Biology and Fertility of Soils

Article	Citations
Impact of the chemical composition of applied organic materials on bacterial and archaeal community compositions in paddy soil	168
How tree species with contrasting biological nitrification inhibition capacity influence denitrifier activity and abundance? Insights from reciprocal transfers of soil	70
Restoration of degraded alpine meadows from the perspective of plant–soil feedbacks	57
Protists: the hidden ecosystem players in a wetland rice field soil	49
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 meadow	47
Isolation and characterization of Rhizobium from non-leguminous potato plants: New frontiers in Rhizobium research	44
Absolute microbiome profiling highlights the links among microbial stability, soil health, and crop productivity under long-term sod-based rotation	43
Inoculation and tracking of beneficial microbes reveal they can establish in field-grown potato roots and decrease blemish diseases	39
A shift from nitrification to denitrification-dominated N2O emission in an acidic soil following organic amendment	37
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with contrasting life-history strategies differently affect health-promoting compounds in field-grown tomato by changing arbuscule occurrence and mycorrhizal assemblages i	37
Correction to: A 5-and a-half-year-experiment shows precipitation thresholds in litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics in arid and semi-arid regions	36
Organic fertilization drives shifts in microbiome complexity and keystone taxa increase the resistance of microbial mediated functions to biodiversity loss	36
Exploring polyphosphates in soil: presence, extractability, and contribution to microbial biomass phosphorus	36
Are lipids, phenylpropanoids, and benzenoids potential metabolite biomarkers for succession in desert biocrusts?	36
Evidence of endophytic nitrogen fixation as a potential mechanism supporting colonization of non-nodulating pioneer plants on a glacial foreland	35
Editorial: Recent advances in biology and fertility studies of paddy field soil	35
Using fluorescence lifetime imaging to disentangle microbes from the heterogeneous soil matrix	34
Mechanism of increased soil phosphorus availability in a calcareous soil by ammonium polyphosphate	33
Endophytic N2 fixation in sweet potato: responses to N, P, and K inputs and visualization of 15N2 utilizing bacterial cells via Raman spectroscopy	32
Bio-organic fertilizer enhances soil mineral solubilization, microbial community stability, and fruit quality in an 8-year watermelon continuous cropping system	31
Correction to: Inter-microbial competition for N and plant NO3- uptake rather than BNI determine soil net nitrification under intensively managed Brachiaria humidicola	31
Rhizosphere-competent actinobacteria with ACC deaminase activity mitigate heavy metal stress in corn (Zea mays)	29
Trunk injection of oxytetracycline improves plant performance and alters the active bark and rhizosphere microbiomes in huanglongbing-affected citrus trees	28
Niche differentiation and higher uptake of available nitrogen maintained the productivity of alpine meadow at early degradation	28
Rethinking discrepancies between difference and 15 N methods for estimating fertilizer nitrogen recovery	27

Shifts in understory plant composition induced by nitrogen addition predict soil fungal beta diversity in a boreal forest	27
Variations in the composition of tea leaves and soil microbial community	27
Nitrogen uptake and reallocation from roots drive the regrowth of a dominant plant in temperate grassland after low defoliation	26
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 gene	25
Phosphorus (P) mobilisation from inorganic and organic P sources depends on P-acquisition strategies in dioecious Populus euphratica	24
Genotypic richness affects inorganic N uptake and N form preference of a clonal plant via altering soil N pools	24
Liming enhances the abundance and stability of nitrogen-cycling microbes: the buffering effect of long-term lime application	24
Interactive effects of plant litter chemistry and organic/inorganic forms of nitrogen addition on Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) soil respiration	23
Unveiling the crucial role of rice root iron plaque in enhancing biological nitrogen fixation via 15N-labeling DNA-SIP and metagenomics in a model study	23
Bacterial necromass determines the response of mineral-associated organic matter to elevated CO2	23
Mycorrhizal symbiosis balances rootstock-mediated growth-defence tradeoffs	23
Organic fertilization strengthens multiple internal pathways for soil mineral nitrogen production: evidence from the meta-analysis of long-term field trials	23
Nitrate supply increases the resistance of cucumber to Fusarium wilt disease by regulating root exudation	23
Soil contribution to the cobalamin (vitamin B12) supply of terrestrial organisms	22
Mineral N suppressed priming effect while increasing microbial C use efficiency and N2O production in sandy soils under long-term conservation management	22
Restoration of degraded alpine grasslands alters plant–microbial competition for nitrogen	21
Converting acidic forests to managed plantations reduces soil nitrogen loss by inhibiting autotrophic nitrification while inducing nitrate immobilization in the tropics	20
Elevational patterns of microbial carbon use efficiency in a subtropical mountain forest	19
Functional redundant soil fauna and microbial groups and processes were fairly resistant to drought in an agroecosystem	19
Organic nitrogen fertilization benefits selected soil fauna in global agroecosystems	19
Biochar accelerates soil organic carbon mineralization via rhizodeposit-activated Actinobacteria	19
Impact of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on resident soil and root mycobiomes in beech forests	19
Hybrid pathways of denitrification drive N2O but not N2 emissions from an acid-sulphate sugarcane soil	19
Land use types affect soil microbial NO3− immobilization through changed fungal and bacterial contribution in alkaline soils of a subtropical montane agricultural landscape	18
Type I methanotrophs dominated methane oxidation and assimilation in rice paddy fields by the consequence of niche differentiation	18
Bacteria from the rhizosphere of a selenium hyperaccumulator plant can improve the selenium uptake of a non-hyperaccumulator plant	18
Activity of anaerobic methane oxidation driven by different electron acceptors and the relative microbiome in paddy fields across various rice growth periods and soil layers	18
Litter complexity rather than land-use intensity emerges as a key driver of taxonomic and isotopic diversity of Collembola in urban systems	18
Effect of soil bacteriomes on mycorrhizal colonization by Rhizophagus irregularis—interactive effects on maize (Zea mays L.) growth under salt stress	17
Spring barley performance benefits from simultaneous shallow straw incorporation and top dressing as revealed by rhizotrons with resealable sampling ports	17
Utilisation and transformation of organic and inorganic nitrogen by soil microorganisms and its regulation by excessive carbon and nitrogen availability	17
Lysis of soil microbial cells by CO2 or N2 high pressurization compared with chloroform fumigation	17
Microbial carbon use efficiency of litter with distinct C/N ratios in soil at different temperatures, including microbial necromass as growth component	17
A 5-and a-half-year-experiment shows precipitation thresholds in litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics in arid and semi-arid regions	16
Competition between shrubs and grasses in a shrub‒encroached temperate grassland: Implications from nitrogen acquisition	16
Increasing phosphorus availability reduces priming effect by facilitating microbial carbon use efficiency in a subtropical forest soil	16
Microbial and isotopomer analysis of N2O production pathways in a calcareous film-mulched farmland	16
How to adequately represent biological processes in modeling multifunctionality of arable soils	16
Spotting ethylene in forest soils—What influences the occurrence of the phytohormone?	15
Divergent effects of straw and biochar on soil carbon priming are depth-dependent in subtropical Moso bamboo forests	15
Hysteretic response of N2O reductase activity to soil pH variations after application of lime to an acidic agricultural soil	15
Nitrogen additions increase soil microbial nitrate- rather than ammonium- immobilization	15
Investigating protistan predators and bacteria within soil microbiomes in agricultural ecosystems under organic and chemical fertilizer applications	15
Greenhouse growth bioassay confirms soil nitrogen availability indicated by the flush of CO2	15
Fixation of CO2 by soil fungi: contribution to organic carbon pool and destination of fixed carbon products	14
Effects of organic mulching on soil aggregates, main microbial groups, and enzyme activity in Chinese hickory plantation	14
Harnessing key bacteria from suppressive soil to mitigate banana Panama disease	14
Mulching increases soil organic carbon via plant inputs and its microbial transformation	14
Response of acetochlor degradation and bacterial community in black soil to the application of vermicompost	14
Nitrous oxide fluxes, their sources, and soil microbial communities depend more on carbon availability than long- and short-term phosphorus addition	14

Effect of no-till followed by crop diversification on the soil microbiome in a boreal short cereal rotation	14
Soil bacterial and fungal communities beneath different forest types differentially and promptly respond to non-catastrophic typhoon disturbance	13
Steering microbiomes by organic amendments towards climate-smart agricultural soils	13
Pyrolysis temperature affects biochar suitability as an alternative rhizobial carrier	13
Grazing exclusion increases soil organic C through microbial necromass of root-derived C as traced by 13C labelling photosynthate	13
Contrasting fine root-induced rhizosphere priming effects between coniferous and broadleaved trees	13
N2O production is influenced by the abundance of nitrite-reducers and N2O-reducers in casts produced by a large variety of tropical earthworm species	13
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 soil	12
A hitchhiker’s guide: estimates of microbial biomass and microbial gene abundance in soil	12
Spent mushroom substrate as a substitute for chemical fertilizer changes N-cycling genes and reduces N2O emission in different textured soils	12
Effect of agricultural management system (“cash crop”, “livestock” and “climate optimized”) on nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions	12
Extraction optimisation to measure viral abundance in red soils	12
Top-down gene upregulation and not microbial community diversity in explaining local-scale litter decomposition	12
Repeated drying and rewetting cycles accelerate bacterial growth recovery after rewetting	12
Cover crops in citrus orchards impact soil nutrient cycling and the soil microbiome after three years but effects are site-specific	12
Effect of biodegradable plastics on greenhouse gas emission and paddy rice growth under flooding conditions	12
Effect of biochar and DMPP application alone or in combination on nitrous oxide emissions differed by soil types	11
Fatty acid 16:1ω5 as a proxy for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal biomass: current challenges and ways forward	11
Lysimeter-based full fertilizer 15N balances corroborate direct dinitrogen emission measurements using the 15N gas flow method	11
Importance of substrate quality and clay content on microbial extracellular polymeric substances production and aggregate stability in soils	11
Rhizosphere bacteriome assemblage following initial fluctuations is delayed with nitrogen additions in tomato seedlings	11
Interconnections among co-existing soil bacteria taxa drive the home-field advantage of litter decomposition	11
Soil pH differently affects N2O emissions from soils amended with chemical fertilizer and manure by modifying nitrification and denitrification in wheat-maize rotation system	11
Effects of the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) on the activity and diversity of the soil microbial community under contrasting soil pH	11
Unlocking Zn biofortification: leveraging high-Zn wheat and rhizospheric microbiome interactions in high-pH soils	10
Cover crops offset recalcitrant soil organic carbon losses under plastic-film mulching by altering microbial functional genes	10
Effects of cover crops and microbial inoculants in different farming systems on soil microbial communities and yield of maize	10
Correction to: Type I methanotrophs dominated methane oxidation and assimilation in rice paddy fields by the consequence of niche differentiation	10
Inhibitory effect of high nitrate on N2O reduction is offset by long moist spells in heavily N loaded arable soils	10
Correction to: Dynamic changes in soil fungal communities and functional groups in response to sugarcane/soybean intercropping with reduced nitrogen fertilizer application	10
Aridity-driven divergence in soil microbial necromass carbon in alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau	10
Nitrogen isotope enrichment predicts growth response of Pinus radiata in New Zealand to nitrogen fertiliser addition	9
Exudate pulses throughout the entire growth period trigger the increase in maize phosphorus use efficiency by modifying soil keystone microbial taxa	9
Phospholipid fatty acids in soil—drawbacks and future prospects	9
Climate warming in an alpine meadow: differential responses of soil faunal vs. microbial effects on litter decomposition	9
Difference in soil microbial necromass carbon accumulation induced by three crops straw mulching for 4 years in a citrus orchard	9
Microbial control of soil organic matter dynamics: Effects of land use and climate change	9
Correction to: Variations in biomass of fungal guilds are primarily driven by factors related to soil conditions in Mediterranean Pinus pinaster forests	9
Special Issue: Recent advances in biology and fertility studies of paddy field soil	9
Varying soil moisture and pH with alpine meadow degradation affect nitrogen preference of dominant species	9
Strategy of endophytic bacterial communities in alfalfa roots for enhancing plant resilience to saline–alkali stress and its application	9
OBITUARY	9
Hydrolyzable microplastics in soil—low biodegradation but formation of a specific microbial habitat?	8
Nucleic acids are a major pool of hydrolyzable organic phosphorus in arable organic soils of Southern Ontario, Canada	8
Effects of several long-term soil health treatments on populations of Pratylenchus penetrans and the soil microbial community	8
Inter-microbial competition for N and plant NO3− uptake rather than BNI determines soil net nitrification under intensively managed Brachiaria humidicola	8
Loading of redox-active metal Fe largely enhances the capacity of biochar to mitigate soil N2O emissions by promoting complete denitrification	8
Labile carbon inputs support the recovery of bacterial communities, but not fungal communities, from a simulated bovine urine event	8
Enhanced CO2 emissions from soil organic matter in agricultural fields during microbial community assemblage	8
Can potato cropping be made regenerative? Cover crops and dead organic mulch support soil microbial activity	8
Comparison of methods for assessing fungi-to-bacteria ratio of soil	8
Microbial ammonium immobilization promoted soil nitrogen retention under high moisture conditions in intensively managed fluvo-aquic soils	8
Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance at low-field as an approach for fertiliser dissolution monitoring	8
Combined application of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and sodium selenite promotes tea seedling growth and selenium uptake by regulating the rhizosphere bacterial community	8
Functional players involved in the distinct nitrogen metabolism in two geographically different paddy soils	8
Seed coat treatment by plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria Lysobacter antibioticus 13–6 enhances maize yield and changes rhizosphere bacterial communities	8
Occurrence and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonising off-season and in-season weeds and their relationship with maize yield under conservation agriculture	7
Storage, not plant residues, may influence bacterial communities in air-dried soils even at -80 ℃	7
Adenylate energy charge (AEC) in soil: an almost ignored determination of soil microbial activity - in memory of Phil Brookes	7
Role of root hair elongation in rhizosheath aggregation and in the carbon flow into the soil	7
Soil types differ in the temporal response of the priming effect to nitrogen addition: a study on microbial mechanisms	7
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 tillage	7
Potato yield and quality are linked to cover crop and soil microbiome, respectively	7
Host genotype‑specific plant microbiome correlates with wheat disease resistance	7
Litter chemical traits, microbial and soil stoichiometry regulate organic carbon accrual of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter	7
Topography-driven soil properties modulate effects of nitrogen deposition on soil nitrous oxide sources in a subtropical forest	7
High soil moisture rather than drying-rewetting cycles reduces the effectiveness of nitrification inhibitors in mitigating N2O emissions	7
Biochar mitigates nitrogen deposition-induced enhancement of soil N2O emissions in a subtropical forest	7
Livestock manure-derived hydrochar is more inclined to mitigate soil Global Warming Potential than raw materials based on soil stoichiometry analysis	7
Time between two partial rewetting events influences the respiration flush and microbial growth after the final rewetting	6
Biological activities affect the dynamic of P in dryland soils	6
Does liming improve microbial carbon use efficiency after maize litter addition in a tropical acidic soil?	6
From earth to space: how bacterial consortia and green compost improve lettuce growth on lunar and martian simulants	6
Pyraclostrobin and polyethylene nanoplastics jointly interfere with the antibiotic resistome in earthworm gut	6
The contribution of the phototrophic fraction in the fertility of different successional stages of induced biological soil crusts	6
Pre-sowing recurrent inoculation with Pseudomonas fluorescens promotes maize growth	6
Effects of the number of 15 N-injection needles on the estimation of gross N transformation rates using 15 N tracing tool including plant	6
The priming effect dynamics are driven by microbial activation and growth and constrained by the relative availability of input C and soil N	6
Halophyte functional groups influence seasonal variations in rhizosphere microbial necromass and enzyme activities in an inland saline ecosystem	6
A new modeling approach for denitrification taking internal chemical gradients into account	6

The active role of comammox Nitrospira in nitrification in acidic orchard soils revealed by DNA-SIP	6
Plant sexual variation modulates rhizospheric nutrient processes through the soil microbiome response to drought and rewetting in Populus cathayana	6
Sensitive control of N2O emissions and microbial community dynamics by organic fertilizer and soil interactions	5
Full-factorial resource amendment experiments reveal carbon limitation of rhizosphere microbes in alpine coniferous forests	5
Contrasting effects of elevated CO2 on autotrophic prokaryotes with different CO2 fixation strategies in tea plantation soil	5
Redox controls on anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled to reduction of natural organic matter in paddy ecosystems	5
Nitrous oxide emissions and N-cycling gene abundances in a drip-fertigated (surface versus subsurface) maize crop with different N sources	5
Background soil nitrogen regulates the contribution of cover crop-derived nitrogen into subsequent crop	5
Gross N transformation rates in soil system with contrasting Urochloa genotypes do not confirm the relevance of BNI as previously assessed in vitro	5
Pyrogenic organic matter decreases while fresh organic matter increases soil heterotrophic respiration through modifying microbial activity in a subtropical forest	5
Impact of repeated irrigation of lettuce cultures with municipal wastewater on the diversity and composition of root-associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	5
Dynamic changes in soil fungal communities and functional groups in response to sugarcane/soybean intercropping with reduced nitrogen fertilizer application	5
Microbiome dynamics of soils covered by plastic and bioplastic mulches	5
Litter quality controls the contribution of microbial carbon to main microbial groups and soil organic carbon during its decomposition	5
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	5
Altered soil microbial properties and functions after afforestation increase soil carbon and nitrogen but not phosphorus accumulation	5
Soil extracellular polymeric substances and microbial biomass react differently to field induced drought stress in contrasting cropping systems at different wheat developmental stages	5
Higher ammonium-to-nitrate ratio shapes distinct soil nitrifying community and favors the growth of Moso bamboo in contrast to broadleaf tree species	5
Phosphorus fertilizer enhances the tolerance of rhizosphere microbial community to low-light stress in Tartary buckwheat	5
Heterotrophic nitrification of organic nitrogen in soils: process, regulation, and ecological significance	5
Nitrogen acquisition by two U. humidicola genotypes differing in biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) capacity and associated microorganisms	5
Plant Growth-Promoting Yeasts (PGPYs) as a sustainable solution to mitigate salt-induced stress on zucchini plant growth	5
Linking soil aggregation to organic matter chemistry in a Calcic Cambisol: evidence from a 33-year field experiment	5