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Journal of Applied Microbiology
The review discusses the potential of actinobacteria, particularly Streptomyces, as sustainable biofertilizers in agriculture. These microorganisms enhance plant growth, yield, and stress resistance, offering a viable alternative to chemical fertilizers....
Microbial Ecology
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) enhance SOC sequestration under water stress (WS) by increasing glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) production. AMF increased GRSP production and SOC, and soil aggregate stability, particularly under...
Plant and Soil
Phosphorus (P) is crucial for understory plant growth under elevated CO2 (eCO2); P limits plant responses to eCO2 and microorganisms have an indirect role. This commentary discusses the challenges of...
Nature
Soil microbiomes are essential for agroecosystem functions like fertility, productivity, and stress tolerance. This review highlights how soil structure influences microbiome functions and how agricultural practices impact this relationship. It...
Restoration Ecology
Forest restoration benefits from monitoring soil indicators, crucial for evaluating success. This review highlights a rise in reported indicators, mainly chemical ones, but notes regional research gaps and limited reference...
Science of The Total Environment
Improved hydrological connectivity significantly enhances nutrients and root architecture in wetlands. In a study of Tamarix chinensis in the Yellow River Delta, higher connectivity increased soil organic carbon, organic matter,...
Environmental Research
Microorganisms significantly enhance plant growth and resilience by converting nutrients, inhibiting pathogens, and inducing defense responses.** Despite advances in omics and gene editing for crop improvement, the role of beneficial...
Journal of Applied Microbiology
Combining Sewage Sludge and Cyanobacteria is a promising strategy for enhancing soil quality and carbon gain in dryland agriculture.
Journal of Applied Ecology
In East African drylands, both the quantity and quality of woody vegetation enhance soil health. Increased aboveground biomass boosts soil infiltrability (Kfs), and certain plant traits, like low leaf thickness,...
Nature
Global hotspots for soil conservation were identified through a field survey of 615 topsoil samples across continents. Biodiversity (archaea, bacteria, fungi, protists, invertebrates) and ecosystem functions (six services) varied regionally....
Frontiers in Plant Science
Cover crops influence soil pore structure through root growth and soil fauna interactions, with varying effects based on root architecture. This study shows that cover crops species initially create large...
Geoderma
Warming significantly increases soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes, with CO2 rising by 9.9%, N2O by 17.9%, and CH4 emissions and uptakes by 10.1% and 7.5%, respectively. These changes could add...
Nature
Soil microorganisms are crucial for soil functions like carbon and nutrient cycling, but understanding their spatial-temporal dynamics is limited. This study used global data and modeling to examine soil microbial...
MDPI
Cover crops and no-till management can enhance soil organic carbon (SOC) levels, offering potential climate change mitigation benefits. This study found that no-till and cover crops significantly increased SOC (%OC)...
Science of The Total Environment
Improved tillage practices can enhance soil carbon sequestration (SCS), reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and mitigate nutrient and pesticide leaching. This study examines the co-benefits and trade-offs of various tillage...
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Nematode-based indices (NBIs) are crucial for assessing soil health and sustainability. This review evaluates the use and evolution of NBIs, emphasizing the Channel Index and Metabolic Footprints. It provides a...
Frontiers in Plant Science
Root system architecture (RSA) in Cupressus funebris adapts to varying environmental variations and soil conditions by altering its foraging strategies to optimize resource acquisition like water and nutrient uptake. This...
Soil Use and Management
The growing demand for soil microbial inoculants in agriculture is driven by the need for sustainable crop production and pest management. While some inoculants, like rhizobia, have proven effective, others...
MDPI
Beneficial microorganisms, particularly from the Bacillus genus, play a crucial role in enhancing soil and plant health by supplying nutrients, controlling pathogens, and stimulating growth. This review discusses their role...
Science of The Total Environment
Soil carbon sequestration (SCS) involves capturing atmospheric carbon in soil, with soil microbial communities (SMC) playing a critical role in carbon cycling and nutrient delivery. This study reviews 197 publications,...
Frontiers in Plant Science
This study highlights how specific root phenotypes, like Topsoil Foraging and Steep, Cheap and Deep ideotypes, improve plant growth under nutrient and water stress. It emphasizes that root traits influence...
Science
Soil degradation, especially in drylands, impairs soil hydrology and ecosystem services. This review discussed soil hydraulic properties, identified resilient microorganisms for soil restoration, and proposed future strategies for long-term land...
European Journal of Soil Science
Roots are crucial for soil formation and function, influencing soil properties through biogeochemical processes and carbon storage. They enhance soil fertility, water filtration, and disease suppression. The interaction between roots...
Journal of Hazardous Materials
Inoculating the hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii with the ABA-catabolizing bacterium Rhodococcus qingshengii increased concentrations of Zn, Cd, Ni, and Pb in plant shoots by up to 112% compared to control plants....
Advances in Microbial Physiology
Streptomyces bacteria, found in soil and marine environments, must adapt to fluctuating nutrients and conditions. This review covers their classical developmental cycle and the regulatory mechanisms involved. It highlights alternative...
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Sulfur is crucial for plant growth and metabolism, impacting protein synthesis and stress responses. This review explores sulfur's role in plant nutrition, its uptake and transport mechanisms, and the benefits...
Nature
Warming will lead to substantial soil carbon (C) losses, but Earth system models (ESMs) may underestimate this risk. Analysis of over 9,000 soil profiles shows C storage declines strongly with...
Journal of Applied Ecology
Soil microbial communities, crucial for dryland restoration, showed no significant changes in diversity or composition after 1 year of monoculture or polyculture revegetation at eight sites. This suggests that soil...
New Phytologist Foundation
Root traits and soil fungal communities respond to drought in species-specific ways. A glasshouse experiment on 24 plant species found that drought-induced changes in fungal beta diversity, with saprotrophs increasing...
Plant and Soil
Root anatomical phenotypes are crucial for optimizing soil resource acquisition in crops. They influence soil exploration, rhizosphere interactions, and transport efficiency. Key anatomical traits, such as those affecting metabolic costs,...
Chemosphere
Microalgae, with their high CO2 capture potential and biomass productivity, offer a sustainable alternative to chemical fertilizers. This review explores the benefits of algal biochar as an eco-friendly fertilizer, its...
Nature
Warming will cause significant global soil organic carbon (SOC) losses due to increased microbial activity despite uncertainties. The evidence includes increased soil respiration with temperature and SOC accumulation in colder...
Nature
This study shows that nutrient amendment reduced bacterial diversity, centralizing carbon flow through fewer taxa. Key genera (Bradyrhizobium, RB41, Streptomyces) were responsible for 45–57% of carbon flux. Bacteria that used...
Springer Nature
Global warming, driven by rising CO2 and other greenhouse gases, is a major challenge. Sustainable agriculture, improved soil carbon storage, and reforestation can help control carbon emissions.
Frontiers in Microbiology
The distribution of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase gene (acdS)-carrying bacteria in the maize rhizosphere is influenced by soil type, depth, and root hairs. Amplicon sequencing revealed that acdS-carrying bacteria, mostly Actinobacteria and...
Annual Review of Environment and Resources
Communities of soil microorganisms (soil microbiomes) play a major role in biogeochemical cycles and support of plant growth. Here we focus primarily on the roles that the soil microbiome plays...
