OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biology and Fertility of Soils is 12. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Phospholipid fatty acids in soil—drawbacks and future prospects	103
Diversity and co-occurrence network modularization of bacterial communities determine soil fertility and crop yields in arid fertigation agroecosystems	55
Long-term manuring increases microbial carbon use efficiency and mitigates priming effect via alleviated soil acidification and resource limitation	53
Biological nitrification inhibition in maize—isolation and identification of hydrophobic inhibitors from root exudates	44
Hyphosphere microbiome of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a realm of unknowns	42
Microbial carbon-use efficiency and straw-induced priming effect within soil aggregates are regulated by tillage history and balanced nutrient supply	39
Depth distribution of soil organic matter and burrowing activity of earthworms—mesocosm study using X-ray tomography and luminophores	38
Soil microbial biomass phosphorus can serve as an index to reflect soil phosphorus fertility	35
Biochar co-application mitigated the stimulation of organic amendments on soil respiration by decreasing microbial activities in an infertile soil	34
Plant growth–promoting bacteria improve maize growth through reshaping the rhizobacterial community in low-nitrogen and low-phosphorus soil	34
Rare microbial taxa rather than phoD gene abundance determine hotspots of alkaline phosphomonoesterase activity in the karst rhizosphere soil	33
The effect of agroecosystem management on the distribution of C functional groups in soil organic matter: A review	33
Revisiting plant biological nitrification inhibition efficiency using multiple archaeal and bacterial ammonia-oxidising cultures	32
Biochar accelerates soil organic carbon mineralization via rhizodeposit-activated Actinobacteria	32
Importance of substrate quality and clay content on microbial extracellular polymeric substances production and aggregate stability in soils	31
C:P stoichiometric imbalance between soil and microorganisms drives microbial phosphorus turnover in the rhizosphere	31
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 w	30
A new primer set for Clade I nosZ that recovers genes from a broader range of taxa	29
Hydrolyzable microplastics in soil—low biodegradation but formation of a specific microbial habitat?	29
Effects of moisture and temperature on C and N mineralization from surface-applied cover crop residues	27
Revealing interactions between root phenolic metabolomes and rhizosphere bacterial communities in Populus euphratica plantations	27
Biochar significantly reduced nutrient-induced positive priming in a subtropical forest soil	26
Theory of microbial coexistence in promoting soil–plant ecosystem health	26
Root exudation of contrasting drought-stressed pearl millet genotypes conveys varying biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) activity	25
Higher ammonium-to-nitrate ratio shapes distinct soil nitrifying community and favors the growth of Moso bamboo in contrast to broadleaf tree species	25

Repeated litter inputs promoted stable soil organic carbon formation by increasing fungal dominance and carbon use efficiency	25
Identification and verification of key functional groups of biochar influencing soil N2O emission	23
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 chronosequence	23
Mycorrhizal symbiosis balances rootstock-mediated growth-defence tradeoffs	22
Fatty acid 16:1ω5 as a proxy for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomass: current challenges and ways forward	22
Phosphorus fertilization rather than nitrogen fertilization, growing season and plant successional stage structures arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in a subtropical forest	22
Long-term elevated CO2 and warming enhance microbial necromass carbon accumulation in a paddy soil	22
Biochar decreased rhizodeposits stabilization via opposite effects on bacteria and fungi: diminished fungi-promoted aggregation and enhanced bacterial mineralization	21
Inhibitory effect of high nitrate on N2O reduction is offset by long moist spells in heavily N loaded arable soils	21
Biochar modifies the content of primary metabolites in the rhizosphere of well-watered and drought-stressed Zea mays L. (maize)	21
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 groups	21
Effects of the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) on the activity and diversity of the soil microbial community under contrasting soil pH	21
Heterotrophic nitrification of organic nitrogen in soils: process, regulation, and ecological significance	21
Impact of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on resident soil and root mycobiomes in beech forests	20
Field-aged biochar decreased N2O emissions by reducing autotrophic nitrification in a sandy loam soil	20
Repeated drying and rewetting cycles accelerate bacterial growth recovery after rewetting	20
Effect of protists on rhizobacterial community composition and rice plant growth in a biochar amended soil	20
Organic nitrogen fertilization benefits selected soil fauna in global agroecosystems	19
Different community compositions between obligate and facultative oomycete plant parasites in a landscape-scale metabarcoding survey	19
Seed coat treatment by plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria Lysobacter antibioticus 13–6 enhances maize yield and changes rhizosphere bacterial communities	18
Recommendations for stronger biochar research in soil biology and fertility	18
Procyanidin inhibited N2O emissions from paddy soils by affecting nitrate reductase activity and nirS- and nirK-denitrifier populations	18
Mineralisation of distinct biogas digestate qualities directly after application to soil	18
3, 4-Dimethylpyrazole phosphate is an effective and specific inhibitor of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria	18
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 ra	17
Biological activities affect the dynamic of P in dryland soils	17
Soil pH and long-term fertilization affect gross N transformation and N2O production pathways in Chinese and UK croplands	16
Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium increased with rising temperature	16
BNI-release mechanisms in plant root systems: current status of understanding	16
Spatial analysis of the root system coupled to microbial community inoculation shed light on rhizosphere bacterial community assembly	16
Sensitive control of N2O emissions and microbial community dynamics by organic fertilizer and soil interactions	16
Soil-root interface influences the assembly of the endophytic bacterial community in rice plants	16
Responses of microbial activity to carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus additions in forest mineral soils differing in organic carbon content	15
Mineral N suppressed priming effect while increasing microbial C use efficiency and N2O production in sandy soils under long-term conservation management	15
Carbon fluxes within tree-crop-grass agroforestry system: 13C field labeling and tracing	15
Chemical properties of agro-waste compost affect greenhouse gas emission from soils through changed C and N mineralisation	15
Biological nitrification inhibition by sorghum root exudates impacts ammonia-oxidizing bacteria but not ammonia-oxidizing archaea	15
High frequency of extreme precipitation increases Stipa grandis biomass by altering plant and microbial nitrogen acquisition	15
Temporal dynamics of total and active prokaryotic communities in two Mediterranean orchard soils treated with solid anaerobic digestate or managed under no-tillage	15
Long-term appropriate N management can continuously enhance gross N mineralization rates and crop yields in a maize-wheat rotation system	14
Synergism between feremycorrhizal symbiosis and free-living diazotrophs leads to improved growth and nutrition of wheat under nitrogen deficiency conditions	14
Effects of two wood-based biochars on the fate of added fertilizer nitrogen—a 15N tracing study	14
Steering microbiomes by organic amendments towards climate-smart agricultural soils	14
Impacts of application of calcium cyanamide and the consequent increase in soil pH on N2O emissions and soil bacterial community compositions	13
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 analysis	13
Utilisation and transformation of organic and inorganic nitrogen by soil microorganisms and its regulation by excessive carbon and nitrogen availability	13
Promoting soil microbial-mediated suppressiveness against Fusarium wilt disease by the enrichment of specific fungal taxa via crop rotation	13
Soil N2O flux and nitrification and denitrification gene responses to feed-induced differences in the composition of dairy cow faeces	13
Effect of soil bacteriomes on mycorrhizal colonization by Rhizophagus irregularis—interactive effects on maize (Zea mays L.) growth under salt stress	13
Newly assimilated carbon allocation in grassland communities under different grazing enclosure times	13

Crop residue application at low rates could improve soil phosphorus cycling under long-term no-tillage management	13
Greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4, and N2O) emissions after abandonment of agriculture	13
Competition for S-containing amino acids between rhizosphere microorganisms and plant roots: the role of cysteine in plant S acquisition	12
Altered soil microbial properties and functions after afforestation increase soil carbon and nitrogen but not phosphorus accumulation	12
Microbial and isotopomer analysis of N2O production pathways in a calcareous film-mulched farmland	12
Divergent mineralization of exogenous organic substrates and their priming effects depending on soil types	12
High nitrogen uptake and utilization contribute to the dominance of invasive Spartina alterniflora over native Phragmites australis	12
The priming effect dynamics are driven by microbial activation and growth and constrained by the relative availability of input C and soil N	12
Substrate and community regulations on microbial necromass accumulation from newly added and native soil carbon	12
Saltwater incursion regulates N2O emission pathways and potential nitrification and denitrification in intertidal wetland	12
A shift from nitrification to denitrification-dominated N2O emission in an acidic soil following organic amendment	12
Syringic acid from rice as a biological nitrification and urease inhibitor and its synergism with 1,9-decanediol	12