Light, water and healthy soil are three essential natural resources required for agricultural
productivity. Industrialization of agriculture has resulted in intensification of cropping …

Soils are the most heterogeneous parts of the biosphere, with an extremely high
differentiation of properties and processes within nano-to macroscales. The spatial and …

Although humic acid has been demonstrated to improve the quality of some soil types, the
long-term effects of humic acid on soil under continuous cropping peanut are not fully …

Microbial functioning refers to microbial activity because only the active microorganisms
drive biogeochemical processes. Despite the importance of active microorganisms, most …

In this re-evaluation of our 10-year old paper on priming effects, I have considered the latest
studies and tried to identify the most important needs for future research. Recent …

Land-use change is one of the greatest challenges for natural ecosystem services. Soil
microbiomes are essential for modulating multiple ecosystem functions. However, little is …

Despite often being conceptualized as a thin layer of soil around roots, the rhizosphere is
actually a dynamic system of interacting processes. Hiltner originally defined the …

Biochar produced during pyrolysis of biomass has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions from soils. In order to evaluate the effect of four different biochar additions …

Cover cropping is a widely promoted strategy to enhance soil health in agricultural systems.
Despite a substantial body of literature demonstrating links between cover crops and soil …

Empirical studies show that nitrogen (N) addition often reduces microbial decomposition of
soil organic matter (SOM) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) production via microbial respiration …