Knowledge of long-term phosphorus behavior is essential to improve soil structure, nutrient supply potential, and the sustainability of cropping systems. A 45-year long-term experimental trial was used to observe organic phosphorus fractionation and...
The present study aims to test and evaluate the efficiency of a new modified method of organic matter evaluation. It allows the assessment of the quality and quantity of the primary soil organic matter and the stable organic fractions separately. The...
The application of green manure is a common way to increase the soil’s level of total organic carbon (TOC) and its fractions. However, the amount of green manure to apply and how the combined application of phosphate fertilizer affects the move...
Soil labile organic carbon (C) fractions play a key role in agricultural soil fertility. However, the effects of long-term organic substitution regimes on soil organic carbon (SOC), its labile fractions, stability, and vegetable yields as well as the...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a critical component of the soil carbon pool, significantly influencing soil fertility and forest ecosystem productivity. Eucalyptus grandis (Rose Gum), one of the most widely introduced and economically valuable fast-gro...
Revealing the changes in organic carbon (OC) and labile organic carbon (LOC) fractions in soil aggregates is of great significance for better understanding of soil carbon sources and carbon sink effects in tea plantations. In this study, soil samples...
Changes in the organic carbon fraction and mineralization of soil aggregates play an important role in the improvement of soil quality by organic fertilization. Nevertheless, the effects of organic fertilizer application on the organic carbon fractio...
Understanding phosphorus (P) dynamics in tropical sandy soil treated with organic residues of contrasting quality is crucial for P management using organic amendments. This research determined P fractions in a tropical sandy soil under the applicatio...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration is closely related to soil quality and climate change. The objectives of this study were to estimate the effects of contemporary land use on SOC concentrations at 0–20 cm depths, and to investigate the dy...
Land use practices are a key driver of soil nitrogen (N) dynamics, yet their influence on N accumulation within distinct soil organic matter (SOM) fractions remains insufficiently understood. This study aimed to elucidate the responses of N accrual i...
Studying the impact of typical vegetation types in forest conversion zones on soil organic carbon (SOC) structure and stability is crucial for developing terrestrial ecosystem carbon sequestration strategies. In this study, we selected three typical...
The aim of the study was to present effects of soil properties, especially moisture, on the quantity and quality of soil organic matter. The investigation was performed in the Czarna Rózga Reserve in Central Poland. Forty circular test areas were loc...
This study aimed to explore the impact paths on soil organic carbon and crop yield of completely or partially substituting chemical N fertilizer with organic fertilizers. A four-year field experiment was conducted and included four treatments: (i) N0...
The depletion of soil organic matter (SOM) reserve after deforestation and subsequent management practices are well documented, but the impacts of land-use change on the persistence and vulnerability of storage C and N remain uncertain. We investigat...
Combining rice cultivation and aquaculture into an integrated cropping system is a management approach that enhances the sustainability of rice fields. However, how soil characteristics influence soil microbial community characteristics following imp...
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For minimizing the transport of antibiotics to groundwater, the migration of antibiotics in soils should be investigated. Soil organic matter can affect the migration of antibiotics. To date, the influence of aromatics and aliphatic content of organi...
Estuarine intertidal sediments are important sinks for riverine mercury (Hg), yet the effects of organic matter sources and BC fractions on Hg partitioning are still poorly understood. We analyzed sediments from reed-covered and unvegetated flats in...
The effects of plant configuration modes on soil organic carbon fractions are mainly reflected in plant species, root structure, apoplastic input, and microbial activity, and different plant configuration modes affect the accumulation and stability o...
The influence of long-term chemical fertilization in paddy soils is based on the interaction between labile carbon and phosphorus fractions and the manner in which this influences soil organic carbon (SOC). Four soil depths (0–30 cm) were analy...
Soil salinization is a serious threat to agricultural productivity and organic carbon cycling; however, the mechanisms by which carbon fractions and microbial metabolism regulate organic carbon sequestration remain unclear. This research investigated...
Soil labile organic carbon fractions (SLOCFs) mainly include microbial biomass carbon (MBC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), easily oxidized organic carbon (EOC) and light fraction organic carbon (LFOC). The link between bedrock exposure rates with S...
Land use patterns significantly influence the quantity and composition of litter in the soil humus layers, thereby affecting the dynamics of soil organic carbon. However, the differences in labile organic carbon fractions and the carbon sequestration...
Soil organic carbon storage in agricultural soil constitutes a crucial potential for sustainable agricultural productivity and climate change mitigation. This paper aimed at assessing soil organic carbon stock and its distribution in three particle s...
Composted dairy manure (CDM) is among the management practices used in transitioning from a conventional to an organic agricultural system. The objectives of this study are to evaluate the impact of several organic nitrogen (N) sources on: (i) soil o...
The roots are a key functional component of belowground systems and one of the main factors influencing the quality and quantity of soil organic matter. Our research aimed to determine the fractional composition of the soil organic matter (SOM) in so...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) are key indicators of soil fertility; however, the dynamics of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) fractions during winter wheat growth under different tillage systems remain poorly understood. This study exa...
A three-year optimization study was conducted at a mechanical biological treatment plant with the aim of enhancing organic fractions recovery from mechanically separated fine fractions (MSFF) of residual waste using a screw press. The study aimed to...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is critical for carbon cycling and sequestration in forest ecosystems. However, how stand age affects SOC components and stability still remains poorly understood. Here, soil samples (0–20 cm) were collected from Crypt...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is an important part of the global C pool and is sensitive to climate change. The SOC content and fractions of rice paddies along four elevations (250, 1150, 1600 and 1800 m) on the same slope in four seasons (spring, summer...
Soil samples from T (0~20 cm) and S (20~40 cm) layers of four saline–alkali rice fields (R5, R15, R20, and R35) with different reclamation years were selected to study the distribution of soil aggregates and the contents of readily oxidizable o...
In Northeast China, due to long-term, high-intensity continuous cultivation of black soil, the practice of “overuse with insufficient nurturing” has led to severe degradation of the black soil. Straw return is a crucial strategy for enhan...
In karst agroecosystems, the stability of soil organic carbon (SOC), which is essential for sustainable land management, is strongly influenced by the carbonate parent material. However, how land use and lithology interactively affect the vertical di...
Our study aimed to provide a scientific basis for an appropriate tillage management of wheat-maize rotation system, which is beneficial to the sustainable development of agriculture in the fluvo-aquic soil areas in China. Four tillage treatments were...
In double-cropping rice regions, soil organic carbon (SOC) levels are crucial for crop yield, and soil fertility drives rice productivity. This study clarified the driving patterns of oxidizable soil organic carbon fractions on rice yields across fer...
The assessment of water-extractable organic matter using an autoclave can provide useful information on physical, chemical, and biological changes within the soil. The present study used virgin forest soils from Chini Forest Reserve, Langkawi Island,...
Soil enzymes are involved in the process of mineralization of soil organic matters. The close-to-nature transformation (CNT) of plantations changes the soil enzyme activities by changing the composition of stand vegetation, which in turn affects the...
Mollisols include an abundance of soil organic carbon (SOC) which is easily influenced by fertilization management. Manure addition could enhance soil aggregate stability; however, the dominating factor affecting its stabilization remains controversi...
Cold alpine salt-affected soils may retain carbon through mineral protection or suppressed microbial decomposition, but these processes remain difficult to distinguish. We measured soil physicochemical properties, four extracellular enzyme activities...
Despite the environmental significance of dissolved organic matter (DOM), characterizing DOM is still challenging due to its structural complexity and heterogeneity. In this study, three different chemical fractions, including hydrophobic acid (HPOA)...
Organic manure and grass mulching are widely recognized as modifiers of soil microbial communities and nutrient dynamics; however, the combined effects of these practices on nitrogen fractionation and microbial functionality in orchard ecosystems rem...
The presence of refractory compounds in stabilized leachates makes treatment complex. In leachate treatment systems, the lack of data on the characterization of leachates and effluents makes it difficult to track and explain the evolution of organic...
Biochar and beneficial microorganisms (BM) is considered promising soil amendment for saline-alkali amelioration and soil carbon storage.However, the effects of biochar combined with BM addition soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation and microbial ch...
Exploring the temporal evolution dynamics of different soil organic nitrogen (N) components under different water–N management practices is a useful approach to accurately assessing N supply and soil fertility. This information can provide a sc...
To investigate the effect of different organic matter returns on soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions, phosphorus (P) fractions and microbial communities, a pot experiment was conducted in a cold region of China for three years. There were six treatme...
This study investigated the distribution and binding affinity of dissolved copper (Cu) and organic carbon (OC) in size-fractioned dissolved organic matter (DOM) in a constructed wetland (CW). Two sites were studied: one at the inflow (P-1) and one wi...
This study investigated the distribution of copper in sediment dissolved and particulate organic matter (DOM and POM) based on their size. The DOM and alkaline extracted POM (AEOM) were separated into five size fractions using a cross-flow ultrafiltr...
Despite the global imperative to enhance carbon sequestration in agricultural landscapes, saline–alkali soils present distinctive soil–microbe constraints that limit our understanding of optimal management strategies. This study addresses...
In this paper, performance analysis over two years’ operation of an industrial anaerobic digestion (AD) plant of a separately collected organic fraction of municipal solid waste is presented. The continuous plug-flow AD plant is still regularly...
Total organic carbon (TOC) present in surface water consists of different fractions like dissolved organic carbon (DOC) or biodegradable dissolved organic carbon (BDOC). BDOC may have an impact on the bacteriological quality of water as it can be a s...
Soil aggregates are among crucial factors for determining both the quality and erosion resistance of soils. Biochar is a soil amendment that has seen increasing use to improve specific soil properties, mainly the physical structure and the preserving...
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