The targeted application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) provides the key for a future sustainable agriculture with reduced pesticide application. PGPR interaction with the indigenous microbiota is poorly understood but essential to develop reliable applications. Therefore, Stenotrophomonas rhizophila SPA-P69 was applied as seed coating and in combination with a fungicide based on the active ingredients fludioxonil, metalaxyl-M, captan and ziram. Plant performance and rhizosphere composition of treated and non-treated maize plants of two field trials were analyzed. Plant health was significantly increased by treatment; however overall corn yield was not changed. By applying high-throughput amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA and the ITS genes, the bacterial and fungal changes in the rhizosphere due to different treatments were determined. Despite treatments had a significant impact on the rhizosphere microbiota (9- 12%), the field site was identified as main driver (27- 37%). Soil microbiota composition from each site was significantly different, which explains the site-specific effects. In this study we were able to show first indications how PGPR treatments increase plant health via microbiome shifts in a site-specific manner. This way first steps towards a detailed understanding of PGPRs and developments of consistently efficient applications in diverse environments are set.
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Long term wastewater irrigation increased salts, organic matter and plant nutrients in the soil. Soil pH was not consistently affected. Soil Cu was not affected by wastewater application while Zn, Fe and Mn was not consistently affected. Wastewater irrigation had no significant effect on soil heavy metals (Pb and Cd) regardless of duration of wastewater irrigation. The barley biomass increased with added wastewater and nutrients provided with the wastewater. However, longer period of wastewater application (10 years) resulted in lower biomass production but remained higher than that of the control plants. Plant essential nutrients (Total-N, NO 3 , P, and K) were higher in plants grown in soils irrigated with wastewater. Plant Cu, Zn, Fe, Mn increased with 2 years of wastewater irrigation, then reduced with longer period. Plant Pb and Cd increased with wastewater irrigation and their levels were higher the longer the period of wastewater irrigation. 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Advanced analytical techniques, such as high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), were employed to detect contaminants beyond traditional methods, providing critical insights for environmental management and policy development. The findings contribute to addressing gaps in knowledge regarding contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and their distribution across different environmental compartments. 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The consequences of conversion from HT to mainly NT on soil organic carbon (SOC) have been subject to a number of meta-analyses revealing either a positive or non-significant effect. In this study, we used the equivalent soil mass (ESM) approach to evaluate SOC stock changes following the conversion from HT to IT and NT considering studies compiled within a systematic review. In order to maximize the use of available evidence, we used different substitution methods for imputing missing information on the variance of both SOC and bulk density (\u03c1b). Based on a total of 101 long-term field trials (>\u00a010\u00a0years), the positive effect of IT and NT compared to HT was found to be limited to the topsoil (0\u201330\u00a0cm depth). Estimated SOC stock increases for this particular depth ranged from 3.22\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.48 to 3.50\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.60 (HT vs. IT) and 4.19\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.82 to 4.23\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.92\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u2212\u00a01 (HT vs. NT). 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This knowledge gap poses a major hurdle in robustly projecting changes in the global hydrologic cycle. For this reason, here we review the different processes by which atmospheric CO2 concentration affects plant transpiration, the several uncertainties related to the complex physiological and radiative processes involved, and the knowledge gaps which need to be filled in order to improve predictions of plant transpiration. Although there is a high degree of certainty that rising CO2 will impact plant transpiration, the exact nature of this impact remains unclear due to complex interactions between CO2 and climate, and key aspects of plant morphology and physiology. The interplay between these factors has substantial consequences not only for future climate and global vegetation, but also for water availability needed for sustaining the productivity of terrestrial ecosystems. Future changes in global plant transpiration in response to enhanced CO2 are expected to be driven by water availability, atmospheric evaporative demand, plant physiological processes, emergent plant disturbances related to increasing temperatures, and the modification of plant physiology and coverage. Considering the universal sensitivity of natural and agricultural systems to terrestrial water availability we argue that reliable future projections of transpiration is an issue of the highest priority, which can only be achieved by integrating monitoring and modeling efforts to improve the representation of CO2 effects on plant transpiration in the next generation of earth system models. \u00a9 2022 The Authors", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "VAPOR-PRESSURE DEFICIT", "COMMUNITY LAND MODEL", "DECIDUOUS FOREST TREES", "TROPICAL RAIN-FOREST", "EARTH SYSTEM MODELS", "STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE", "Earth system models", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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We have compiled the meta-information of 616 LTEs from 30 different countries across Europe with a duration of typically 20 years, including clustered information of the European LTEs in different categories (management operations, land use, duration, status, etc.). It consists of the updated version of the dataset published by Grosse et\u00a0al., (2020) but is extended by further LTE metadata, categories and research themes. Each set of metadata consists of up to 49 different attributes (categorical or numeric). Collected attributes were analyzed according to several research themes, including fertilization, crop rotation and tillage treatments. The collection of individual metadata was enlarged by the recent agreement between the BonaRes (www.bonares.de) and EJP SOIL (www.ejpsoil.eu) groups into the most comprehensive dataset in Europe, providing access to LTE and other, shorter running experiments. 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The nutrient content of the drainage water can be obtained directly from water analysis, which immediately focuses attention on filter media selection. There are many factors that may be important before choosing a medium or media e.g. nutrient removal capacity, lifetime, hydraulic conductivity, the potential for pollution swapping , attenuation of non-target contaminants (e.g. pesticides, organic carbon, etc.), and local availability and transportation cost of media to site. In this study, a novel decision support tool (DST) was developed, which brought all these factors together in one place for five nutrient scenarios. A systematic literature review was conducted to create a database containing 75 media with an associated static scoring system across seven criteria (% of nutrient concentration reduction, removal of other pollutants, lifetime, hydraulic conductivity, negative externalities) and a dynamic scoring system across two criteria (delivery cost and availability). The DST was tested using case studies from Ireland, Belgium and USA with different agricultural practices and nutrient scenarios. It was then validated by SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunities and threats) analysis. The DST provided a rapid, easily modifiable screening of many media-based treatments for specific dual or single nutrient-based water drainage problems. This provides stakeholders (farmers/regulators/advisors) with a versatile, flexible and robust yet easy-to-understand framework to make informed choices on appropriate media-based mitigation measures according to users relevant technical, economic and logistical factors.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Farm pollution", "Nitrogen", "Phosphorus", "Agriculture", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "nitrogen", "6. Clean water", "farm pollution", "12. Responsible consumption", "13. 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Ground beetles were sampled by pitfall trapping. Specimens were dry-ashed and soil and beetle samples digested with nitric acid. Lead, cadmium, copper, zinc, manganese, and iron were analyzed using atomic absorption spectrometry. Statistically significant differences between plots were found for lead, cadmium, and iron in ground beetles. Correlations between ground beetles and soil or leaf litter were positive for lead and cadmium concentrations and negative for iron concentration. Differences in species metal concentrations were recorded. Higher concentrations of all studied metals were found in female beetles. However, a significant difference between sexes was found only for manganese. Significant differences in species metal concentrations were found for species that differ in feeding strategies and age based on breeding season and emergence of young adults.", "keywords": ["Male", "cadmium", "Croatia", "arthropods; biological indicator; cadmium; copper; iron; lead; manganese; zinc; Medvednica Nature Park; Croatia", "arthropods", "01 natural sciences", "Trees", "Soil", "iron", "Sex Factors", "Metals", " Heavy", "Animals", "Ecosystem", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "lead", "Spectrophotometry", " Atomic", "zinc", "biological indicator", "15. 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Trace metal contaminated soils have significant effects on soil microbial activities and hence on soil quality. The aim of this study is to determine the soil microbial responses to metal contamination in volcanic soils under different agricultural land use practices (conventional, traditional and organic), based on a three-tier approach: Tier 1 - assess soil microbial activities, Tier 2 - link the microbial activity to soil trace metal contamination and, Tier 3 - integrate the microbial activity in an effect-based soil index (Integrative Biological Response) to score soil health status in metal contaminated agricultural soils. Our results showed that microbial biomass C levels and soil enzymes activities were decreased in all agricultural soils. Dehydrogenase and \u03b2-glucosidase activities, soil basal respiration and microbial biomass C were the most sensitive responses to trace metal soil contamination. The Integrative Biological Response value indicated that soil health was ranked as: organic>traditional>conventional, highlighting the importance of integrative biomarker-based strategies for the development of the trace metal 'footprint' in Andosols.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "beta-Glucosidase", "Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "Soil", "Metals", "13. 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Earthworms were sampled in three metal contaminated areas with different habitat and soil properties in Finland. Earthworm and soil samples were collected at three distances (1, 2, and 4 km) from the emission sources. Earthworms were identified as to species and analyzed for heavy metals. Total soil metal concentrations were analyzed using an ultrasound-assisted extraction method and bioavailable metal fraction was estimated by acetic acid extraction. In two of the three areas studied, heavy metal concentrations close to the emission sources were high enough to have harmful effects on earthworms and their environments. In general, diversity, total numbers, and biomass of earthworms increased with increasing distance from the emission sources. When individuals were available for analyses close to the emission source, positive correlations between metal concentrations in the earthworms and those in the soils were observed.", "keywords": ["13. 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Inorganic soil amendments may decrease metal bioavailability and enhance soil quality. This study used mussel shell, cow bone, and biochar to reduce lead (Pb) toxicity in the highly contaminated military shooting range soil in Korea. Water-soluble and 1-M ammonium nitrate extractions, and a modified physiologically based extraction test (PBET) were performed to determine Pb bioavailability and bioaccessibility in the soil, respectively. Active C in the soil was also measured to evaluate the effects of the amendments on biological soil quality. The Pb contaminated soil was diluted in serial with uncontaminated soil for the bioassays. Seed germination and root elongation tests using lettuce (Lactuca sativa) showed increases in germination percentage and root length in soil treated with the amendments. Biochar was most effective and increased seed germination by 360% and root length by 189% compared to the unamended soil. Up to 20% soil dilution resulted in more than 50% seed germination. Bioavailability and bioaccessibility of Pb in the soils were decreased by 92.5% and 48.5% with mussel shell, by 84.8% and 34.5% with cow bone, and by 75.8% and 12.5% with biochar, respectively, compared to the unamended soil. We found that the Pb availability in the military shooting range soil can be reduced effectively by the tested amendments or soil dilution alternately, thereby decreasing the risk of ecotoxicity. Furthermore, the increasing active C from the amendments revitalized the soil contaminated with Pb.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Korea", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Bone and Bones", "6. 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However, little is known about the nitrate accumulation in this plant. A high nitrate level in vegetables can indirectly lead to an elevated intake of nitrites and N-nitroso compounds, increasing the risk of diseases for humans and animals. This research hypothesizes that the nitrate accumulation of Lemna minor differs between growing media. Additionally, it evaluates whether legal safety levels of nitrate for human and animal intake are exceeded. The duckweed was grown on (i) rainwater, and (ii) three synthetic media containing different nutrient levels. Furthermore, (iii) biological effluent of swine manure treatment and (iv) aquaculture effluent from pikeperch production were used, as these are potential media for closing nutrient loops in the agriculture sector. It was found that nitrate levels increased with the increasing availability of macronutrients in the water, and pH showed a particularly strong negative correlation with the nitrate levels in the plant. Nevertheless, nitrate content never exceeded 530\u00a0mg NO3 kg-1 fresh weight. To conclude, Lemna minor's nitrate content was below safety limits for human consumption in all tested growing media; however, a potential risk for ruminants was observed as these are more sensitive to nitrate conversions in their gastro-intestinal track.", "keywords": ["Agriculture and Food Sciences", "0106 biological sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "SAMPLES", "Wastewater", "NUTRIENTS", "01 natural sciences", "Food safety", "BIOMASS", "03 medical and health sciences", "Crude protein", "Vegetables", "Lemnaceae", "Animals", "Araceae", "Humans", "Toxicology and Mutagenesis", "PLANT", "FRUITS", "VEGETABLES", "2. Zero hunger", "Nitrates", "Environmental and Occupational Health", "Agricultural effluents", "NITRITE CONTENT", "Agriculture", "General Medicine", "Hydrogen-Ion Concentration", "Pollution", "DUCKWEEDS LEMNACEAE", "6. 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Penalties for carbon emitted at the time of undertaking various silvicultural activities and exponential decay of wood products were also considered. We used life-cycle assessment to evaluate carbon emissions from various silvicultural activities. We modified the traditional Faustmann forest rotation model to incorporate identified carbon payments and penalties. Slash pine ( Pinus elliottii ) was selected as a representative species. We found that the overall global warming impact (GWI) for managing a hectare of intensively managed slash pine plantation was 6539\u00a0kg carbon dioxide equivalent. The maximum land expectation value (LEV) for the scenario when all carbon payments and penalties along with payments for timber products were considered was $1299/ha using a 20\u00a0year rotation age. This value is about 71% higher than the LEV when only payments for timber products were taken into account ($760/ha using a 21\u00a0year rotation age). Our results clearly indicate that emerging carbon markets could greatly benefit southern NIPF landowners.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. 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Alternatively, crop diversification is seen as an option to reduce negative impacts and to enhance agricultural Ecosystem Services (ES). Most of these ES, such as improving resilience, despite the benefits and the high social value, do not take part in the market. In this context, the present paper presents an analysis of social preferences regarding crop diversification practices in Mediterranean agroecosystems. To do so, a choice experiment has been developed to assess social demand for more welfare-improving agricultural cropping systems. Benefits were obtained from improving environmental and cultural ES provision due to intercropping, as crop diversification practices. The results show a strong social preference for crop diversification with regard to all the benefits considered in the experiment. In fact, the total economic value for non-market goods and services provided by intercropping, which ranges from 900 to 1400 \u20ac/ha/year, for some crops might be potentially higher than cropland financial benefits. These results highlight the social support for a change in agricultural model to reach sustainable agroecosystems, which is essential to ensure the success of agrarian and rural development policies.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Agriculture", "Diversified farming", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Total economic value", "woody crops", "13. 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Data suggest that created marshes that seem to be approaching floristic equivalency in early years following construction may level off or even dramatically decline over longer time periods (10\u201320 years) for certain floristic indicators. Restoration trajectories for Ohio created marshes with strong initial restoration efforts predict floristic equivalency in a median of 14 years compared to 24 years for sites with weak initial efforts. Created marshes with strong initial restoration efforts displayed significantly greater plant species richness, number of native plant species, and number of hydrophytes than sites with low initial efforts, indicating the importance of planting, soil transport and/or contouring in establishing a wetland's restoration trajectory.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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Through the systematic investigation of land management options, modelling allows the optimum strategies to be selected ahead of any real intervention in the basin. Physically based models, for which the parameters can be evaluated using physical reasoning, offer particular advantages for predicting the effects of possible future changes in land use and climate. Typically a physically based landslide model consists of a coupled hydrological model (for soil moisture) and a geotechnical slope stability model, along with an impact model, such as basin sediment yield. An application of the SHETRAN model to the 65.8-km 2 Guabalcon basin in central Ecuador demonstrates a technique for identifying the areas of a basin most susceptible to shallow landsliding and for quantifying the effects of different vegetation covers on landslide incidence. Thus, for the modelled scenario, increasing root cohesion from 300 to 1500\u00a0Pa causes a two-thirds reduction in the number of landslides. Useful information can be obtained even on the basis of imperfect data availability but model output should be interpreted carefully in the light of parameter uncertainty.", "keywords": ["15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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One way to reduce this nitrate load is to restore wetlands at suitable locations between croplands and receiving waters to remove run-off nitrate through denitrification. This research investigated denitrification potential (DP) of different land uses and its controlling factors in an agricultural watershed in the lower Mississippi valley (LMV) to help identify sites with high DP for reducing run-off nitrate. Soil samples collected from seven land-use types of an agricultural watershed during spring, summer, fall and winter were incubated in the laboratory for DP determination. Low-elevation clay soils in wetlands exhibited 6.3 and 2.5 times greater DP compared to high-elevation silt loam and low-elevation clay soils in croplands, respectively. DP of vegetated-ditches was 1.3 and 4.2 times that of un-vegetated ditches and cultivated soils, respectively. Soil carbon and nitrogen availability, bulk density, and soil moisture significantly affected DP. These factors were significantly influenced in turn by landscape position and land-use type of the watershed. It is evident from these results that low-elevation, fine-textured soils under natural wetlands are the best locations for mediating nitrate loss from agricultural watersheds in the LMV. Landscape position and land-use types can be used as indices for the assessment/modeling of denitrification potential and identification of sites for restoration for nitrate removal in agricultural watersheds.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "550", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "630", "6. 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It has also received funds from Board of Education of Junta de Castilla y Le\u00f3n and the European Social Fund (EDU/1508/2020). The authors want to acknowledge the support of \u00d6GI (\u00d6sterreichisches Gie\u00dferei-Institut) for the data about processes.", "keywords": ["0209 industrial biotechnology", "Materiales", "Ecology", "Titanium oxide", "Aluminium alloy", "Metal matrix composites Life cycle assessment Low pressure die casting Green sand casting Titanium oxide Aluminium alloy", "Low pressure die casting", "02 engineering and technology", "01 natural sciences", "7. 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The Gondola fire resulted in the loss of 30.9\u00a0mg\u00a0ha\u22121 of C and 510\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121 of N, mostly by the combustion of forest floor and vegetation. Mineral N leaching was accelerated for 3 years after the fire, but accounted for only 19\u00a0kg\u00a0ha\u22121 of the total N loss. Potential inputs of P by ash were small relative to soil extractable pools and no significant changes in soil extractable P were noted. No changes in exchangeable K+ were noted, even though inputs by ash could have been detected, suggesting that K was lost either during or after the fire. Similarly, decreases in soil exchangeable Mg2+ were noted even though ash inputs should have caused notable increases, suggesting Mg loss either during or after the fire. The increases in soil-exchangeable Ca2+ were large, but only marginally significant (P\u00a0=\u00a00.09) and fell within the error bounds of what could have been input from ash. Comparisons with a nearby site that burned >20 years previously suggest that ecosystem C pools will not be made up for until trees are re-established at the Gondola fire, whereas N losses could be more than made up for within 20 years if N-fixing vegetation colonized the site.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"], "contacts": [{"organization": "D. W. Glass, Watkins W. Miller, Dale W. Johnson, Roger F. Walker, J. D. 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Peat monoliths (11\u00a0cm diameter, 25\u00a0cm deep) with intact bog vegetation were exposed to ambient or elevated (ambient\u00a0+\u00a0200\u00a0mg\u00a0l \u22121 ) atmospheric CO 2 , combined with a natural water table (level with the peat surface) or a water table draw-down (\u22125\u00a0cm). Eight observations per treatment were included in the study, which was conducted over a 12 week period. Concentration of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), phenolic compounds and the fluxes of CO 2 and CH 4 were measured. The eCO 2 treatment caused an increase in the CH 4 and CO 2 fluxes and a small decrease in both the DOC and phenolic concentrations. The water table draw-down invoked decreases in phenolic and DOC concentrations, a decrease in CH 4 flux and a small increase in CO 2 flux. The combined (eCO 2 \u00a0+\u00a0water table draw-down) treatment caused a larger than expected CH 4 flux decrease and CO 2 flux increase and an increase in DOC concentration. Our results suggest very different effects on the system dependent on the treatment applied. The draw-down treatment principally increased oxidation of the rhizosphere resulting in increased decomposition and as such a removal of material from the dissolved carbon pool. The data also suggest labile carbon availability may be limiting the rate of decomposition and so slowing inorganic nutrient and carbon pool turn-over. The elevated CO 2 addressed the labile-carbon limitation. Under the environment of the combined treatment, these limitations were effectively removed, culminating in a destabilisation of the carbon-sequestering environment to a weaker sink (or even a source) of atmospheric carbon.", "keywords": ["13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. 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Williams,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.10.011"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.10.011", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.10.011", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.10.011"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2009-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1093/femsle/fnab100", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:19:30Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-07-30", "title": "Metatranscriptomic markers of fungal growth, respiration and carbon-use efficiency", "description": "ABSTRACTFungal metabolic carbon acquisition and its subsequent partitioning between biomass production and respiration, i.e. the carbon-use efficiency (CUE), are central parameters in biogeochemical modeling. However, current available techniques for estimating these parameters are all associated with practical and theoretical shortcomings, making assessments unreliable. Gene expression analyses hold the prospect of phenotype prediction by indirect means, providing new opportunities to obtain information about metabolic priorities. We cultured four different fungal isolates (Chalara longipes, Laccaria bicolor, Serpula lacrymans and Trichoderma harzianum) in liquid media with contrasting nitrogen availability and measured growth rates and respiration to calculate CUE. By relating gene expression markers to measured carbon fluxes, we identified genes coding for 1,3-\uffce\uffb2-glucan synthase and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase as suitable markers for growth and respiration, respectively, capturing both intraspecific variation as well as within-strain variation dependent on growth medium. A transcript index based on these markers correlated significantly with differences in CUE between the fungal isolates. Our study paves the way for the use of these markers to assess differences in growth, respiration and CUE in natural fungal communities, using metatranscriptomic or the RT-qPCR approach.
", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "growth", "Fungal Proteins", "Laccaria", "03 medical and health sciences", "Ascomycota", "Research Letter", "Biologiska vetenskaper", "Trichoderma", "0303 health sciences", "metatranscriptomics", "Ecology", "Basidiomycota", "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology", "Fungi", "Biological Sciences", "Carbon", "Microbiology (Microbiology in the medical area to be 30109)", "Hypocreales", "carbon-use efficiency", "gene markers", "fungi", "Transcriptome", "respiration", "Biomarkers"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/26755/1/hasby_f_a_et_al_220119.pdf"}, {"href": "http://academic.oup.com/femsle/article-pdf/368/15/fnab100/39805403/fnab100.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnab100"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/FEMS%20Microbiology%20Letters", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1093/femsle/fnab100", "name": "item", "description": "10.1093/femsle/fnab100", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1093/femsle/fnab100"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-08-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.031", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-31", "title": "Biochar Soil Amendment As A Solution To Prevent Cd-Tainted Rice From China: Results From A Cross-Site Field Experiment", "description": "Abstract Cadmium contamination in croplands has been a serious concern because of its high health risk through soil-food chain transfer. A sudden emergence of Cd-tainted rice from the South China market urged countermeasures to prevent Cd uptake and accumulation in rice grains from Cd-contaminated rice paddies. A cross-site field experiment with biochar soil amendment (BSA) at rates from 20 to 40\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 in metal polluted rice fields was conducted across South China during 2010\u20132011. Samples both of topsoil and rice grains under BSA treatment were collected after rice harvest and soil extractable Cd pool and rice grain Cd level were analyzed. Across the sites, BSA treatment greatly reduced (by 20\u201390%) rice grain Cd content, and enabled a safe Cd level ( \u22121 ) of rice grain from all these Cd-contaminated rice fields using a 40\u00a0t\u00a0ha \u22121 biochar application except in one site where soil had a Cd content over 20\u00a0mg\u00a0kg \u22121 . This could be explained by a reduction in the extractable Cd pool in the biochar treated soil, which was closely correlated to the rise in soil pH with BSA treatment. This study demonstrated a promising role of BSA in preventing dangerous Cd accumulation by rice grain in contaminated rice paddies.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.031"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.031", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.031", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.031"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.029", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-03-28", "title": "Ecological Restoration Of Degraded Sodic Lands Through Afforestation And Cropping", "description": "Abstract Land degradation and their restoration are emerging issues all over the world for the environmental management. In this study, degraded sodic land was rehabilitated through afforestation and cropping for 50\u00a0years. We assessed physico-chemical (bulk density, water holding capacity, pH, electrical conductivity (EC), organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, exchangeable cations and exchangeable sodium percent [ESP]), biological (microbial biomass-C, N, and P, quotients and counts), and biochemical (dehydrogenase, \u03b2-glucosidase, alkaline phosphatase, acidic phosphatase and protease) properties of rehabilitated forest land (R-FL) and rehabilitated crop land (R-CL) in two depths (0\u201315 and 15\u201330\u00a0cm) and three seasons. The changes were compared with degraded sodic land (D-SL), control site. At 0\u201315\u00a0cm soil depth in the R-FL and R-CL, compared to D-SL, water holding capacity, organic carbon, total nitrogen, available nitrogen, available phosphorus, exchangeable cations, ESP, microbial counts (bacteria and fungus) and biomass (C, N and P) and enzymatic activities were significantly greater, while bulk density and microbial quotient were significantly lower. Soil pH, EC, Na + , ESP and alkaline phosphatase decreased significantly, while other soil properties increased significantly in both rehabilitated lands (R-FL and R-CL). Afforestation with multiple tree species and long-term cropping system improved the soil fertility status and restored the degraded site to different levels. Furthermore, seasonal variations were land use specific and showed different trends across land use types. The study concluded that afforestation with multiple tree species induced greater changes in soil properties during restoration of degraded sodic lands in comparison to cropping system.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.029"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.029", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.029", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.029"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-06-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.039", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2012-09-28", "title": "Soil Properties Are Useful To Examine Denitrification Function Development In Created Mitigation Wetlands", "description": "We investigated structural soil attributes, the development of denitrification potential (DP), and their relations in created and natural non-tidal freshwater wetlands in Virginia. Soil attributes included soil organic matter (SOM), total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), pH, gravimetric soil moisture (GSM), and bulk density (Db). A subset of soil attributes were analyzed across the sites, using Euclidean cluster analysis, resulting in three soil condition (SC) groups of increasing wetland soil development (i.e., SC1 < SC2 < SC3 less to more developed) as measured by accumulation of TOC and TN, the increase of GSM, and the decrease of Db. Denitrification enzyme activity (DEA) was measured for DP. DEA rates were somewhat different by wetland site, but with no age-based trajectory. No significant difference was seen in DEA rates by sampling period (p = 0.06). However, DEA rates were clearly differentiated by SC groups, with the highest rates in SC3 followed by SC1 and lowest in SC2. The lowest DEA rates in SC2 seemed associated with a higher soil pH (\u223c6.6) in the group than that (\u223c5.3) of the other SC groups, but it needs a further investigation. The principal component analysis (PCA) of soil physicochemical properties and average DP showed the association between the development of denitrification function and the maturation of soil conditions in wetlands. The outcome of the study suggests that the use of a suite of simple soil properties may be useful to examine the development of denitrification function in created mitigation wetlands. The inclusion of soil properties in post-construction monitoring should be required to enhance our understanding and prediction of the functional development of created mitigation wetlands.", "keywords": ["0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.039"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.039", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.039", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.08.039"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2012-12-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.06.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-07-05", "title": "Effect Of Wood Ash On The Biomass Production And Nutrient Status Of Young Silver Birch (Betula Pendula Roth) Trees On Cutaway Peatlands In Estonia", "description": "Abstract The objective of the study was to quantify the effect of wood ash on the growth and nutrition of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) on cutaway peatlands in Estonia. Two experimental areas were established: the Ulila experimental area (South Estonia) with treatments of 5 and 10\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 wood ash and control (unfertilised plot) in 2009 and the Puhatu experimental area (Northeast Estonia) with treatments of 10 and 15\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 wood ash and control in 2011. The best results were achieved with the wood ash dose of 10\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 on the Ulila area and with 15\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 on the Puhatu area, which means that the largest amounts of wood ash applied were the most favourable for the growth of young birches. Fertilisation with wood ash improved the balance of nutrients on the Ulila and Puhatu experimental area: the concentration of extractable P, K, Ca and Mg in the ash-treated peat had significantly increased. Already after the first growing season the annual height increment of trees on the ash-fertilised plots was greater (0.5\u20130.6\u00a0m), than control (3\u20137\u00a0cm) on both experimental areas, during the next two years more than 1\u00a0m on the Ulila ash-treated experimental area. The mean root collar diameter of birches on the plot treated with 10\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 ash was 3.3\u00a0cm on the Ulila experimental area and 1.9\u00a0cm on the Puhatu experimental area. In the second year after fertilisation the mean tree biomass was 167.2\u00a0g on the treated with 10\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 plot while on the control plot the mean tree biomass was only 1.4\u00a0g on the Ulila area; in the fourth year the respective biomasses were 961.0\u00a0g and 6.3\u00a0g on the Ulila experimental area. On the Puhatu experimental area the mean tree biomass was 216.9\u00a0g on the plot treated with 15\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 and 9.6\u00a0g on the control plot in the second year. In the second year the mean annual biomass increment on the treated with 10\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 at Ulila was 136\u00a0g\u00a0year\u22121, and almost the same results were obtained on the Puhatu experimental area with 15\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121 wood ash treatment. On the Ulila experimental area the root mass ratio was higher on the control than on the ash-fertilised plots, but on the Puhatu experimental area the root mass ratio did not statistically differ between the treatments. On the plots treated with higher amount of wood ash a significant increase in the concentration of elements dominating in wood ash (P, K, Ca) was observed in assimilating organs.", "keywords": ["0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "01 natural sciences", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.06.014"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.06.014", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.06.014", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.06.014"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-09-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.020", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-08-15", "title": "Impact Of Four Tillage Permutations In Rice-Wheat System On Ghg Performance Of Wheat Cultivation Through Carbon Footprinting", "description": "Abstract The world which is facing dual challenges of global warming and food insecurity warrants critical assessment of cultivation practices to improve yield and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. No tillage is gaining popularity, but responses of GHG fluxes associated with soil, farm activities and other agricultural inputs under different tillage managements need to be explored. In the present study, spatial and yield scaled carbon footprints of wheat cultivation were calculated under four permutations of tillage and no tillage practices in rice\u2013wheat system covering all direct and indirect emissions. The practices were tillage of soil before sowing of every crop (RCT-WCT), tillage before transplanting of rice, but no tillage before sowing of wheat (RCT-WNT), tillage before sowing of wheat, but no tillage before sowing of rice (RNT-WCT), and no tillage before sowing of rice as well as wheat (RNT-WNT). Direct emissions were the most prominent contributor to carbon footprint with CH 4 fluxes from soil having the largest individual share. RCT-WCT acting as a CH 4 sink left negative spatial carbon footprints, however, it was positive for rest of the practices. N 2 O fluxes were negligible compared to CH 4 and CO 2 under all the practices. Although carbon sequestration in soil under RCT-WNT, RNT-WCT and RNT-WNT could offset indirect emissions completely, its impact on overall spatial carbon footprints ranged from 3.2 to 6.0%. Yield scaled carbon footprints ranged from \u22128.11 to 23.82\u00a0kg\u00a0CO 2 -e\u00a0kg \u22121 . Improvement in yield occurred only under RNT-WNT. Footprint analysis recognized RCT-WCT as the most GHG efficient practice and RCT-WNT as the least efficient. The study further suggested that reducing CH 4 and CO 2 emissions will reduce spatial carbon footprints of wheat cultivation. RCT-WCT practice not only provided higher yield but also reduced GHG intensity of wheat production in the study region.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "13. Climate action", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "12. Responsible consumption"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.020"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.020", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.020", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.020"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2013-11-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.10.014", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2013-11-14", "title": "Effects Of Wheat Straw Biochar On Carbon Mineralization And Guidance For Large-Scale Soil Quality Improvement In The Coastal Wetland", "description": "To study the effects of wheat straw and its biochar on carbon mineralization in saline soil, we investigated the changes of carbon (C) mineralization rate with different carbon sources under constant moisture (CM) and drying-rewetting (DW) cycles in a homoeothermic incubator. Six treatments including control (C), wheat straw (S+W), 300 degrees C wheat straw biochar (S+C-1), 600 degrees C wheat straw biochar (S+C-2), double 300 degrees C wheat straw biochar (S+2C(1)) and combination of wheat straw and its biochar (S+W+C-1) were evaluated in the present study. Application wheat straw to the soil resulted in the higher release of CO2 than that of the treatment of S+C-1 and S+C-2. However, the CO2 release of S+W+C-1 treatment was lower as compared to wheat straw alone, which can be ascribed to the higher adsorption of biochar for organic matter. Rewetting the dried treatments caused higher release of CO2 than that of CM, but the cumulative C mineralization of DW was less than that of CM in all treatments. The extent of reduction between DW and CM was less pronounced in S+2C(1) and S+W+C-1 especially with increasing DW cycles. The results suggested that the flush of mineralized C in rewetting period can be partly compensate for the reduction of mineralized C during the drying period. The fact can be explained by the good adjustability of 'r-strategist' microbes in rewetting period and the provision of better physical habitats by biochar. In general, the stress of DW cycles on saline soils could be effectively reduced with biochar application especially with low charred temperature biochar. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "6. Clean water", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "3. Good health"], "contacts": [{"organization": "Xu Gang, Shao Hongbo, Shao Hongbo, Sun Junna, Wang Bingchen,", "roles": ["creator"]}]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.10.014"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.10.014", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.10.014", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.10.014"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.031", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Closed Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-05-04", "title": "Soil Carbon Sequestration Potential Of Jatropha Curcas L. Growing In Varying Soil Conditions", "description": "Abstract The present study was aimed to evaluate the soil carbon sequestration and reclamation potential of Jatropha curcas L. (JCL) growing in varying soil conditions. For this, a study was conducted during 2008\u20132012 at four different sites of Jatropha plantations (Banthara, Gajaria, Bakshi ka talab and NBRI) growing in central India. Periodic sampling was done for plant biomass, litter turn over, microbial biomass, soil enzymes and carbon and nutrients stock of JCL plantations. The analytical studies clearly indicate that irrespective of the soil sites, the Jatropha plantations significantly enhanced (\u03b1\u00a0=\u00a05%; p\u00a0\u2264\u00a00.05) the total organic carbon, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, available phosphorus and potassium content n the soil. During the fourth year of plantations, the total plant biomass (including the above and below ground biomass) of JCL growing in various plantation sites has been increased from 15.20\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04.60 to 203.00\u00a0\u00b1\u00a040.60\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0year\u22121 with a subsequent total biomass carbon content of 7.60\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.30 to 101.50\u00a0\u00b1\u00a013.52\u00a0t\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0year\u22121, respectively. Similarly, the soil carbon stock of the plantation sites varied from 20.59 to 50.45\u00a0Mg\u00a0ha\u22121\u00a0year\u22121. Furthermore, the microbial biomass carbon content of the four different sites varied from 132.64\u00a0\u00b1\u00a09.28 to 641.32\u00a0\u00b1\u00a038.48\u00a0\u03bcg\u00a0g\u22121 soils. Therefore, the study clearly indicates that JCL plantations can significantly (p\u00a0\u2264\u00a00.01) enhance the soil quality including the soil carbon pool and microbial biomass carbon and can be used for the concurrent initiatives on biofuel production, soil carbon sequestration and soil reclamation.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "7. Clean energy", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.031"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Ecological%20Engineering", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.031", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.031", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.031"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2014-07-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.077", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"license": "Open Access", "updated": "2026-04-03T16:16:28Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2014-10-07", "title": "Restoration Of Ecosystem Carbon And Nitrogen Storage And Microbial Biomass After Grazing Exclusion In Semi-Arid Grasslands Of Inner Mongolia", "description": "The semi-arid grasslands in Inner Mongolia have been degraded as a result of long-term grazing and poor grassland management. A series of ecological restoration strategies have been implemented to enhance the ecosystem services of China's grasslands. To understand the response of ecosystem C and N to grazing exclusion within a nationwide conservation project-Returning Grazing Lands to Grasslands (RGLG), the C and N storages in different parts of the plant-soil system as well as soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and nitrogen (MBN) contents were determined and compared between three grazing exclusion sites (6 years) and the paired adjacent grazing sites in the Hulunbuir grassland of Inner Mongolia. Our results showed that the exclusion of grazing for 6 years resulted in significant increases of ecosystem biomass and soil C and N contents, leading to a substantial restoration of ecosystem C and N storage. The average C and N accumulation rates in the whole ecosystem were 173.6 g C m(-2) year(-1) and 19.8 g N m(-2) year(-1), respectively. The accumulation of C and N in soil contributed to more than 87.6% and 98.2% of the increases in ecosystem C and N, respectively, indicating that the restoration of ecosystem C and N were mainly due to the increase of C and N in soil after exclusion of grazing. The higher MBC and MBN in exclosure sites than grazing sites might be partly because of the enhanced organic matter inputs from plant litter and root exudates. The significant correlations between soil organic matter and microbial biomass suggested that soil microbial biomass could be a sensitive indicator of the soil C and N dynamics. These results indicated that exclusion of grazing pressure within the RGLG project is an effective restoration approach to control grassland degradation in this region. However, more comprehensive multidisciplinary studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the RGLG project and to improve the management strategies for grassland restoration. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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Metabarcoding holds much promise to fill this gap, however, nuclear copies of mitochondrial genes, and other artefacts lead to taxonomic inflation, which compromise the reliability of biodiversity inventories. Here, we explore the potential of a bioinformatic approach to jointly \uffe2\uff80\uff9cdenoise\uffe2\uff80\uff9d and filter nonauthentic mitochondrial sequences from metabarcode reads to obtain reliable soil beetle inventories and address open questions in soil biodiversity research, such as the scale of dispersal constraints in different soil layers. We sampled cloud forest arthropod communities from 49 sites in the Anaga peninsula of Tenerife (Canary Islands). We performed whole organism community DNA (wocDNA) metabarcoding, and built a local reference database with COI barcode sequences of 310 species of Coleoptera for filtering reads and the identification of metabarcoded species. This resulted in reliable haplotype data after considerably reducing nuclear mitochondrial copies and other artefacts. Comparing our results with previous beetle inventories, we found: (i) new species records, potentially representing undescribed species; (ii) new distribution records, and (iii) validated phylogeographic structure when compared with traditional sequencing approaches. Analyses also revealed evidence for higher dispersal constraint within deeper soil beetle communities, compared to those closer to the surface. The combined power of barcoding and metabarcoding contribute to mitigate the important shortfalls associated with soil arthropod diversity data, and thus address unresolved questions for this vast biodiversity fraction.