Hurricanes are an important disturbance in the tropics that can alter forest ecosystem properties and processes. To understand the immediate influence of hurricane disturbance on carbon cycling, we examined soil labile organic carbon (LOC) in a Canop...
The frequency of forest fires has increased dramatically due to climate change. The occurrence of forest fires affects the carbon and nitrogen cycles and react to climate change to form a positive feedback mechanism. These effects further impact the...
The effect of nitrogen (N) deposition on soil organic carbon (SOC) and the underlying mechanisms in grassland ecosystems remain a topic of debate. Moreover, previous research has primarily concentrated on interaction between carbon (C) and N cycles i...
Straw return (SR) has been widely recommended as a conservation agricultural practice in China. However, the effects of SR on crop yield and soil properties are inconsistent across studies of rice–oilseed rape cropping systems in China. This st...
The deterioration of soil biological health is the most important aspect associated with the sustainability of cereal-based food production systems. The application of organic nutrient sources is widely accepted and recommended for sustaining crop pr...
Arsenic (As) frequently emerges in paddy soils, necessitating measures to combat soil pollution and protect rice crops from As contamination. In this study, a novel functional biochar (MBC) by loading cerium manganese oxide was prepared, and its effe...
Soil microbes are key to nutrient cycling and soil formation, yet the impact of soil properties on microbe biomass remains unclear. Using 240 soil cores of 0–15 cm depth, taken at random points across six cattle-grazed pastures on an undulating...
Magnetite-loaded biochar has recently received attention owing to its ability to remove arsenic from contaminated soil. In this study, mulberry stem biochar (MBC) and Fe3O4-loaded mulberry stem biochar (Fe3O4@MBC) were produced and used in a 100-day...
The objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of MgO 0.5 g/kg loaded in different organic waste materials on the properties of the modified biochars obtained. The waste materials included tea waste, wood waste, water chestnut peel,...
The fine particles produced during the desertification process provide a rich material source for sand and dust activities. Accurately locating the desertified areas is a prerequisite for human intervention in sand and dust activities. In arid and se...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and microbial biomass carbon (MBC) are highly correlated with enzyme activities. Specific enzyme activities can exclude the autocorrelation between enzyme activity and SOC and MBC. However, the responses of absolute and spec...
The effects of biochar on plant growth vary depending on the applied biochar type, study site environmental conditions, microbial species, and plant–microbial interactions. The objectives of the present study were therefore to assess 1) the res...
The effect of two types of organic amendment (manure and straw incorporation) and various doses (0–200 kg N*ha−1) of mineral N fertilization on microbial biomass C (MBC), aggregate stability (AS), soil organic C (SOC) and grain yield were investigate...
Primarily using cropped systems, previous studies have reported a positive linear relationship between microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and soil organic carbon (SOC). We conducted a meta-analysis to explore this relationship separately for grasslands a...
Mining and metallurgy are the main sources of soil contamination with harmful metals, posing a significant threat to human health and ecosystems. River floodplains in the vicinity of metal mines or industrial plants are often subject to flooding with...
We explored the potentials of both non-imaging laboratory and airborne imaging spectroscopy to assess arable soil quality indicators. We focused on microbial biomass-C (MBC) and hot water-extractable C (HWEC), complemented by organic carbon (OC) and...
Most studies about the effects of N addition on soil microbial biomass evaluate soil microbial and physicochemical characteristics using single-test methods, and these studies have not been integrated and analyzed to comprehensively assess the impact...
Red soils suffer from nutrient imbalances and low-phosphorus availability. Rational intercropping plays an important role for increasing crop yield and improving nutrient use efficiency, while its long-term effects on biogeochemical cycles and ecolog...
Plantations with different allocation patterns significantly affect soil elements, microorganisms, extracellular enzymes, and their stoichiometric characteristics. Rather than studying them as a continuum, this study used four common allocations of p...
Active soil substances, which can indicate environmental changes sensitively, have the fastest turnover rate. Vegetation diversity and soil bio-physicochemical properties according to five elevations classes (800 m, 1000 m, 1100 m, 1200 m, and 1500 m...
Magnetic biochars (MBCs) have been shown to inhibit the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in soils, both with and without microplastics (MPs); however, the underlying molecular biological mechanisms remain unclear. This study...
The soil quality index (SQI) is based on several key indicators and is used to assess soil quality. More than 250,000 ha of walnut saplings (Juglans regia L.) were planted in previous cropland areas in the Sichuan Basin, China, using a range of soil...
Soil microbial biomass and labile organic carbon (LOC) are pivotal regulators of carbon and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. However, the interactive effects of plant roots and forest litter on the seasonal dynamics of soil microbial biomass an...
Sustained monoculture often leads to a decline in soil quality, in particular to the build-up of pathogen populations, a problem that is conventionally addressed by the use of either fungicide and/or soil fumigation. This practice is no longer consid...
Soil biodiversity drives soil-based ecosystem services and is an important indicator of soil health. To understand the responses of important soil biological indicators to different farmland use contexts, 72 fields in three agricultural regions of Ch...
Alpine ecosystems are sensitive to global climate change-factors, which directly or indirectly affect the soil microbial biomass stoichiometry. In this paper, we have compared the soil microbial biomass stoichiometry ratios of alpine ecosystems using...
Conservation tillage is often discussed as an effective tool to improve the soil quality in agriculture. Four sites across Europe (in Germany, Romania, Spain, and Sweden) were investigated as case studies for country-specific reductions in tillage in...
To date, most studies have shown that biochar has great potential in carbon sequestration and reduction, as well as soil quality improvement. However, there is limited knowledge of its effect on soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions in tropical farmlan...
Soil microorganisms promote material transformation and energy flow in the entire ecological environment and play a key role in the stability and development of grassland ecosystems. Studies on the impacts of grazing on the soil microbial community a...
The increasing demand for agricultural land is driving deforestation, which contributes to rising greenhouse gas emissions—a primary driver of climate change. Agroforestry systems present a valuable alternative approach for mitigating these emi...
Some biochars produced by pyrolysis of biomass have the potential to sequester C and enhance nutrient supplies in agricultural soils. A 28-day lab incubation was used to assess the potential effects of biochars derived from pine chips (PC) or poultry...
Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs) are some of the most widely distributed organic pollutants in underground environments and have high biological toxicity. This research aims to prepare an effective adsorbent comprising biochar and magnetite...
Global warming alters freeze–thaw process frequency and intensity, impacting soil carbon cycles. Four soils from a 12-year straw return experiment were used: S0 (no straw), S1 (low rate of addition), S2 (medium rate), and S3 (high rate). Ten tr...
The effect of nitrogen (N) deposition on N limitation, phosphorus (P) limitation and the related soil and microbial stoichiometries remains unclear. A simulated nitrogen deposition (SND) experiment (control, ambient, medium and high) and molecular te...
Increased precipitation and nitrogen (N) deposition critically influence ecological processes and stability in desert ecosystems. Studying how the soil microbial community responds to these climatic changes will improve our understanding of the impac...
Climate and detritus influence soil organic carbon (SOC) and labile SOC fractions by affecting soil microbial communities. However, it is not clear how, or to what extent, different detritus treatments affect soil microbial communities and SOC conten...
Rice, a staple food for over half of the global population, faces significant threats from environmental stressors such as heavy metal (HMs) contamination, notably cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As), and increasing drought severity, exacerbated by climate...
Karst regions (KRs) have created significant karst carbon sinks globally through the carbon cycling process involving “water-carbon dioxide-carbonate rock-biota”. Soil organic carbon (SOC) represents a crucial component of these carbon si...
Soil salinization constrains agricultural productivity and sustainable land use by simultaneously impairing soil structure, nutrient availability, biological activity, and plant growth. Modified biochar (MBC) has attracted increasing attention becaus...
Soil respiration (SR) is an important process in the carbon cycle. However, the means by which changes in understory plant community traits affect this ecosystem process is still poorly understood. In this study, plant species surveys were conducted...
Drainage of freshwater wetlands is common in coastal regions, although the effects on microbial extracellular enzyme activity (a key mediator of soil organic matter decomposition) in relation to spatial variability (microtopography and soil depth) ar...
To examine the mechanisms of organic carbon transformation and sequestration by biochar in citrus orchard soil, a 100-day organic carbon mineralization test was conducted using citrus orchard soil from a 5-year-old forest. Calcium-modified citrus pee...
Afforestation assessments in Mediterranean karst regions often focus on vegetation and soil carbon, paying less attention to microbial activity. We examined the surface soil properties of a four-site Cedrus libani chronosequence in southern Turkey. I...
Soil microbiological indicators are essential tools to understand how the management with cover crops interferes in the activity and the soil microbial community. Thus, the objective of the study was to evaluate microbiological attributes and perform...
Returning residue to soils is not only an effective nutrient management method, but also can reduce the air pollution caused by residue burning, which has become an important factor in global warming. However, it is not clear whether returning residu...
This study explored mycelium-based composites (MBCs) as a sustainable alternative to conventional materials, focusing on the role of lignocellulosic substrates in optimizing their physical, mechanical, and biodegradability properties. It also address...
To explore the response of soil organic carbon (SOC) and carbon components to surface coverage in wheat fields in semi-arid rainfed regions, a two-year field experiment was conducted under three treatments: straw strip mulching (SM), transparent plas...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) and nitrogen (N) fractions greatly affect soil health and quality. This study explored the effects of wheat straw incorporation on Chinese rice paddy fields with four treatments: (1) a control (CK), (2) a mineral NPK fertili...
Although various studies have investigated biochar (BC) soil amendments for improving soil microbial abundance, functions, and community structure, a comparison of dairy manure biochar (MBC) to wood biochar (WBC) is warranted given the large volume o...
Biochar application is considered an effective approach to mitigating nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from agricultural soils. However, the mechanisms of biochar to mitigate N2O emissions from acidic red soils are still unclear. Therefore, the present...
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