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Phosphorus availability drives the effect of legume-wheat intercropping on prokaryotic community interactions Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Emilio Lo Presti, Vanessa N. Kavamura, Maïder Abadie, Maurizio Romeo, Tessa E. Reid, Sigrid Heuer, Michele Monti, Tim H. Mauchline
Phosphorus (P) is a finite and pivotal resource in determining plant yield. Intercropping with legumes is frequently proposed to improve P nutrition in many crops such as wheat, and the greater yield and P uptake observed are mostly attributed to legumes' root exudation of organic acids and phosphatases, which modify rhizosphere chemistry. The same rhizosphere modification drives the selection of specific
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Short-term effects of biochar and compost on soil microbial community, C and N cycling, and lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) yield in a Mediterranean environment Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 L. Massaccesi, I. Nogués, V. Mazzurco Miritana, L. Passatore, M. Zacchini, F. Pietrini, S. Carloni, R. Marabottini, M.C. Moscatelli, S. Marinari
Despite the use of biochar as a soil amendment has been widely studied as a promising strategy for climate change mitigation, to date, due to the extremely heterogeneous nature of this material, there is not a general agreement of the scientific community about its soil amendment potential. In the present paper, a comprehensive approach has been adopted to test the short-term effects of biochar alone
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Effect of n-hexadecanoic acid on N2O emissions from vegetable soil and its synergism with Pseudomonas stutzeri NRCB010 Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Huanhuan Zhang, Chun Hu, Linmei Li, Peng Lei, Weishou Shen, Hong Xu, Nan Gao
Recently, it has been recommended to utilize specific plant root metabolites to decrease nitrous oxide (NO) emissions from agricultural soil. However, only a limited number of plant root metabolites have been shown to decrease soil NO emissions, and their combined effects with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, as well as the mechanisms involved in mitigating NO emissions, remain to be explored
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Impacts of short-term increased CO2 levels on the composition of amoA-type nitrifying and nirS-type denitrifying bacterial communities in soybean rhizosphere in Mollisols Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Zhiying Gao, Lili Guo, Yansheng Li, Jian Jin, Ying Xu, Xiaobing Liu, Zhenhua Yu
Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO) concentrations cause climate change, affecting the stability of agricultural ecosystems. Soil nitrification and denitrification, which are fundamental N cycling processes, determine soil N availability for plants, nitrous oxide (NO) emissions, and N flow in ecosystems. However, the responses of specific nitrifying and denitrifying soil microorganisms to increased
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Drought reduces peanut yield indirectly through regulating soil nematode community in a manipulative field experiment in central China Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Cancan Zhao, Rong Fan, Xiaolin Li, Like Fan, Liwei Zhang, Xinyu Yan, Xiang Zhao, Yuan Miao, Yanfeng Sun, Yuanhu Shao, Guoyong Li, Shenglei Fu
Drought is a direct limiting factor for crop yield. Drought may also greatly affect soil nematode community due to their dependence on soil water and indirectly reduce crop yield. However, the regulatory role of soil nematodes in this process is poorly understood. In this study, we conducted a manipulative field experiment to study the changes in soil nematode community and peanut yield along an experimental
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Untargeted metabolomics to study changes in soil microbial community in response to tillage practices Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Wenguang Li, Xiaoli Liu, Qing Xia, Zhiqiang Gao, Wei Zheng, Bingnian Zhai, Zhenping Yang
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Soil microbial functional diversity is primarily affected by soil nitrogen, salinity and alkalinity in wetland ecosystem Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Meng-Yuan Zhu, Zhen-Di Liu, Yan-Yu Song, Xian-Wei Wang, Jia-Bao Yuan, Meng-Ting Li, Yan-Jing Lou, Zhen-Ling Gao, Chang-Chun Song
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Microbial dynamics during in-situ organic matter decomposition reveals the importance of keystone taxa in the core microbiome Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Debarshi Dasgupta, Alan E. Richardson, Lennel A. Camuy-Vélez, Clive Kirkby, John A. Kirkegaard, Samiran Banerjee
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Asymmetric responses of autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration to simulated nitrogen deposition in a subalpine grassland Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Yuan Jiang, Weibin Li, Xiaoling Gan, Xiaoshuang Ye, Yanjing Jiang, Chuanyan Zhao
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Biofilm formation and maize root-colonization of seed-endophytic Bacilli isolated from native maize landraces Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Gabriela Gastélum, Alejandra Ángeles-Morales, Guillermo Arellano-Wattenbarger, Yaxk'in Coronado, Eduardo Guevara-Hernandez, Jorge Rocha
Agricultural microbiology seeks to replace the use of agrochemicals with microbe-based products. Plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) are often selected based on their functions , and then, their effect on plant development is tested. However, this approach neglects the study of their survival in soil, root-colonization, and the monitoring of beneficial functions in the rhizosphere. This could explain
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Assessing soil toxicity of the pharmaceutical nimesulide using edaphic fauna Enchytraeus crypticus Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Bruna de Jesus Moreira, Marta Siviero Guilherme Pires
With an increase in the generation of sewage sludge, there comes a demand for disposal methods for it, and agricultural use is a sustainable alternative. However, there are gaps regarding emerging pollutants, especially in the pharmaceutical class. Nimesulide - an anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical recently associated with liver damage and banned in some European countries - is among the most consumed
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Interaction between ectomycorrhizal and ericoid mycorrhizal plants decelerates stable soil organic matter decomposition Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Sylwia Adamczyk, Rashmi Shrestha, Bartosz Adamczyk, Chao Liang, Christina Biasi, Jussi Heinonsalo, Kristiina Karhu
Boreal forests are N-limited ecosystems storing globally significant amounts of carbon (C) belowground as soil organic matter (SOM). The significant role of mycorrhizal fungi, both ericoid (ERM) and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) in decomposition and building up SOM has been proposed, but it is still largely unknown how these two types of mycorrhiza interact in terms of SOM changes. Here we try to elucidate
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Succession of bacterial and fungal communities during the mud solarization of salt-making processing in a 1000-year-old marine solar saltern Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Ya-Li Wei, Zi-Jie Long, Zhen-Dong Li, Ming-Xun Ren
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Overview of vegetation factors related to the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their interactions in karst areas Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Ying Li, Zhongfeng Zhang, Shuhui Tan, Limin Yu, ChunGui Tang, Yeming You
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can play an important role in the ecological restoration of karst areas. They form symbiotic relationships with most karst plants and improve the stress resistance of the host plants. Vegetation-related factors are important determinants of AMF diversity, and AMF diversity is elevated in highly heterogeneous karst areas. Several studies have evaluated the relationships
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Phosphorus fertilizer application shifts the rhizosphere bacterial community and their carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus-cycle genes in a Phoebe bournei young plantation Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Ying Zhang, Gongxiu He, Lili Yang, Shizhi Wen, Jiaorong Yan, Bowen Min, Tieshuang Peng, Li Ji
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Soil microbial community variation in vanadium-enriched farmland surrounding vanadium titanomagnetite tailing in Southwest China Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-31 Yunxia Fu, Mingxing Li, Jianpeng Li, Dilin Chen, Tianhui Ye, Can Wang, Fangfang Yan, Zhongping Qiu
Long-term vanadium titanomagnetite (VTM) mining in Panzhihua, China, leads to severe metal pollution in the adjacent agricultural soil, which causes great environmental and health concerns. In this study, the farmland soils with different plants (Grape, Mango, Tobacco, Corn) were collected near titanium-magnetite tailing in the Panzhihua area to investigate the metals (V, Fe, Mn, Ti) contamination
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A soil health assessment tool for vegetable cropping systems in tropical soils based on beta-glucosidase, arylsulfatase, and soil organic carbon Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Roberto Guimarães Carneiro, Cícero Célio de Figueiredo, Juaci Vitoria Malaquias, Ieda Carvalho Mendes
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Carbon sequestration potential of biochar in soil from the perspective of organic carbon structural modification Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Lanfang Han, Cuiling Lu, Liying Chen, Fayuan Wang, Qi’ang Chen, Kuo Gao, Yuanyuan Yu, Chao Xu
Application of biochar derived from biomass resources in soil is an encouraging method to decelerate global warming via carbon sequestration. While there has been extensive research on the priming effect of biochar on the mineralization of native soil organic carbon (nSOC), its correlation with soil organic carbon (SOC) structural variations remains poorly understood. A series of incubation experiments
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Soil dependence of biochar composts in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions: An overlooked biophysical mechanism Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Jialin Hu, K. Taylor Cyle, Wenqiao Yuan, Wei Shi
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Elevated CO2 enhanced the incorporation of 13C-residue into plant but depressed it in the microbe in the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) rhizosphere soils Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Hehua Wang, Haoxin Fan, Ningguo Zheng, Huaiying Yao
The translation of plant residue carbon in plant–soil–microbe systems under atmospheric CO (aCO) and elevated CO (eCO) is key to understanding the response of ecosystems to climatic change. Using stable isotope probing technology, we conducted an experiment on 3.5 g·kg tomato C-residue (1050 ‰) added to tomato soils to investigate the decomposition and incorporation of C-residue under varied CO concentrations
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Assessing the effects of microwave heat disturbance on soil microbial communities in Australian agricultural environments: A microcosm study Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Muhammad J. Khan, Graham Brodie, Stephanie D. Jurburg, Qinglin Chen, Hang-Wei Hu, Dorin Gupta, Scott W. Mattner, Ji-Zheng He
Weeds reduce agricultural productivity by competing for resources intended for crops. Recently, the deactivation of weed seedbanks by microwave (MW) radiation has been developed as a chemical-free weed management practice. It is unknown, if these extreme heat disturbances permanently alter the soil microbiome of different farming systems. We performed a microcosm experiment to quantify the immediate
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Labile and recalcitrant carbon inputs differ in their effects on microbial phosphorus transformation in a flooded paddy soil with rice (Oryza sativa L.) Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Yanlan Huang, Zhongmin Dai, Caixian Tang, Jianming Xu
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Role of generalists, specialists and opportunists in Nitrospira community assembly in soil aggregates from nearby cropland and grassland areas in a campus Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Yunxi Jiang, Shun Han, Xuesong Luo
Nitrospirota is an essential contributor to nitrification. However, the community assembly mechanism of such organisms in soil aggregates from nearby but different ecosystems is unclear. We quantitatively measured the relative contributions of generalists, opportunists and specialists to the community assembly. were more abundant in agricultural soils than in grasslands and were relatively enriched
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Contrasting change patterns of lignin and microbial necromass carbon and the determinants in a chronosequence of subtropical Pinus massoniana plantations Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Jianwen Hu, Changfu Liu, Mengmeng Gou, Lei Lei, Huiling Chen, Jiajia Zhang, Na Wang, Sufeng Zhu, Ruyuan Hu, Wenfa Xiao
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Fertilizer regime and cultivar affect barley growth and rhizobiome composition Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Nikolaj L. Kindtler, Sanea Sheikh, Jesper Richardy, Emilie Krogh, Lorrie Maccario, Mette Vestergård, Rute R. da Fonseca, Flemming Ekelund, Kristian H. Laursen
To combat climate change and environmental pollution, agriculture must reduce mineral fertilizer use and adopt sustainable, low-input, and organic practices. In such systems, plants depend on the soil microbiome for nutrient acquisition and growth. Thus, enhancing plant-microbiome interactions is vital for maintaining or even increasing production sustainably. Modern plant breeding has led to barley
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Soil fungal composition under decomposing deadwood is largely affected by tree bark density rather than soil properties Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Li Fang, Yue Wang, Muhammad Fahad Sardar, Caixian Tang, Tao Fang, Jianhang Du, Enrong Yan, Qianqian Zhang, Yongchun Li
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High starch and hemicellulose labile C degradation functional genes increase soil CO2 emissions follow straw return Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Jin Li, Jiaqi Li, Xuhong Ye, Bol Roland, Xinxin Jin, Yanyu Han, Na Yu, Hongtao Zou
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Multiple nutrient limitation of the soil micro-food web in a tropical grassland revealed by nutrient-omission fertilization Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-24 Jean Trap, Manoa Raminoarison, Aurélie Cébron, Kanto Razanamalala, Tantely Razafimbelo, Thierry Becquer, Claude Plassard, Eric Blanchart, Laetitia Bernard
Although involved in key functions of the terrestrial ecosystems, the activity and the diversity of soil microorganisms can be severely limited by energy and nutrients in weathered tropical soils. To optimize nutrient cycling for crop nutrition, assessing which nutrients limit the activity of the microbial food web is thus essential. This was our aim in this study carried out on a tropical ferrallitic
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Long-term restoration with organic amendments is clearer evidenced by soil organic matter composition than by changes in microbial taxonomy and functionality Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 José A. Siles, José M. De la Rosa, José A. González-Pérez, Vanesa Fernández-Pérez, Celia García-Díaz, José L. Moreno, Carlos García, Felipe Bastida
Here, a degraded soil, located in a semi-arid Mediterranean region, was characterized 17 years after organic amendment with sludge or compost (differing in their stabilization degree) for restoration purposes. To do this, (i) soil physicochemical properties and plant cover, (ii) soil organic matter (SOM) content and composition, (iii) soil basal respiration and enzymatic activities, and (iv) abundance
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Will the beneficial properties of plant-growth promoting bacteria be affected by waterlogging predicted in the wake of climate change: A model study Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Helena Senko, Sanja Kajić, Anastazija Huđ, Goran Palijan, Marko Petek, Ivana Rajnović, Dunja Šamec, Nikolina Udiković-Kolić, Armin Mešić, Lidija Brkljačić, Ines Petrić
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Temporal dynamics of rhizosphere bacterial community in the Robinia pseudoacacia–Mesorhizobium loti symbiotic system for remediation of cadmium-contaminated soils Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Le Yang, Xing Ma, Jing Wang, Kang Zhang, Zhen Yang, Jiajia Li, Xinyi Liu, Pengyue Wu, Yanbing Lin, Zhouping Shangguan, Miaochun Fan
Rhizobia can be used to enhance the phytoremediation of cadmium-contaminated soils by legumes, and a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing system has been shown to reshape the structure of rhizosphere microbiota in a mining area. However, little is known about the temporal dynamics and possible roles of rhizosphere microbiota in rhizobia-enhanced phytoremediation. A rhizobox experiment was conducted using alone
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Root rot induces a core assemblage of bacterial microbiome to prevent disease infection in Sanqi ginseng Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Baoying Wang, Qing Xia, Yulan Lin, Fugang Wei, Shaozhou Yang, Chuanchao Dai, Xinqi Huang, Jinbo Zhang, Zucong Cai, Jun Zhao
Plants rely on rhizosphere microbes as the first line of defense against pathogen invasion and for maintaining the health of itself. Increasing evidence suggests that plants recruit beneficial microbes to the roots, strengthening their resistance to pathogens. However, the response of the rhizosphere core bacterial microbiome to root rot infection remains largely unclear. In this study, we investigated
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Ancient prairies as a reference for soil organic carbon content and microbial community structure Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Samuel Lord, Kristen S. Veum, Lauren L. Sullivan, Stephen H. Anderson, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Kerry Clark
The historic remnant prairies of Missouri display diversity above and below the soil surface and represent the few remaining acres of unconverted grassland habitat in the state. The soil microbiome is foundational to nutrient acquisition, resource partitioning, and ecosystem resilience; therefore, the intact plant-soil interactions of remnant prairies can serve as a reference for microbial community
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Subtle microbial community changes despite rapid glyphosate degradation in microcosms with four German agricultural soils Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Adrian Langarica-Fuentes, Daniel Straub, Benedikt Wimmer, Katharine Thompson, Sven Nahnsen, Carolin Huhn, Sara Kleindienst
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Soil quality reflects microbial resource availability and drives rhizosphere microbiome variation in Ghanaian cocoa farms Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Jennifer Schmidt, Shalom D. Addo-Danso, Richard Asare, Abigail Tettey, Marney E. Isaac
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Whole soil fatty acid lipidic signature discriminates agriculture intensification in no-till systems Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 A.E. Ferrari, J.M. Covelli, L.G. Wall
Argentinean farmers are adopting alternative agricultural systems based on diversification and intensification of crop rotations in no-till agriculture in order to improve soil health and recover degraded soils after years of monocropping. This is achieved by reducing fallow periods, increasing the intensity of crop rotations with maize and soybean in summer, and establishing different winter crops
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Value of food waste-derived fertilisers on soil chemistry, microbial function and crop productivity Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 James O'Connor, Bede S. Mickan, Sun K. Gurung, Christopher H. Bühlmann, Sasha N. Jenkins, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, Matthias Leopold, Nanthi S. Bolan
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Responses of soil bacterial and fungal community structure and functions to different plant species in a mixed forest plantation in a semi-arid region of China Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Xiaodong Ma, Junliang Zou, Juying Wu
Soil microbial communities play important roles in biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem functioning. However, how tree and grass species affect soil microbial structure and functions in semi-arid regions is poorly understood. In this study, we used sequencing of representative genes and bioinformatic analysis to compare the soil bacterial and fungal communities and their functional groups among legume
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The impact of reclamation and vegetation removal on compositional and functional attributes of soil microbial communities in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Juan Camilo Santana-Martinez, Angelica M. Aguirre-Monroy, M. Derek MacKenzie, Brian D. Lanoil
Large-scale mining for oil extraction in the boreal forests of Northern Alberta has led to a disturbance footprint of ~900 km of land; which must be reclaimed to equivalent land capabilities. Microorganisms are sensitive to anthropogenic disturbances and play an essential role in the cycling of soil nutrients and plant growth, making them potential indicators of ecosystem function. Thus, the objective
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Bacterial community assembly based on pineapple-associated compartment rather than genotype Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Maoxing Zhang, Zhiquan Cai
We present the first study to unravel bacterial community composition and assembly in a field-grown common garden of six contrasting pineapple cultivars in a subtropical region. Bacterial communities of plant-associated compartments (i.e., rhizosphere, root, stem, leaf and fruit) of each cultivar at the premature stage were compared. We found that alpha diversity differed between plant compartments
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The distribution and establishment of non-native earthworm populations and their impact on organic layer thickness in the Acadian Forest Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Robert W. Buchkowski, Erin K. Cameron, Werner A. Kurz, Jérôme Laganière
The distribution and impacts of non-native earthworms are poorly documented in Atlantic Canada meaning that we have limited knowledge about the relationship between earthworms and forest properties. To address this knowledge gap, we surveyed earthworms and sampled the soil organic layer in 41 forest stands located in New Brunswick to investigate their relationship with forest properties and impact
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Valuable non-food crops for biochar-assisted phytoremediation of contaminated soils: The case of cardoon, rapeseed and safflower Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Stefania Diquattro, Maria Vittoria Pinna, Matteo Garau, Antonio Pulina, Lia Obinu, Andrea Porceddu, Pier Paolo Roggero, Paola Castaldi, Giovanni Garau
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Long-term fertilization differentially increased the CAZyme encoding genes responsible for soil organic matter decomposition under winter wheat on the Loess Plateau of China Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Mengmeng Wen, Caidi Yang, Yang Liu, Nannan Zhang, Yinyan Liang, Ying Dou, Fazhu Zhao, Jun Wang
Long-term fertilization greatly affects soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition in cropping systems, but less information was related to carbohydrate active enzyme (CAZyme) encoding genes in decomposing the components that derived from plant and microbial biomass. Using high-throughput metagenomic sequencing, the responses of CAZyme encoding genes to 35-yr fertilization were assessed in a winter wheat
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Root exudation drives abiotic stress tolerance in plants by recruiting beneficial microbes Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Bhaskar Jyoti Parasar, Indrani Sharma, Niraj Agarwala
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Contrasting fungal functional groups influence nutrient cycling across four Japanese cool-temperate forest soils Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Felix Seidel, Carles Castaño, Josu G. Alday, M. Larry Lopez C., José Antonio Bonet
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The potential ability of fungi in preventing cadmium accumulation in wheat seedlings grown in weakly alkaline soils: Evidence from the application of fungicide Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Chenghao Ge, Yixuan Wang, Wenyan Ma, Hafiz Adeel Ahmad, Cheng Cheng, Hong-Bo Li, Dongmei Zhou
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Animal manures increased maize yield by promoting microbial activities and inorganic phosphorus transformation in reclaimed soil aggregates Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Xiaodong Sun, Wenjun Gao, Haipeng Li, Jie Zhang, Andong Cai, Minggang Xu, Xianjun Hao
Animal manures positively affect soil microbial activity and inorganic phosphorus (Pi) accumulation. However, how different types of manures affect microbial-driven Pi transformation at the aggregate scale is largely unclear. Here, we conducted a field experiment focused on maize cultivation in a reclamation site. Five fertilization treatments included no fertilizer (CK), chemical fertilizer (CF),
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Living mulches present tradeoffs between soil nutrient cycling and competition during establishment of tea in an organic production system Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Shannon McAmis, HeeSung Bae, Andrew Ogram, Bala Rathinasabapathi, Brantlee Spakes Richter
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Organic matter inputs and earthworm inoculation enhance C storage in tropical soils following application of the FBO technology Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Buitrago Maria Camila, Garcia Amauri, Lavelle Patrick, Velasquez Elena
We evaluated the potential of the FBO (Fertilisation Bio Organique ®) technology to store carbon provided in the form of organic fertilizer in a Colombian plantain banana plantation. FBO is an agroecological technique which consists of adding low- and high-quality organic materials and endogeic earthworms in a specific design in 1.0 × 0.4 × 0.3 m deep trenches where perennial plants are further planted
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No effect on biological or chemical soil properties when amended with effective microorganisms for improved cover crop decomposition Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Simon Oberholzer, Christa Herrmann, Natacha Bodenhausen, Hans-Martin Krause, Adrien Mestrot, Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, Klaus A. Jarosch
The implementation of cover crops into a crop rotation can contribute to a more sustainable soil management. For the improved decomposition of cover crop residues, the commercial inoculant Effective Microorganisms® (EM) is increasingly applied. Despite its extensive application, comprehensive studies on the effect of EM application on soil processes are lacking, since rarely a clean differentiation
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Responses of soil microbial communities and nutrient dynamics under continuous alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivation Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Peiyan Qin, Long Hu, Yidan Liu, Xiao Hu, Xike Zhang, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Gehong Wei, Chun Chen
Alfalfa ( L.) cultivation is a widespread soil erosion prevention measure in the Loess Plateau of China. However, long-term continuous alfalfa cultivation can adversely affect soil physical, chemical, and biological properties. Previous studies have primarily assessed the effects of continuous alfalfa cultivation on soil physical and chemical properties, whereas the dynamics of microbial communities
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Cultivar governs plant response to inoculation with single isolates and the microbiome associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Cristina Rotoni, Marcio F.A. Leite, Lina C. Wong, Cátia S.D. Pinto, Sidney L. Stürmer, Agata Pijl, Eiko E. Kuramae
Plant Growth-Promoting Microbes (PGPM) have the potential to enhance sustainable agriculture, but there is still a limited understanding of how the complex interplay between plant genetic variability, the native soil community, and soil nutrients affects PGPM recruitment. To address this challenge, we investigated the impact of bacteria isolates and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) along with their
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Mineral protection explains the elevational variation of temperature sensitivity of soil carbon decomposition in the Eastern Himalaya Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Lei Hou, Yufan Liang, Chuankuan Wang, Zhenghu Zhou
The pace of climate warming increases with elevation, quantifying the temperature sensitivity of soil carbon (C) decomposition () along the “natural temperature gradient” consequently can provide a better understanding for soil C-climate change feedback. Here, we collected soils from five well-protected forest ecosystems across an elevational gradient ranging from 841 m to 3445 m in the Eastern Himalaya
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi originated from soils with a fertility gradient highlight a strong intraspecies functional variability Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Valentina Marrassini, Laura Ercoli, Eiko E. Kuramae, George A. Kowalchuk, Elisa Pellegrino
Characterization and selection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) taxa to design inocula tailored to meet a spectrum of needs is a crucial first step to achieve specific beneficial agronomic functions. Commonly, commercial microbial inocula are based on generalist single AM fungal taxa, having low genetic variability and not offering efficiency and stability when applied in agroecosystems. In this
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Climate and soil properties shape latitudinal patterns of soil extracellular enzyme activity and stoichiometry: Evidence from Southwest China Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Tinghui Yang, Xiaojuan Li, Bin Hu, Fanglan Li, Dandan Wei, Zilong Wang, Long Huang, Weikai Bao
Determining the patterns and environmental regulatory conditions of soil extracellular enzyme activity (EEA) across latitudinal gradients is crucial for understanding microbial biogeography and contributes to predicting how soil biogeochemical cycles respond to environmental changes. However, knowledge of the latitudinal patterns in soil EEA and stoichiometry, as well as their drivers, remains limited
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Soil microplastics: Impacts on greenhouse gasses emissions, carbon cycling, microbial diversity, and soil characteristics Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Ismail Khan, Muhammad Tariq, Khulood Fahad Alabbosh, Abdul Rehman, Abdul Jalal, Asif Ali Khan, Muhammad Farooq, Guanlin Li, Babar Iqbal, Naveed Ahmad, Khalid Ali Khan, Daolin Du
Microplastics are a significant environmental challenge, with growing concerns about their prevalence in soil ecosystems. It may affect the physicochemical characteristics of soil, cycling of nutrients, and a variety of microbial organisms. In addition, microplastics affect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane. The mechanism through which microplastic
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Extreme precipitation alters soil nitrogen cycling related microbial community in karst abandoned farmland Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Yuzhen Suolang, Weixue Luo, Jingwen Ma, Ying Zan, Yulin Yu, Maji Wan, Jiajia Yuan, Jinchun Liu, Jianping Tao
Precipitation varies significantly in the southwest China karst regions, with a significant increase in the number of years with abnormally low precipitation during the rainy season and longer dry periods. Soil moisture and nitrogen chemical patterns are the main limiting factors for plant growth in this region. However, there are fewer studies on the impact of extreme precipitation on soil nitrogen
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The priming effect patterns linked to the dominant bacterial keystone taxa during different straw tissues incorporation into Mollisols in Northeast China Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Qilin Zhang, Xinrui Lu, Guoshuang Chen, Nana Luo, Jing Sun, Xiujun Li, Ezemaduka Anastasia Ngozi
The incorporation of crop residues (e.g., maize straw) into the soil could promote or inhibit soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization by affecting microbial activity, which is known as the priming effect (PE), and is a pivotal mechanism of the soil C cycle. However, the microbial community structure underlying PE remains elusive. Furthermore, the effects of crop residues on PE are poorly understood
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia accelerate plant growth and N accumulation and contribution to soil total N in white clover by difficultly extractable glomalin-related soil protein Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Hai-Yang Yu, Wan-Xia He, Ying-Ning Zou, Mashael Daghash Alqahtani, Qiang-Sheng Wu
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobia are soil symbiotic microorganisms involved in plant nitrogen (N) acquisition, whereas it is unclear how single or combined inoculation of both contributes to soil total N in legume crops. This study analyzed the effects of single or combined inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus () and rhizobium ( bv. ) on growth performance, root soluble protein,
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Responses of bacterial and fungal communities to short-term nitrogen and phosphorus additions in temperate forest soil aggregates in northeastern China Appl. Soil Ecol. (IF 4.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Ying Yu, Lixin Chen, Wenbiao Duan
With the widespread use of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizers, increased N and P deposition also regulate microbial growth by altering the effectiveness of forest soil nutrients. Soil microbes residing within or among soil aggregates serve as functional components of soil ecosystems and serve as sources and reservoirs of soil nutrients capable of reflecting minor alterations in soil ecosystems