increasing litter addition rates in an agro-ecosystem

(2018) Tanvir Shahzad et al.   GEODERMA

Effects of maize roots on aggregate stability and enzyme activities in soil

(2017) Amit Kumar et al.   GEODERMA

Controlling factors for the stability of subsoil carbon in a Dystric Cambisol

(2017) Patrick Wordell-Dietrich et al.   GEODERMA

Patterns of nitrogen and citric acid induced changes in C-turnover and enzyme activities are different in topsoil and subsoils of a sandy Cambisol

(2017) Julian Heitkötter et al.   GEODERMA

Tree roots select specific bacterial communities in the subsurface critical zone

(2017) O. Nicolitch et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil biota contributions to soil aggregation

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

Priming effect increases with depth in a boreal forest soil

(2016) Kristiina Karhu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil Fungal:Bacterial Ratios Are Linked to Altered Carbon Cycling

(2016) Ashish A. Malik et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

FactoMineR: AnRPackage for Multivariate Analysis

(2015) Sébastien Lê et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Plant root and mycorrhizal fungal traits for understanding soil aggregation

(2014) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Measuring the soil-microbial interface: Extraction of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from soil biofilms

(2014) M.A. Redmile-Gordon et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Formation of millimetric-scale aggregates and associated retention of 13C–15N-labelled residues are greater in subsoil than topsoil

(2014) Vincent Poirier et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

AggModel: A soil organic matter model with measurable pools for use in incubation studies

(2013) M. Segoli et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Rate of soil-aggregate formation under different organic matter amendments-a short-term incubation experiment

(2013) Rouven Andruschkewitsch et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Temporal variation in surface and subsoil abundance and function of the soil microbial community in an arable soil

(2013) Susanne Kramer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Differential priming of soil carbon driven by soil depth and root impacts on carbon availability

(2013) Marie-Anne de Graaff et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A standardized method for the sampling of rhizosphere and rhizoplan soil bacteria associated to a herbaceous root system

(2012) Cindy D. C. Barillot et al.   ANNALS OF MICROBIOLOGY

Soil organic matter turnover is governed by accessibility not recalcitrance

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

Breeding crop plants with deep roots: their role in sustainable carbon, nutrient and water sequestration

(2011) D. B. Kell   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Organic matter stabilization in soil aggregates: Understanding the biogeochemical mechanisms that determine the fate of carbon inputs in soils

(2011) Louis V. Verchot et al.   GEODERMA

Relative importance of sorption versus aggregation for organic matter storage in subsoil horizons of two contrasting soils

(2010) C. Moni et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Deep soil organic matter—a key but poorly understood component of terrestrial C cycle

(2010) Cornelia Rumpel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Decomposition and stabilization of root litter in top- and subsoil horizons: what is the difference?

(2010) Muhammad Sanaullah et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Carbon dynamics in topsoil and in subsoil may be controlled by different regulatory mechanisms

(2009) CLÉMENCE SALOMÉ et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Rhizosphere: biophysics, biogeochemistry and ecological relevance

(2009) Philippe Hinsinger et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Elevated CO2 increases root exudation from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) seedlings as an N-mediated response

(2009) R. P. Phillips et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Sampling, defining, characterising and modeling the rhizosphere—the soil science tool box

(2008) Jörg Luster et al.   PLANT AND SOIL