Many survival and ecological problems have emerged in Pinus yunnanensis pure pine forest plantations that are usually assumed to be solved by creating mixed plantations. On this basis, we determined the physicochemical properties and enzyme activitie...
Continuous cropping and soilborne diseases affect soil properties and soil microbial diversity and structure, which are the main factors posing obstacles to the continuous cropping of ginseng. This study explored the response of the physicochemical p...
Nowadays, heavy metal pollution in soil caused by human production activities is increasingly serious. The heavy metal ions in soil inhibit plant growth and endanger human health as they can disrupt the physicochemical properties of soil. However, th...
Functioning as a critical ecotone between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, riparian zones exhibit soil enzyme activities that serve as key biomarkers of their nutrient cycling processes. However, despite considerable focus on riparian soil propert...
The cultivation of Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. (Chinese fir) plays a crucial role in enhancing ecological security through water resource preservation and carbon sequestration in China. The biotic and abiotic environmental conditions vary a...
Soil degradation has exacerbated the gap between crop yield and increasing food demands, and unreasonable field management is one of the main reasons for soil degradation. As a classic orchard soil management mode, living grass mulch can effectively...
Downed logs play crucial roles in carbon and nutrient cycling within forest ecosystems, influencing soil nutrients and revealing their functional roles in these environments. This study focuses on an evergreen broadleaf forest at Ailaoshan Station fo...
It is well established that forest type can have a profound impact on soil physicochemical properties but the associated changes in soil microbial communities and the mechanisms by which soil quality is improved by various plantations are not fully u...
Four typical halophytic communities found in saline-sodic soil, including Phragmites australis, Suaeda glauca, Leymus chinensis, and Puccinellia parl, were investigated in this study. A comparison was made among the electrical conductivity (EC) value...
Long-term intensive maize cultivation under subtropical double-cropping systems has resulted in increased compaction and declining fertility. Although conservation tillage and straw return have been widely adopted to improve soil quality, their combi...
Zanthoxylum planispinum var. Dingtanensis (hereafter Z. planispinum) has excellent characteristics, including Ca and drought tolerance. It can flourish in stony soils, and it is used as a pioneer plant in karst rocky desertification control. However,...
Desertification severely impacts soil environments, necessitating effective control measures to improve sandy soil. On the alpine sandy land of Gonghe Basin, taking bare land containing mobile sand dunes (LD) as a reference, surface soil undergoing f...
Aucklandia lappa Decne is a valuable medicinal herb highly susceptible to root rot, a disease that severely affects its yield and quality. This study provides a comprehensive characterization of the soil ecosystems in A. lappa habitats by integrating...
Cigar tobacco, an economically important cash crop, holds a substantial role within the fiscal framework of the national economy. This crop, however, is characterized by a marked vulnerability to pathogenic bacteria, culminating in consequential fina...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) play key roles in arid, semi-arid regions and ecological marginal habitats. This study focused on four types of sand-fixing plantations established in 1990 in alpine sandy land (Salix psammophila, SL; Caragana korshinski...
The application of chemical fertilizers and organic fertilizers, as well as irrigation, is an important agricultural practice that can increase crop yields and affect soil biogeochemical cycles. This study conducted coconut field experiments to inves...
Poplars are crucial for timber supply and ecological protection in China. Enhancing the growth of poplar plantations and improving soil fertility in arid, and semi-arid poor soil regions are key aspects of sustainable forest management. Fertilization...
Continuous sorghum cropping causes yield decline in semi-arid regions. In a two-year field experiment conducted on plots previously cropped with sorghum for two years, four fertilisation treatments—no fertiliser (SCK), chemical fertiliser (SCF)...
Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays a critical role in carbon cycling and soil quality of agroecosystems. Understanding the factors influencing SOC and the main indicators for soil quality can help in better soil management and sustainable agriculture. I...
This study analyzed the effects of benzoic acid (BA) on the physicochemical properties and microbial community structure of perilla rhizosphere soil. The analysis was based on high-throughput sequencing technology and physiological and biochemical de...
Excessive use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture has become a major global source of pollution, leading to issues such as soil compaction, reduced fertility, eutrophication of water bodies, and air pollution. To address these challenges, the appl...
Introducing cover crops into maize rotation systems is widely practiced to increase crop productivity and achieve sustainable agricultural development, yet the potential for crop rotational diversity to contribute to environmental benefits in soils r...
Amomum villosum, which is an important perennial medicinal plant, easily suffers from continuous cropping obstacles in the plantation. The aim of this study is to find an effective method to solve the problem of A. villosum continuous cropping. In th...
Agricultural microplastics threaten soil health, yet rhizosphere microecological responses to microplastic stress in intercropping systems remain unclear. We conducted a pot experiment using two cropping systems (maize monocropping and maize–so...
Cultivation patterns can cause soil structure alteration. However, few studies have clarified the influence of cultivation pattern and soil depth on soil. The purpose of this experiment was to study the community characteristics of soil microorganism...
Bauxite mining causes severe soil degradation in the ecologically fragile karst region of Southwest China, yet targeted vegetation restoration schemes remain poorly developed. This study aimed to screen promising selected restoration species and prel...
The areca nut (Areca catechu L.) and pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius Roxb.) intercropping cultivation system has been widely practiced to improve economic benefits and achieve the development of sustainable agriculture in Hainan Province, China. Howe...
These days, one of the main issues preventing agricultural development is salinized soils. Potassium fulvic acid (PFA) not only regulates plant growth, but also improves the soil nutrient content and physical structure, which makes it a soil conditio...
Picea koraiensis Nakai is a precious tree species in Northeast China with excellent traits, but research on thinning effects on its growth remains limited, especially regarding soil-thinning–growth interactions. This study focused on a 50-year-...
This study investigates the effects of different land-use types (forest, arable land, and wetland) on key soil properties, microbial communities, and nitrogen cycling in the Lesser Khingan Mountains. The results revealed that forest (FL) and wetland...
The land-use change is a major determinant influencing ecosystem carbon (C) patterns and nutrient cycling in subalpine forests in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau. While some results have been obtained in relation to the influence of land-use change on ab...
Returning straw to the soil is increasingly recognized as a sustainable practice that enhances soil fertility and promotes carbon sequestration. However, it can also accelerate the decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC) and CO2 emissions, raising...
Saline–alkali land is widely distributed worldwide, and poses significant challenges to agricultural productivity and ecological restoration, particularly in the Qaidam Basin. This study investigates the effects of intercropping and mixed sowin...
In Northeast China’s black soil region, we examined how different straw return strategies—no return (CK), direct straw incorporation (SD), and biochar application (BC)—interact with three nitrogen levels (N0, N60, N100) to affect so...
Soil enzyme activities in different plantation types and land use patterns could indicate changes in soil quality. This research was aimed at exploring the dynamics of soil enzyme activities involved in carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling, and th...
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The soil pollution as a product of xenobiotics, industrial action, agricultural chemicals, or inappropriate disposal of waste can change the natural environment of soil indices and trigger life-threatening situations. Soil enzyme activity is the suit...
Soil enzyme activities serve as the key indicators of microbial nutrient limitations. Vegetation types after farmland is returned modify both the biological and abiotic properties of the soil, thereby impacting the soil nutrient cycle and the stabili...
The research focused on assessing the response of oxidoreductases (dehydrogenases and catalase) and hydrolases (urease, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, arylsulfatase, and β-glucosidase) to diesel oil (DO) and gasoline (G) contamination o...
Soil enzymes secreted by microorganisms play a key role in carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) metabolism in soil organic matter. As major drivers of climate change, warming and nitrogen addition affect soil physicochemical properties and en...
Afforestation plays a critical role in ecosystem restoration and carbon sequestration. However, there continues to be insufficient knowledge about the long-term effects of different tree species on the forest soil in central subtropical China. In thi...
Allelochemicals released from the root of Stellera chamaejasme L. into rhizosphere soil are an important factor for its invasion of natural grasslands. The aim of this study is to explore the interactions among allelochemicals, soil physicochemical p...
The aim of this study was to explore the decomposition characteristics of Tamarix chinensis litter and its soil-improving capacity under different salinities. Four treatments were designed: a control (CK) treatment without saline water injection and...
Diagnosis of the risk of soil pollution and the performance of measures for the recovery of contaminated soil requires proper monitoring of the extent of soil function damage and its recovery process. Soil enzymes reveal ecosystem perturbations, are...
This study aimed to investigate the effects of HDPE and Cd on forms of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) by measuring the changes in enzymatic activities and physicochemical properties of Spartina alterniflora soil samples from coastal regions of China. Ov...
Increasing soil salinization can severely restrict local agricultural production. Planting alfalfa is considered an effective measure to ameliorate saline–alkali soil. However, it remains unclear how alfalfa planting years affect the sustained...
Biochar application can alter soil properties and enhance soil quality. However, the effects of the regulatory mechanisms underlying nitrogen fertilizer application on soil physicochemical properties and microbial characteristics remain unclear. We c...
This study investigated the effects of soil crust development on the underlying soil properties. The field sampling work was conducted in June 2016 in the Hobq Desert in Inner Mongolia, North China. Soil crust samples and 0–6, 6–12, 12–18, 18–24, and...
Pinus massoniana is the major afforestation and vegetation restoration tree in southern China, and it plays an important role in the sustainable development of plantations. However, long-term single planting of P. massoniana has resulted in the decli...
In order to investigate the changes in soil enzyme activity and their influencing factors in coal mining subsidence areas with high underground water levels, in this study, we collected soil samples at different depths (SL: 0–20 cm; ML: 20&ndas...
Monoculture plantations often face challenges of soil degradation and declining ecosystem services. Intercropping is beneficial to improving soil quality; however, the long-term effects of intercropping woody plants with medicinal herbs on soil ecosy...
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