Biology and Fertility of Soils

Papers
(The median citation count of Biology and Fertility of Soils is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-02-01 to 2024-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Everything you must know about Azospirillum and its impact on agriculture and beyond128
C:N:P stoichiometry regulates soil organic carbon mineralization and concomitant shifts in microbial community composition in paddy soil103
Effect of organic substitution rates on soil quality and fungal community composition in a tea plantation with long-term fertilization82
Phospholipid fatty acids in soil—drawbacks and future prospects69
Impact of different earthworm ecotypes on water stable aggregates and soil water holding capacity54
Changes in root morphological traits in soybean co-inoculated with Bradyrhizobium spp. and Azospirillum brasilense or treated with A. brasilense exudates51
Diversity and co-occurrence network modularization of bacterial communities determine soil fertility and crop yields in arid fertigation agroecosystems47
Microbial community assembly and metabolic function during wheat straw decomposition under different nitrogen fertilization treatments44
Long-term manuring increases microbial carbon use efficiency and mitigates priming effect via alleviated soil acidification and resource limitation42
Polyamine-producing actinobacteria enhance biomass production and seed yield in Salicornia bigelovii36
Divergent mineralization of hydrophilic and hydrophobic organic substrates and their priming effect in soils depending on their preferential utilization by bacteria and fungi36
Biological nitrification inhibition in maize—isolation and identification of hydrophobic inhibitors from root exudates33
Microbial carbon-use efficiency and straw-induced priming effect within soil aggregates are regulated by tillage history and balanced nutrient supply33
Designing a multi-species inoculant of phosphate rock-solubilizing bacteria compatible with arbuscular mycorrhizae for plant growth promotion in low-P soil amended with PR32
Depth distribution of soil organic matter and burrowing activity of earthworms—mesocosm study using X-ray tomography and luminophores32
Greenhouse gas emissions and soil bacterial community as affected by biochar amendments after periodic mineral fertilizer applications32
Responses of soil microbiota and nematodes to application of organic and inorganic fertilizers in grassland columns30
Reduced nitrification by biochar and/or nitrification inhibitor is closely linked with the abundance of comammox Nitrospira in a highly acidic sugarcane soil30
Nutrient recovery from anaerobic digestion of food waste: impacts of digestate on plant growth and rhizosphere bacterial community composition and potential function in ryegrass30
Carbon investment into mobilization of mineral and organic phosphorus by arbuscular mycorrhiza30
Rare microbial taxa rather than phoD gene abundance determine hotspots of alkaline phosphomonoesterase activity in the karst rhizosphere soil30
Effects of drying/rewetting on soil aggregate dynamics and implications for organic matter turnover30
Revisiting plant biological nitrification inhibition efficiency using multiple archaeal and bacterial ammonia-oxidising cultures29
Nitrogen deep placement mitigates methane emissions by regulating methanogens and methanotrophs in no-tillage paddy fields28
Application of N2-fixing Paenibacillus triticisoli BJ-18 changes the compositions and functions of the bacterial, diazotrophic, and fungal microbiomes in the rhizosphere and root/shoot endosphere of w28
Catch crop diversity increases rhizosphere carbon input and soil microbial biomass28
Wheat straw and its biochar differently affect soil properties and field-based greenhouse gas emission in a Chernozemic soil27
Biochar affects taxonomic and functional community composition of protists26
Plant growth–promoting bacteria improve maize growth through reshaping the rhizobacterial community in low-nitrogen and low-phosphorus soil26
A new primer set for Clade I nosZ that recovers genes from a broader range of taxa25
Root exudation of contrasting drought-stressed pearl millet genotypes conveys varying biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) activity25
Hyphosphere microbiome of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a realm of unknowns25
Litter-inhabiting fungi show high level of specialization towards biopolymers composing plant and fungal biomass25
Effects of moisture and temperature on C and N mineralization from surface-applied cover crop residues25
Biochar co-application mitigated the stimulation of organic amendments on soil respiration by decreasing microbial activities in an infertile soil25
Soil microbial biomass phosphorus can serve as an index to reflect soil phosphorus fertility24
Disclosure of exact protocols of fermentation, identity of microorganisms within consortia, formation of advanced consortia with microbe-based products24
Earthworm ecological categories are not functional groups23
Influence of liming-induced pH changes on nitrous oxide emission, nirS, nirK and nosZ gene abundance from applied cattle urine in allophanic and fluvial grazed pasture soils22
Short-term effects of biochar and Bacillus pumilus TUAT-1 on the growth of forage rice and its associated soil microbial community and soil properties22
Revealing interactions between root phenolic metabolomes and rhizosphere bacterial communities in Populus euphratica plantations22
Hydrolyzable microplastics in soil—low biodegradation but formation of a specific microbial habitat?22
The effect of agroecosystem management on the distribution of C functional groups in soil organic matter: A review21
Theory of microbial coexistence in promoting soil–plant ecosystem health21
Crop residue carbon-to-nitrogen ratio regulates denitrifier N2O production post flooding21
Carbon sequestration in aggregates from native and cultivated soils as affected by soil stoichiometry20
Importance of substrate quality and clay content on microbial extracellular polymeric substances production and aggregate stability in soils20
Impact of grazing on shaping abundance and composition of active methanotrophs and methane oxidation activity in a grassland soil19
Dynamics of fungal and bacterial groups and their carbon sources during the growing season of maize in a long-term experiment19
The combined effects of treated wastewater irrigation and plastic mulch cover on soil and crop microbial communities19
Warming yields distinct accumulation patterns of microbial residues in dry and wet alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau18
Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) intercropping with reduced nitrogen input influences rhizosphere phosphorus dynamics and phosphorus acquisition of sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)18
Effects of rotational and continuous overgrazing on newly assimilated C allocation18
Phosphorus fertilization rather than nitrogen fertilization, growing season and plant successional stage structures arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in a subtropical forest18
Weathering and soil formation in hot, dry environments mediated by plant–microbe interactions17
Unveiling of active diazotrophs in a flooded rice soil by combination of NanoSIMS and 15N2-DNA-stable isotope probing17
Repeated drying and rewetting cycles accelerate bacterial growth recovery after rewetting17
Effect of protists on rhizobacterial community composition and rice plant growth in a biochar amended soil17
Long-term elevated CO2 and warming enhance microbial necromass carbon accumulation in a paddy soil16
Functional community composition has less environmental variability than taxonomic composition in straw-degrading bacteria16
Biofertilizer application triggered microbial assembly in microaggregates associated with tomato bacterial wilt suppression16
Biochar accelerates soil organic carbon mineralization via rhizodeposit-activated Actinobacteria16
Correlation of the abundance of bacteria catalyzing phosphorus and nitrogen turnover in biological soil crusts of temperate forests of Germany16
Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium dominates soil nitrate retention capacity in subtropical forests16
Shifts in soil microbial stoichiometry and metabolic quotient provide evidence for a critical tipping point at 1% soil organic carbon in an agricultural post-mining chronosequence16
Mycorrhizal symbiosis balances rootstock-mediated growth-defence tradeoffs16
Higher ammonium-to-nitrate ratio shapes distinct soil nitrifying community and favors the growth of Moso bamboo in contrast to broadleaf tree species16
Incorporation of root-derived carbon into soil microarthropods varies between cropping systems16
Co-incorporating leguminous green manure and rice straw drives the synergistic release of carbon and nitrogen, increases hydrolase activities, and changes the composition of main microbial groups15
Repeated litter inputs promoted stable soil organic carbon formation by increasing fungal dominance and carbon use efficiency15
Shifts in the bacterial community along with root-associated compartments of maize as affected by goethite15
Dinitrogen (N2) pulse emissions during freeze-thaw cycles from montane grassland soil15
3, 4-Dimethylpyrazole phosphate is an effective and specific inhibitor of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria15
Biochar significantly reduced nutrient-induced positive priming in a subtropical forest soil15
Regulating the nutrient release rates from proteinaceous agricultural byproducts using organic amendments and its effect on soil chemical and microbiological properties15
Biochar decreased rhizodeposits stabilization via opposite effects on bacteria and fungi: diminished fungi-promoted aggregation and enhanced bacterial mineralization14
Procyanidin inhibited N2O emissions from paddy soils by affecting nitrate reductase activity and nirS- and nirK-denitrifier populations14
Resource stoichiometric and fertility in soil14
C:P stoichiometric imbalance between soil and microorganisms drives microbial phosphorus turnover in the rhizosphere14
Field-aged biochar decreased N2O emissions by reducing autotrophic nitrification in a sandy loam soil14
Carbon use efficiency and microbial functional diversity in a temperate Luvisol and a tropical Nitisol after millet litter and N addition14
Identification and verification of key functional groups of biochar influencing soil N2O emission13
Chemical properties of agro-waste compost affect greenhouse gas emission from soils through changed C and N mineralisation13
Changes of microbial functional capacities in the rhizosphere contribute to aluminum tolerance by genotype-specific soybeans in acid soils13
Mineralisation of distinct biogas digestate qualities directly after application to soil13
Effects of the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) on the activity and diversity of the soil microbial community under contrasting soil pH13
Effects of synthetic nitrification inhibitor (3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate; DMPP) and biological nitrification inhibitor (methyl 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate; MHPP) on the gross N nitrification ra13
Temporal dynamics of total and active prokaryotic communities in two Mediterranean orchard soils treated with solid anaerobic digestate or managed under no-tillage12
Fatty acid 16:1ω5 as a proxy for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomass: current challenges and ways forward12
BNI-release mechanisms in plant root systems: current status of understanding12
Soil-root interface influences the assembly of the endophytic bacterial community in rice plants12
Dissimilatory nitrate ammonification and N2 fixation helps maintain nitrogen nutrition in resource-limited rice paddies12
Recommendations for stronger biochar research in soil biology and fertility12
Nitrification inhibitor DMPP offsets the increase in N2O emission induced by soil salinity11
The impact of atmospheric N deposition and N fertilizer type on soil nitric oxide and nitrous oxide fluxes from agricultural and forest Eutric Regosols11
Biological nitrification inhibition by sorghum root exudates impacts ammonia-oxidizing bacteria but not ammonia-oxidizing archaea11
Greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4, and N2O) emissions after abandonment of agriculture11
Combined addition of chemical and organic amendments enhances plant resistance to aboveground herbivores through increasing microbial abundance and diversity11
Biochar modifies the content of primary metabolites in the rhizosphere of well-watered and drought-stressed Zea mays L. (maize)11
Biomass, chemical composition, and microbial decomposability of rice root and straw produced under co-elevated CO2 and temperature11
Effects of crabs on greenhouse gas emissions, soil nutrients, and stoichiometry in a subtropical estuarine wetland11
Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium increased with rising temperature11
Spatial analysis of the root system coupled to microbial community inoculation shed light on rhizosphere bacterial community assembly11
Responses of microbial activity to carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus additions in forest mineral soils differing in organic carbon content11
Effects of two wood-based biochars on the fate of added fertilizer nitrogen—a 15N tracing study11
The mineralosphere—interactive zone of microbial colonization and carbon use in grassland soils11
Soil N2O flux and nitrification and denitrification gene responses to feed-induced differences in the composition of dairy cow faeces11
Syringic acid from rice as a biological nitrification and urease inhibitor and its synergism with 1,9-decanediol11
Inhibitory effect of high nitrate on N2O reduction is offset by long moist spells in heavily N loaded arable soils10
Anaerobic soil disinfestation using diluted ethanol increases phosphorus availability in arable Andosols10
Saltwater incursion regulates N2O emission pathways and potential nitrification and denitrification in intertidal wetland10
Biological activities affect the dynamic of P in dryland soils10
High frequency of extreme precipitation increases Stipa grandis biomass by altering plant and microbial nitrogen acquisition10
Chemoheterotrophic diazotrophs contribute to nitrogen incorporation in a semi-arid desert10
Gross N transformation rates in soil system with contrasting Urochloa genotypes do not confirm the relevance of BNI as previously assessed in vitro10
Contrasting response of organic carbon mineralisation to iron oxide addition under conditions of low and high microbial biomass in anoxic paddy soil10
Competition for S-containing amino acids between rhizosphere microorganisms and plant roots: the role of cysteine in plant S acquisition10
Steering microbiomes by organic amendments towards climate-smart agricultural soils10
Biotic and abiotic controls on carbon storage in aggregates in calcareous alpine and prealpine grassland soils10
Carbon fluxes within tree-crop-grass agroforestry system: 13C field labeling and tracing9
Long-term appropriate N management can continuously enhance gross N mineralization rates and crop yields in a maize-wheat rotation system9
Determining the effect of soil properties on the stability of scopoletin and its toxicity to target plants9
Crop residue application at low rates could improve soil phosphorus cycling under long-term no-tillage management9
Long-term liming promotes drastic changes in the composition of the microbial community in a tropical savanna soil9
Organic nitrogen fertilization benefits selected soil fauna in global agroecosystems9
Newly assimilated carbon allocation in grassland communities under different grazing enclosure times9
Coupling of δ13C and δ15N to understand soil organic matter sources and C and N cycling under different land-uses and management: a review and data analysis9
Discrepancy in exchangeable and soluble ammonium-induced effects on aerobic methane oxidation: a microcosm study of a paddy soil9
Freeze-thaw cycles release nitrous oxide produced in frozen agricultural soils9
Promoting soil microbial-mediated suppressiveness against Fusarium wilt disease by the enrichment of specific fungal taxa via crop rotation9
Temporal shift in methanotrophic community and methane oxidation potential in forest soils of dry tropics: high-throughput metagenomic approach9
Sensitive control of N2O emissions and microbial community dynamics by organic fertilizer and soil interactions9
Proteomic changes of viable but nonculturable (VBNC) Escherichia coli O157:H7 induced by low moisture in an artificial soil9
Diurnal dynamics can modify plant–microbial competition for N uptake via C allocation8
Long-term sod-based rotation promotes beneficial root microbiomes and increases crop productivity8
Evidence of endophytic nitrogen fixation as a potential mechanism supporting colonization of non-nodulating pioneer plants on a glacial foreland8
Impacts of application of calcium cyanamide and the consequent increase in soil pH on N2O emissions and soil bacterial community compositions8
Nucleic acids are a major pool of hydrolyzable organic phosphorus in arable organic soils of Southern Ontario, Canada8
Synergism between feremycorrhizal symbiosis and free-living diazotrophs leads to improved growth and nutrition of wheat under nitrogen deficiency conditions8
Effect of soil bacteriomes on mycorrhizal colonization by Rhizophagus irregularis—interactive effects on maize (Zea mays L.) growth under salt stress8
Amendment with biodiesel co-product modifies genes for N cycling (nirK, nirS, nosZ) and greenhouse gas emissions (N2O, CH4, CO2) from an acid soil8
High nitrogen uptake and utilization contribute to the dominance of invasive Spartina alterniflora over native Phragmites australis8
Stoichiometric flexibility and soil bacterial communities respond to nitrogen fertilization and neighbor competition at the early stage of primary succession8
Inter-microbial competition for N and plant NO3− uptake rather than BNI determines soil net nitrification under intensively managed Brachiaria humidicola7
Cyanobacterium-primed Chrysanthemum nursery improves performance of the plant and soil quality7
Common mycorrhizal networks benefit to the asymmetric interspecific facilitation via K exchange in an agricultural intercropping system7
Mineral N suppressed priming effect while increasing microbial C use efficiency and N2O production in sandy soils under long-term conservation management7
Deepened snow cover alters biotic and abiotic controls on nitrogen loss during non-growing season in temperate grasslands7
The biodiversity - N cycle relationship: a 15N tracer experiment with soil from plant mixtures of varying diversity to model N pool sizes and transformation rates6
Temperature-dependent changes in active nitrifying communities in response to field fertilization legacy6
Variations in the composition of tea leaves and soil microbial community6
Yak dung pat fragmentation decreases yield-scaled growing-season nitrous oxide emissions in an alpine steppe on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau6
Utilisation and transformation of organic and inorganic nitrogen by soil microorganisms and its regulation by excessive carbon and nitrogen availability6
Artificial neural network (ANN) modelling for the estimation of soil microbial biomass in vineyard soils6
Application of beneficial microorganisms and their effects on soil, plants, and the environment: the scientific legacy of Professor Yoav Bashan6
Canola straw biochars produced under different pyrolysis temperatures and nitrapyrin independently affected cropland soil nitrous oxide emissions6
Nonlinear decoupling of autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respiration in response to drought duration and N addition in a meadow steppe6
Assessing the impacts of tillage, cover crops, nitrification, and urease inhibitors on nitrous oxide emissions over winter and early spring6
Soil biochemical properties and bacteria community in a repeatedly fumigated-incubated soil6
Absolute microbiome profiling highlights the links among microbial stability, soil health, and crop productivity under long-term sod-based rotation6
Topography-driven soil properties modulate effects of nitrogen deposition on soil nitrous oxide sources in a subtropical forest6
Accelerating the development of biological nitrification inhibition as a viable nitrous oxide mitigation strategy in grazed livestock systems6
The effects of soil incorporation depth of Biodiesel Co-Product (BCP) additions on N leaching losses and on genes involved in soil nitrogen cycling in an acidic Chinese tea soil6
A shift from nitrification to denitrification-dominated N2O emission in an acidic soil following organic amendment6
The causes of the selection of biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) in relation to ecosystem functioning and a research agenda to explore them6
Climate warming in an alpine meadow: differential responses of soil faunal vs. microbial effects on litter decomposition6
Characterization of maize root microbiome in two different soils by minimizing plant DNA contamination in metabarcoding analysis5
Estimation of baseline levels of bacterial community tolerance to Cr, Ni, Pb, and Zn in unpolluted soils, a background for PICT (pollution-induced community tolerance) determination5
Shifts in bacterial community in response to conservation management practices within a soybean production system5
Modified universal buffer does not necessarily maintain soil enzyme assay pH5
Evidence of differences in nitrous oxide emissions and biological nitrification inhibition among Elymus grass species5
Mechanism of increased soil phosphorus availability in a calcareous soil by ammonium polyphosphate5
Impact of the chemical composition of applied organic materials on bacterial and archaeal community compositions in paddy soil5
The impacts of a wildfire in a semiarid grassland on soil nematode abundances over 4 years5
Bacterial communities are associated with the tuber size of Tetrastigma hemsleyanum in stony soils5
Plant residue-derived hydrophilic and hydrophobic fractions contribute to the formation of soil organic matter5
Crop root vs. shoot incorporation drives microbial residue carbon accumulation in soil aggregate fractions5
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