Soil structure and microbiome functions in agroecosystems

M Hartmann, J Six - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2023‏ - nature.com
Soil microbiomes drive key functions in agroecosystems, determining soil fertility, crop
productivity and stress tolerance. The microbiome is intricately linked with soil structure …

Effects of surface coal mining and land reclamation on soil properties: A review

Y Feng, J Wang, Z Bai, L Reading - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Opencast coal mining has a series of consequences on land resources and places
enormous pressure on the ecological environment. Strip**, excavation, transportation and …

Erosion reduces soil microbial diversity, network complexity and multifunctionality

L Qiu, Q Zhang, H Zhu, PB Reich, S Banerjee… - The ISME …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
While soil erosion drives land degradation, the impact of erosion on soil microbial
communities and multiple soil functions remains unclear. This hinders our ability to assess …

Changes in soil bacterial and fungal community composition and functional groups during the succession of boreal forests

S Jiang, Y **ng, G Liu, C Hu, X Wang, G Yan… - Soil Biology and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Clarifying the response of soil microbial communities and their potential functions during
succession is of great significance for understanding the biogeochemical processes and the …

Updating the 97% identity threshold for 16S ribosomal RNA OTUs

RC Edgar - Bioinformatics, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Motivation The 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene is widely used to survey microbial
communities. Sequences are often clustered into Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) as …

Effects of biochar application in forest ecosystems on soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions: a review

Y Li, S Hu, J Chen, K Müller, Y Li, W Fu, Z Lin… - Journal of Soils and …, 2018‏ - Springer
Purpose Forests play a critical role in terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycling and the mitigation
of global climate change. Intensive forest management and global climate change have had …

Distinct soil microbial diversity under long-term organic and conventional farming

M Hartmann, B Frey, J Mayer, P Mäder… - The ISME …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Low-input agricultural systems aim at reducing the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides
in order to improve sustainable production and ecosystem health. Despite the integral role of …

Nitrogen and rice straw incorporation impact nitrogen use efficiency, soil nitrogen pools and enzyme activity in rice-wheat system in north-western India

S Sharma, P Singh, OP Choudhary - Field Crops Research, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The long-term sustainability of rice-wheat system (RWS) requires robust interventions such
as recycling of rice straw (RS) to improve soil health and minimal impact on environment …

Application of multivariate statistical techniques in microbial ecology

O Paliy, V Shankar - Molecular ecology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in high‐throughput methods of molecular analyses have led to an
explosion of studies generating large‐scale ecological data sets. In particular, noticeable …

Sustainable Forest Operations (SFO): A new paradigm in a changing world and climate

E Marchi, W Chung, R Visser, D Abbas… - Science of the Total …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The effective implementation of sustainable forest management depends largely on carrying
out forest operations in a sustainable manner. Climate change, as well as the increasing …