Intercropping systems can flexibly use resources such as sunlight, heat, water, and nutrients
in time and space, improve crop yield and land utilization rates, effectively reduce …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza is a mutually beneficial biological association between species in the
fungal phylum Glomeromycota and higher plants roots. The symbiosis is thought to have …

Soil microorganisms are key to biological diversity and many ecosystem processes in
terrestrial ecosystems. Despite the current alarming loss of plant diversity, it is unclear how …

Plant diversity has been shown to determine the composition and functioning of soil biota.
Although root-derived organic inputs are discussed as the main drivers of soil communities …

Agricultural and industrial activities have increased atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition to
ecosystems worldwide. N deposition can stimulate plant growth and soil carbon (C) input …

Field nutrients management practices influence soil biological properties and organic matter
fractions. A long-term experiment (30-year) was conducted to investigate changes in soil …

Biologically essential elements–especially nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)–constrain plant
growth and microbial functioning; however, human activities are drastically altering the …

Higher plant diversity is often associated with higher soil microbial biomass and diversity,
which is assumed to be partly due to elevated root exudate diversity. However, there is little …

Extracellular enzymes allow microbes and plant roots to acquire resources from complex
molecules, and thereby catalyze the rate-limiting step in soil carbon and nutrient cycling. We …

Bacterial Biogeochemistry, Third Edition focuses on bacterial metabolism and its relevance
to the environment, including the decomposition of soil, food chains, nitrogen fixation …