Clarifying the evidence for microbial‐and plant‐derived soil organic matter, and the path toward a more quantitative understanding

ED Whalen, AS Grandy, NW Sokol… - Global Change …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Predicting and mitigating changes in soil carbon (C) stocks under global change requires a
coherent understanding of the factors regulating soil organic matter (SOM) formation and …

Microaggregates in soils

KU Totsche, W Amelung, MH Gerzabek… - Journal of Plant …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
All soils harbor microaggregates, ie, compound soil structures smaller than 250 µm. These
microaggregates are composed of diverse mineral, organic and biotic materials that are …

The importance of anabolism in microbial control over soil carbon storage

C Liang, JP Schimel, JD Jastrow - Nature microbiology, 2017‏ - nature.com
Studies of the decomposition, transformation and stabilization of soil organic matter (SOM)
have dramatically increased in recent years owing to growing interest in studying the global …

Fungi determine increased soil organic carbon more than bacteria through their necromass inputs in conservation tillage croplands

Y Yang, H **e, Z Mao, X Bao, H He, X Zhang… - Soil Biology and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Stover mulching over no-till soil is regarded as a promising practice to increase soil organic
carbon (SOC) in croplands against climate change. Microbial necromass is a significant …

A stoichiometric approach to estimate sources of mineral‐associated soil organic matter

Y Chang, NW Sokol, KJ van Groenigen… - Global Change …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mineral‐associated soil organic matter (MAOM) is the largest, slowest cycling pool of carbon
(C) in the terrestrial biosphere. MAOM is primarily derived from plant and microbial sources …

Environmental and microbial controls on microbial necromass recycling, an important precursor for soil carbon stabilization

KM Buckeridge, KE Mason, NP McNamara… - … Earth & Environment, 2020‏ - nature.com
There is an emerging consensus that microbial necromass carbon is the primary constituent
of stable soil carbon, yet the controls on the stabilization process are unknown. Prior to …

Biochar built soil carbon over a decade by stabilizing rhizodeposits

Z Weng, L Van Zwieten, BP Singh, E Tavakkoli… - Nature Climate …, 2017‏ - nature.com
Biochar can increase the stable C content of soil. However, studies on the longer-term role
of plant–soil–biochar interactions and the consequent changes to native soil organic carbon …

Emergent properties of microbial activity in heterogeneous soil microenvironments: different research approaches are slowly converging, yet major challenges remain

PC Baveye, W Otten, A Kravchenko… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Over the last 60 years, soil microbiologists have accumulated a wealth of experimental data
showing that the bulk, macroscopic parameters (eg, granulometry, pH, soil organic matter …

Organo–organic and organo–mineral interfaces in soil at the nanometer scale

AR Possinger, MJ Zachman, A Enders… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
The capacity of soil as a carbon (C) sink is mediated by interactions between organic matter
and mineral phases. However, previously proposed layered accumulation of organic matter …

What do we know about soil carbon destabilization?

VL Bailey, CH Pries, K Lajtha - Environmental Research Letters, 2019‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Most empirical and modeling research on soil carbon (C) dynamics has focused on those
processes that control and promote C stabilization. However, we lack a strong …