introduction: soil contaminations with heavy metals represent a potential risk to the biosphere and leads to increased concentration in ground and surface water. therefore metals mobility in soil has been extensively studied in the last decades. use of agrochemicals such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides has resulted in soil and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity. cadmium is a heav...

Red paddy soil is widely distributed in the south of China and has become an important production system for food cash crops. However, key factors limiting quality this type under plastic shed cultivation effective management strategies are still unclear. In present study, physicochemical microbial properties red a (PS-Soil) open-air (OA-Soil) systems were compared. Subsequently, reductive disi...

Western North American landscapes are rapidly being transformed by forest die-off caused by mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae), with implications for plant and soil communities. The mechanisms that drive changes in soil community structure, particularly for the highly prevalent ectomycorrhizal fungi in pine forests, are complex and intertwined. Critical to enhancing understanding wi...

Fungi in soil play pivotal roles in nutrient cycling, pest controls, and plant community succession in terrestrial ecosystems. Despite the ecosystem functions provided by soil fungi, our knowledge of the assembly processes of belowground fungi has been limited. In particular, we still have limited knowledge of how diverse functional groups of fungi interact with each other in facilitative and c...

Abstract To improve our understanding of early microbial colonization pristine minerals and their group-specific C utilization, we exposed (illite/goethite/quartz) amended with artificial root exudates (ARE, glucose, citric acid) in grassland soils for a period 24 weeks. FTIR spectra indicated that mineral-associated ARE were used within the first 2 weeks exposure replaced by other carbohydrate...

Organic farming system and sustainable management of soil pathogens aim at reducing the use of agricultural chemicals in order to improve ecosystem health. Despite the essential role of microbial communities in agro-ecosystems, we still have limited understanding of the complex response of microbial diversity and composition to organic and conventional farming systems and to alternative methods...