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Open AccessComparative analysis on root exudate and rhizosphere soil bacterial assembly between tomatoes and peppers infected by Ralstonia
The rhizosphere environment regulated by root secretory activity and rhizosphere microbial interactions plays an essential role in resisting soil-borne diseases, while the host species is an important factor t...
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Fossil-fuel-dependent scenarios could lead to a significant decline of global plant-beneficial bacteria abundance in soils by 2100
Exploiting the potential benefits of plant-associated microbes represents a sustainable approach to enhancing crop productivity. Plant-beneficial bacteria (PBB) provide multiple benefits to plants. However, th...
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Open AccessGlobal diversity and biogeography of potential phytopathogenic fungi in a changing world
Phytopathogenic fungi threaten global food security but the ecological drivers of their global diversity and biogeography remain unknown. Here, we construct and analyse a global atlas of potential phytopathoge...
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Open AccessReduced chemodiversity suppresses rhizosphere microbiome functioning in the mono-cropped agroecosystems
Rhizodeposits regulate rhizosphere interactions, processes, nutrient and energy flow, and plant-microbe communication and thus play a vital role in maintaining soil and plant health. However, it remains unclea...
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Open AccessImportant ecophysiological roles of non-dominant Actinobacteria in plant residue decomposition, especially in less fertile soils
Microbial-driven decomposition of plant residues is integral to carbon sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems. Actinobacteria, one of the most widely distributed bacterial phyla in soils, are known for their abi...
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Functional community composition has less environmental variability than taxonomic composition in straw-degrading bacteria
To address environmental variations in metabolic composition of straw-decomposing bacterial community, we performed a 16-week field-based buried straw experiment at three experimental sites across subtropical ...
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Variation of soil dissolved organic carbon under long-term different fertilizations and its correlation with maize yields
There have been many studies about the effects of long-term fertilizations on crop yields and soil organic carbon. However, little attention has been paid to the response of soil dissolved organic carbon (DOC)...
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Bacterial communities involved directly or indirectly in the anaerobic degradation of cellulose
To determine bacterial communities involved, directly or indirectly, in the anaerobic degradation of cellulose, we conducted a microcosm experiment with soil treated with 13C-cellulose, 12C-cellulose, or without ...
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Open AccessFertilization shapes a well-organized community of bacterial decomposers for accelerated paddy straw degradation
Straw, mainly dry stalks of crops, is an agricultural byproduct. Its incorporation to soils via microbial redistribution is an environment-friendly way to increase fertility. Fertilization influences soil micr...
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Soil pH rather than nutrients drive changes in microbial community following long-term fertilization in acidic Ultisols of southern China
Long-term intensive cultivation and heavy fertilization improve the nutritional conditions in acidic Ultisols, but also sharply accelerate soil acidification. However, the impact of such dramatic environmental...
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Shifts in bacterial and fungal diversity in a paddy soil faced with phosphorus surplus
Abundant phosphorus (P) has been applied to paddy fields in the red soil region of subtropical China. Microbial communities play important roles in soil nutrient cycling; however, the effects of P surplus on s...
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Improved nutrient status affects soil microbial biomass, respiration, and functional diversity in a Lei bamboo plantation under intensive management
Intensive management, such as fertilization and organic mulching, is applied frequently in Lei bamboo (Phyllostachys praecox) plantations to achieve higher production in subtropical China. However, responses as w...
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Open AccessFungicidal activities of soil humic/fulvic acids as related to their chemical structures in greenhouse vegetable fields with cultivation chronosequence
In the background of rapid expansion of plastic greenhouse vegetable production in China, many environmental risks have emerged in recent years. In this study, the soils with a chronosequence in greenhouse veg...
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Shifts in microbial biomass and community composition in subtropical paddy soils under a gradient of manure amendment
To study the responses of microbial community composition to excessive manure amendment and their relationships with soil nutrients, a pot experiment was conducted using soils of different fertilities under a ...
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Changes in dissolved organic matter composition and metabolic diversity of bacterial community during the degradation of organic matter in swine effluent
In this study, an incubation experiment was conducted with effluent collected from the concentrated swine-feeding operations (CSFOs) located in Yujiang County of Jiangxi Province, China. The purpose of this st...
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Microbial community and functional diversity associated with different aggregate fractions of a paddy soil fertilized with organic manure and/or NPK fertilizer for 20 years
Microbial communities are sensitive to fertilizations, and the response of microbial communities to different fertilization regimes in bulk soils has been studied. However, it is unclear how microbial communit...
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Soil organic C, nutrients, microbial biomass, and grain yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) after 18 years of fertilizer application to an infertile paddy soil
We have studied the influence of long-term fertilization on organic C, nutrients, microbial biomass of soil, and grain yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) after 18 years of inorganic and organic fertilizer applicatio...
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Effect of Elevated Ultraviolet-B Radiation on Microbial Biomass Carbon and Nitrogen in Barley Rhizosphere Soil
As one of the important problems in global change, elevated ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation induced by the depletion of stratospheric ozone layer has received more and more attentions around the world. Field ex...
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Terrestrial carbon pools in southeast and south-central United States
Analyses of regional carbon sources and sinks are essential to assess the economical feasibility of various carbon sequestration technologies for mitigating atmospheric CO2 accumulation and for preventing global ...
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Effect of Rice Residues on Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide Emissions from a Paddy Soil of Subtropical China
A pot incubation experiment with rice residues (straw and root) was conducted under aerobic condition (60% of WHC, water holding capacity) for a period of 55 days in a greenhouse. The emissions of carbon dioxi...
