Soil microbial inoculants for sustainable agriculture: Limitations and opportunities

M O'Callaghan, RA Ballard… - Soil Use and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The burgeoning global market for soil microbial inoculants for use in agriculture is being
driven by pressure to increase sustainable crop production by managing pests and diseases …

Crop residue management and soil health: A systems analysis

MS Turmel, A Speratti, F Baudron, N Verhulst… - Agricultural …, 2015 - Elsevier
Due to the scarcity of alternative organic amendments, the retention of crop residue in fields
can be considered key in promoting physical, chemical, and biological attributes of soil …

[PDF][PDF] 土壤酶活性及其对土壤质量的指示研究进展

曹慧, 孙辉, 杨浩, 孙波, 赵其国 - 应用与环境生物学报, 2003 - researchgate.net
The origin and classification of soil enzymes are summarized in this paper. The foregone
research results discover the close relationship between soil enzyme activity and soil quality …

[PDF][PDF] 土壤质量与土壤质量指标及其评价

刘占锋, 傅伯杰, 刘国华, 朱永官 - 2006 - researchgate.net
摘要j 土壤作为一种重要的自然资源可以为人类生产食物和纤维, 并维持地球生态系统.
土壤也是植物生长的媒介, 水, 热和化合物的源, 水分的过滤器和废物分解的生物介质. 土壤与水 …

[HTML][HTML] Microbes as engines of ecosystem function: when does community structure enhance predictions of ecosystem processes?

EB Graham, JE Knelman, A Schindlbacher… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms are vital in mediating the earth's biogeochemical cycles; yet, despite our
rapidly increasing ability to explore complex environmental microbial communities, the …

[HTML][HTML] Greatest soil microbial diversity found in micro-habitats

EM Bach, RJ Williams, SK Hargreaves, F Yang… - Soil biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microbial interactions occur in habitats much smaller than those generally captured in
homogenized soil cores sampled across a plot or field. This study uses soil aggregates to …

Organic amendments drive shifts in microbial community structure and keystone taxa which increase C mineralization across aggregate size classes

X Wang, Q Bian, Y Jiang, L Zhu, Y Chen… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic amendments can stimulate soil organic carbon (SOC) mineralization and soil
aggregation simultaneously, which can improve C sequestration and soil fertility. However …

Stabilization of soil organic carbon as influenced by clay mineralogy

M Singh, B Sarkar, S Sarkar, J Churchman, N Bolan… - Advances in …, 2018 - Elsevier
There is a growing concern about climate change, and soils have attracted significant
research attention as a sink for atmospheric CO 2. Mechanisms of soil organic carbon (SOC) …

Soil enzymology: classical and molecular approaches

P Nannipieri, L Giagnoni, G Renella, E Puglisi… - Biology and fertility of …, 2012 - Springer
It is still problematic to use enzyme activities as indicators of soil functions because:(1)
enzyme assays determine potential and not real enzyme activities;(2) the meaning of …

Stabilization of organic matter in temperate soils: mechanisms and their relevance under different soil conditions–a review

M Lützow, I Kögel‐Knabner, K Ekschmitt… - European journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanisms for C stabilization in soils have received much interest recently due to their
relevance in the global C cycle. Here we review the mechanisms that are currently, but often …