Trends in microbial community composition and function by soil depth

D Naylor, R McClure, J Jansson - Microorganisms, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Microbial communities play important roles in soil health, contributing to processes such as
the turnover of organic matter and nutrient cycling. As soil edaphic properties such as …

Soil health and nutrient density: beyond organic vs. conventional farming

DR Montgomery, A Biklé - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Controversy has long surrounded the question of nutritional differences between crops
grown organically or using now-conventional methods, with studies dating back to the 1940s …

[HTML][HTML] Will fungi solve the carbon dilemma?

SE Hannula, E Morriën - Geoderma, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Soils are hotspots of diversity and sustain many globally important functions. Here we focus
on the most burning issue: how to keep soils as carbon sinks while maintaining their …

[HTML][HTML] Subsoiling and conversion to conservation tillage enriched nitrogen cycling bacterial communities in sandy soils under long-term maize monoculture

H Zhang, Y Shi, Y Dong, DR Lapen, J Liu… - Soil and Tillage …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Desertification degrades soil health and severely reduces crop productivity. Conventional
tillage practices can amplify these problems in arid and semi-arid regions. For semi-arid …

Changes of soil bacterial and fungal community structure along a natural aridity gradient in desert grassland ecosystems, Inner Mongolia

S Wang, X Zuo, T Awada, E Medima-Roldán, K Feng… - Catena, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Environmental aridity is increasing in several regions around the globe due to climate
change. However, little is known about microbial diversity and community responses to …

[HTML][HTML] Unexpectedly high diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in fertile Chernozem croplands in Central Europe

H Baltruschat, VM Santos, DKA da Silva… - Catena, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Highly fertile soils are considered to harbor low diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
(AMF), since plants might not depend on the mycorrhizal symbiosis to efficiently assimilate …

Land-use change affects the diversity and functionality of soil bacterial communities in semi-arid Chaco region, Argentina

E Viruel, CA Fontana, E Puglisi, JA Nasca… - Applied Soil …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The semi-arid Chaco ecoregion has been heavily affected by the conversion of pastures to
cropland. Our knowledge about the impact of land use change on soil microbial community …

Microbiomes and pathogen survival in crop residues, an ecotone between plant and soil

L Kerdraon, V Laval, F Suffert - Phytobiomes Journal, 2019‏ - Am Phytopath Society
The negative contribution of crop residues as a source of inoculum for plant diseases is well
established. However, microbial ecologists have long reported positive effects of residues …

Predicting microbial responses to changes in soil physical and chemical properties under different land management

S Sadeghi, BJ Petermann, JJ Steffan, EC Brevik… - Applied Soil …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Microbial abundance and community structure can be altered directly and indirectly by soil
physical and chemical characteristics which, in turn, can be influenced by land use …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of land use on the microbiological properties of urban soils

M Gómez-Brandón, C Herbón, M Probst, F Fornasier… - Applied Soil …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Advancing towards sustainable cities needs a better understanding of all components of
urban ecosystems, including soils, but the biological component of urban soils remains …