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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Impact of the chemical composition of applied organic materials on bacterial and archaeal community compositions in paddy soil143
Inoculation and tracking of beneficial microbes reveal they can establish in field-grown potato roots and decrease blemish diseases68
Absolute microbiome profiling highlights the links among microbial stability, soil health, and crop productivity under long-term sod-based rotation64
Isolation and characterization of Rhizobium from non-leguminous potato plants: New frontiers in Rhizobium research63
How tree species with contrasting biological nitrification inhibition capacity influence denitrifier activity and abundance? Insights from reciprocal transfers of soil49
Restoration of degraded alpine meadows from the perspective of plant–soil feedbacks49
Responses of bacterial community composition and diversity to multi-level nitrogen addition at different periods of growing season driven by conditional rare taxa in an alpine meadow48
Protists: the hidden ecosystem players in a wetland rice field soil43
Soil N2O flux and nitrification and denitrification gene responses to feed-induced differences in the composition of dairy cow faeces42
Exploring polyphosphates in soil: presence, extractability, and contribution to microbial biomass phosphorus42
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with contrasting life-history strategies differently affect health-promoting compounds in field-grown tomato by changing arbuscule occurrence and mycorrhizal assemblages i39
Editorial: Recent advances in biology and fertility studies of paddy field soil38
Mechanism of increased soil phosphorus availability in a calcareous soil by ammonium polyphosphate36
Using fluorescence lifetime imaging to disentangle microbes from the heterogeneous soil matrix35
A shift from nitrification to denitrification-dominated N2O emission in an acidic soil following organic amendment35
Organic fertilization drives shifts in microbiome complexity and keystone taxa increase the resistance of microbial mediated functions to biodiversity loss31
Correction to: A 5-and a-half-year-experiment shows precipitation thresholds in litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics in arid and semi-arid regions31
Variations in the composition of tea leaves and soil microbial community31
Are lipids, phenylpropanoids, and benzenoids potential metabolite biomarkers for succession in desert biocrusts?31
Bio-organic fertilizer enhances soil mineral solubilization, microbial community stability, and fruit quality in an 8-year watermelon continuous cropping system31
Evidence of endophytic nitrogen fixation as a potential mechanism supporting colonization of non-nodulating pioneer plants on a glacial foreland31
Niche differentiation and higher uptake of available nitrogen maintained the productivity of alpine meadow at early degradation30
Correction to: Inter-microbial competition for N and plant NO3- uptake rather than BNI determine soil net nitrification under intensively managed Brachiaria humidicola29
Rethinking discrepancies between difference and 15 N methods for estimating fertilizer nitrogen recovery29
Trunk injection of oxytetracycline improves plant performance and alters the active bark and rhizosphere microbiomes in huanglongbing-affected citrus trees28
Endophytic N2 fixation in sweet potato: responses to N, P, and K inputs and visualization of 15N2 utilizing bacterial cells via Raman spectroscopy27
Biochar co-application mitigated the stimulation of organic amendments on soil respiration by decreasing microbial activities in an infertile soil26
Shifts in understory plant composition induced by nitrogen addition predict soil fungal beta diversity in a boreal forest25
Nitrogen uptake and reallocation from roots drive the regrowth of a dominant plant in temperate grassland after low defoliation25
Liming enhances the abundance and stability of nitrogen-cycling microbes: the buffering effect of long-term lime application23
Genotypic richness affects inorganic N uptake and N form preference of a clonal plant via altering soil N pools23
Phosphorus (P) mobilisation from inorganic and organic P sources depends on P-acquisition strategies in dioecious Populus euphratica23
Microorganisms regulate soil phosphorus fractions in response to low nocturnal temperature by altering the abundance and composition of the pqqC gene rather than that of the phoD gene22
Modified universal buffer does not necessarily maintain soil enzyme assay pH22
Bacterial necromass determines the response of mineral-associated organic matter to elevated CO222
Mycorrhizal symbiosis balances rootstock-mediated growth-defence tradeoffs21
Organic fertilization strengthens multiple internal pathways for soil mineral nitrogen production: evidence from the meta-analysis of long-term field trials21
Mineral N suppressed priming effect while increasing microbial C use efficiency and N2O production in sandy soils under long-term conservation management20
Temporal dynamics of total and active prokaryotic communities in two Mediterranean orchard soils treated with solid anaerobic digestate or managed under no-tillage20
Interactive effects of plant litter chemistry and organic/inorganic forms of nitrogen addition on Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) soil respiration20
Restoration of degraded alpine grasslands alters plant–microbial competition for nitrogen19
Functional redundant soil fauna and microbial groups and processes were fairly resistant to drought in an agroecosystem19
Soil contribution to the cobalamin (vitamin B12) supply of terrestrial organisms19
Hybrid pathways of denitrification drive N2O but not N2 emissions from an acid-sulphate sugarcane soil19
Nitrate supply increases the resistance of cucumber to Fusarium wilt disease by regulating root exudation19
Converting acidic forests to managed plantations reduces soil nitrogen loss by inhibiting autotrophic nitrification while inducing nitrate immobilization in the tropics19
Organic nitrogen fertilization benefits selected soil fauna in global agroecosystems18
Elevational patterns of microbial carbon use efficiency in a subtropical mountain forest18
Biochar accelerates soil organic carbon mineralization via rhizodeposit-activated Actinobacteria18
Impact of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on resident soil and root mycobiomes in beech forests18
Activity of anaerobic methane oxidation driven by different electron acceptors and the relative microbiome in paddy fields across various rice growth periods and soil layers18
Type I methanotrophs dominated methane oxidation and assimilation in rice paddy fields by the consequence of niche differentiation18
Competition for S-containing amino acids between rhizosphere microorganisms and plant roots: the role of cysteine in plant S acquisition18
Utilisation and transformation of organic and inorganic nitrogen by soil microorganisms and its regulation by excessive carbon and nitrogen availability17
Spring barley performance benefits from simultaneous shallow straw incorporation and top dressing as revealed by rhizotrons with resealable sampling ports17
Microbial carbon use efficiency of litter with distinct C/N ratios in soil at different temperatures, including microbial necromass as growth component17
Effect of soil bacteriomes on mycorrhizal colonization by Rhizophagus irregularis—interactive effects on maize (Zea mays L.) growth under salt stress17
Bacteria from the rhizosphere of a selenium hyperaccumulator plant can improve the selenium uptake of a non-hyperaccumulator plant16
Spotting ethylene in forest soils—What influences the occurrence of the phytohormone?16
Land use types affect soil microbial NO3− immobilization through changed fungal and bacterial contribution in alkaline soils of a subtropical montane agricultural landscape16
Investigating protistan predators and bacteria within soil microbiomes in agricultural ecosystems under organic and chemical fertilizer applications16
Lysis of soil microbial cells by CO2 or N2 high pressurization compared with chloroform fumigation16
Increasing phosphorus availability reduces priming effect by facilitating microbial carbon use efficiency in a subtropical forest soil16
Microbial and isotopomer analysis of N2O production pathways in a calcareous film-mulched farmland15
A 5-and a-half-year-experiment shows precipitation thresholds in litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics in arid and semi-arid regions15
Greenhouse growth bioassay confirms soil nitrogen availability indicated by the flush of CO215
How to adequately represent biological processes in modeling multifunctionality of arable soils15
Nitrogen additions increase soil microbial nitrate- rather than ammonium- immobilization14
Steering microbiomes by organic amendments towards climate-smart agricultural soils14
Pyrolysis temperature affects biochar suitability as an alternative rhizobial carrier14
Hysteretic response of N2O reductase activity to soil pH variations after application of lime to an acidic agricultural soil14
Nitrous oxide fluxes, their sources, and soil microbial communities depend more on carbon availability than long- and short-term phosphorus addition14
Response of acetochlor degradation and bacterial community in black soil to the application of vermicompost14
Root exudation of contrasting drought-stressed pearl millet genotypes conveys varying biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) activity14
Effect of no-till followed by crop diversification on the soil microbiome in a boreal short cereal rotation14
Two-phase processes characterize the turnover of high molecular weight dissolved organic nitrogen in soil13
Grazing exclusion increases soil organic C through microbial necromass of root-derived C as traced by 13C labelling photosynthate13
Fixation of CO2 by soil fungi: contribution to organic carbon pool and destination of fixed carbon products13
Harnessing key bacteria from suppressive soil to mitigate banana Panama disease13
Effects of organic mulching on soil aggregates, main microbial groups, and enzyme activity in Chinese hickory plantation13
Cover crops in citrus orchards impact soil nutrient cycling and the soil microbiome after three years but effects are site-specific12
Extraction optimisation to measure viral abundance in red soils12
Top-down gene upregulation and not microbial community diversity in explaining local-scale litter decomposition12
Soil bacterial and fungal communities beneath different forest types differentially and promptly respond to non-catastrophic typhoon disturbance12
Spent mushroom substrate as a substitute for chemical fertilizer changes N-cycling genes and reduces N2O emission in different textured soils12
High additions of nitrogen affect plant species-specific differences in the composition of main microbial groups and the uptake of rhizodeposited carbon in a grassland soil12
Effect of biodegradable plastics on greenhouse gas emission and paddy rice growth under flooding conditions12
Repeated drying and rewetting cycles accelerate bacterial growth recovery after rewetting12
Virus-like particles isolated from reactivated biological soil crusts12
N2O production is influenced by the abundance of nitrite-reducers and N2O-reducers in casts produced by a large variety of tropical earthworm species12
Effect of agricultural management system (“cash crop”, “livestock” and “climate optimized”) on nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions12
Rhizosphere bacteriome assemblage following initial fluctuations is delayed with nitrogen additions in tomato seedlings12
A hitchhiker’s guide: estimates of microbial biomass and microbial gene abundance in soil12
Lysimeter-based full fertilizer 15N balances corroborate direct dinitrogen emission measurements using the 15N gas flow method11
Effects of the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) on the activity and diversity of the soil microbial community under contrasting soil pH11
Soil pH differently affects N2O emissions from soils amended with chemical fertilizer and manure by modifying nitrification and denitrification in wheat-maize rotation system11
Unlocking Zn biofortification: leveraging high-Zn wheat and rhizospheric microbiome interactions in high-pH soils11
Diurnal dynamics can modify plant–microbial competition for N uptake via C allocation11
Plant residue-derived hydrophilic and hydrophobic fractions contribute to the formation of soil organic matter11
Effect of biochar and DMPP application alone or in combination on nitrous oxide emissions differed by soil types11
Importance of substrate quality and clay content on microbial extracellular polymeric substances production and aggregate stability in soils11
Fatty acid 16:1ω5 as a proxy for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomass: current challenges and ways forward11
Climate warming in an alpine meadow: differential responses of soil faunal vs. microbial effects on litter decomposition10
Correction to: Type I methanotrophs dominated methane oxidation and assimilation in rice paddy fields by the consequence of niche differentiation9
Special Issue: Recent advances in biology and fertility studies of paddy field soil9
Aridity-driven divergence in soil microbial necromass carbon in alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau9
Varying soil moisture and pH with alpine meadow degradation affect nitrogen preference of dominant species9
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Inhibitory effect of high nitrate on N2O reduction is offset by long moist spells in heavily N loaded arable soils9
Correction to: Dynamic changes in soil fungal communities and functional groups in response to sugarcane/soybean intercropping with reduced nitrogen fertilizer application9
Difference in soil microbial necromass carbon accumulation induced by three crops straw mulching for 4 years in a citrus orchard9
Nitrogen isotope enrichment predicts growth response of Pinus radiata in New Zealand to nitrogen fertiliser addition9
Phospholipid fatty acids in soil—drawbacks and future prospects9
Strategy of endophytic bacterial communities in alfalfa roots for enhancing plant resilience to saline–alkali stress and its application9
Cover crops offset recalcitrant soil organic carbon losses under plastic-film mulching by altering microbial functional genes9
The effect of agroecosystem management on the distribution of C functional groups in soil organic matter: A review9
Microbial control of soil organic matter dynamics: Effects of land use and climate change9
Exudate pulses throughout the entire growth period trigger the increase in maize phosphorus use efficiency by modifying soil keystone microbial taxa9
Correction to: Variations in biomass of fungal guilds are primarily driven by factors related to soil conditions in Mediterranean Pinus pinaster forests9
Loading of redox-active metal Fe largely enhances the capacity of biochar to mitigate soil N2O emissions by promoting complete denitrification8
Enhanced CO2 emissions from soil organic matter in agricultural fields during microbial community assemblage8
Effects of several long-term soil health treatments on populations of Pratylenchus penetrans and the soil microbial community8
Can potato cropping be made regenerative? Cover crops and dead organic mulch support soil microbial activity8
Procyanidin inhibited N2O emissions from paddy soils by affecting nitrate reductase activity and nirS- and nirK-denitrifier populations8
Microbial ammonium immobilization promoted soil nitrogen retention under high moisture conditions in intensively managed fluvo-aquic soils8
Combined application of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and sodium selenite promotes tea seedling growth and selenium uptake by regulating the rhizosphere bacterial community8
Functional players involved in the distinct nitrogen metabolism in two geographically different paddy soils8
Comparison of methods for assessing fungi-to-bacteria ratio of soil8
Hydrolyzable microplastics in soil—low biodegradation but formation of a specific microbial habitat?8
Inter-microbial competition for N and plant NO3− uptake rather than BNI determines soil net nitrification under intensively managed Brachiaria humidicola8
BNI-release mechanisms in plant root systems: current status of understanding8
Seed coat treatment by plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria Lysobacter antibioticus 13–6 enhances maize yield and changes rhizosphere bacterial communities8
Biochar mitigates nitrogen deposition-induced enhancement of soil N2O emissions in a subtropical forest7
Biochemical inhibition of acid phosphatase activity in two mountain spruce forest soils7
Occurrence and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonising off-season and in-season weeds and their relationship with maize yield under conservation agriculture7
Potato yield and quality are linked to cover crop and soil microbiome, respectively7
Effects of the number of 15 N-injection needles on the estimation of gross N transformation rates using 15 N tracing tool including plant7
Litter chemical traits, microbial and soil stoichiometry regulate organic carbon accrual of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter7
Labile carbon inputs support the recovery of bacterial communities, but not fungal communities, from a simulated bovine urine event7
Nucleic acids are a major pool of hydrolyzable organic phosphorus in arable organic soils of Southern Ontario, Canada7
Topography-driven soil properties modulate effects of nitrogen deposition on soil nitrous oxide sources in a subtropical forest7
High soil moisture rather than drying-rewetting cycles reduces the effectiveness of nitrification inhibitors in mitigating N2O emissions7
Host genotype‑specific plant microbiome correlates with wheat disease resistance7
Soil types differ in the temporal response of the priming effect to nitrogen addition: a study on microbial mechanisms7
Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance at low-field as an approach for fertiliser dissolution monitoring7
Effects of transitioning from conventional to organic farming on soil organic carbon and microbial community: a comparison of long-term non-inversion minimum tillage and conventional tillage7
Role of root hair elongation in rhizosheath aggregation and in the carbon flow into the soil7
Adenylate energy charge (AEC) in soil: an almost ignored determination of soil microbial activity - in memory of Phil Brookes7
Livestock manure-derived hydrochar is more inclined to mitigate soil Global Warming Potential than raw materials based on soil stoichiometry analysis7
A new modeling approach for denitrification taking internal chemical gradients into account6
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 analysis6
The priming effect dynamics are driven by microbial activation and growth and constrained by the relative availability of input C and soil N6
The contribution of the phototrophic fraction in the fertility of different successional stages of induced biological soil crusts6
Does liming improve microbial carbon use efficiency after maize litter addition in a tropical acidic soil?6
Impact of repeated irrigation of lettuce cultures with municipal wastewater on the diversity and composition of root-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi6
Halophyte functional groups influence seasonal variations in rhizosphere microbial necromass and enzyme activities in an inland saline ecosystem6
The active role of comammox Nitrospira in nitrification in acidic orchard soils revealed by DNA-SIP6
Plant sexual variation modulates rhizospheric nutrient processes through the soil microbiome response to drought and rewetting in Populus cathayana6
Phosphorus fertilizer enhances the tolerance of rhizosphere microbial community to low-light stress in Tartary buckwheat6
Biological activities affect the dynamic of P in dryland soils6
Time between two partial rewetting events influences the respiration flush and microbial growth after the final rewetting6
Pyraclostrobin and polyethylene nanoplastics jointly interfere with the antibiotic resistome in earthworm gut6
Microbiome dynamics of soils covered by plastic and bioplastic mulches5
Redox controls on anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled to reduction of natural organic matter in paddy ecosystems5
Pre-sowing recurrent inoculation with Pseudomonas fluorescens promotes maize growth5
Heterotrophic nitrification of organic nitrogen in soils: process, regulation, and ecological significance5
Higher ammonium-to-nitrate ratio shapes distinct soil nitrifying community and favors the growth of Moso bamboo in contrast to broadleaf tree species5
Background soil nitrogen regulates the contribution of cover crop-derived nitrogen into subsequent crop5
Full-factorial resource amendment experiments reveal carbon limitation of rhizosphere microbes in alpine coniferous forests5
Nitrogen acquisition by two U. humidicola genotypes differing in biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) capacity and associated microorganisms5
Sensitive control of N2O emissions and microbial community dynamics by organic fertilizer and soil interactions5
Dynamic changes in soil fungal communities and functional groups in response to sugarcane/soybean intercropping with reduced nitrogen fertilizer application5
Discrepancy in exchangeable and soluble ammonium-induced effects on aerobic methane oxidation: a microcosm study of a paddy soil5
Litter quality controls the contribution of microbial carbon to main microbial groups and soil organic carbon during its decomposition5
Contrasting effects of elevated CO2 on autotrophic prokaryotes with different CO2 fixation strategies in tea plantation soil5
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