The contentious nature of soil organic matter

J Lehmann, M Kleber - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The exchange of nutrients, energy and carbon between soil organic matter, the soil
environment, aquatic systems and the atmosphere is important for agricultural productivity …

Glycoproteins of arbuscular mycorrhiza for soil carbon sequestration: Review of mechanisms and controls

R Agnihotri, MP Sharma, A Prakash, A Ramesh… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Glycoproteins, eg, glomalin related soil proteins (GRSP), are sticky organic substances
produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). This review summarizes the information on …

Glomalin–Truths, myths, and the future of this elusive soil glycoprotein

J Holátko, M Brtnický, J Kučerík, M Kotianová… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The term “Glomalin” was originally used to describe a hypothetical gene product of
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) that was assumed to be a nearly ubiquitous …

Vindication of humic substances as a key component of organic matter in soil and water

MHB Hayes, RS Swift - Advances in Agronomy, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil organic matter is a complex mixture partly of recognizable, largely unaltered plant
components plus a group of highly modified materials that bear no morphological …

Soil protein as a rapid soil health indicator of potentially available organic nitrogen

TT Hurisso, DJ Moebius‐Clune… - Agricultural & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Core Ideas The extraction protocol for “glomalin” extracts protein from a wide variety of
sources. The term glomalin or glomalin‐related soil protein is inaccurate and limits the utility …

The role of glomalin in mitigation of multiple soil degradation problems

AK Singh, X Zhu, C Chen, J Wu, B Yang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
There is a direct link between the increasing human population and soil degradation that
raises current and future food security concerns. Soil amelioration using beneficial …

Contribution of glomalin-related soil proteins to soil organic carbon in trifoliate orange

JD He, GG Chi, YN Zou, B Shu, QS Wu… - Applied Soil …, 2020 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) produce glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) that
influences organic carbon (C) storage in soil; however, how much purified GRSP fractions …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of two colorimetric assays, based upon Lowry and Bradford techniques, to estimate total protein in soil extracts

MA Redmile-Gordon, E Armenise, RP White… - Soil Biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Soil extracts usually contain large quantities of dissolved humified organic material, typically
reflected by high polyphenolic content. Since polyphenols seriously confound quantification …

A critical review of 25 years of glomalin research: a better mechanical understanding and robust quantification techniques are required

TB Irving, B Alptekin, B Kleven, JM Ané - New Phytologist, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are important contributors to both plant and soil health.
Twenty‐five years ago, researchers discovered 'glomalin', a soil component potentially …

[HTML][HTML] Soil organic carbon, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and soil structural stability as affected by previous and current land-use

M Redmile-Gordon, AS Gregory, RP White, CW Watts - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
While soil microbial ecology, soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil physical quality are widely
understood to be interrelated—the underlying drivers of emergent properties, from land …