A global review of rubber plantations: Impacts on ecosystem functions, mitigations, future directions, and policies for sustainable cultivation

AK Singh, W Liu, S Zakari, J Wu, B Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing global need for latex is driving rubber plantation (RP) expansion since the last
century, with> 2 Mha of cultivation area being established in the last decade. Southeast Asia …

Degraded land rehabilitation through agroforestry in India: Achievements, current understanding, and future prospectives

D Jinger, R Kaushal, R Kumar, V Paramesh… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Land degradation is one of the most important factors responsible for the alarming situation
of food security, human health, and socioeconomic development in the country. Currently …

Soil microbial community and network changes after long-term use of plastic mulch and nitrogen fertilization on semiarid farmland

J Liu, S Li, S Yue, J Tian, H Chen, H Jiang… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil microbes are crucial for improving soil quality and productivity. Plastic film mulch (FM),
in conjunction with fertilization, has significantly improved crop yields over vast areas of …

Impact of cover crops on the soil microbiome of tree crops

A Castellano-Hinojosa, SL Strauss - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Increased concerns associated with interactions between herbicides, inorganic fertilizers,
soil nutrient availability, and plant phytotoxicity in perennial tree crop production systems …

Land use change alters carbon and nitrogen dynamics mediated by fungal functional guilds within soil aggregates

C Liu, Y Jin, F Lin, C Jiang, X Zeng, D Feng… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Land use change is one of the greatest threats to soil biodiversity and ecological functions;
however, how such a transition affects soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics driven by …

Inconsistent responses of soil bacterial and fungal community's diversity and network to magnesium fertilization in tea (Camellia sinensis) plantation soils

W Yang, Z Ji, A Wu, D He, C Rensing, Y Chen… - Applied Soil …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil microbes are important drivers of nutrient cycling that regulate plant growth and
productivity. Yet, a holistic understanding of the effect of magnesium (Mg) fertilizer on the soil …

Plastic film mulching regime altered fungal, but not bacterial community structure at the regional scale

L Tian, X Cao, L Zhang, T Yang, B Feng - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic film mulching (PFM) can influence soil nutrients, thereby improving plant growth and
yield in vast dryland areas. However, it is unclear how PFM treatment affects soil microbial …

Soil microbiome dynamics associated with conversion of tropical forests to different rubber based land use management systems

A Mishra, D Singh, Z Hathi, HJ Purohit, MD Jessy… - Applied Soil …, 2023 - Elsevier
The biogeochemical cycles, carbon sequestration, and climate change all are significantly
influenced by tropical rainforests, which is one of the world's most productive ecosystems …

Suppressed phosphorus-mineralizing bacteria after three decades of fertilization

Q Zeng, T Mei, M Delgado-Baquerizo, M Wang… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) mineralization from organic matter is one of the most important microbially-
driven soil processes in natural ecosystems. However, little is known about how long-term …

Plant interaction patterns shape the soil microbial community and nutrient cycling in different intercropping scenarios of aromatic plant species

Y Sun, L Chen, S Zhang, Y Miao, Y Zhang, Z Li… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Intercropping systems improve the soil nutrient cycle through microbial community activity
and then land productivity. However, their interactions mechanism underlying that the mixed …