Background and aims: Permafrost degradation has the potential to change the Arctic tundra landscape. We observed rapid local thawing of ice-rich permafrost resulting in thaw pond formation, which was triggered by removal of the shrub cover in a field experiment. This study aimed to examine the rate of permafrost thaw and the initial vegetation succession after the permafrost collapse. Methods: In the experiment, we measured changes in soil thaw depth, plant species cover and soil subsidence over nine years (2007\u20132015). Results: After abrupt initial thaw, soil subsidence in the removal plots continued indicating further thawing of permafrost albeit at a much slower pace: 1 cm y\u22121 over 2012\u20132015 vs. 5 cm y\u22121 over 2007\u20132012. Grass cover strongly increased after the initial shrub removal, but later declined with ponding of water in the subsiding removal plots. Sedges established and expanded in the wetter removal plots. Thereby, the removal plots have become increasingly similar to nearby \u2018natural\u2019 thaw ponds. Conclusions: The nine years of field observations in a unique shrub removal experiment at a Siberian tundra site document possible trajectories of small-scale permafrost collapse and the initial stage of vegetation recovery, which is essential knowledge for assessing future tundra landscape changes.
", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "Ecology (including Biodiversity Conservation)", "Permafrost degradation", "Betula nana", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Thermokarst", "Vegetation dynamics", "03 medical and health sciences", "13. Climate action", "Arctic tundra", "Environmental Sciences", "SDG 15 - Life on Land", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3369-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-017-3369-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-017-3369-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-017-3369-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-08-22T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-017-3401-z", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-09-11", "title": "Biochemical Proxies Indicate Differences In Soil C Cycling Induced By Long-Term Tillage And Residue Management In A Tropical Agroecosystem", "description": "A potential benefit of conservation agriculture (CA) is soil organic carbon (SOC) accrual, yet recent studies indicate limited or no impact of CA on total SOC in tropical agroecosystems. We evaluated biochemical indicators of soil C cycling after 9\u00a0years (18 seasons) of contrasting tillage with and without maize residue retention in western Kenya. Potential activities of C-cycling enzymes (\u03b2-glucosidase, GLU; \u03b2-galactosidase, GAL; glucosaminidase, GLM; cellobiohydrolase, CEL), permanganate-oxidizable C (POXC), and soil organic matter (SOM) composition (by infrared spectroscopy) were measured. POXC tended to be greater under reduced tillage and residue retention, but did not significantly differ among treatments (\u2264 2% of SOC). Despite no significant differences in SOC concentrations or stocks, activities of all 4 C-cycling enzymes responded strongly to tillage, and to a lesser extent to residue management. Activities of GLU, GAL, and GLM were greatest under the combination of reduced tillage and residue retention relative to other treatments. Reduced tillage produced an enrichment in carboxyl C\u00a0=\u00a0O (+6%) and decreased polysaccharide C-O (\u22123.5%) relative to conventional tillage irrespective of residue management. Though enzyme activities and POXC are typically associated with SOC accrual, changes in soil C cycling at this site have not translated into significant differences in SOC after 9\u00a0years. Elevated enzyme activities may have offset potential SOC accumulation under CA. However, the ratio of C-cycling enzyme activities to SOC was higher under reduced tillage and residue retention relative to other treatments, indicating that stoichiometric scaling of SOC and enzyme activities does not explain absence of significant differences in SOC among tillage and residue managements. Potential factors that may explain the low SOC accrual rates in this tropical agroecosystem included the low, albeit realistic, levels of residue retention, nutrient limitations, and high temperatures favoring decomposition.", "keywords": ["glucosidase", "Conservation agriculture", "actividad enzim\u00e1tica", "residuos", "glucosidasa", "Tillage", "residue", "Enzyme activities", "2. Zero hunger", "Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences", "Soil organic carbon", "Agronomy & Agriculture", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "Biological Sciences", "15. Life on land", "Kenya", "agricultura de conservaci\u00f3n", "enzyme activity", "soil organic carbon", "conservation agriculture", "Residue", "13. Climate action", "tillage", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "labranza", "Glucosidase", "Environmental Sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://escholarship.org/content/qt3217p4kt/qt3217p4kt.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3401-z"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-017-3401-z", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-017-3401-z", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-017-3401-z"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-09-08T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-022-05447-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2022-05-24", "title": "Soil-tree-atmosphere CH4 flux dynamics of boreal birch and spruce trees during spring leaf-out", "description": "Abstract AimsStudies on tree CH4 exchange in boreal forests regarding seasonality and role of tree canopies are rare. We aimed to quantify the contribution of boreal trees to the forest CH4 budget during spring leaf-out and to reveal the role of microbes in the CH4 exchange.
MethodsMethane fluxes of downy birch and Norway spruce (Betula pubescens and Picea abies) growing on fen and upland sites were measured together with soil CH4 flux, environmental variables and microbial abundances involved in the CH4 cycle. Tree CH4 fluxes were studied from three stem heights and from shoots.
ResultsThe trees emitted CH4 with higher stem emissions detected from birch and higher shoot emissions from spruce. The stem CH4 emissions from birches at the fen were high (mean 45\uffc2\uffa0\uffc2\uffb5g\uffc2\uffa0m\uffe2\uff88\uff922\uffc2\uffa0h\uffe2\uff88\uff921), decreasing with stem height. Their dynamics followed soil temperature, suggesting the emitted CH4 originated from methanogenic activity, manifested in high mcrA gene copy numbers, in the peat soil. Methanogens were below the quantification limit in the tree tissues. Upscaled tree CH4 emissions accounted for 22% of the total CH4 emissions at the fen.
ConclusionsThe variation in stem CH4 flux between the trees and habitats is high, and the emissions from high-emitting birches increase as the spring proceeds. The lack of detection of methanogens or methanotrophs in the aboveground plant tissues suggests that these microbes did not have a significant role in the observed tree-derived fluxes. The stem-emitted CH4 from birches at the fen is presumably produced microbially in the soil.
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Climate action", "RADIATION", "Methane flux", "VEGETATION", "COMMUNITIES"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11104-022-05447-9.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05447-9"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-022-05447-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-022-05447-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-022-05447-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2022-05-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-016-3103-y", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2016-11-10", "description": "Plant\u2013soil feedbacks (PSFs) and grazing drive community dynamics in grasslands. We examined how the intensity of grazing and PSF interact to affect plant growth and explored what drives the observed feedback effects. Three dominant perennial plant species; Artemisia capillaris, Lespedeza davurica, and Stipa bungeana were grown in field-conditioned soil (sterilized or unsterilized) collected from four grazing intensities in a semiarid grassland of northwest China. Soil nutrient concentrations and root fungal communities were determined. Plant biomass increased with grazing intensity for the three plant species. Within each grazing intensity, plant growth in sterilized soil relative to unsterilized soil differed markedly among species. Soil inorganic nitrogen (N) concentration tended to increase with increasing grazing intensity. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) colonization was high for all grazing intensities for L. davurica. Fusarium tricinctum, the most common pathogenic Fusarium species, had the highest frequency from the control for A. capillaris and tended to increase with increasing grazing intensity for S. bungeana. Our results suggest that in grasslands plant growth can be modified by the intensity of grazing via grazing-induced changes in soil nutrient availability and fungal communities. Additional studies are needed to determine how grazing intensity affects species co-existence through PSFs to mixed communities.", "keywords": ["0106 biological sciences", "2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-3103-y"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-016-3103-y", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-016-3103-y", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-016-3103-y"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2016-11-10T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-017-3236-7", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-03-29", "title": "Responses Of Root Exudation And Nutrient Cycling To Grazing Intensities And Recovery Practices In An Alpine Meadow: An Implication For Pasture Management", "description": "The rhizosphere priming effect is caused by root carbon (C) exudation into the rhizosphere; the role of this effect in nutrient cycling and ecosystem recovery of natural grasslands as affected by different grazing intensities is still unknown. The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationships among root C exudation, rhizospheric microbial activity, and their influences on plant nutrient uptake during grazing and recovery periods. Field experiments were conducted in the Hongyuan Alpine Meadow to measure root exudation rate and nutrient cycling processes of the dominant species Elymus nutans. Three grazing intensities (an ungrazed control, moderate grazing and heavy grazing) were introduced for two months, following which all treatments received a recovery practice (no grazing for 21\u00a0days). Heavy grazing significantly decreased root exudation rate, soil nitrogen (N) mineralization rate, \u03b2-1,4-glucosidase (BG) activity, and foliar C concentration, while moderate grazing had no influence on these parameters compared to the control. After the 21\u00a0days of recovery, all these parameters, except N mineralization rate and foliar C concentrations in the heavy grazing treatment, returned to similar levels as in the control, whereas root exudation rate and BG activity rose to even higher levels. Meanwhile, moderate grazing significantly promoted root exudation rate, soil inorganic N concentration, net soil N mineralization rate, and \u03b2-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAG) activity during the recovery stage as compared to the control. Foliar quality was also improved by the recovery practice, indicating that the high availability of N and P is a consequence of the positive root\u2013microbe feedback and will ultimately benefit grazers. The flush of labile C released to the rhizosphere by grazed plants stimulated extracellular enzyme activities, enhanced soil N mineralization, and increased plant nutrient uptake. These results imply that reasonable (i.e. moderate) grazing followed by a recovery practice can effectively restore and strengthen grassland vegetation, and contribute to the sustainable use of alpine meadows such as Hongyuan.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "6. Clean water"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3236-7"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-017-3236-7", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-017-3236-7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-017-3236-7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-03-29T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-017-3307-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-06-16", "title": "Wheat Cover Crop Promoted Cucumber Seedling Growth Through Regulating Soil Nutrient Resources Or Soil Microbial Communities?", "description": "Although biomass and yield increase of plant following cover crops is often observed in intensive vegetable production systems, clear understanding of the mechanisms driving such stimulatory effects is still poor. Effects of wheat cover crop on cucumber seedling growth were studied by 1) adding nutrients to balance difference in soil nutrients caused by planting wheat, 2) adding activated carbon, residue washing and burning to remove secondary metabolites from root exudates and litter decomposition of wheat, 3) soil sterilization and soil biota inoculation to validate the role of changes in soil biota induced by wheat. Wheat cover crop increased cucumber seedling growth and plant N, P and K concentrations, but decreased soil available N, P, K, Mn and B contents. Cucumber seedling growth decreased after eliminating the difference in soil nutrients, removing secondary metabolites and sterilizing soils. Feedback effects of soil biota on cucumber seedling growth were positive. Wheat cover crop increased the diversity of soil bacterial and fungal community, changed the structure and composition of Pseudomonas spp., and decreased the abundances of Bacillus and Pseudomonas spp. Wheat cover crop promoted cucumber seedling growth by changing soil nutrient availability and regulating soil microbial community diversity.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "11. Sustainability", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3307-9"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-017-3307-9", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-017-3307-9", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-017-3307-9"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-06-16T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-017-3388-5", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-08-26", "title": "Livestock grazing and aridity reduce the functional diversity of biocrusts", "description": "Livestock grazing and climate change are two of the most important global change drivers affecting ecosystem functioning in drylands. Grazing and climate are known to influence the cover and composition of biocrusts, which are substantial components of dryland soils globally. Much less is known, however, about how these global change drivers affect the functional diversity of biocrust communities in these ecosystems. Here, we evaluate the role of increasing aridity and grazing intensity in driving the functional diversity of biocrusts. We collected data on multiple biocrust functional traits and community composition, recent and historic grazing intensity, and vascular plants at 151 sites from drylands in eastern Australia. We then used structural equation modelling and a fourth corner analysis to examine the combined effects of aridity and grazing on biocrust functional diversity and individual functional traits. Aridity had a significant direct suppressive effect on biocrust functional diversity. Effects of grazing by livestock, kangaroos and rabbits on functional diversity were predominantly indirect and suppressive, mediated by a reduction in biocrust cover. Grazing did, however, promote functional diversity via an increase in vascular plant richness, with a concomitant increase in biocrust richness. The overall effect of grazing on biocrust functional diversity however was negative. Fourth corner analyses revealed that livestock grazing had a significant negative effect on the ability of biocrusts to stabilise the soil. Aridity had strong negative effects on biocrust height and their ability to absorb water and capture sediment. Few significant relationships were detected between enzyme-related traits and environmental variables. Our findings provide novel evidence that the combination of increasing aridity and intensified livestock grazing will reduce the functional diversity and capabilities of biocrust communities, with resultant declines in ecosystem functioning.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "0106 biological sciences", "13. Climate action", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "Trait; Biological soil crust; soil crusts; ecosystem function; functional diversity; livestock; Drylands", "11. Sustainability", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11104-017-3388-5.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3388-5"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-017-3388-5", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-017-3388-5", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-017-3388-5"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-08-26T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-017-3467-7", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2017-10-23", "title": "Effects Of Irrigation Management During The Rice Growing Season On Soil Organic Carbon Pools", "description": "When addressing water shortage in rice production, we need to consider the influence of water-saving irrigation methods on soil organic carbon stocks (SOC). A typical rice\u2013rapeseed rotation was irrigated using 3 different strategies in rice growing season over a 3\u00a0year period: continuous flooding (CF), alternate wetting and drying irrigation (AWD), and rain-fed with irrigation only during drought periods (RFL). Soil samples were separated into fractions of different stability using sequentially fractionation methods. Compared with CF, AWD had no influence on C concentrations in physicochemically protected particulate organic matter in microaggregates (iPOM) at the 0\u201320\u00a0cm soil depth; however, it significantly increased the iPOM percentage in the bulk soil mass at the 5\u201310\u00a0cm soil depth. The RFL method lowered C stocks in iPOM at 0\u201320\u00a0cm soil depth, in comparison with CF and AWD, which was mainly due to its significant reduction in C concentrations in iPOM and the iPOM proportion in the bulk soil mass. The different water regimes had no effect on C stocks protected in silt and clay in microaggregates and unprotected free light POM. However, when considering the whole soil profile (0\u201320\u00a0cm), RFL significantly decreased total SOC stock, whereas there was no difference between CF and AWD. A moderate reduction in irrigation water under AWD strategy had little impact on SOC pools, thus, it could be considered an alternative water regime in balancing saving water and maintaining SOC stability.", "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"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3467-7"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-017-3467-7", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-017-3467-7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-017-3467-7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2017-10-24T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-018-3721-7", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2018-06-21", "title": "Identity of plant, lichen and moss species connects with microbial abundance and soil functioning in maritime Antarctica", "description": "We lack studies evaluating how the identity of plant, lichen and moss species relates to microbial abundance and soil functioning on Antarctica. If species identity is associated with soil functioning, distributional changes of key species, linked to climate change, could significantly affect Antarctic soil functioning.We evaluated how the identity of six Antarctic plant, lichen and moss species relates to a range of soil attributes (C, N and P cycling), microbial abundance and structure in Livingston Island, Maritime Antarctica. We used an effect size metric to predict the association between species (vs. bare soil) and the measured soil attributes.We observed species-specific effects of the plant and biocrust species on soil attributes and microbial abundance. Phenols, phosphatase and \u03b2-D-cellobiosidase activities were the most important attributes characterizing the observed patterns. We found that the evaluated species positively correlated with soil nutrient availability and microbial abundance vs. bare soil.We provide evidence, from a comparative study, that plant and biocrust identity is associated with different levels of soil functioning and microbial abundance in Maritime Antarctica. Our results suggest that changes in the spatial distribution of these species linked to climate change could potentially entail changes in the functioning of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "plants", "soil enzymology", "13. Climate action", "polymerase chain reaction", "XXXXXX - Unknown", "soil fungi", "14. Life underwater", "15. Life on land", "bacteria"]}, "links": [{"href": "http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11104-018-3721-7.pdf"}, {"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3721-7"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-018-3721-7", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-018-3721-7", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-018-3721-7"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2018-06-21T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-019-03939-9", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:12Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2019-02-01", "title": "Surface tension, rheology and hydrophobicity of rhizodeposits and seed mucilage influence soil water retention and hysteresis", "description": "Rhizodeposits collected from hydroponic solutions with roots of maize and barley, and seed mucilage washed from chia, were added to soil to measure their impact on water retention and hysteresis in a sandy loam soil at a range of concentrations. We test the hypothesis that the effect of plant exudates and mucilages on hydraulic properties of soils depends on their physicochemical characteristics and origin.Surface tension and viscosity of the exudate solutions were measured using the Du No\u00fcy ring method and a cone-plate rheometer, respectively. The contact angle of water on exudate treated soil was measured with the sessile drop method. Water retention and hysteresis were measured by equilibrating soil samples, treated with exudates and mucilages at 0.46 and 4.6\u00a0mg\u00a0g-1 concentration, on dialysis tubing filled with polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution of known osmotic potential.Surface tension decreased and viscosity increased with increasing concentration of the exudates and mucilage in solutions. Change in surface tension and viscosity was greatest for chia seed exudate and least for barley root exudate. Contact angle increased with increasing maize root and chia seed exudate concentration in soil, but not barley root. Chia seed mucilage and maize root rhizodeposits enhanced soil water retention and increased hysteresis index, whereas barley root rhizodeposits decreased soil water retention and the hysteresis effect. The impact of exudates and mucilages on soil water retention almost ceased when approaching wilting point at -1500\u00a0kPa matric potential.Barley rhizodeposits behaved as surfactants, drying the rhizosphere at smaller suctions. Chia seed mucilage and maize root rhizodeposits behaved as hydrogels that hold more water in the rhizosphere, but with slower rewetting and greater hysteresis.", "keywords": ["DYNAMICS", "/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1111", "seed exudate", "FLOW", "QH301 Biology", "/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1110", "root exudate", "630", "QH301", "soil water retention", "ROOT", "surface tension", "DIMR 646809", "Contact angle", "contact angle", "PHOSPHOLIPID SURFACTANTS", "2. Zero hunger", "STABILITY", "BB/J000868/1", "Surface tension", "Civil_env_eng", "Viscosity", "Hysteresis", "name=Soil Science", "Root exudate", "RHIZOSPHERE HYDRAULIC-PROPERTIES", "EXUDATION", "Regular Article", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "540", "Soil water retention", "6. 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However, their importance at the field scale remains poorly understood.
MethodsThis study uses a continuum model to explore the impact of root hairs on the large-scale uptake of P, comparing root hair influence under different agricultural scenarios. High vs low and constant vs decaying P concentrations down the soil profile are considered, along with early vs late precipitation scenarios.
ResultsSimulation results suggest root hairs accounted for 50% of total P uptake by plants. Furthermore, a delayed initiation time of precipitation potentially limits the P uptake rate by over 50% depending on the growth period. Despite the large differences in the uptake rate, changes in the soil P concentration in the domain due to root solute uptake remains marginal when considering a single growth season. However, over the duration of 6\uffc2\uffa0years, simulation results showed that noticeable differences arise over time.
ConclusionRoot hairs are critical to P capture, with uptake efficiency potentially enhanced by coordinating irrigation with P application during earlier growth stages of crops.
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We identified 57 relevant papers about grazing on the Tibetan Plateau, from which 366 data sets suitable for the meta-analysis were extracted. Effect sizes were assessed by computing natural log-converted response ratios of response variables. Percentage change relative to control was used for each estimate of grazing effects. The aboveground biomass, soil water content (SWC), soil organic carbon, soil total nitrogen, and soil total phosphorus significantly decreased with increased grazing intensities, while plant species richness (SR), soil bulk density (SBD) and the ratio of root to shoot exhibited the opposite tendency. Belowground biomass (BGB) showed no significant differences under light and high grazing intensities while apparently increased under moderate grazing intensity (MG) that verifies the biomass transfer hypothesis. BGB was positively related to SBD and SR but was negatively associated with SWC. The biomass transfer in MG supports the optimal partitioning hypothesis that plants partition biomass among various organs to maximize growth rate responding to environmental stress. The findings suggest that the primary mechanisms leading to the enhancement of BGB in MG are compensatory growth of individual plants, a dwarfing tendency within the plant community, a significant increase in species richness, and changes in soil microbial communities resulting from grazing.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "15. Life on land"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04380-8"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-019-04380-8", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-019-04380-8", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-019-04380-8"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2019-12-05T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-020-04784-x", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2020-12-10", "title": "Developing a system for in vivo imaging of maize roots containing iodinated contrast media in soil using synchrotron XCT and XRF", "description": "Abstract AimsWe sought to develop a novel experimental system which enabled application of iodinated contrast media to in vivo plant roots intact in soil and was compatible with time-resolved synchrotron X-ray computed tomography imaging. The system was developed to overcome issues of low contrast to noise within X-ray computed tomography images of plant roots and soil environments, the latter of which can complicate image processing and result in the loss of anatomical information.
MethodsTo demonstrate the efficacy of the system we employ the novel use of both synchrotron X-ray computed tomography and synchrotron X-ray fluorescence mapping to capture the translocation of the contrast media through root vasculature into the leaves.
ResultsWith the application of contrast media we identify fluid flow in root vasculature and visualise anatomical features, which are otherwise often only observable in ex vivo microscopy, including: the xylem, metaxylem, pith, fibres in aerenchyma and leaf venation. We are also able to observe interactions between aerenchyma cross sectional area and solute transport in the root vasculature with depth.
ConclusionsOur novel system was capable of successfully delivering sufficient contrast media into root and leaf tissues such that anatomical features could be visualised and internal fluid transport observed. We propose that our system could be used in future to study internal plant transport mechanisms and parameterise models for fluid flow in plants.
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MethodsTo mimic the rhizosphere, microdialysis probes were placed in soil and perfused with citrate solutions (0.1, 1.0 and 10\uffc2\uffa0mM) and the amount of P recovered from soil used to quantify rhizosphere P availability. Parameters in a mathematical model describing probe P uptake, citrate exudation, P movement and citrate-enhanced desorption were fit to the experimental data. These parameters were used in a model of a root which exuded citrate and absorbed P. The importance of soil citrate-P mobilisation for root P uptake was then quantified using this model.
ResultsA plant needs to exude citrate at a rate of 0.73\uffc2\uffa0\uffce\uffbcmol\uffc2\uffa0cm\uffe2\uff88\uff921 of root h\uffe2\uff88\uff921 to see a significant increase in P absorption. Microdialysis probes with citrate in the perfusate were shown to absorb similar quantities of P to an exuding root.
ConclusionA single root exuding citrate at a typical rate (4.3\uffe2\uff80\uff89\uffc3\uff97\uffe2\uff80\uff8910\uffe2\uff88\uff925 \uffce\uffbcmol m\uffe2\uff88\uff921 of root h\uffe2\uff88\uff921) did not contribute significantly to P uptake. Microdialysis probes show promise for measuring rhizosphere processes when calibration experiments and mathematical modelling are used to decouple microdialysis and rhizosphere mechanisms.
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MethodsIn a field experiment in southwest Germany, the effects of a winter cover crop mixture (vs. bare fallow) and no-till (vs. non-inversion tillage) on microbial P-cycling were assessed with soybean as the main crop. Microbial biomass, phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs), P cycling enzymes, and carbon-substrate use capacity were linked for the first time with the lability of organic P pools measured by enzyme addition assays (using phosphodiesterase, non-phytase-phosphomonoesterase and fungal phytase).
ResultsMicrobial phosphorus, phosphatase, and fatty acids increased under cover crops, indicating an enhanced potential for organic P cycling. Enzyme-stable organic P shifted towards enzyme-labile organic P pools. Effects of no-till were weaker, and a synergy with cover crops was not evident.
ConclusionsIn this experiment, cover crops were able to increase the microbially mediated internal P cycling in a non-P-limited, temperate agroecosystems.
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Overgrazing is thought to be one of most pervasive and significant degrading processes in grasslands, but direct comparisons with other comparable drivers of land use intensification are lacking. Our results aimed to test how single land use practices (grazing, mowing), and combined land use practices (both grazing and mowing), influence biodiversity, soils and plant function, and the coupling of aboveground and belowground functions and properties in a Eurasian steppe grassland. We examined changes in individual functions associated with aboveground and belowground plant and soil compartments, and multiple combined functions (hereafter \u2018multifunctionality\u2019) at 317 sites along an extensive climatic gradient in Northern China. Further, we investigated the correlations (coupling) between aboveground and belowground processes under the three land use scenarios. We found a mixture of effects of grazing, mowing and mowing plus grazing. However, values of many aboveground and belowground attributes were lower when sites were grazed. Although grazed sites had lower values of soil carbon and nutrients, there were no grazing-induced changes in root carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus. More importantly, the most intense land use scenario (grazing combined with mowing) decoupled the correlations between belowground and aboveground functions compared with that of single land uses. Our study demonstrates that mowing is a better long-term management method than grazing for semi-natural grasslands in the Eurasian steppe are heavily grazed. Our results demonstrate that additional land use pressures imposed when mowing and grazing are applied together can decouple the positive associations between plant richness and functions. This knowledge is critical if we are to adopt strategies to maintain diverse grassland ecosystems and the important services and functions that they provide.", "keywords": ["2. 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It is important to reveal wheat-root associated microbial community assembly and dominant drivers determining their variability. Methods Using 16S rRNA gene profiling, we investigated the effects of sample type, location, growth stage and variety on prokaryotic communities in the root endosphere and rhizosphere of wheat and bulk soil based on the field samples including 5 varieties from 4 locations along similar latitude with the distance about 157 to 800 km apart between any two locations. Results Prokaryotic communities were more diverse in the bulk soil and rhizosphere than in root endosphere. Wheat-root associated prokaryotic community assembly was shaped predominantly by sample type, while within each sample type, location had stronger effects on the variation in prokaryotic community than growth stage or variety. Wheat variety effects varied substantially among different locations and growth stages in root endosphere and rhizosphere samples, and the variety effects were location-specific and growth stage-specific. Root endosphere specially enriched Pseudomonas, relative to other two sample types, while rhizosphere mainly enriched Bacillus. Conclusions This study characterized prokaryotic communities of wheat-root endosphere and rhizosphere and their relationships, and demonstrated significant interactive effects between wheat variety, location and growth stage on prokaryotic community assembly in field condition.", "keywords": ["2. Zero hunger", "Triticum aestivum L", "0301 basic medicine", "0303 health sciences", "03 medical and health sciences", "Key drivers", "Prokaryotic community", "Rhizosphere", "Endosphere", "15. 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Root anatomy plays key roles in soil resource acquisition. In this article we summarize evidence that root anatomical phenotypes present opportunities for crop breeding.
ScopeRoot anatomical phenotypes influence soil resource acquisition by regulating the metabolic cost of soil exploration, exploitation of the rhizosphere, the penetration of hard soil domains, the axial and radial transport of water, and interactions with soil biota including mycorrhizal fungi, pathogens, insects, and the rhizosphere microbiome. For each of these topics we provide examples of anatomical phenotypes which merit attention as selection targets for crop improvement. Several cross-cutting issues are addressed including the importance of phenotypic plasticity, integrated phenotypes, C sequestration, in silico modeling, and novel methods to phenotype root anatomy including image analysis tools.
ConclusionsAn array of anatomical phenes have substantial importance for the acquisition of water and nutrients. Substantial phenotypic variation exists in crop germplasm. New tools and methods are making it easier to phenotype root anatomy, determine its genetic control, and understand its utility for plant fitness. Root anatomical phenotypes are underutilized yet attractive breeding targets for the development of the efficient, resilient crops urgently needed in global agriculture.
", "keywords": ["Carbon sequestration", "0106 biological sciences", "0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "Root; Anatomy; Water; Nutrients; Transport; Insects; Pathogens; Mycorrhiza; Carbon sequestration; Modeling; Image analysis; Plasticity", "Plasticity", "Modeling", "Water", "Transport", "Nutrients", "15. Life on land", "01 natural sciences", "Image analysis", "Insects", "03 medical and health sciences", "Root", "Anatomy", "Pathogens", "Mycorrhiza"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05010-y"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-021-05010-y", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-021-05010-y", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-021-05010-y"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2021-07-07T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-021-05133-2", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-09-12", "title": "In situ laser manipulation of root tissues in transparent soil", "description": "AbstractAimsLaser micromanipulation such as dissection or optical trapping enables remote physical modification of the activity of tissues, cells and organelles. To date, applications of laser manipulation to plant roots grown in soil have been limited. Here, we show laser manipulation can be applied in situ when plant roots are grown in transparent soil.
MethodsWe have developed a Q-switched laser manipulation and imaging instrument to perform controlled dissection of roots and to study light-induced root growth responses. We performed a detailed characterisation of the properties of the cutting beams through the soil, studying dissection and optical ablation. Furthermore, we also studied the use of low light doses to control the root elongation rate of lettuce seedlings (Lactuca sativa) in air, agar, gel and transparent soil.
ResultsWe show that whilst soil inhomogeneities affect the thickness and circularity of the beam, those distortions are not inherently limiting. The ability to induce changes in root elongation or complete dissection of microscopic regions of the root is robust to substrate heterogeneity and microscopy set up and is maintained following the limited distortions induced by the transparent soil environment.
ConclusionsOur findings show that controlled in situ laser dissection of root tissues is possible with a simple and low-cost optical set-up. We also show that, in the absence of dissection, a reduced laser light power density can provide reversible control of root growth, achieving a precise \uffe2\uff80\uff9cpoint and shoot\uffe2\uff80\uff9d method for root manipulation.Biochemistry is an essential yet often undervalued aspect of soil ecology, especially in soil C cycling. We assume based on tradition, intuition or hope that the complexity of biochemistry is confined to the microscopic world, and can be ignored when dealing with whole soil systems. This opinion paper draws attention to patterns caused by basic biochemical processes that permeate the world of ecosystem processes. From these patterns, we can estimate activities of the biochemical reactions of the central C metabolic network and gain insights into the ecophysiology of microbial biosynthesis and growth and maintenance energy requirements; important components of Carbon Use Efficiency (CUE).The biochemical pathways used to metabolize glucose vary from soil to soil, with mostly glycolysis in some soils, and pentose phosphate or Entner-Doudoroff pathways in others. However, notwithstanding this metabolic diversity, glucose use efficiency is high and thus substrate use for maintenance energy and overflow respiration is low in these three soils. These results contradict current dogma based on four decades of research in soil ecology. We identify three main shortcomings in our current understanding of substrate use efficiency: 1) in numeric and conceptual models, we lack appreciation of the strategies that microbes employ to quickly reduce energy needs in response to starvation; 2) production of exudates and microbial turnover affect whole-soil CUE more than variation in maintenance energy demand; and 3) whether tracer experiments can be used to measure the long-term substrate use efficiency of soil microbial communities depends critically on the ability of non-growing cells to take up tracer substrates, how biosynthesis responds to these substrates, as well as on how cellular activities scale to the community level.To move the field of soil ecology forward, future research must consider the details of microbial ecophysiology and develop new tools that enable direct measurement of microbial functioning in intact soils. We submit that 13C metabolic flux analysis is one of those new tools.
We incubated temperate forest soil at constant temperature (20 \u00b0C) and water content, and exposed it to strong single-pulse perturbations, which nonetheless mimic common pulse-events in temperate soils (glucose addition at 4 mg g\u22121 soil, or freeze-thawing overnight at \u221220 \u00b0C). We subsequently measured microbial community composition and microbial storage compounds via phospho- and neutral lipid fatty acid (PLFA and NLFA) profiling, as well as C/N stoichiometry of microbial biomass and dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in the soil solution shortly after (0.4, 1, 4, and 6 days) and after longer time periods (84 and 160 days) following the perturbations.
Transferring the soils from their natural environment to the laboratory and incubating them under controlled conditions led to a continuous change of microbial community structure over time, along with an increase in microbial biomass and dissolved N in both perturbed and control soils over the time of the experiment. Against the background of this \u2018press-disturbance\u2019, caused by the permanently changed conditions, we see immediate and long-lasting effects of the single pulse events on microbial community composition, C storage and C/N stoichiometry. Both perturbations significantly influenced the microbial community structure (based on PLFA profiles), microbial biomass N and dissolved N up to 160 days, as well as fungal and bacterial biomass and storage (based on absolute PLFA and NLFA concentrations) up to 84 days. Both perturbations increased microbial N (+59.6 \u00b5g g\u22121 dw) and decreased dissolved N (\u221240.3 \u00b5g g\u22121 dw) after 160 days, and significantly altered C/N ratios in microbial and dissolved pools (particularly in the first 6 days of the experiment).
Our results demonstrate that single-pulse perturbations can have long-term legacies in soil microbial ecosystems. In our experiment they led to alternative system states which differed from the unperturbed control in multiple parameters even after 160 days. This indicates that soil microbial communities exhibit a low resistance and resilience towards single-pulse perturbations, and may easily be pushed on alternative trajectories by short but strong environmental pulses.", "keywords": ["0301 basic medicine", "2. Zero hunger", "106022 Mikrobiologie", "0303 health sciences", "Resilience", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. Life on land", "Perturbations", "6. Clean water", "Transient state", "Pulse event", "03 medical and health sciences", "106026 \u00d6kosystemforschung", "13. Climate action", "Soil microbial community", "106022 Microbiology", "0401 agriculture", " forestry", " and fisheries", "106026 Ecosystem research"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116399"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Geoderma", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116399", "name": "item", "description": "10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116399", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116399"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-04-01T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-021-05140-3", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:13Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2021-09-12", "title": "Seasonal variation in AMF colonisation, soil and plant nutrient content in gypsum specialist and generalist species growing in P-poor soils", "description": "AbstractAims
Gypsum soils are P-limited atypical soils that harbour a rich endemic flora. These singular soils are usually found in drylands, where plant activity and soil nutrient availability are seasonal. No previous studies have analysed the seasonality of P nutrition and its interaction with the arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) colonisation in gypsum plants. Our aim was to evaluate the seasonal changes in plant nutrient status, AMF colonisation and rhizospheric soil nutrient availability in gypsum specialist and generalist species.
MethodsWe evaluated seasonal variation in the proportion of root length colonised by AMF structures (hyphae, vesicules and arbuscules), plant nutrient status (leaf C, N and P and fine root C and N) and rhizospheric soil content (P, organic matter, nitrate and ammonium) of three gypsum specialists and two generalists throughout a year.
ResultsAll species showed arbuscules within roots, including species ofCaryophyllaceaeandBrassicaceae. Root colonisation by arbuscules (AC) was higher in spring than in other seasons, when plants showed high leaf P-requirements. Higher AC was decoupled from inorganic N and P availability in rhizospheric soil, and foliar nutrient content. Generalists showed higher AC than specialists, but only in spring.
ConclusionsSeasonality was found in AMF colonisation, rhizospheric soil content and plant nutrient status. The mutualism between plants and AMF was highest in spring, when P-requirements are higher for plants, especially in generalists. However, AMF decoupled from plant demands in autumn, when nutrient availability increases in rhizospheric soil.The characterisation of plant-available phosphorus (P) pools and the assessment of the microbial community in the rhizosheath of cover crops can improve our understanding of plant\uffe2\uff80\uff93microbe interactions and P availability.
MethodsMustard (Sinapis alba), phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) and buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) were grown as cover crops before soybean (Glycine max) in an on-farm experiment on a soil low in available P in southwest Germany. The cycling of P through the cover crop biomass and the enzyme-availability of organic P (Porg) pools in the cover crop rhizosheath were characterised. The soil microbial community (PLFA), activity (acid and alkaline phosphomonoesterase, as well as phosphodiesterase), and microbial P were assessed. The abundance of 16S-rRNA andphoD, coding for alkaline phosphomonoesterase in bacteria, were quantified using real-time qPCR.
ResultsMustard contained the greatest amount of P in its large biomass. In the rhizosheath of all cover crops, the concentration of enzyme-labile Porgwas higher than that in the control bulk soil, along with substantial increases of microbial abundance and activity. There were little differences among cover crop species, few changes in the bulk soil and only a limited carryover effect to soybean, except for fungi.
ConclusionsTurnover of microbial biomass, especially saprotrophic fungi, increased by rhizodeposition of cover crop roots; this was likely responsible for the observed increases in enzyme-available Porg. Microbial function was correlated linearly with microbial biomass, and the data of enzyme activity andphoDdid not suggest a difference of their specific activity between bulk and rhizosheath soil.Soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks of croplands can be enhanced by targeted management, which boosts soil fertility and contributes to climate\uffc2\uffa0change mitigation. One SOC sequestration option is adopting cover crops. The aim of this study was to quantify the SOC sequestration potential of cover crops in Germany.
MethodsWe simulated SOC scenarios on 1,267 cropland sites with site-specific management data using an SOC model ensemble consisting of RothC and C-TOOL. A new method was developed to estimate carbon input from cover crops that included the effects of climate, sowing date and species on cover crop biomass production.
ResultsThe recent cover crop area could be tripled to 30% of arable land in Germany. This would enhance total carbon input by 12% and increase SOC stocks by 35 Tg within 50 years, corresponding to an annual increase of 0.06 Mg C ha-1, 2.5 Tg CO2 or 0.8 per mill of current SOC stocks in 0\uffe2\uff80\uff9330\uffc2\uffa0cm depth. On sites with cover crops, 0.28\uffe2\uff80\uff930.33 Mg C ha-1 a-1 would be accumulated within 50 years. Our simulations predicted that even if the full potential for cover crop growth were realised, there would still be a decline in SOC stocks in German croplands within 50 years due to the underlining negative SOC trend.
ConclusionsCover crops alone cannot turn croplands from carbon sources to sinks. However, growing them reduces bare fallow periods and SOC losses and thus is an effective climate change mitigation strategy in agriculture.
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Methods
Fluxes of GHG from 56 individual tree stems and adjacent soils were measured with manual static chambers. The topographic gradient was characterized by a soil moisture gradient, with one end in a wetland area (\u201cseasonally flooded\u201d; SF), the other end in an upland area (\u201cterra firme\u201d; TF) and in between a transitional area on the slope (SL).
Results
Tree stems and soils were always sources of CO2 with higher fluxes in SF compared to TF and SL. Fluxes of CH4 and N2O were more variable, even within one habitat. Results showed that, in TF, soils acted as sinks for N2O whereas, in SF and SL, they acted as sources. In contrast, tree stems which were predominantly sources of N2O in SF and TF, were sinks in SL. In the soil, N2O fluxes were significantly influenced by both temperature and soil water content, whereas CH4 fluxes were only significantly correlated with soil water content.
Conclusion
SF areas were major sources of the three gases, whereas SL and TF soils and tree stems acted as either sources or sinks for CH4 and N2O. Our results indicate that tree stems represent overlooked sources of CH4 and N2O in tropical forests that need to be further studied to refine GHG budgets.", "keywords": ["[SDV.SA.AGRO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agronomy", "106022 Mikrobiologie", "550", "source", "Spatial variation", "Sink", "[SDV.SA.AGRO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Agronomy", "spatial variation", "Source", "15. Life on land", "Stem", "630", "soil", "[SDV.GEN.GPL]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Plants genetics", "Soil", "Greenhouse gas (GHG) exchange", "13. Climate action", "106026 \u00d6kosystemforschung", "[SDV.GEN.GPL] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Plants genetics", "106022 Microbiology", "stem", "sink", "106026 Ecosystem research", "Biology", "greenhouse gas (GHG) exchange"]}, "links": [{"href": "https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-05991-y"}, {"rel": "related", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/Plant%20and%20Soil", "name": "related record", "description": "related record", "type": "application/json"}, {"rel": "self", "type": "application/geo+json", "title": "10.1007/s11104-023-05991-y", "name": "item", "description": "10.1007/s11104-023-05991-y", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main/items/10.1007/s11104-023-05991-y"}, {"rel": "collection", "type": "application/json", "title": "Collection", "name": "collection", "description": "Collection", "href": "https://repository.soilwise-he.eu/cat/collections/metadata:main"}], "time": {"date": "2023-05-09T00:00:00Z"}}, {"id": "10.1007/s11104-023-06151-y", "type": "Feature", "geometry": null, "properties": {"updated": "2026-04-03T16:15:14Z", "type": "Journal Article", "created": "2023-07-26", "title": "Smart soils track the formation of pH gradients across the rhizosphere", "description": "Abstract Aims
Our understanding of the rhizosphere is limited by the lack of techniques for in situ live microscopy. Current techniques are either destructive or unsuitable for observing chemical changes within the pore space. To address this limitation, we have developed artificial substrates, termed smart soils, that enable the acquisition and 3D reconstruction of chemical sensors attached to soil particles.
MethodsThe transparency of smart soils was achieved using polymer particles with refractive index matching that of water. The surface of the particles was modified both to retain water and act as a local sensor to report on pore space pH via fluorescence emissions. Multispectral signals were acquired from the particles using a light sheet microscope, and machine learning algorithms predicted the changes and spatial distribution in pH at the surface of the smart soil particles.
ResultsThe technique was able to predict pH live and in situ within \uffc2\uffb1\uffe2\uff80\uff890.5 units of the true pH value. pH distribution could be reconstructed across a volume of several cubic centimetres around plant roots at 10\uffc2\uffa0\uffce\uffbcm resolution. Using smart soils of different composition, we revealed how root exudation and pore structure create variability in chemical properties.
ConclusionSmart soils captured the pH gradients forming around a growing plant root. Future developments of the technology could include the fine tuning of soil physicochemical properties, the addition of chemical sensors and improved data processing. Hence, this technology could play a critical role in advancing our understanding of complex rhizosphere processes.
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MethodsData from 13 global studies with field experiments were compiled in order to estimate the potential of optimised genotype selection for enhancing root biomass without compromising the yield of winter wheat, spring wheat, silage maize, winter rapeseed and sunflower. A lack of data on the effect of variety on rhizodeposition was identified which thus had to be excluded.
ResultsSystematic genotype selection increased mean yields by 52% and mean root biomass by 22% across all crops and sites. A median root C increase of 6.7% for spring wheat, 6.8% for winter rapeseed, 12.2% for silage maize, 21.6% for winter wheat and 26.4% for sunflower would be possible without a yield reduction.
ConclusionOverall, this review demonstrates that optimised genotype selection can be a win-win option for increasing root biomass C input to soil while maintaining or even enhancing yield.