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Bacterial and fungal diversity were evaluated by metagenomic 454-pyrosequencing of 16S and 18SrRNA genes, respectively. Changes in soil respiration patterns were evaluated by monitoring 12C- and 13C-CO2 release after soil amendment with 13C-labelled wheat residues. Results show that residue mineralization increased with bacterial richness and diversity in the tilled treatment 7 days after soil amendment. Native soil organic C mineralization and priming effect increased with fungal richness and diversity in improved pasture and natural grassland. No-till cropping systems represented intermediate situations between tillage and pasture systems. Our findings evidence the potential of controlling soil microbial diversity by agricultural practices to improve soil biological properties. We suggest the promotion of no-till systems as a fair compromise between the need for agriculture intensification and soil ecological processes preservation.", "keywords": ["P33 - Chimie et physique du sol", "cycle du carbone", "Microbial diversity", "Conservation agriculture", "F08 - Syst\u00e8mes et modes de culture", "agro\u00e9cologie", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7172", "[SDV.SA.SDS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "630", "Tillage", "biodiversit\u00e9", "labour", "Acid savannah", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_12076", "biologie du sol", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_33990", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2018", "sol acide", "Priming effect", "savane", "[SDV.SA.SDS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences/Soil study", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6154", "pratique culturale", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8511", "F07 - Fa\u00e7ons culturales", "2. 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Our objectives were to quantify the changes in aggregate size distribution, aggregate-C concentrations and stocks upon conversion of native vegetation (NV) to conventional plow-based tillage (CT), and to assess the rate of aggregation and SOC recovery with no-till (NT) under diverse biomass-C inputs. The study was conducted at both sub-tropical (Ponta Grossa \u2013 PG, State of Parana) and tropical (Lucas do Rio Verde \u2013 LRV, State of Mato Grosso) sites in Brazil. The SOC content under NV was used as a baseline to evaluate the depletion rate under CT and the restoration rate under NT. A specific emphasis was given to the largest macroaggregate size class (8\u201319\u00a0mm) because of its importance to protecting the recently deposited labile SOC. A discriminant analysis of principal components (DAPC) indicated that NV soil is modified by conversion to an arable land use and that, mechanical tillage, biomass input, and their interactions drastically influence the distribution of aggregate-size classes, aggregation indices, and SOC distribution within aggregates. At both sites, soil aggregation indices were positively impacted by NT and associated with SOC concentration in the labile fractions (e.g., total polysaccharides (TPS), hot water extractable organic C (HWEOC), particulate organic C (POC)). At the PG site, the 8\u201319\u00a0mm aggregate size fraction was significantly affected by land use and tillage treatments and represented 54%, 43%, and 72%, under NV, CT, and NT in 0\u201320\u00a0cm depth, respectively. Furthermore, the 8\u201319\u00a0mm size fraction stored 55%, 45%, and 71% of the total SOC stock under NV (53.8\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha \u22121 ), CT (28.5\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha \u22121 ) and NT (51.2\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha \u22121 ), respectively. At the LRV site, the 8\u201319\u00a0mm aggregate size fraction decreased from 50% under Cerrado NV to 35% under CT, and ranged from 33% to 51% under diverse biomass-C input under NT in 0\u201320\u00a0cm depth. The 8\u201319\u00a0mm size fraction stored 52%, 37%, and 41% of the total SOC stock across all aggregate sizes under NV (25.4\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha \u22121 ), CT (11.7\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha \u22121 ), and NT (9.9\u201318.1\u00a0Mg\u00a0C\u00a0ha \u22121 ), respectively. The difference in SOC stock among land uses is largely attributed to storage in the 8\u201319\u00a0mm aggregate size class, indicating that NT cropping systems rebuilt the largest macroaggregates, which are crucial for stabilization of SOC.", "keywords": ["P33 - Chimie et physique du sol", "stockage", "01 natural sciences", "labour", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4650", "zone tropicale", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_5568", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7427", "biomasse", "sol tropical", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1301", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_14658", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8511", "http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_35657", "0105 earth and related environmental sciences", "P36 - \u00c9rosion", " conservation et r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration des sols", "F07 - Fa\u00e7ons culturales", "zone subtropicale", "2. Zero hunger", "non-travail du sol", "04 agricultural and veterinary sciences", "15. 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