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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Phospholipid fatty acids in soil—drawbacks and future prospects	94
Diversity and co-occurrence network modularization of bacterial communities determine soil fertility and crop yields in arid fertigation agroecosystems	50
Long-term manuring increases microbial carbon use efficiency and mitigates priming effect via alleviated soil acidification and resource limitation	50
Divergent mineralization of hydrophilic and hydrophobic organic substrates and their priming effect in soils depending on their preferential utilization by bacteria and fungi	44
Biological nitrification inhibition in maize—isolation and identification of hydrophobic inhibitors from root exudates	43
Carbon investment into mobilization of mineral and organic phosphorus by arbuscular mycorrhiza	37
Microbial carbon-use efficiency and straw-induced priming effect within soil aggregates are regulated by tillage history and balanced nutrient supply	37
Hyphosphere microbiome of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: a realm of unknowns	36
Depth distribution of soil organic matter and burrowing activity of earthworms—mesocosm study using X-ray tomography and luminophores	34
Reduced nitrification by biochar and/or nitrification inhibitor is closely linked with the abundance of comammox Nitrospira in a highly acidic sugarcane soil	34
Soil microbial biomass phosphorus can serve as an index to reflect soil phosphorus fertility	33
Biochar co-application mitigated the stimulation of organic amendments on soil respiration by decreasing microbial activities in an infertile soil	33
Plant growth–promoting bacteria improve maize growth through reshaping the rhizobacterial community in low-nitrogen and low-phosphorus soil	32
Revisiting plant biological nitrification inhibition efficiency using multiple archaeal and bacterial ammonia-oxidising cultures	32
Rare microbial taxa rather than phoD gene abundance determine hotspots of alkaline phosphomonoesterase activity in the karst rhizosphere soil	32
The effect of agroecosystem management on the distribution of C functional groups in soil organic matter: A review	31
Litter-inhabiting fungi show high level of specialization towards biopolymers composing plant and fungal biomass	31
Biochar affects taxonomic and functional community composition of protists	30
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	29
Importance of substrate quality and clay content on microbial extracellular polymeric substances production and aggregate stability in soils	29
Biochar accelerates soil organic carbon mineralization via rhizodeposit-activated Actinobacteria	28
A new primer set for Clade I nosZ that recovers genes from a broader range of taxa	28
Effects of moisture and temperature on C and N mineralization from surface-applied cover crop residues	27
Root exudation of contrasting drought-stressed pearl millet genotypes conveys varying biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) activity	27
Earthworm ecological categories are not functional groups	27

Hydrolyzable microplastics in soil—low biodegradation but formation of a specific microbial habitat?	26
C:P stoichiometric imbalance between soil and microorganisms drives microbial phosphorus turnover in the rhizosphere	26
Theory of microbial coexistence in promoting soil–plant ecosystem health	25
Revealing interactions between root phenolic metabolomes and rhizosphere bacterial communities in Populus euphratica plantations	25
Unveiling of active diazotrophs in a flooded rice soil by combination of NanoSIMS and 15N2-DNA-stable isotope probing	24
Mycorrhizal symbiosis balances rootstock-mediated growth-defence tradeoffs	22
Effects of rotational and continuous overgrazing on newly assimilated C allocation	22
Phosphorus fertilization rather than nitrogen fertilization, growing season and plant successional stage structures arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community in a subtropical forest	21
Carbon sequestration in aggregates from native and cultivated soils as affected by soil stoichiometry	21
Repeated litter inputs promoted stable soil organic carbon formation by increasing fungal dominance and carbon use efficiency	21
Biochar significantly reduced nutrient-induced positive priming in a subtropical forest soil	21
Higher ammonium-to-nitrate ratio shapes distinct soil nitrifying community and favors the growth of Moso bamboo in contrast to broadleaf tree species	21
Long-term elevated CO2 and warming enhance microbial necromass carbon accumulation in a paddy soil	20
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	20
Biochar modifies the content of primary metabolites in the rhizosphere of well-watered and drought-stressed Zea mays L. (maize)	20
Effect of protists on rhizobacterial community composition and rice plant growth in a biochar amended soil	19
Effects of the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) on the activity and diversity of the soil microbial community under contrasting soil pH	18
Recommendations for stronger biochar research in soil biology and fertility	18
Impact of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on resident soil and root mycobiomes in beech forests	18
Biochar decreased rhizodeposits stabilization via opposite effects on bacteria and fungi: diminished fungi-promoted aggregation and enhanced bacterial mineralization	18
Different community compositions between obligate and facultative oomycete plant parasites in a landscape-scale metabarcoding survey	18
Identification and verification of key functional groups of biochar influencing soil N2O emission	17
Procyanidin inhibited N2O emissions from paddy soils by affecting nitrate reductase activity and nirS- and nirK-denitrifier populations	17
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	17
Heterotrophic nitrification of organic nitrogen in soils: process, regulation, and ecological significance	17
Repeated drying and rewetting cycles accelerate bacterial growth recovery after rewetting	17
Field-aged biochar decreased N2O emissions by reducing autotrophic nitrification in a sandy loam soil	16
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	16
Correlation of the abundance of bacteria catalyzing phosphorus and nitrogen turnover in biological soil crusts of temperate forests of Germany	16
3, 4-Dimethylpyrazole phosphate is an effective and specific inhibitor of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria	16
Fatty acid 16:1ω5 as a proxy for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomass: current challenges and ways forward	16
BNI-release mechanisms in plant root systems: current status of understanding	16
Inhibitory effect of high nitrate on N2O reduction is offset by long moist spells in heavily N loaded arable soils	16
Temporal dynamics of total and active prokaryotic communities in two Mediterranean orchard soils treated with solid anaerobic digestate or managed under no-tillage	15
Carbon use efficiency and microbial functional diversity in a temperate Luvisol and a tropical Nitisol after millet litter and N addition	15
Mineralisation of distinct biogas digestate qualities directly after application to soil	15
Resource stoichiometric and fertility in soil	15
Biological activities affect the dynamic of P in dryland soils	15
Nitrification inhibitor DMPP offsets the increase in N2O emission induced by soil salinity	14
Spatial analysis of the root system coupled to microbial community inoculation shed light on rhizosphere bacterial community assembly	14
Dissimilatory nitrate ammonification and N2 fixation helps maintain nitrogen nutrition in resource-limited rice paddies	14
Effects of crabs on greenhouse gas emissions, soil nutrients, and stoichiometry in a subtropical estuarine wetland	14
Biotic and abiotic controls on carbon storage in aggregates in calcareous alpine and prealpine grassland soils	14
Responses of microbial activity to carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus additions in forest mineral soils differing in organic carbon content	14
Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium increased with rising temperature	14
Organic nitrogen fertilization benefits selected soil fauna in global agroecosystems	13
Chemical properties of agro-waste compost affect greenhouse gas emission from soils through changed C and N mineralisation	13
Biological nitrification inhibition by sorghum root exudates impacts ammonia-oxidizing bacteria but not ammonia-oxidizing archaea	13
Soil-root interface influences the assembly of the endophytic bacterial community in rice plants	13
High frequency of extreme precipitation increases Stipa grandis biomass by altering plant and microbial nitrogen acquisition	13

Steering microbiomes by organic amendments towards climate-smart agricultural soils	13
Greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4, and N2O) emissions after abandonment of agriculture	13
Mineral N suppressed priming effect while increasing microbial C use efficiency and N2O production in sandy soils under long-term conservation management	13
Synergism between feremycorrhizal symbiosis and free-living diazotrophs leads to improved growth and nutrition of wheat under nitrogen deficiency conditions	13
Effect of soil bacteriomes on mycorrhizal colonization by Rhizophagus irregularis—interactive effects on maize (Zea mays L.) growth under salt stress	13
Soil pH and long-term fertilization affect gross N transformation and N2O production pathways in Chinese and UK croplands	12
Proteomic changes of viable but nonculturable (VBNC) Escherichia coli O157:H7 induced by low moisture in an artificial soil	12
Carbon fluxes within tree-crop-grass agroforestry system: 13C field labeling and tracing	12
Newly assimilated carbon allocation in grassland communities under different grazing enclosure times	12
Saltwater incursion regulates N2O emission pathways and potential nitrification and denitrification in intertidal wetland	12
Syringic acid from rice as a biological nitrification and urease inhibitor and its synergism with 1,9-decanediol	12
Long-term appropriate N management can continuously enhance gross N mineralization rates and crop yields in a maize-wheat rotation system	12
Effects of two wood-based biochars on the fate of added fertilizer nitrogen—a 15N tracing study	12
Soil N2O flux and nitrification and denitrification gene responses to feed-induced differences in the composition of dairy cow faeces	12
Contrasting response of organic carbon mineralisation to iron oxide addition under conditions of low and high microbial biomass in anoxic paddy soil	12
Competition for S-containing amino acids between rhizosphere microorganisms and plant roots: the role of cysteine in plant S acquisition	12
Seed coat treatment by plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria Lysobacter antibioticus 13–6 enhances maize yield and changes rhizosphere bacterial communities	12