Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

Nematodes are aquatic organisms that depend on thin water films to live and move within
existing pathways of soil pores of 25–100 μm diameter. Soil nematodes can be a tool for …

The health and functioning of soil ecosystems are the foundation of sustainable food
production and land management. Of key importance in achieving sustainability, is the …

"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

In order to ensure sustainable agriculture, and for evaluating the effects of management
practices on soil processes, tools for assessing soil quality are required. The development …

Plant-parasitic nematodes cause significant economic losses to a wide variety of crops.
Chemical control is a widely used option for plant-parasitic nematode management …

No-tillage (NT) cropping systems develop distinct soil ecosystems characterized by a
diverse soil fauna and slow fungal decomposition. However, nematode community analyses …

ABSTRACT Cyst (Heteroderidae), root knot (Meloidogyne spp.), and lesion (Pratylenchus
spp.) nematodes all belong to a single nematode order, Tylenchida. However, the …

Anthropogenic global change alters the activity and functional composition of soil
communities that are responsible for crucial ecosystem functions and services. Two of the …

Soil aggregation is a key ecosystem service provided by a multitude of soil biota, among
which mycorrhizal fungi can play a pivotal role. We review the evidence for mycorrhizal …