Pedosphere

Papers
(The TQCC of Pedosphere is 8. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from five contrasting rice production systems in the tropics247
Cropping leads to loss of soil organic matter: How can we prevent it?167
Biochar application affects respiration and concomitant biological activities in agricultural soils: A global meta-analysis124
Brackish water irrigation-induced recruitment of specific consortium determines microbial resistance that facilitates crop yield in a field experiment116
Sustainable phytoremediation technologies for the efficient removal of toxic metals from coal mining-contaminated soils with the potential approaches of circular bioeconomy87
Wheat morphological and biochemical responses to copper oxide nanoparticles in two soils81
Research progress on synthetic pyrethroid biodegradation: Current status, pathways, mechanisms and enzyme enhancement strategies80
Integrated agronomic practice management decreases soil carbon emission and increases environmental ecological benefits of summer maize77
Effects of freeze-thaw cycles on the distribution of cadmium in black soil: Perspectives from soil aggregate turnover74
Sustainable remediation of cadmium-contaminated soils: Capture by Fe3O4/polyaniline nanocomposites and removal by magnetic separation58
Social insects behind the microgranular structure of Ferralsols: Consequences for their physical fertility when cultivated58
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for salinity stress: Anti-stress role and mechanisms57
Phosphorus cycling genes, enzyme activities and microbial communities shift based on green manure residues and soil environment52
Effect of lignite amendment on carbon and nitrogen mineralization from raw and composted manure during incubation with soil50
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate plant mineral nutrient uptake and partitioning in iron ore tailings undergoing eco-engineered pedogenesis50
Change of pore water near the freezing front during soil freezing: Migration and mechanisms42
Effects of nanofertilizer and nano-plant hormone on soil chemical properties and microbial community in two different soil types40
Effects of sulfur fertilizers applied at agronomic rates on cadmium availability in agricultural soils: Insights from a batch experiment40
Effects of substituting chemical fertilizers with manure on rice yield and soil labile nitrogen in paddy fields of China: A meta-analysis39
Effects of microtopographic modification on soil labile organic carbon fractions and enzyme activities in urban restored wetlands38
Effects of metal oxide nanoparticles on soil water retention curve and tensile strength37
Cross-boundary root-soil microbiome transplantation: A smart solution for climate-responsive agroecosystems36
Saline-alkali soil remediation enhanced the hydroxyl radical production as well as the soluble Fe(II) content generated via the dissimilatory microbial iron reduction35
Structure, variation and assembly processes of bacterial communities in different root-associated niches of tomato under periodic drought and nitrogen addition34
Effect of aggregate size composition and matric potential on microstructural resistance and viscoelasticity of black soil in Northeast China34
Straw return strengthens straw C-assimilating bacterial diversity and interactions especially in soil small macroaggregates and microaggregates33
Harnessing plant-rhizobacteria alliances for nutrient homeostasis in depleting soil landscape: Shifting paradigms beyond chemical fertilizers32
Reclamation and vegetation effects on labile and stable soil organic carbon fractions in a spoil heap of coal mining waste31
Metagenomic insights into microbial diversity and carbon cycling-related genes along an elevational gradient in arid mountain ecosystems30
Microplastics behavior and distribution in mulched agricultural soil under semi-arid climate: A case study from Morocco30
Dual effects of repeated phytoextraction on cadmium removal from highly polluted soils and organic carbon stability30
Exploring the characteristics of microbial community and enzyme activity in the aged refuse landfill environment of Taiyuan, China30
An evaluation approach integrating remedial duration for sustainable mega-site remediation in China29
MilTilV: a vertically resolved microbial explicit soil organic carbon turnover model integrated the effect of tillage operation29
Soil health for future generations: Ensuring sustainable agriculture and ecosystem resilience28
Soils in extraterrestrial space: Need for studies under microgravity28
Microalgal bioinoculants for sustainable agriculture and their interactions with soil biotic and abiotic components: A review28
Towards sustainable use of Cd-contaminated soils: Deciphering Cd accumulation mechanisms in plants27
Pedotransfer functions for predicting bulk density of coastal soils in East China27
Drivers of soil organic carbon stabilization within the sub–superficial horizons in chestnut stands27
Organic material amendments shape the bacterial community and enhance carbon sequestration in an agricultural black soil26
Soil organic carbon loss in subtropical Vertisols is driven by reduced mineral association rather than changes in carbon forms26
Nano-engineered materials and CRISPR-enabled, multi-omics-guided strategies for pesticide detoxification in soil-rhizosphere systems26
Flavonoid-mediated iron (oxyhydr)oxide transformation enhances soil carbon storage in paddy soils26
Optimizing water retention and nutrient release in soil with diammonium phosphate loaded guar gum/diatomite composite hydrogel: Implications for agriculture26
Direct standardization transforms micro-NIR data for organic carbon and clay contents prediction in fresh soils25
Bacterial community characteristics in epigeic and anecic earthworm vermicompartments within soil-earthworm systems25
Unveiling the multifaceted role of clay minerals in the One Health framework: A comprehensive review25
Synthetic soil aggregate analogues: multi-functional montmorillonite-organic-microbial composites for mitigating soil acidification25
Impacts of industrial contamination on rice cultivation: A review25
Deep organic amendments in vineyard subsoils reduce temperature sensitivity of respiration without increasing N2O or CH4 emissions23
An effective planting model to decrease cadmium accumulation in rice grains and plants: Intercropping rice with wetland plants23
Organo-mineral complexes in soil colloids: Implications for carbon storage in saline-alkaline paddy soils from an eight-year field experiment22
Global patterns of soil phosphatase responses to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization22
Unveiling root exudates: Composition, characterization, dynamics and collection strategies22
Soil pH controls oxidative and hydrolytic enzyme activities regulating organic matter accumulation in rice cultivation systems21
Assessing deep soil carbon stocks in California nut orchards: insights and opportunities for climate mitigation21
A multi-channel laboratory system for continuous measurements of microbial respiration under controlled aerobic conditions21
Elevated CO2 enhances glomalin accumulation and cadmium (Cd) sequestration in soil of Funneliformis mosseae-inoculated black locust exposed to Cd contamination20
Complementing culture-dependent and -independent approaches is essential when assessing bacterial community potential functions in chronically polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soils20
Assessment of microbial carbon use efficiency in China's agroecosystem based on enzyme stoichiometry: A meta-analysis19
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and endophytic fungi differentially modulate polyamines or proline of peach in response to soil flooding19
Plant responses to sulfur nutrition and disease attack under climate change: Roles of sulfur and management strategies for wheat and barley19
Decomposition characteristics of woody peat and its mixtures with liable organic materials in a newly reclaimed saline-alkali soil: A one-year incubation experiment19
Effect of Zn binding to phytate and humic substances on its uptake by wheat (Triticum durum L.) as affected by carbonates and Fe oxides19
Size fractions of organic matter pools influence their stability: Application of the Rock-Eval® analysis to beech forest soils18
Nitrogen fertilization degrades soil aggregation by increasing ammonium ions and decreasing biological binding agents on a Vertisol after 12 years17
Long-term effects of cropping regimes on soil organic carbon and aggregate stability in a Mollisol of Northeast China17
Biochar from eucalyptus waste improves the chemical and biological properties of an Inceptisol and sugarcane yield over time under tropical conditions16
Improving Cd and Zn enrichment in leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) on heavy metal-contaminated soil using metal-activating probiotics16
The effect of different application rates of Zeolite in digestate fertilizer on NH3 and N2O emissions and plant N uptake16
Long-term manure application increased soil organic carbon and nitrogen mineralization through accumulation of unprotected and physically protected carbon fractions15
How the development of barren land into orchards affects soil ecosystem in Tibet, China15
Insights into the biodiversity, mechanisms and plant growth-promoting effects of Bradyrhizobium and its potential in sustainable agriculture: A review15
Effects of low molecular weight organic substances, biochars and temperature on the microbial carbon use efficiency15
Drying and rewetting affect chemical speciation and bioavailability of soil phosphorus in a hyper-arid desert ecosystem15
Articulating beneficial rhizobacteria-mediated plant defenses through induced systemic resistance: A review15
Controlled simulation of oxic-anoxic transition zone in the vadose zone by in situ redox monitoring15
Combining conservation tillage with nitrogen fertilization promotes maize straw decomposition by regulating soil microbial community and enzyme activities14
Discrepant factors drive the diversity and composition of soil bacterial and fungal communities underlying cyanobacterial crust along a precipitation gradient14
Alterations of soil aggregates and intra-aggregate organic carbon fractions after soil conversion from paddy soils to upland soils: Distribution, mineralization and driving mechanism14
Soil microbial carbon consumption is affected by tree and mammal diversity14
Potential inhibition of humic acid against soil-borne pathogenic fungi: A review14
Aulacaspis yasumatsui infestations accelerate Cycas leaf litter decomposition and nutrient release14
Biochar amendment affects soil nitrogen transformation and nitrous oxide emission: A 15N tracer study13
Agronomic strategies to reduce the arsenic (As) concentration in rice in environments susceptible to high As concentration in grains from Argentina13
Influence of ambient temperature (5~35°C) and freeze–thaw cycle on the sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to soil organic matter in unsaturated soil13
Bioaugmentation of a novel bacterial consortium in cotton-planted soil for lambda-cyhalothrin degradation13
Preface: Special issue on soil ecology and sustainability for celebrating the 70th anniversary of ISSCAS13
Organic-inorganic fertilization promotes paddy soil macroaggregate organic carbon accumulation associated with key bacterial populations in subtropical China13
Thermotolerant plant growth-promoting microorganisms mitigate the negative effects of heat stress on plants for sustainable agriculture—A comprehensive review13
Effect of synergistic urea by nitrification inhibitor coated with resin on wheat growth and soil nitrogen supply12
Adsorption/desorption characteristics of Cd, Cu and Pb on/from soil aggregate fractions from a calcareous soil profile in single and ternary systems12
Bridging chemical fertilizers and biostimulants for climate-smart agriculture12
Long-term nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization modulates methane uptake and microbial community dynamics in subtropical forest soils12
Silicon and plant nutrition—dynamics, mechanisms of transport and role of silicon solubilizer microbiomes in sustainable agriculture: A review12
Diazotroph-enriched phototrophic biofilms regulate straw decomposition and microbial necromass accumulation in paddy soil11
Linking bacteria-related nitrogen–iron coupling to short-term carbon transformation in paddy soils under biochar amendment11
Medium and long-term liming of an acidified forest soil promotes the abundance and activity of the French endemic earthworm Aporrectodea velox11
Partial organic fertilizer substitution promotes soil multifunctionality by increasing microbial community diversity and complexity11
Role of methylotrophic bacteria in managing abiotic stresses for enhancing agricultural production11
Improving inherent soil productivity underpins agricultural sustainability11
Impacts of spatial scales and data distribution patterns on geographically weighted machine learning models for the spatial prediction of soil organic carbon11
Synergistic response of the purple soil-ryegrass system to acidification and cadmium pollution11
15N tracers and microbial analyses reveal in situ N2O sources in contrasting water regimes of a drained peatland forest11
Snow removal promotes microbial-mediated organic carbon stabilization within soil aggregates in a peatland of Northeast China11
Spectral indices measured with proximal sensing using canopy reflectance sensor, chlorophyll meter and leaf color chart for in-season grain yield prediction of basmati rice11
Analyzing and assessing maize root water uptake and yield responses to various salt compositions through macroscopic reduction functions10
Chemical oxidation of arsenic in the environment and its application in remediation: A mini review10
Positive effects of biochar application and Rhizophagus irregularis inoculation on mycorrhizal colonization, rice seedlings and phosphorus cycling in paddy soils10
Straw management and fertilization improve soil aggregate stability by inducing biological binding agent and specific microbial keystone genera10
Climatic effects on soil organic nitrogen fractions and amino acid chirality in paddy soils10
Stochasticity dominates assembly processes of soil nematode metacommunities on three Asian mountains10
Functional genes abundance associated with cellulose and hemicellulose degradation reveals the difference of wheat straw decomposition with contrasting tillage histories10
Biochar and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) application improves desert soil pH and water-holding characteristics and enhances Microcoleus vaginatus growth10
Lead stabilization in a polluted calcareous soil using cost-effective biochar and zeolite amendments after spinach cultivation10
Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis enhances microbial contribution to mineral-associated organic carbon persistence in soil: Insights from soil microbial community and microbial necromass carbon10
A global data commons is needed to protect and govern Earth's soil10
Unraveling the diversity and heterogeneity of cyanobacterial assemblages of biocrusts in the Horqin Sandland, Inner Mongolia10
Soil bacterial communities under slash and burn in Mozambique as revealed by a metataxonomic approach9
Effects of deficit winter irrigation with overwintering freezing on oasis soil salinization and alkalization9
Biodegradable and aged microplastics: Their effects on soil biogeochemical cycles and ecological risks9
Ectomycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophyte inoculation improve growth and tolerance of Pinus tabulaeformis under cadmium stress9
Potential contributors to degraded soil quality in a hilly red soil region of southern China9
Time effects of rice straw and engineered bacteria on reduction of exogenous Cu mobility in three typical Chinese soils9
Root traits determine the effects of organic amendments on soil aggregate organic carbon by regulating soil microbial multitrophic networks9
Remineralizer associated with inoculation modifies the microbiological attributes of an Oxisol9
Cadmium stress shapes microbial communities in volcanic soils: Implications for ecosystem multifunctionality9
Optimizing rice growth and soil heavy metal removal with agroforestry waste biomass-derived composite washing agent9
Effects of mining pollution and climate change on microbial communities and human health9
Methane production and oxidation–-A review on the pmoA and mcrA gene abundances for understanding the functional potentials of agricultural soils9
Unraveling the impact of diverse inhibitors on soil nitrogen emissions: the role of microbial community assembly across different soil types9
Effects of soil amendment and foliar selenium applications on cadmium immobilization in soil and accumulation in wheat9
Exogenous application of artificial humic substance can improve black soil properties and rice yield9
Stress combination: When two negatives may become antagonistic, synergistic or additive for plants?9
Career opportunities in Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing, China9
Remediation of trichloromethane-contaminated soil and groundwater using microorganisms and iron-based materials: A review9
Foliar boron application modulates antioxidant enzymes and gene expression to alleviate Cd toxicity in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)8
Soil biota finds patchy habitat after prescribed burns8
Effects of soil erosion-deposition rate and mollic epipedon thickness on sloping farmland soil nutrients in the Mollisol region of Northeast China8
Typical mineral additions promote soil mineral-associated organic carbon sequestration: Interactions between Fe oxides and microbial-derived peptides8
Geochemical transformation of ferrihydrite: A review on mechanisms, effects of coexisting molecules and environmental implications8
Performance and challenges of hydroxyapatite and its nanocomposite-based nanofertilizers: A review8
Soil class mapping with severely limited sample data: an explicit rule of soil-landscape relationships in complex terrain8
Enzyme-specific responses of the tomato rhizosphere in salt-affected soil under different agronomic treatments8
Soil mineral-associated and particulate organic matter differentially alleviate the toxic effects of 2,4,6-tribromophenol on arylsulfatase8
Co-inoculation of protist and Bacillus enhances plant growth via reshaping rhizosphere bacterial community composition and function8
Thermally activated serpentine: A dual-function adsorbent for simultaneous heavy metal immobilization and soil pH regulation in acidified agricultural systems8
Revitalizing soil–-biochar's battle against heavy metal menace in plants: A review8
A critical review of microbially induced carbonate precipitation for soil stabilization: The global experiences and future prospective8
Biochar pyrolysis temperature determines the efficacy of 3, 4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) in reducing N2O emissions from low cadmium-contaminated paddy soil8
Shortened co-growth durations enhance wheat phosphorus uptake and rhizosphere available phosphorus depletion under phosphorus limitation, but not in faba bean8
Optimizing soil health and maize yield in continuous cropping: synergistic effects of long-term straw return and winter land-use8
A novel nanosized FePO4 fertilizer is as effective as triple superphosphate in sustaining the growth of cucumber plants8
Rice-fish coculture without phosphorus addition improves phosphorus availability in paddy soil by regulating phosphorus fraction partitioning and alkaline phosphomonoesterase-encoding bacterial commun8
Nematode-fungus interactions in agriculture: Elucidating the dynamics of pathogenic and biocontrol relationships and their prospects8
Optical properties of soil water-extractable organic matter respond to changes in irrigation water quality8
Soil organic matter revisited: Why humic substances still matter?8
A hybrid approach for optimizing soil greenhouse gas flux predictions: integrating machine learning outputs into hyperparameter-tuned regression trees8
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