A review of soil carbon dynamics resulting from agricultural practices

F Abbas, HM Hammad, W Ishaq, AA Farooque… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Literature related to the carbon cycle and climate contains contradictory results with regard
to whether agricultural practices increase or mitigate emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) …

Review and synthesis of the effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on soil processes: No changes in pools, but increased fluxes and accelerated cycles

Y Kuzyakov, WR Horwath, M Dorodnikov… - Soil Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Atmospheric change encompassing a rising carbon dioxide (CO 2) concentration is one
component of Global Change that affects various ecosystem processes and functions. The …

Silicon in the soil–plant continuum: Intricate feedback mechanisms within ecosystems

O Katz, D Puppe, D Kaczorek, NB Prakash, J Schaller - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plants' ability to take up silicon from the soil, accumulate it within their tissues and then
reincorporate it into the soil through litter creates an intricate network of feedback …

Carbon mineralization: from natural analogues to engineered systems

IM Power, AL Harrison, GM Dipple… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Carbon mineralization sequesters CO2 by reaction of alkaline earth metal bearing silicate
and hydroxide minerals with CO2 to form stable carbonate minerals. Seifritz (1990) …

Theory and application of a Si-based defense barrier for plants: Implications for soil-plant-atmosphere system health

Z Pang, H Peng, S Lin, Y Liang - Critical Reviews in Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Due to the frequent occurrence of extreme weather and severe environmental pollution, food
security and human survival are at risk. Silicon, a key element in plant nutrition and …

Soil processes drive the biological silicon feedback loop

JT Cornelis, B Delvaux - Functional Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Soil is the primary source of plant silicon (Si) and therefore a key reservoir of the Si
biological cycling. Soil processes control the stock of Si‐bearing minerals and the release of …

Phytolith‐rich biochar: A potential Si fertilizer in desilicated soils

Z Li, B Delvaux - Gcb Bioenergy, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Silicon (Si) is beneficial to plants since it increases photosynthetic efficiency, and alleviates
biotic and abiotic stresses. In the most highly weathered and desilicated soils, plant …

Towards a new generation of trait-flexible vegetation models

F Berzaghi, IJ Wright, K Kramer… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
Plant trait variability, emerging from eco-evolutionary dynamics that range from alleles to
macroecological scales, is one of the most elusive, but possibly most consequential, aspects …

High potential of stable carbon sequestration in phytoliths of China's grasslands

Z Song, Y Wu, Y Yang, X Zhang… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phytolith carbon (C) sequestration plays a key role in mitigating global climate change at a
centennial to millennial time scale. However, previous estimates of phytolith‐occluded …

New insight into the mechanisms of preferential encapsulation of metal (loid) s by wheat phytoliths under silicon nanoparticle amendment

L Liu, Z Song, J Tang, Q Li, B Sarkar, RM Ellam… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) have been widely used to immobilize toxic trace metal (loid) s
(TTMs) in contaminated croplands. However, the effect and mechanisms of SiNP application …